Yu·Quan () is a Chinese
soft rock
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duet
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. They were founded in June 1998 as a duo between
Chen Yufan (陈羽凡) and Hu Haiquan (胡海泉). They are from
Beijing
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and
Shenyang
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,
Liaoning
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respectively. Both members were born in 1975. They were signed with Taiwanese music distributor
Rock Records
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in 1999. Since then the duo has published a total of nine albums, with over seven million records sold. The duo is very well received in mainland China.
In 2013, the duo competed in the
first season of Chinese reality TV show called ''
I Am a Singer
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'' (renamed ''Singer'' since 2017); the duo won the competition, and the series saw a profound success. They tried to use their way to recall Chinese music among the young generation, and encourage Chinese young musicians to remember and rebuild Chinese music culture. They were previously appeared in the show ''Let's Sing Kids''. As of
2020
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season of ''Singer'', they remained as the only group winners (and contestants doubled with hosting roles) to win, as winners from succeeding seasons were both soloists and singers not doubling roles as hosts.
They were mentors in the original composition show ''
Sing My Song
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'' (2014–2015). During fall 2016, they were judges for music show ''
Sound of My Dream
''Sound of My Dream'' () is a Chinese music program. It aired on Zhejiang Satellite TV for three seasons starting November 4, 2016.
Summary
Created by Zhejiang Satellite TV, top singers and amateur singers give mutual advice to each other on how t ...
''. The show ran from November 2016 to January 2017. Before the show ended, Yu Quan held their seventh consecutive Christmas concert
Tree New Bee ().
Discography
Studio album
References
External links
yqzone.com: Official Forum and Website of Yuquan
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Chinese pop music groups
Mandopop musical groups
Pop music duos