Guan Zhe (; born 23 April 1981), Also known as Grady Guan is a Chinese pop singer and songwriter.許驥 (Xu Ji), 透視選秀十年——以關喆為例 ' (Perspective Draft Decades – A Case Study in Guang Zhe), The South China Morning Post, 14 December 2014. He was a contestant on ''The Voice of China'', which featured Liu Huan,
Na Ying
Na Ying (born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as ''The Voice of China''. She later transferred to the show '' Sing! China'' and remained th ...
, Yang Kun and Harlem Yu as judges. In January 2016, he has been selected to be a season 4 contestant on ''
I Am a Singer
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''.
Career
Guan Was born in 1981 in Jilin in a working-class family. He started feeling interest in music from his early childhood although he would pursue other goals before entering in the music industry. In 2002, after getting a computer programming degree in the
Yanshan University
Yanshan University () is a university in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China under the provincial government. It has a student population of 39,000 and a staff population of 3,200 (2,058 are teachers, including 413 full professors and 630 associate prof ...
, he started taking the option of starting a musical career seriously.
In 2005 started the talent show boom in China with many popular singing programmes filling the airwaves. He decided to take part in "A Type Show" which was broadcast by the Shanghai based
Dragon TV
Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV () is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as " Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on October 23, 2003.Avex Trax. After that, he was awarded in the Young Singers Grand Prix, a show which is organised every two years by
CCTV
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.
In 2007 Guan started composing music for other Mainland Chinese singers such as Sun Yue,
Na Ying
Na Ying (born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as ''The Voice of China''. She later transferred to the show '' Sing! China'' and remained th ...
and Mao Ning amongst others. Then, with his record company he started recording his first studio album entitled "Carefully" which was released in 2008. Soon after the release of his album, he composed a song that was included in the music compilation of the Beijing
2008 Summer Olympic Games
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.
After releasing his second studio album entitled "Forever" in 2009, he performed, one year later, in the Shanghai
World Expo 2010
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the ...
opening ceremony with the top finalists of the Super Boy Contest.
In 2011, to keep on boosting his career, Guan Zhe took part in the
Chinese Million Star
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After seven sea ...
show in Taiwan. However, his breakthrough came in 2012 when he took part in the Voice of China. Thanks to his participation in that contest, his popularity experienced a rise and he released his third album which had the title of "Surrounding Story".
In 2014 he signed a contract with the Chinese branch of
Warner Music
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, where he would record his following releases.
Discography
Studio albums
* Carefully (2008)
* Forever (2009)
* Surrounding story (2012)
* Lonely (2014)
* Enough (2017)
*Mr Hat (2018)
Non album singles
* Drive your melancholy (2008) Used as a theme song in the homonymous drama.
* Light in the rainbow (2009)
* Great life (2009)
* Giving you a song (2010)
* Smile Shanghai (2010) Performed in the Expo 2010 opening ceremony with the Super Boy finalists.
* Friend (2011)
* Stablish yourself (2013)
* Bored (2013)
Songs for other artists
Sun Yue
* I love you carelessly ()
* Love ()
* Supermom
* Moved ()
* A love song in my memory ()
* Further away from you ()
* With You ()
* Congratulations ()
Mao Ning
* Jade dress ()
* Give love ()
* Countdown ()
* To listen stealthily ()
* Come on now
* I miss you everyday ()
* Perfect man ()
* Did you return home? ()
Chu Xupeng
* My love
* Birthday present
* I can't listen to your love words