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Liu Yuning
Liu Yuning (simplified Chinese: 刘宇宁; traditional Chinese: 劉宇寧; pinyin: Liú Yǔníng; born January 8, 1990) is a Chinese singer, actor, and the lead singer of Modern Brothers. In 2018, Liu rose to stardom by his covers on platforms YY's Live Streaming and Douyin. Forbes China listed Liu on their 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2019. His debut album won the "Media Recommended Album" award at the 2020 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards, and his second extended play Listen•Ning (2020–21) won the "Most Popular EP" award in 2021 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.
Outside of music, Liu also gained recognition as an actor through his roles in television series such as A Journey to Love in 2023, Story of Pearl Girl in 2024, and The Prisoner of Beauty, A Dream within a Dream in 2025.
Liu was born in Dandong, Liaoning Province. His father died when he was 4 years old. His mother remarried and he grew up under his grandparents' care. Liu developed a passion for music from a young age, although his family's financial situation prevented him from pursuing formal music education or lessons, his love for music persisted.
Liu graduated from Dandong Vocational-Technical Secondary School where he received career training as a chef. He admitted he doesn't like to cook but chose to learn the skill so he could make a living early on and support his grandparents. He worked various temporary jobs as chef, waiter, and sales associate at fashion stores. Unwilling to abandon his initial dream of pursuing music, Liu used his first month's salary as a chef to buy a guitar. While working as a chef, he developed pneumothorax (collapsed lung), having no money to seek treatment, he could only lie in bed at home waiting for his time. Luckily, his boss at that time found out and lent him money for surgery. He later left his job as a chef due to this ailment. He began his musical journey as a singer at local bars. Subsequently, he formed the rock band Modern Brothers with his friends.
In 2010, Liu took part in Hunan Television's Super Boy, but was eliminated in the audition stage and failed to advance. He returned to the same competition in 2013 but was eliminated again in the second round of auditions.[citation needed] In 2014, Liu formed Modern Brothers band with A Zhuo and Da Fei, and joined the YY's live streaming platform in March 2015 where they covered dozens of songs. In 2016, he starred in the web film Class 952 produced by YY. In 2017 he moved his band's live streaming stage from indoors to outdoors, to a historical street market in his hometown, Dandong.
Liu Yuning and the Modern Brothers band rose to stardom after 3 years of live streaming (singing). Liu gained significant number of fans for his unique guttural singing voice. In July and August, Liu was invited to a number of television shows, including Hunan Television's Day Day Up and CCTV3's Setting Out for Happiness, but his first professional music stage performance was Jiangsu Television's Golden Melody 2.
On August 17, Liu and Modern Brothers held their first offline singing event at the exhibition center of Guangzhou Central Station. On September 15, Liu officially debuted as a solo singer with the release of his first solo single "Imagination." On October 19, Liu attended Zhejiang Television's Autumn Gala with his Modern Brothers band. In November, he participated in Jiangsu Television's Mask Singer. On December 31, he attended Jiangsu Television's 2019 New Year Concert.[citation needed] Liu landed his first drama acting role in the TV Series Hot-Blooded Youth starring Huang Zitao and Zhang Xueying which was filmed in September 2018 and aired a year later. He also sang OSTs for various films and TV series that year. Among them, the popular ones are "Toast the wine" (让酒) for Tomb of the sea (沙海) and the theme song for Jia Zhangke's film Ash Is Purest White.[citation needed]
In January, Liu was voted the "National Recommended Singer" to be a contestant as the challenger singer in Hunan Television's singing competition Singer 2019. On March 25, Liu won the Best New Artist and the Internet Influence Honor awards at the Chinese Top Ten Music Awards. His "Toast the Wine" was also awarded the Media Recommended OST. In March 2019, Liu participated as regular member in Hunan TV's variety show Our Brilliant Masters.[citation needed] In October, Liu participated as a regular member in the first season of Shanghai TV's music variety show Singing with Legends. As one of the eight young singers, he teamed up with older generation singer Richie Jen. Liu and Modern Brothers held their first concert tour in 5 cities from August to November; the last stop, planned to be held on February 14, 2020, in Wuhan, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December, Liu released his first solo studio album Ten (十).
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Liu Yuning
Liu Yuning (simplified Chinese: 刘宇宁; traditional Chinese: 劉宇寧; pinyin: Liú Yǔníng; born January 8, 1990) is a Chinese singer, actor, and the lead singer of Modern Brothers. In 2018, Liu rose to stardom by his covers on platforms YY's Live Streaming and Douyin. Forbes China listed Liu on their 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2019. His debut album won the "Media Recommended Album" award at the 2020 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards, and his second extended play Listen•Ning (2020–21) won the "Most Popular EP" award in 2021 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.
Outside of music, Liu also gained recognition as an actor through his roles in television series such as A Journey to Love in 2023, Story of Pearl Girl in 2024, and The Prisoner of Beauty, A Dream within a Dream in 2025.
Liu was born in Dandong, Liaoning Province. His father died when he was 4 years old. His mother remarried and he grew up under his grandparents' care. Liu developed a passion for music from a young age, although his family's financial situation prevented him from pursuing formal music education or lessons, his love for music persisted.
Liu graduated from Dandong Vocational-Technical Secondary School where he received career training as a chef. He admitted he doesn't like to cook but chose to learn the skill so he could make a living early on and support his grandparents. He worked various temporary jobs as chef, waiter, and sales associate at fashion stores. Unwilling to abandon his initial dream of pursuing music, Liu used his first month's salary as a chef to buy a guitar. While working as a chef, he developed pneumothorax (collapsed lung), having no money to seek treatment, he could only lie in bed at home waiting for his time. Luckily, his boss at that time found out and lent him money for surgery. He later left his job as a chef due to this ailment. He began his musical journey as a singer at local bars. Subsequently, he formed the rock band Modern Brothers with his friends.
In 2010, Liu took part in Hunan Television's Super Boy, but was eliminated in the audition stage and failed to advance. He returned to the same competition in 2013 but was eliminated again in the second round of auditions.[citation needed] In 2014, Liu formed Modern Brothers band with A Zhuo and Da Fei, and joined the YY's live streaming platform in March 2015 where they covered dozens of songs. In 2016, he starred in the web film Class 952 produced by YY. In 2017 he moved his band's live streaming stage from indoors to outdoors, to a historical street market in his hometown, Dandong.
Liu Yuning and the Modern Brothers band rose to stardom after 3 years of live streaming (singing). Liu gained significant number of fans for his unique guttural singing voice. In July and August, Liu was invited to a number of television shows, including Hunan Television's Day Day Up and CCTV3's Setting Out for Happiness, but his first professional music stage performance was Jiangsu Television's Golden Melody 2.
On August 17, Liu and Modern Brothers held their first offline singing event at the exhibition center of Guangzhou Central Station. On September 15, Liu officially debuted as a solo singer with the release of his first solo single "Imagination." On October 19, Liu attended Zhejiang Television's Autumn Gala with his Modern Brothers band. In November, he participated in Jiangsu Television's Mask Singer. On December 31, he attended Jiangsu Television's 2019 New Year Concert.[citation needed] Liu landed his first drama acting role in the TV Series Hot-Blooded Youth starring Huang Zitao and Zhang Xueying which was filmed in September 2018 and aired a year later. He also sang OSTs for various films and TV series that year. Among them, the popular ones are "Toast the wine" (让酒) for Tomb of the sea (沙海) and the theme song for Jia Zhangke's film Ash Is Purest White.[citation needed]
In January, Liu was voted the "National Recommended Singer" to be a contestant as the challenger singer in Hunan Television's singing competition Singer 2019. On March 25, Liu won the Best New Artist and the Internet Influence Honor awards at the Chinese Top Ten Music Awards. His "Toast the Wine" was also awarded the Media Recommended OST. In March 2019, Liu participated as regular member in Hunan TV's variety show Our Brilliant Masters.[citation needed] In October, Liu participated as a regular member in the first season of Shanghai TV's music variety show Singing with Legends. As one of the eight young singers, he teamed up with older generation singer Richie Jen. Liu and Modern Brothers held their first concert tour in 5 cities from August to November; the last stop, planned to be held on February 14, 2020, in Wuhan, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December, Liu released his first solo studio album Ten (十).