1. Tia Ray is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Hunan, China.
17 Facts About Tia Ray
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Tia Ray rose to fame in 2012 as a contestant on the televised singing competition The Voice of China, where she finished as one of the final contenders.
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Tia Ray has since released four commercially successful albums, all of which she co-wrote and co-produced.
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Tia Ray had her international breakthrough in 2018 with the hit Be Apart, which generated 1.8 billion streams and was the seventh bestselling single in the world that year.
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Tia Ray has since collaborated with various artists from the United States, including Kehlani, Jason Derulo, Gallant and Far East Movement, blending Chinese elements with traditionally Western music styles.
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Tia Ray was born and raised in the town of Huai Hua, in the southwest province of Hunan.
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Tia Ray's blues-infused rendition of the Chinese folk classic The Curvy Moon received critical acclaim from the judges.
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In 2017, Tia Ray recorded Be Apart for the soundtrack of the movie The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes, which became her biggest hit and the seventh highest-selling song on IFPI's Global Singles chart.
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In 2019, Tia Ray released an EP titled 1212, written, produced and recorded mainly in Los Angeles, where she worked with local musicians including The Rascals, frequent collaborator of Ariana Grande, Kehlani and Babyface, whom she met in one of the studio sessions.
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In 2020, Tia Ray released Starfall featuring electronic group HOYO-MiX, the theme song of Chinese video game Honkai Impact 3rd.
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Tia Ray recorded the original version of the Beijing Winter Olympics theme song Together for a Shared Future with Hong Kong singer William Chan, which developed into a final version featuring over 200 artists.
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Tia Ray recorded an hour-long performance of new and old tracks, released together with the album.
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Tia Ray believes in the ability of music to transcend race.
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Tia Ray was invited as one of the four guest singers from the 2017 season during the season's biennial concert along with a guest Victor Ma.
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Tia Ray was again invited as a guest singer on the seventh season to accompany with Liu Huan once more during the semi-finals.
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Tia Ray later returned for her second season in 2020, entitled Year of the Hits, as one of the four returning singers from seasons four to six.
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Tia Ray was again eliminated after week eight, but she was reinstated upon her success in the Breakouts and went on to clinch as the season's runner-up, making her the best-performing previously eliminated singer in the series.