Wu Xuanyi

Wu Xuanyi
Native name 吴宣仪
Born Wú Xūanyí
(1995-01-26) January 26, 1995
Haikou, Hainan, China
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2016–present
Labels Starship Entertainment
Yuehua Entertainment
Associated acts
Wu Xuanyi
Chinese name
Chinese 吴宣仪
Korean name
Hangul 오선의

Wu Xuanyi (born January 26, 1995), is a Chinese singer based in South Korea signed under Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment. She is a member of South Korean-Chinese girl group Cosmic Girls. After finishing second in the survival show Produce 101, she became a member of the girl group Rocket Girls 101.

Early life

Wu was born in Hainan, China. She joined Yuehua Entertainment, moved to South Korea around 2014 to 2015 and joined Starship Entertainment where she became a trainee.

Career

2015-2016: Debut with Cosmic Girls and Joy Unit

On December 4, 2015, Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment introduced a 12-member Chinese-South Korean girl group "Cosmic Girls". Wu was introduced as a member of "Joy Unit" a sub-unit of Cosmic Girls. Joy Unit, together with Wonder Unit released a Christmas cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Cosmic Girls officially debuted in February 2016 with their mini album Would You Like? with "MoMoMo" and "Catch Me" as the two singles.

2018-present: Produce 101, debut and Rocket Girls 101 controversy, and acting debut

While juggling her acting and Cosmic Girls activities, Wu and bandmate, Meng Meiqi, participated in the Chinese reality survival girl group show Produce 101 aired from April 21 to June 23 on Tencent Video. Wu placed 2nd overall of 181,533,349 votes and debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101.

It was announced that Wu will have a role in the film, Marna playing as the role Marna which is set to be released in 2018.

On August 9, Yuehua Entertainment and Mavericks Entertainment released a joint announcement stating that they would be withdrawing Xuanyi along with Meiqi and Winnie from Rocket Girls 101. Xuanyi and Meiqi are to resume their activities with Cosmic Girls.[1] However, on August 17, both companies confirmed that after coming to an agreement with Tencent, that Xuanyi would be returning to group with Meiqi and Zining.

Discography

Filmography

Films

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2018 Marna 初恋的滋味 Marna Lead role

Television shows

Year Title Network Notes
2018 Produce 101 Tencent Video Contestant
Finished 2nd

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Category Result Ref.
2018 Fresh Asia Music 2018 Most Popular Female Singer Won [2]

References

  1. ↑ "乐华娱乐 - 联合声明" (in Chinese). Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "亚洲新歌榜2018年度盛典_新浪网 - 新浪娱乐". Sina (in Chinese). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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