Yang Chaoyue (Chinese: 杨超越, born July 31, 1998) is a Chinese actress and singer. After finishing third in Tencent's girl group survival show Produce 101,[2] she debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101. She was named by China Newsweek as one of the most influential Chinese people in 2018.[3]
Early life
Yang was born on July 31, 1998, in a village in Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. Her parents divorced when she was twelve. Instead of going to high school, she decided to help support her family and left home to work. She had various job experiences such as waitress, garment worker, flyer distributor, prior to becoming an idol.[4][5][6]
Career
2016–2017: Girl group contest and CH2
In 2016, the eSports game Battle of Balls hosted a girl group contest offering a 2000 RMB salary with accommodation and meals.
Yang was voted to be the most popular contestant during the contest and began her idol trainee career along with ten other contestants.[7][8]
In 2017, eight of the trainees formed the girl group CH2.[8][9]
Due to Wenlan Culture's video game industry background and the lack of a dedicated performance theater, Chaoyue did not receive proper training; instead, her jobs were mostly involved in promoting video games at various events.[10][11]
2018–present: Produce 101, Rocket Girls 101 and acting debut
In April, Yang Chaoyue and three of her CH2 teammates were chosen to represent Wenlan Culture on reality girl group survival show Produce 101 aired from April 21 to June 23, 2018, on Tencent Video.[12] She ranked third with over 139 million votes and debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101 on June 23.[13] In September she released her first solo song, a promotional single, titled Follow Me.[14] In November, Yang was announced to make her acting debut in the historical drama The Promise of Chang'an.[15]
In March 2019, she appeared in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup draw ceremony as a special guest and the World Cup draw ambassador to assist the draw.[16][17][18] The same year she played her first leading role in the youth sports drama Project 17: Side by Side.[19] Yang was later ranked 58th in the ForbesChina Celebrity 100 list for 2019.[20][21]Forbes China listed Yang under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.[22]
Despite her poor performance during the evaluation stage in Produce 101, Show Lo commented that Yang Chaoyue has a feel which will naturally appeal to viewers. Tao wanted to give her a spot in A class; however, following Ella Chen's suggestion, Chaoyue ended up being assigned into C class. When the first episode was aired, Chaoyue soon gained a huge popularity and was voted into A class. This resulted in debate and put her on multiple Weibo trending topics.[6][11][30][31][32] Finally, hateful comments emerged all around Weibo, degrading her stage performances and her personality, and turned into a widespread case of cyberbullying.[33][34] After finishing third in the final episode, Chaoyue was once again the most-searched topic on Weibo and was a trending keyword on Baidu, China's largest search engine.[35][34]
Some netizens anonymously reported Chaoyue to the Ministry of Culture, claiming that she did not have any singing or dancing talent and that allowing her to debut in Rocket Girls 101 "violates the Core Socialist Values".[1]Wang Sicong, son of tycoon Wang Jianlin, also criticised Chaoyue and made her a trending topic on Weibo once again.[11][36][32]
^ ab"《极限17》新生代演员演绎成长青春". Sohu (in Chinese (China)). Huanqiu Entertainment. August 8, 2019. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2022. 羽毛球篇《极限17 羽你同行》(梁靖康、杨超越、祝子杰主演)
^ ab"《理想之城》上海开机 孙俪赵又廷上演职场生存记". Netease (in Chinese). August 20, 2020. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
^ ab"《说英雄谁是英雄》定档5月23日 曾舜晞杨超越刘宇宁闯荡热血江湖" ["Speaking of Heroes Who Are the Heroes" is scheduled for May 23, Zeng Shunxi, Yang Chaoyue, Liu Yuning]. iFeng.com (in Chinese). May 16, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^*"招财进宝". Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
"哈哈农夫". Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^"舞力全开！杨超越洗脑曲《冲鸭冲鸭》真人版MV出炉". People's Daily (in Chinese). November 21, 2018. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^"杨超越献唱《武林怪兽》 《招财进宝》送贺岁最强祝福". ifeng (in Chinese). November 27, 2018. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^Xu, Weibing (July 26, 2021). "杨超越、白敬亭加盟 《我们的新生活》聚好看全网首播" [Yang Chaoyue and Bai Jingting joined the premiere of "Our New Life" Jukan]. NetEase (in Chinese). Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^Wang, Muyu (August 7, 2023). "《七时吉祥》宣布定档8月10日 杨超越丁禹兮主演" ["Auspicious Seven Hours" announced that it will be scheduled for August 10th starring Yang Chaoyue and Ding Yuxi]. China Youth Network (in Chinese). Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^Wang, Yingmin (March 1, 2023). "郑恺、王鹤棣演师徒 下饭神剧逗乐上班族" [Zheng Kai and Wang Hedi amuse the office workers by playing the master and apprentice dinner drama]. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^"《微雨燕双飞》今日开播 张楠王玉雯姐妹携手演绎家国情" ["Small Swifts Flying Together" will be aired today]. iFensi (in Chinese). June 5, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^《心动的信号2》上线 宋茜杨超越分享心动感情观. Sina (in Chinese). June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^"《了不起的长城》官宣 刘烨阮经天杨超越共走长城路". People's Daily (in Chinese). December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^这个世界会更好吗？是他们照亮了这个时代的星空 [Will this world be better? They illuminated the starry sky of this era.]. China News Week (in Chinese (China)). Beijing: China News Service. December 2, 2018. p. 68. ISSN1673-1735. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
^2018腾讯星光盛典：七大年度指数发布，超30位明星获得荣誉. new.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). December 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
