Yang Chaoyue

Biography

Yang Chaoyue is a Chinese singer and actress of Bai ethnicity, born on July 31, 1998, in Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. She grew up in a rural family; her parents divorced when she was 12, and she began working after middle school to help support her family, working as a sewing factory worker and a restaurant waitress. In 2016, she participated in a campus idol competition organized by Wenlan Culture and was selected among the top 40 contestants, later joining the temporary group "Qiuqiu Baobei" as a substitute after three contestants withdrew. In February 2017, the eight-member girl group "CH2" was officially formed from "Qiuqiu Baobei." In 2018, she joined the talent show "Produce 101" on Tencent Video, was nicknamed "Village Flower," and finished third in the finals, debuting as a member of the group "Rocket Girls 101." She released her first solo single "Follow Me" in September 2018, then acted in the drama "Chang'an Promise" and released two more solo singles. In 2019, she appeared as a fixed guest on the reality show "HaHa Farmer" and attended the FIBA Basketball World Cup draw ceremony. She received several honors, including being named one of the most influential entertainment figures in China for 2018 by China News Weekly and being listed on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019 at 58th place.