Basic information
- real name：李宇春
- Foreign Name：Chris Lee
- Nickname：小宇、春春、小葱
- Birthplace: Chengdu, Sichuan Province
- Date of birth: March 10, 1984
- Graduation institution: Sichuan Conservatory of Music
- Constellation: Pisces
- Blood type: Type A
- Height: 175 cm
Occupation: singer, actress
Income: 40.9 million yuan (US$6.62 million)
Wealth ranking: 30
Media Exposure Ranking (Internet): 19
Media Exposure Ranking (Newspapers): 25
Media Exposure Ranking (Magazine &TV): 36
Chris Lee was the first super star chosen by ordinary people and she was rewarded the honorary title of “Asia Hero” by Time magazine. Her latest album “Old If Not Wild” was released in September of 2012. She participated in much of the album’s production. Additionally, she also participated in Lai Shengchuan’s drama “A Dream Like a Dream.”
Early experiences
On March 10, 1984, Li Yuchun was born into an ordinary family in Chengdu, Sichuan. His father was a railway police officer, and his mother took care of the family’s daily life. Her grandfather, who is a professor of Chinese at Sichuan University, gave her a name, which means: I hope she will always be full of vitality and spring like the spring of the universe.
Since the age of 12, Li Yuchun has been living on campus and studying. Her upbringing is strict, and she won first place in the “Campus Singing Competition” during her middle school years. On the occasion of graduating from high school, Li Yuchun held his first concert of his life at his own expense, named “The Last Battle”. On the day of the concert, the school auditorium, which could accommodate one thousand people, was packed to capacity.
In March 2002, Li Yuchun performed a song called “Embracing Tomorrow” during the preliminary examination of art majors, which caught the attention of invigilator Yu Zhengyi. During the interview, she performed Liu Huan’s “Ten Thousand Questions” with great intensity, momentum, and performance. In the end, she was admitted to Sichuan Conservatory of Music with the second highest professional score. In the second half of his sophomore year, Li Yuchun performed “In My Heart, Only You, Not Him” during a school performance to comfort the Armed Police Force. Afterwards, with the encouragement of his teacher, Li Yuchun began to try various types of songs.
In June 2006, Li Yuchun rushed back to school to complete his graduation thesis defense and was awarded the highest honor of his alma mater, the “Chuanyin Highest Honor Award,” for his outstanding performance during his university years. He also received a bonus.
Performing experience
In 2005, Li Yuchun, a junior at Sichuan Conservatory of Music, participated in the Super Girl competition organized by Hunan TV. In the audition of tens of thousands of people, Li Yuchun stood out and won the championship of Chengdu Singing District with an absolute advantage. During the final election period, Li Yuchun almost always topped the list of SMS votes, becoming the “popularity king” of Super Girl. On August 26, 2005, in the Super Girl final, Li Yuchun sang a song called “Mountain Songs are Like Spring River Water”, which ultimately received over 3.5 million text message votes. With her super strength, she won the annual championship of the Hunan TV Super Girl competition and became China’s first democratically elected super idol. In September, Li Yuchun released the single “TMD I Love You” and won awards at the Hong Kong New City Explosive Awards, including National Explosive Singer, National Explosive Newcomer King, National Explosive Popular Singer, and MTV Super Awards for Most Stylish New Force in the Entertainment Industry. On October 24th, Li Yuchun signed a five-year record and performance contract with Taihe Maitian. [6] Meanwhile, renowned producer Zhang Yadong served as the producer for Li Yuchun’s first album. From then on, Li Yuchun’s identity changed from an ordinary student to a professional singer. In October, Li Yuchun was selected as the 2005 Asian Hero of the Year by Time magazine (Asia Edition) and appeared on the cover of Time magazine. At the same time, international media such as NBC in the United States and BBC in the United Kingdom have conducted special reports on Li Yuchun. Li Yuchun also appeared on the cover of Xinhua News Agency’s “Global” and other magazines as the first Chinese singer, won the “New Weekly” Annual New Talent Award, and became a member of Baidu’s annual top ten search keywords list.
The Road of Music
In March 2006, Li Yuchun released his first EP “Yu You Are Together”, with a limited release of 84310 copies. It included Li Yuchun’s first single after signing the contract, “Happy Winter”. The single was written by Gao Xiaosong and produced by Zhang Yadong, creating a record of over 200 orders per second for online paid downloads and earning a net profit of 600000 RMB in 20 days. Li Yuchun also became the first singer in China to pilot online paid song downloads. On March 10 of the same year, Li Yuchun held his first “WhyMe” concert in Chengdu, establishing his personal brand concert. On the evening of the concert, the Chengdu Sports Center, which can accommodate nearly 40000 people, was fully booked. In May, Li Yuchun held an unplugged concert at the Shanghai Grand Stage, becoming the first singer to hold a concert with tens of thousands of people without releasing an album. In September, Li Yuchun’s debut studio album “Empress and Dreams” was released and held a debut concert at the Beijing Exhibition Center. As the first true solo performance, Li Yuchun did not cover any songs that night, but sang 11 completely his own songs such as “Empress and Dreams”, “Loving”, “Happy Wakeup”, “Kulala”, “Want to Cry”, “Rain”, etc. The album ‘Queen and Dreams’ achieved an annual sales volume of 1.37 million copies and won the top spot on the 2006 music bestseller chart of Excellence Network; And won the second place in paid downloads of popular music on iTunes in Belgium. With this album, Li Yuchun swept 23 annual female singer awards including Best New Artist, Most Popular Female Singer, Best Female Singer, and Most Influential Female Singer at major Chinese music awards. The singles “Empress and Dream”, “Loving”, “Rain”, “Ice Chrysanthemum Story”, “HAPPY WAKE UP” and other singles from the album have won multiple music chart championships, and Li Yuchun has entered the ranks of top singers in the Chinese music industry. In the same year, Li Yuchun ranked 6th on the Forbes China Celebrity List and 1st as a singer.
On October 27, 2007, Li Yuchun released his second album “Mine”, most of which were fast songs. The company acquired multiple foreign copyrighted works for Li Yuchun, then handed them over to mainland musicians to write lyrics, and finally produced them by Zhang Yadong. Famous mainland musician Lin Hai also composed a song for Li Yuchun called ‘My 88 Friends’. The album ‘Mine’ had nearly 200000 pre-sale sales before its official release, winning the top spot on Dangdang’s record sales chart and once again becoming the best-selling album of that period. At the same time, it also ranked third in paid downloads of popular music on iTunes in Belgium. Li Yuchun has won the Most Popular Female Singer award on MusicRadio China TOP and China Song Chart for the second time with this album, and has also won the Best Female Singer award on China Original Music Pop Chart, Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point Annual Most Attractive Singer award, and other music award ceremonies. As the first Chinese singer artist, she won the Diamond Award for China US Entertainment Pioneer with Jackie Chan in Las Vegas, USA. The singles “Floating Subway,” “My Kingdom,” “STOP,” “My 88 Friends,” and others from the album have topped multiple music charts. In the same year, Li Yuchun launched his first national tour and already had the personal concert brand “Why Me”, which was named “Representative of Chinese Pop Culture” by Time magazine. The tour cities include Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Hangzhou, all of which are large-scale local sports venues with a total audience of nearly 30000 people. In this tour, Li Yuchun performed all the songs from the new album, and most of the songs in “Empress and Dream” only appeared in the form of skewers. This year, Li Yuchun appeared for the second time in Time magazine and participated in the China Russia Millennium Cultural Competition as a representative of Chinese popular culture. After its release, the album was featured in special reports by international media such as Fuji Television, ASIA POP magazine in Japan, SBS Television in South Korea, and STERN magazine in Germany. In the same year, Li Yuchun was also included in the “Encyclopedia of Middle School Students” as a “representative figure of Chinese popular culture” and became the first mainland Chinese singer to appear on a Chinese stamp.
In 2008, Li Yuchun released his compilation album “N+1Evolution” and his third solo album “Young China”. This album was Li Yuchun’s first independently planned concept album, featuring a Chinese style. The album was designated by China Mobile as the main Olympic album of 2008 and became the champion of the 2008 record sales chart on Zhuoyue Network. Singles such as “Pear Fragrance” and “Global Popularity” were also extremely popular for a while, and they also participated in the singing of official Olympic songs; Received the Top 10 Outstanding Figures of China’s 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up Award from New Weekly. Multiple singles such as “Young China,” “Poor Student,” “Scholar Hutong,” “Flower Beauty and Skinny,” “I Am Your XX,” “N+1,” and “I Knew It from the Beginning” have topped various music charts. After the album was released, it was featured by Reuters in the UK. In the same year, Li Yuchun became a torchbearer and volunteer for the Beijing Olympics, and became the first Chinese singer to be featured in the official brochure of the Beijing Olympics and promoted in nine languages during the Olympics.
On August 31, 2009, Li Yuchun’s self titled album “Li Yuchun” made its digital music debut through the wireless music club platform in collaboration with China Mobile. This album was the one in which Li Yuchun participated the most in behind the scenes work, and the lyrics and music for eight songs including “Ah Mei”, “Frequent Traveler”, “Next, Road Intersection, See You” were all created by her. After the album was released, it topped many charts such as Sina New Song Chart, 24-hour Hot Song Chart, Music Radio Top Chart, etc. The digital version of ‘Li Yuchun’ has been downloaded 8666226 times, winning the highest sales award of the year. Among them, the ‘Next, Intersection, See You’ ringtone created by Li Yuchun’s lyrics and music has been downloaded over 2 million times per month. The overseas version of Li Yuchun entered the G-music ranking list of Taiwan, China for four times without any promotional activities.
In 2010, Li Yuchun released multiple popular singles, including the official theme song “I’m Here” for the 26th World University Games volunteers and the official promotional theme song “Together, We’re Here” for the 16th Asian Games. She won the Most Popular Female Singer award on the Chinese Song Chart four times and the Most Popular Female Singer award on the Global Chinese Music Chart twice. With 10175595 searches, she became the first most followed person on Baidu in five years. At the end of the year, Li Yuchun renewed his contract with his talent agency Tianyu Media for five years and officially established his personal studio to comprehensively plan and develop his career.
In 2011, Li Yuchun released his fifth album “Artistic Youth Who Can Dance”. The new album consisted of 10 songs, of which 6 were personally written and composed by Li Yuchun. This album won the top spot on the annual Chinese record sales chart of Star Alien in 2011, as well as the top spot on the annual record sales charts of Excellence, Dangdang, and Jingdong. Li Yuchun has won the Most Popular Female Singer award five times on the Chinese Song Chart, the Most Popular Female Singer award four times on the MusicRadio China TOP Chart, and the Most Popular Female Singer award twice on the Global Chinese Music Chart and Music Storm Chart. She has also won the Annual Top Selling Female Singer award at multiple music award ceremonies, including the China Mobile Wireless Music Annual Sales Female Singer and the Baidu Music Chinese Music Ten Year Superstar Award. She has also become the first mainland Chinese singer to win the National Best Female Singer award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. Multiple singles such as “Dancing Artistic Youth”, “Sorry, I Just Suddenly Miss You”, “Drowning Fish”, “I Sing Lalala”, “Crazy Heart”, “Prelude”, “Age of Innocence” have won multiple music chart championships. In March, Li Yuchun successfully held the 6th WhyMe concert in Wuhan. The 13000 seat available tickets at the Wuhan Olympic Sports Center were sold out in a limited time of 3 minutes and 1 and a half hours.
On August 26, 2012, the “Li Yuchun Crazy World Tour 2012-2013” set sail from Beijing. The 2-minute VIP tickets to Wukesong Gymnasium were sold out, and all tickets were sold out within 2 hours, setting a record for the sales speed of Chinese music tours. All five sets of costumes for the tour were personally designed by French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, marking his first time designing concert costumes for an Asian female singer. This tour also includes cities such as Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and London. On September 4th, Li Yuchun released the album “If We Don’t Be Crazy Again, We’ll Be Old”, produced by Tan Yizhe, with a total of 10 songs included. Li Yuchun contributed 6 lyrics and 3 compositions, totaling 9 original songs, and won the annual record sales chart champion on Dangdang, Zhuoyue, JD, Taobao, and Tmall. The lead single “In the Mood for Love” was composed by Li Yuchun and written by Han Han, while the album’s title track “If We Don’t Be Crazy Anymore, We’ll Be Old” was composed and written by Li Yuchun. In 2013, the album won the Best Album award at the 17th Global Chinese Music Chart, and I, Li Yuchun, won three awards on the 2012 MusicRadio China TOP Chart: “Most Popular Female Singer of the Year”, “All rounder Artist of the Year”, and “Best Lyricist of the Year” for this album.
In October 2013, Li Yuchun held two WhyMe concerts in Qingdao and Shanghai respectively. All five sets of costume designs were personally designed by Riccardo Tisci, the global creative director of Givenchy, marking his first time designing concert costumes for an Asian female singer. The Qingdao station of the concert also set a record for the Chinese music industry’s individual concert ticket sales time, with 300000 people online at the same time and tickets sold out in 69 seconds. In the same year, Li Yuchun continued to win the Best Female Singer award on the Global Chinese Music Chart and the Most Popular Female Singer award on the Global Pop Music Gold Chart for her original album “If We Don’t Be Crazy Anymore, We’ll Be Old”, becoming the first female singer from mainland China to receive this award. Singles such as’ Dream Like a Dream ‘have topped major music charts. On November 11 of the same year, Li Yuchun, as a representative of Chinese singers, defeated opponents from five continents and regions at the 20th EMA Europe Music Award held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and won the international award for the best artist in the world. According to incomplete statistics, after three rounds of global fan voting, Li Yuchun received over 100 million votes.
Between April and July 2014, Li Yuchun released album singles such as “Cool,” “Dance To The Music,” “1987 I Didn’t Know I Met You,” and “Silo. On July 31st, Li Yuchun released his seventh album “1987 I Unexpectedly Met You”. Li Yuchun once again collaborated with renowned producer Zhang Yadong. In the album, Li Yuchun contributed 5 lyrics and 1 composition, totaling 6 original songs. And with this album, he became the first singer in China to pre order a record through WeChat. In just 9 days, he received over 25000 orders, interacted with over 900000 fans, and reached a target audience of over 3 million people.
On January 1, 2015, Li Yuchun was invited by Hong Kong director Wong Kar wai to sing the theme song “You Are So Hard to Forget” for the movie “The Grandmaster 3D”. In the same month, Li Yuchun led the singing of the theme song “Did You Hear Me” for the original animal reality show “Wonderful Friends” on Hunan TV. In February, Li Yuchun appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time and sang his own work “Shu Embroidery”. In May, Li Yuchun was invited to sing the English theme song “IF You Were the Only Girl in the World” for the movie “Love Schedule”. On August 11th, Li Yuchun’s WhyMe 10th anniversary concert in Chengdu was officially ticketed. According to official data from ticketing websites, more than 1.88 million people competed for tickets online at the same time, and 32000 available tickets at Chengdu Sports Center were sold out in an instant, with a single box office exceeding 21.6 million yuan. On October 22nd, Li Yuchun was invited by director Jia Zhangke to sing the theme song of the movie “Mountains and Rivers, Old Man”. On December 10th, the 2015 double digital single “Bastard, I Miss You” was released, which includes two new singles “Bastard, I Miss You” and “Love Has Gravity” with lyrics personally written by Li Yuchun, as well as new music videos for the two songs. On the 24th, Li Yuchun was invited by director Chen Sicheng to sing the theme song “Chinatown” for the movie “Detective Chinatown”. On the 31st, Li Yuchun sang the new song “Wild Growth” and the anime divine song “Ordinary Disco” at the Hunan Satellite TV New Year Concert.
In 2016, Li Yuchun released the digital album “Wild Growth”, which changed the traditional record distribution method and was divided into four digital EPs: “Wild”, “Man”, “Sheng”, and “Chang”, which were released as separate chapters in sequence. Since the release of the first digital EP “Wild” on May 25th, album sales have shown a “wild” growth, constantly breaking various digital album sales records, and breaking the one million mark in less than 14 hours online. The album single ‘Presence’ has been praised by music critics as’ the most artistically ambitious song in the Chinese music industry in the first half of 2016 ‘. As of December 31, 2016, Li Yuchun’s digital album “Wild Growth” sold over 6.56 million copies at the end of the year, with a total sales revenue of over 32.8 million yuan. Li Yuchun became the first singer in the history of Chinese digital music to sell over 6.5 million copies of a digital album. In the same year, Li Yuchun’s 2016 “Wild Growth” concert tour opened in Beijing, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Nanjing, and Chongqing.
After the expiration of his 10-year contract with Tianyu, Li Yuchun formed his own team and released three albums: “Wild Growth,” “Pop,” and “Wow.” In particular, the digital album “Pop” was launched in 2017 and quickly broke three digital album certifications on the QQ Music platform. Breaking through 5 million yuan in sales in 7 hours, 10 hours and 25 minutes in 6 days, and 15 million yuan in sales in 10 hours and 9 minutes in 15 days. On December 1, 2017, Li Yuchun held the first concert of “Pop” in Beijing. On December 31st, Li Yuchun performed as a midnight guest at the finale of Jiangsu TV’s New Year’s Eve concert. On the same day, Li Yuchun’s album “Pop” topped the peak of the best-selling chart and became the best-selling digital album in the history of this chart. At the same time, the album “Pop” was also the top selling digital album in 2017. In 2017, Li Yuchun won awards such as Most Influential Singer, Best Female Singer, and Female Singer of the Year at Today’s Headlines, Kugou Music, and iQiyi Awards. On December 31st, Li Yuchun became the finale singer at midnight for the 13th consecutive year and stepped onto the Jiangsu TV New Year’s Eve stage.
In 2018, Li Yuchun’s song “Pop” became the soundtrack for the American TV series “Lethal Weapon”. On March 31st, Li Yuchun’s 2018 pop (li ú x í ng) concert tour kicked off, with cities including Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Beijing, and Chongqing. For this tour, Li Yuchun invited international designers such as Alessandro Michele and John Galliano to collaborate on creating multiple styles. At the same time, the most outstanding, trendy, and electronic musicians from all over the world have come to support.
On July 4, 2019, Li Yuchun’s new album “Wow” was released for pre-sale, running for 35 hours and 59 minutes, with sales exceeding 15 million yuan. On the 24th, Li Yuchun’s new album “Wow” was officially released. On October 20th, Li Yuchun held the debut concert of “Big Music+Wow LIVE” with his latest album “Wow” in Beijing. For the first time, he used the “” stage that combines sky and ground screens. Li Yuchun sang 8 new album songs including “Wow”, “For example: You”, and “For Girls”. In addition to 600 fans and musicians on site, there were as many as 3.57 million viewers of the live broadcast online. The topics about Li Yuchun, such as “Li Yuchun tearing up comic women” and “The phone number you dialed is an empty number,” have topped Weibo’s hot searches, with a total of 77 million views related to the event. At the same time, the song ‘Wow’ topped the daily sales chart of QQ Music digital album.
In addition, Li Yuchun was invited by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to sing the song “Ode to Youth” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement; Release the song ‘As a Monster’ in collaboration with Wu Qingfeng; Attended the Qixi Special Program of China Central Radio and Television (CCTV) “All Lovers” and the 2019 CCTV Mid Autumn Festival Gala, and performed my classic song “See you at the next intersection”; Singing ‘Shu Embroidery’ at the National Day Celebration of the China Song Festival. Performed the theme song “Wild Hope” for director Ang Lee’s film “Twin Killers”, performed the theme song “If I Were Not Me” for the film “Half Comedy”, performed the theme song “Wing Chun” for the film “Ip Man 4”, and appeared as the midnight finale guest at Jiangsu TV’s New Year’s Eve concert; Sing at the CCTV New Year’s Eve Celebration.
On June 18, 2020, the theme song “Sisters Who Make Waves” for “Sisters Who Make Waves”, with Li Yuchun as the creative director, lyricist, and singer, was officially released. In the same year, Li Yuchun was invited by the People’s Daily New Media and Film Channel Integrated Media Center to adapt and sing the music work “National” as a tribute to the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China, reinterpreting “National 2020” with the sincerity of our young people. She also participated in the Dragon Boat Festival special program “Dragon Boat Festival Road Health” on CCTV and sang the song “I Like You Again and Again”; Appeared at the 2020 CCTV Mid Autumn Festival Gala and performed the song “Sister of No Price”.
On February 11, 2021, invited to perform at the “2021 CCTV Spring Festival Gala” and perform the fashion show “Shanshui Nishang” with He Sui, Zhang Zilin, Xi Mengyao, and others; Release singles “Soft Leg”, “Shut Up and Dance”, “Clear Fortune”, and “Stars in the Galaxy”. Participated in the 2021 CCTV Mid Autumn Festival Gala, the “Bay Area Rising Moon” 2021 Greater Bay Area Mid Autumn Festival Film and Music Gala, and the “Sailing 2022- CCTV New Year’s Eve Gala”, singing songs such as “Like You” and “Song of the Seven Sons”.
In 2022, Li Yuchun released the single “Summer Movies”. This year, Li Yuchun once again appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and sang the song “Sense of the Times” together with Deng Chao and Yiyang Qianxi. In addition, she also participated in the “Chinese Dream · My Dream -2022 China Network Audiovisual Annual Ceremony”, “Chinese Dream · Labor Beauty -2022 May Day International Labor Day” “Heart to Heart” Special Program “, Hunan TV Mid Autumn Festival Night,” CCTV 2022 Mid Autumn Evening Gala “,” Chinese Dream · Motherland Song -2022 National Day Special Program “, Tianjin TV 2022 year-end concert, etc., singing” Shu Embroidery “,” Stars in the Galaxy “,” Pop “,” Summer Movies “and so on.
On August 23, 2023, NetEase Cloud Music reached a copyright cooperation agreement with Li Yuchun, and over a hundred songs including Li Yuchun’s popular creative albums “Pop” and “Wow” were all uploaded to NetEase Cloud Music. On August 26th, as the 18th anniversary of Li Yuchun’s debut, his new song “Riding the Wind” also premiered on NetEase Cloud Music at 24:00 on the same day. This year, Li Yuchun also performed songs such as “Mulan”, “As a Monster”, “Stars in the Galaxy”, “David”, “If We Don’t Be Crazy Again, We’ll Be Old” on “Running Youth -2023 May Fourth Youth Day Special Program”, “2023 Tencent Video Starlight Awards”, and “2024 Jiangsu TV New Year’s Eve Concert”.
On January 1, 2024, Li Yuchun participated in the “2024 Blossoming World · National Rhyme New Year Concert”, performing programs such as “One Trip”, “Sister of No Price”, and “Stars in the Galaxy”. On the 6th, participated in the “2024 Henan TV Star Shine National Style Ceremony” and performed programs such as “Mulan”, “Jinxiu”, and “If we’re not crazy anymore, we’ll be old”. On the 10th, the song “Worth It in the World” performed by Li Yuchun was released online. In January, participated in the “2023 Weibo Night” and sang the song “David”. On April 13th, attend the Infinite X Youth Party concert; On August 10, she participated in the 2024 Qixi Special Program of China Central Radio and Television Station, and sang Dream Weaving. On September 17th, participated in the “2024 CCTV Mid Autumn Festival Gala” and sang the song “I Remember” with Ma Ziyao. On September 25th, participated in the “2024 Weibo Music Festival” and performed “David”. On September 30th, participated in the “Chinese Dream · National Conditions -2024 National Day Special Program” with the song “I Love”. On October 7th, it was officially announced that he has joined “Youge 2024”. On November 29th, the variety show “Endless Voice · Hong Kong Music Season Season 2” in which she participated was broadcasted, and she sang the song “Will You Come Tonight”. On December 6th, the variety show “Endless Voice · Hong Kong Music Season Season 2” in which she participated was broadcasted, and she sang the song “Lifetime Beauty”. On December 13th, the second season of the Hong Kong Music Season, titled ‘Endless Voices’, performed’ You, You, You, For Love ‘. On December 20th, participated in the “25th Anniversary Concert of Macao’s Return to the Motherland” and performed “Song of the Seven Sons” and “Wait for Me Today” with Chen Xiaochun and Wang Xinyu. On December 31st, participated in the performance of “If I Were Not Me” and “Don’t Be Afraid, Don’t Be Afraid” on “Embark on a New Journey -2025BRTV New Year’s Eve”.
On January 1, 2025, the single “Back to Spring” was released.
Career in film and television
In 2009, Li Yuchun joined hands with Chen Kexin, the producer, and Chen Desen, the director, to play the role of Fang Hong, the daughter of a theater leader, in the film Besieged City in October, and sang the film theme song Powder, becoming the first singer artist (best new actor, best supporting actress, and best original film song) to win the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the end, Li Yuchun won the nomination and award of Best New Actor and Best Supporting Actress in many film award ceremonies, such as the Asian Film Award, the Asian Film Critics Association Award, the Hong Kong Film Awards, the Hong Kong Directors’ Association Award, the Hundred Flowers Award Award for Popular Film, and the University Student Film Festival, with “Besieged City in October”. As of December 31, 2009, the film ranked fifth on the annual Chinese language film box office chart. The film ultimately achieved a box office of 293 million in mainland China.
In 2010, Li Yuchun starred in Tsui Hark’s first 3D live action Chinese New Year film “Dragon Gate Flying Armor”, playing the role of Gu Shaotang, the female bandit leader who stole treasures. The film achieved a box office of 565 million yuan in mainland China, ranking second on the 2011 domestic film box office chart. After two consecutive “fighting scenes,” Li Yuchun has been hailed by fans, media, and critics as the “new generation of female fighting successors
On January 12, 2011, the music film “Prelude” starring Li Yuchun had its global premiere at Beijing Chaowai Bona Youtang International Cinema. The film was tailor-made for Li Yuchun, who played the role of the assistant director who worked hard and finally achieved success, and sang the theme song “Prelude” and the insert song “My Love”. The film cost over ten million yuan and utilized full film filming technology, employing over 500 extras and more than 100 professional dancers. It is the first music film in Asia to be released in cinemas.
In the same year, Li Yuchun starred in the hot blooded youth costume martial arts 3D New Year film “Blooddrop” produced by Peter Chan and directed by Liu Weiqiang, portraying the role of Guarjia Musen, the first female Blooddrop in Chinese film history. She also sang the movie theme song “The Blade is Cold” composed by Jay Chou and written by Vincent Fang.
On December 12, 2012, the film held a media preview in Beijing ahead of schedule. The film was released in mainland China on December 20th and ultimately grossed 71.72 million yuan at the box office.
On June 8, 2024, the special program “Walking with the People – Literary and Artistic Volunteer Service Supporting Regional Coordinated Development Original Action” was broadcasted. On June 11th, participated in the Beijing TV program ‘Rolling Hot Song Festival’; On June 16th, participated in “2024 Weibo Movie Night”; On September 13th, participated in the first Digital Music Annual Ceremony; On September 14th, participated in the “Dynamic Zone Mango Card” Infinite X “Concert – Beijing Station” and performed songs such as “Wild Growth”, “Next, Intersection, See You”, and “Today a Cloud Loves Me”; From November 16th to 17th, participated in the “Mango Concert: Singer Boundless · Summit Ceremony”; In the same year, she sang the theme song of the same name, “Big Dream Returns Home”, for the TV drama “Big Dream Returns Home”. On December 27th, participated in the “Endless Voice · Greater Bay Area Season” and sang the song “Kiss with Red Lips” together with Chen Xiaochun. On December 31st, participated in the “2025 Jiangsu TV New Year’s Eve Concert” and performed the “2005-2025 New Year’s Eve Suite” and “Return to Spring”.
On January 3, 2025, participated in the program “Endless Voice · Greater Bay Area Season” and sang the song “17 Years Old” with Zhou Bichang. On January 4th, participated in the program “2024 Tencent Video Starlight Awards”.
Personal life
In October 2022, Li Yuchun revealed on “My Bronze Age” that she was suddenly diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis by a doctor in 2021, which she had never expected and caused a “petrified feeling”. During the “Pop” concert, Li Yuchun’s illness recurred to the point where he needed to travel in a wheelchair and couldn’t even lie down smoothly.
In October 2022, rumors about Li Yuchun’s health issues became a hot topic on the internet. Li Yuchun’s father responded by saying, “It’s not as serious as it’s been circulating online. Everything is fine for Chunchun now, and he has been participating in various performances as usual.” Li Yuchun’s father told reporters, “Everyone has seen it on TV. At this year’s Mid Autumn Festival Gala and National Day Gala, Li Yuchun was invited to participate and sing for everyone. My daughter is currently in good physical condition
