Yang Peiyi

Biography

Yang Peiyi is a Chinese singer born on February 21, 2001. She studied at the Primary School attached to Peking University. She has a sweet voice and won first prize in the 2008 Beijing Haidian District primary and secondary school solo singing competition. She gained worldwide fame through the "Olympic opening ceremony lip-sync scandal" at the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, where her voice was the original recording of the song "Ode to the Motherland" but another girl appeared on stage miming to it, sparking widespread controversy covered by foreign media. In December 2008, she was awarded "Most Beautiful Voice of the Year" at the China New Stars Awards. In 2009, she signed with the record label Gold Typhoon and released her personal EP containing five songs. In October 2009, she participated in the 60th anniversary National Day gala in Hong Kong, performing the song "Stargazing" adapted from a poem by Premier Wen Jiabao, alongside singer Jacky Cheung and other musicians. In 2010, her song "Don't See Me as Just a Sheep" was adopted as the theme song for "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf Happy New Year." In 2012, she sang "Beijing Bless You," which was her last recorded public work. After that, she gradually faded from the music scene but continued performing at school events. In May 2025, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.