In the recently released global digital single chart TOP10, Xiao Zhan's "Point of Light" ranked first with 50.96 million copies, and Wang Yibo's "No Sense" sold 16.97 million copies ranked ninth. In second place is Ed Sheeran's Shape of You.
After the world's most handsome man, Xiao Zhan once again won the top of the music awards. He showed the charm of Chinese men to the world and became a fierce player in the export of Chinese culture. I believe that in time, he will dedicate more wonderful works, and even win another performance award for the world's first.
Wang Yibo's achievements are also very eye-catching, he is a few years younger than Xiao Zhan, and he is also an all-round artist of film and television songs. Cai Xukun, who released a new album on April 13, also has the strength to impact the list, and believes that in the future global rankings, Chinese music and movies will continue to appear on the chart like China's economy.
In second place, Ed Sheeran and Xiao Zhan are peers. There was once a UP owner Huang Boss on the A station, who liked Ed Sheeran's songs and constantly recommended his works, and finally, domestic music fans called Ed Sheeran the Yellow Boss. In addition, his full head of yellow hair, said that Huang Boss was most suitable.
In the top 10 charts, Boss Huang has two songs on the list. One was "Shape of You" in second place, and the other was "Thinking Out Loud" in seventh place, and both songs won Grammy Awards. The total sales of these two songs reached more than 60 million, surpassing Xiao Zhan's "Point of Light".
Born in February 1991 in West Yorkshire, England, Boss Huang began playing guitar at a very young age and wanted to become a musician. At the age of 11, he met his idol backstage at Damien Rice's concert. Les encouraged him to create his own music, and the next day, Boss Huang began to create, which is the power that idols bring to fans.
Shortly thereafter, Boss Huang recorded his first EP, The Orange Room. This EP attracted some attention and made him confident. At the age of 14, he took up his guitar and a few changes of clothes and ventured into London.
After arriving in London, the pace of Huang's life accelerated significantly, and he continued to write and record songs, releasing the self-titled album in 2006 and the album Want Some? in 2007. He also began working with some well-known musicians, and in 2009 he performed more than 300 live performances.
2010 was the year of Boss Huang's career, when he began to spread his music to video social media, attracting the attention of rapper Example, who invited him as the opening guest of the roadshow, which made Boss Huang's fans soar.
In the same year, Boss Huang came to the United States. Invited by Jamie Foxx to attend his Sirius radio show. In January 2011, Boss Huang released another EP, which was also his last EP as an independent musician, without any marketing, and his EP ranked second on the iTunes list. That month, he signed to Atlantic Records.
At Atlantic Records, Boss Huang completed his first studio album ,+," which sold more than 1 million copies in the UK in half a year. Boss Huang also began working with some big musicians, including One Direction and Taylor Swift, and Boss Huang also served as a guest of honor at Mold's 2013 concert.
In 2013, Boss Huang's work "I See Fire" became the theme song of the movie "The Hobbit 2: The Battle of Smaug". In 2014, his second album X won number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and three of the songs made it into the top 10, including the aforementioned Thinking Out Loud.
In 2016, Boss Huang stopped working and threw himself into his third album, ÷. In January 2017, he released two songs from the album, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill," which ranked first and sixth on the Billboard 100, respectively. In March, the album was released and he began a world tour. The album set Spotify records, with 56.7 million views on its first day.
In 2017, Boss Huang's love song "Perfect" dominated the major charts, and he also launched a version of "Perfect Duet" with Beyoncé.
In 2019, Boss Huang collaborated with Justin Bieber to launch "I Don't Care", the first song on his album No.6 Collaborations Project. The song once again set a Spotify single-day record.
At the end of 2019, Boss Huang suddenly announced that he would temporarily leave the music scene for 18 months. Having been busy with music all these years, he was going back to spend time with his lover, Cherry Seaborn. They married secretly in 2018. In September 2020, Boss Huang posted a post announcing the birth of his beloved daughter.
According to the plan, in June 2021, Boss Huang will return to the music industry.