Wu Mochou (born 18 April 1992), also known as Momo Wu, is a Chinese singer. She rose to fame after finishing as the runner-up in

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Biography

1992–2012: Early life

Wu was born in

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, Heilongjiang, China, the daughter of a singer. During her childhood, Wu followed her parents in a caravan and performed all over the country. When she was 18, her father died. To remember him, Wu tattooed his portrait on her left arm. In 2011, Wu was admitted to the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and started to sing at a local pub outside of the school. While performing at the pub, she started singing R&B, rock, and a variety of other music genres, and mapped out her own style.

2012– : career beginnings

In 2012, Wu took part in the

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competition, one of the most popular television shows in China during that year. Her first song was "Price Tag" by

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. She was chosen by

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, one of the four judges in the contest, who later became her mentor. Throughout the series, some audience members disliked her performances and said she had destroyed the songs. But Wu, whose voice bears a resemblance to

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, Duffy and

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, was proud of her own style. In the final rounds, Wu experimented an improvisation of "Itch"() by Huang Ling, which she combined with "

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"() by

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, causing controversy. Wu took second place in the competition; her sense of humor and positive attitude has since brought her a large group of fans. On 21 November 2012, Wu released her first studio single "I Will Give You"() featuring

. On 25 December 2012, "Sunshine Legend"() featuring Li Daimo, was released. It was adopted as the new city song of

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. In 2013, Wu had cameos in the film ''Better and Better''(), and sang in the episode "I Will Give You"(). On 21 March, Wu released a new studio single "Love Love Love Love"(). It was also used as incidental music in the film ''The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel''(). From December 2012 to February 2013, Wu attended a CCTV's talent contest miniseries Dreams Chorus(the Chinese version of

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), leading Team Shanghai to sing for charity funds for

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China: Expeditions. Although her team did not win the contest, it raised 37 million yuan in donations. Wu rose to prominence with incomparable speed. She was awarded "Singer of the Year" in a selection activity hosted by New Weekly. At the 2012 China Charm Awards hosted by the Southern People Weekly, Wu won the Different Glamour Award of 2012. At the Women's Media Awards 2012, jointly hosted by

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and

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, Wu won the 2012 Female Model Award. In 2013, Wu was signed up by Pepsi as a sponsor and subsequently released a new single, "Live For Now Momo"(). The music video of the song quickly broke the Chinese record as the most watched video with over 200 million views to date. In 2015, Wu sang the song “舞底线” for movie “捉妖记”.

Discography

* 2014: Jiu Xian Zai Wu Suo Bu ZaiJiu Xian Zai Wu Suo Bu Zai (China Version)Wu Momo
Momo Wu first album. * 2015: Jiējìn wúxiàn
Approaching Infinity * 2015: Next to the infinite * 2017: Create * 2018: More real

Filmography

* '' Run for Love'' (2016)

References

External links

Voice of China official site
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