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Xiao Yu (singer)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Sung.

Xiao Yu
宋念宇
PronunciationSung Nien-yu
Born
Sung Hsiang-feng (宋庠鋒)

(1983-11-22) 22 November 1983 (age 41)
Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma materTaoyuan Innovation Institute of Technology
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2003–present
Musical career
GenresMandopop, R&B
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboard
  • guitar
LabelsWarner Music

Sung Nien-yu (Chinese: 宋念宇; pinyin: Sòng Niànyǔ; born 22 November 1983), better known by his stage name Xiao Yu (Chinese: 小宇; pinyin: Xiǎo yǔ), is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Career

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Most of Xiao Yu's early career was spent behind the scenes, writing and producing music for numerous Mandarin singers. He released his debut album Classmate Xiao Yu That's Me in 2008 which garnered widespread acclaim. This was followed up with the 2009 release of the album Standing Here where the album spent twenty-one consecutive weeks in the G-Music top twenty album sales chart.[1] In 2013, he received a nomination for Best Mandarin Male Singer at the 24th Golden Melody Awards for One More Time. After a 5-year break from music, to complete his military service and going through restructure of his previous record company, Xiao Yu returned with his fourth studio album in 2017, With You, his first release under Warner Music Taiwan.[2]

Discography

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Studio albums

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# English title Chinese title Release date Track listing Label
1st Classmate Xiao Yu That's Me 小宇同學就是我 9 January 2008
Track listing
  1. 痴妹與王兩 (Chī mèi yǔ wáng liǎng)
  2. 沒那麼難 (Méi nà me nán)
  3. 沒有很會唱 (Méi yǒu hěn huì chàng)
  4. 寂寞射手 (Jì mò shè shǒu)
  5. 終於說出口 (Zhōng yū shuō chū kǒu)
  6. 就是說不出口 (Jiù shì shuō bu chū kǒu)
  7. I Can't Stop
  8. 捨不得 (Shě bu de)
  9. 我在角落觀察ABC (Wǒ zài jiǎo luò guān chá ABC)
  10. 偶霉敢結　(Ǒu méi gǎn jié)
  11. 唯一的唯一 (Wéi yī de wéi yī)
  12. 喔原來是這樣 (Ō yuán lái shì zhè yàng)
  13. 還簡單得多 (Hái jiǎn dān de duō)
 Avex Taiwan
2nd Standing Here 就站在這裡 9 June 2009
Track listing
  1. 又! (Yòu!)
  2. 就站在這裡 (Jiù zhàn zài zhè lǐ)
  3. 練愛 (Liàn ài)
  4. 愛上 (Ài shàng)　
  5. 你很好 (Nǐ hěn hǎo)
  6. 說分手之後 (Shuō fēn shǒu zhī hòu)　
  7. 一顆蘋果 (Yī kē píng guǒ)
  8. 漂亮女孩 (Piào liang nǚ hái)
  9. Every Time　
  10. 換換換 (Huàn huàn huàn)
  11. Why
3rd One More Time 再一次 7 December 2012
Track listing
  1. Fight
  2. 海 (Hǎi)
  3. 再一次 (Zài yī cì)
  4. 幻聽 (Huàn tīng)
  5. 舊朋友 (Jiù péng yǒu)
  6. 分别 (Fēn bié)
  7. 這幾天 (Zhè jǐ tiān)
  8. 一個光年的距離 (Yī gè guāng nián de jù lí)
  9. 過渡期 (Guò dù qī)
  10. 你說敢不敢 (Nǐ shuō gǎn bù gǎn)
4th With You 同在 7 April 2017
Track listing
  1. 同在 With You
  2. 慣性取暖 Habitual Love
  3. 原來的你 Original You
  4. 不好過 It Ain't Easy
  5. 這樣好不好 How About This
  6. 所謂的愛 So Called Love
  7. 給我你的壞 Give Me Your Bad
  8. 理想時代 Ideal World
  9. 被愛妄想 Delusional Love
  10. 我呢 What About Me
  11. Outro 我們...能回到原來的樣子嗎? Can We Return To How We Were?
 Warner Music Taiwan
5th Be Nothing 無視 15 December 2021
Track listing
  1. 見好就放 Schizophrenia
  2. 等妳想起我 If You Forget Me
  3. 年少不平凡 Young And Frivolous
  4. 怎麼忘記了你 Gone
  5. 不與誰做對的誠實 A Time To Be Silent
  6. 沒什麼不好 Time Will Tell
  7. 我知道你會哭 Don't Cry
  8. 多了多了 Not Enough
  9. 無視生非 Nothing To See
  10. 你走吧 Stay
  11. 默念你 Murmur
  12. 臉 Beautiful Face

Singles

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# English title Chinese title Release date Track listing Label
1st One & Only 唯一的唯一 May 2007
Track listing
  1. 唯一的唯一 (Wéi yī de wéi yī)
 Avex Taiwan
2nd 2020 Where Are You 2020你在哪裡 20 July 2010
Track listing
  1. 2020你在哪裡 (2020 Nǐ zài nǎ lǐ)
 Take One Music
3rd The Power of Beauty 美麗的力量 24 February 2011
Track listing
  1. 美麗的力量 (Měi lì de lì liàng)
 Take One Music
4th Own Categories 自成一派 19 June 2015
Track listing
  1. 前面路口停 (feat. Xiao Yu) (Qián miàn lù kǒu tíng)
 Forward Music
5th An Angel's Secret (feat. Erika) 當一個天���的憂愁（feat. Erika） 12 May 2016
Track listing
  1. An Angel's Secret (feat. Xiao Yu)
 Magpie Entertainment
6th non-album single non-album single 2 December 2016
Track listing
  1. 不信邪 (with Jam Hsiao)
 Magpie Entertainment
7th non-album single non-album single 24 December 2019
Track listing
  1. 默念你 Murmur
 Magpie Entertainment, Warner Music Taiwan
8th non-album single non-album single 17 April 2020
Track listing
  1. 臉 Beautiful Face
 Magpie Entertainment

Soundtrack album

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# English title Chinese title Release date Track listing Label
1st Ex-Boyfriend Original TV Soundtrack 前男友電視原聲帶 19 January 2012
Track listing
  1. 一直都愛著你 - Prelude (Yī zhí dōu ài zhe nǐ)
  2. 這個女孩 (Zhè ge nǚ hái)
  3. 一直都愛著你 (Yī zhí dōu ài zhe nǐ)
  4. 一直都愛著你 - instrumental (Yī zhí dōu ài zhe nǐ)
  5. 最後只能說再見 (Zuì hòu zhǐ néng shuō zài jiàn)
  6. 遇上了你 (Yù shàng le nǐ)
  7. Every Time You Smile
  8. 我們說好了 (Wǒ men shuō hǎo le)
  9. 一直都愛著你 - 在家練唱版 (Yī zhí dōu ài zhe nǐ)
  10. 最後只能說再見 - 在家練唱版 (Zuì hòu zhǐ néng shuō zài jiàn)
  11. 我們說好了 - 在家練唱版 (Wǒ men shuō hǎo le)
 Avex Taiwan
2nd The Wolf Original Television Series Soundtrack 狼殿下影視原聲帶 24 December 2020
Track listing
  1. 天狼星 Sirius
 Warner Music Taiwan

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Chinese Musicians Exchange Association Top Ten Albums of the Year Classmate Xiao Yu That's Me Won [3]
2012 One More Time Won [4]
2013 24th Golden Melody Awards Best Mandarin Male Singer One More Time Nominated [5]
Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Songs of the Year "One Light Years' Distance" Won [6]
Best New Artist — Won
2018 29th Golden Melody Awards Best Male Mandarin Singer With You Nominated [7]
2020 31st Golden Melody Awards Producer of the Year — Single "Murmur" Nominated [8]
2022 2022 Hito Music Awards Hit FM's Favourite Artist Be Nothing Won [9]
Hito Best Music Arrangement "Gone" (怎麼忘記了你) Won
33rd Golden Melody Awards Best Composition "If You Forget Me" (等妳想起我) Nominated [10]

References

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  1. ^ "法國坎城MIDEM 2014國際唱片展". Centre Culturel de Taiwan à Paris. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Music 全球首播 – 小宇《同在》". Fairchild Radio. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ "小宇-宋念宇". KKBOX. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ ""中华音乐人交流协会"2012年度十大专辑及单曲出炉！". Meradio. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Competition fierce for tonight's Golden Melody Awards". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  6. ^ "新城國語力頒獎禮2013得獎名單". Appledaily. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  7. ^ "第29屆金曲獎頒獎典禮 - 金曲APP". 金曲29 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. ^ "第31屆金曲獎流行音樂類完整入圍名單".
  9. ^ "五月天阿信、BTS都奪獎！hito流行音樂獎最大贏家是他 - 自由娛樂". 自由時報電子報. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  10. ^ Yeh, Eachen Lee 與 Aurora (18 May 2022). "【金曲33】2022金曲獎入圍名單！蔡健雅8項入圍成大贏家、許光漢強勢問鼎新人獎". Harper's BAZAAR (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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