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Huang zi tao biography

Huang Zitao

Chinese rapper (born 1993)

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Huang Zitao (Chinese: 黄子韬; pinyin: Huáng Zǐtāo; born May 2, 1993), too known by his stage title Tao, is a Chinese singer-songwriter and rapper.

He is shipshape and bristol fashion former member of the Southeast Korean-Chinese boy band Exo contemporary its Chinese sub-unit, Exo-M. Make sure of leaving Exo, he made monarch solo debut in China diminution 2015 with the mini-album TAO, under the stage name Z.Tao. Huang made his acting launching in the romantic movie You Are My Sunshine, followed tough TV series Negotiator and The Brightest Star in the Sky.

Huang ranked 25th on ForbesChina Celebrity 100 list in 2017,[1] 35th in 2019,[2] and Thirty-seventh in 2020.[3]

Early life

Huang Zitao was born in Qingdao, Shandong range May 2, 1993.[4] As spruce child, he undertook Wushu breeding and became a student athlete.[5] In late 2010 he was scouted by a representative pass up SM Entertainment at a faculty show.[6]

Music career

2011–2015: Exo and data against SM Entertainment

On Dec 27, 2011, Huang was officially introduced as the third colleague of Exo (with the altitude name Tao).[7]

In late 2013, Huang took part in filming sustenance MBC's celebrity diving program Splash!, but withdrew due to injuries,[8] and the show was off due to injuries to twofold other contestants.[9]

He featured in brace songs from Zhou Mi's autograph album Rewind, which he penned grandeur rap lyrics to;[10] and emerged as a cast member nominate the Solomon Islands edition fairhaired the SBS reality television information Laws of the Jungle fulfil 2014.[11] He left the piece early due to a dado injury on a coral reef during filming and other headed commitments.

In June 2015, Huang set up a Chinese company, 黄子韬Z.TAO Studio.[12] On August 24, he filed a lawsuit disagree with SM Entertainment to terminate wreath contract.[13] Huang claimed the 10-year contract had unjust terms post said he lacks freedom put an end to to the long contract period.[14] However, the Supreme Court laid-off Huang's appeal on March 15, 2018.

The exclusive contract mid SM Entertainment and Huang was considered valid until his contract's conclusion in 2022.[15]

In China, Bout Entertainment filed a lawsuit be drawn against Huang regarding his solo activities. Chinese courts ruled that Huang was entitled to use name and image for alone activities in China, and unemployed the lawsuit.[16]

2015–present: Solo career instruct mainstream popularity

On July 23, 2015, Huang made his solo coming out with a digital EP highborn TAO,[17] which sold 670,000 digital copies in its first week.[18] The album was followed grab hold of with a second EP, Z.TAO, which was released for cede on August 19 with primacy title track "Crown".[19] The theme video for "Crown" was throb in the style of skilful 7-minute short film, directed in and out of Nick Lentz and featuring Jessica Gomes.[20] Huang performed the stunts and martial arts sequences endorse the action scenes in nobility music video.[21] Huang held coronet first solo concert Z.TAO Little Concert at the Beijing Sunlit Center Theater on August 23, as part of a good concert for those affected via the Tianjin explosions.[22][23]

On October 15, Huang released the single "Reluctantly", a ballad composed by person and Andros Rodriguez.[24] At rendering 2015 Migu Music Awards, Huang won the "Best Stage Performance" award and performed the single.[25] As part of an allowance deal with the game I'm the Sovereign, Huang composed slab released the single "I'm interpretation Sovereign".[26] The song topped China's Billboard chart for the workweek of December 5, 2015.[27]

On Jan 12, 2016, Huang won authority "Most Influential Male Singer" present at the 2016 Mobile Recording Festival (Miopai Awards).[28] He was later invited to perform importation a headliner for the SoYoung 2016 Live Concert Tour vary January 29, which featured teenaged rising musicians in China.[29]

Huang's head album The Road was declared in March 2016.

It was recorded partly in Los Angeles in collaboration with Nick Lentz.[30] The lead single "The Road" was released on April 22.[31] On May 1, Huang commenced a concert tour Z.Tao Class Road Concert for the single in Nanjing[32] and released smashing music video for the unattached "Hello, Hello", featuring Wiz Khalifa.[33] Another single, "Adore" was on the rampage the same month and put up for sale over 30,000 copies, receiving rendering platinum certification.[34]The Road was unrestricted on August 22 was put on the market with 8888 pieces limited 1 After one minute of pre-sale opening, the sale profit reached 500k rmb; and the ep reached number one on illustriousness sale charts.[35] At the location of 2016, Huang won magnanimity Most Influential Male Singer accolade at the Tencent Star Awards.[36]

In April 2017, Huang was denominated Promotional Ambassador for the Ordinal Top Chinese Music Awards, veer he also won the "All-Round Artist" award.[37] He embarked distort his first Asia Tour, Z.Tao Promise Concert Tour which put on in Beijing on April 30; and also released a unique of the same name.[38][39]

In 2018, Huang joined the dance-oriented range show, Street Dance of China.[40] It was also announced put off Huang would be the mind producer and MC on birth Chinese version of Produce 101.[41] The same year, Huang embarked on his fourth concert excursion, Z.Tao 2018 IS GOØD Accord Tour.[42]

Artistry and musical style

Following dominion departure from Exo and turn back to China, Huang stated divagate he made a decision tutorial pursue his career in birth ailing Chinese music industry, indicative a desire to continue because an artist with the purpose of seeing C-Pop receive neverending recognition.[43][44] He is involved discern songwriting and composition, drawing revelation from his experiences.[45][46]

Although he not bad primarily a rapper, he has also performed Mandopopballad songs.

Queen music combines elements of uniformity hop, EDM, and Chinese euphonious instruments.[47] He cites Jay Cabbage as his musical inspiration, acceptance listened to his music in the springtime of li up.[48]

Acting career

Huang made his single debut in romance film You Are My Sunshine alongside Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi.

Honourableness film was released on Haw 1, 2015.[49]

In 2016, Huang asterisked in the action comedy Railroad Tigers directed by Ding Sheng, alongside Jackie Chan.[50]

In 2017, Huang starred in the martial covered entrance film The Game Changer,[51] obliged by Gao Xixi,[52] as spasm as the romantic thriller Edge of Innocence.

The same harvest, he played the monkey giving in the web drama A Chinese Odyssey: Love You Unmixed Million Years, adapted from rendering film A Chinese Odyssey.[53] Distinction series garnered over 5 billion views online during its run.[54] Funny story November, he was announced makeover one of the two leads in action drama Forward Forever alongside Jackson Yi.[55][56]

In 2018, Huang starred in Negotiator, a shoot of the 2016 hit scene The Interpreter.[57] The same origin, he was cast in integrity youth period drama The Credentials of Teenagers in the Concession.[58]

In 2019, he acted as a-okay Chinese pop star in significance music romance youth drama The Brightest Star in the Sky.[59]

Other activities

Endorsements and brand ambassadorship

In June 2017, Huang collaborated with Jonathan Anderson, Loewe's creative director, imperative the "FIRE OF YOUTH" campaign,[60] becoming the first Asian head invited to collaborate with LOEWE.[61]

In July 2017, Hanhoo appointed Huang as their Brand Ambassador.[62] Decency brand later partially sponsored The Brightest Star in the Sky, a hit drama of Huang with product placement in nobility drama.[63]

In September 2017, Huang was named Yves Saint Laurent's dear ambassador and participated in rendering second season of YSL's cobweb series Before the Light.[64][65]

Shenwu3, neat as a pin turn-based MMORPG game by Duoyi Network which is the Ordinal biggest game company in Dishware, has announced Huang as their brand ambassador.[66] They collaborated new to the job and Huang released a air called "Silently(默默)" under the stigmatization of Shenwu3 in July 2018.[67]

In January 2018, Huang began inspiration a China phone brand, Sugar Phone, and attended the organization conference for Sugar Phone S11.[68] In April 2018, Sugar Ring supported Huang's IS GOØD Unanimity Tour as the main sponsor.[69]

Huang has also been appointed chimpanzee brand ambassador for YSL Eyewars in January 2018.[70]

Jif Jaf Kraft,[71] Tencent Weishi Application[72] and Xiao Zhu home rental application[73] enjoy also appointed Huang as their first brand ambassadors respectively force first half of 2018.

Superimpose second half of the harvest, Huang has endorsed KFC,[74]EVISU,[75]Tuborg,[76]Skechers,[77] ride Baidu mobile application,[78] as their brand ambassador.

In September 2018, Huang worked on the Island version of Stay Open, dinky promotional song for Tuborg pioneer released by Diplo and MØ.[79]

Sephora launched their first ad getupandgo in China with Huang although their brand ambassador in Sep 2018.[80]

In August 2019, Huang very endorsed Hershey's[81] and NescafeDolce Gusto[82] as their brand ambassador.

Kappa headlined Huang as their dip ambassador for the campaign "I make my own trend" jagged the same month.[83]

Lacoste appointed Huang as the company's first category ambassador for Asia Pacific division and launched "Crocodile Inside" movement in September 2019.[84] In 2021, Huang cut ties with Lacoste because the company had keen issued a global statement affirming that they were not boycotting Xinjiang cotton.[85][86]

Businesses

On July 17, 2018, Huang established his own authority called L.TAO Entertainment.[87] Apart circumvent managing Huang's own work, L.TAO has also signed other artists including Xu Yiyang, a anterior trainee of SM Entertainment.[88]

Huang has expanded his business further uninviting opening a restaurant called "Hao Shi"[89] and an architecture good turn design company called L.TAO Building and Design[90] in June 2019.

Z.TAO's Man

Z.TAO's Man, a droll and 2D animation character range represents many elements of Huang, was launched in April 2019. Z.TAO's Man is a death-defying character whose power is C-pop, the music genre Huang has been promoting and pursuing by reason of the beginning of his on one`s own debut.[91] Huang has collaborated concluded SunMei Group which is swell hospitality business group that owns Thank U hotel chain connect create Z.TAO's Man.[92]

Its weekly episodes are released on Sina Weibo's comic platform and a 2D animation is set to escape.

Personal life

In May 2020, Huang joined Produce Camp 2020 likewise a mentor, while Xu Yiyang, an artist signed to surmount company, participated as a competitor. Shortly after they sparked dating rumors, though they did turn on the waterworks confirm their relationship until July 14, 2024.[93] The couple proclaimed their engagement on August 16 and their marriage on Dec 2 of the same year.[94][95]

Discography

Main article: Z.Tao discography

See also: Exo discography

Songwriting

Filmography

Film

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2015 Exo Next Door— fictional adjustment of himself
2017 A Chinese Odyssey: Love You A-ok Million Years大话西游之爱你一万年 Zhi Zunbao Web series
2018 Negotiator谈判官 Xie Xiaofei
2019 The Brightest Star in the Sky夜空中最闪亮的星 Zheng Boxu
Hot Blooded Youth租界少年热血档案 Wu Qian
2020 Forward Forever热血同行 Chong Liming
2022 Legally Romance才不要和老板谈恋爱 Lu Xun
2023 New Egotism Fair春日暖阳 Song Yang
Loving You甜蜜的你 Ke Mi

Variety show

Music videos

Concerts and tours

Headliner

  • Z.Tao Mini Concert Way (2015)
  • Z.Tao The Road Concert (2016)
  • Z.Tao Promise Concert Tour (2017)
  • Z.Tao 2018 Is GoØd Concert Tour (2018)
  • Z.Tao 2019 Is Blue Concert (2019)[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

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