Na Ying
Chinese female singer
Na Ying is a Chinese singer. Rising to fame in the late 1980s, Na signed with Linfair Records in 1993, becoming one of the first singers from mainland China to join a Taiwanese label and subsequently gaining popularity across Greater China. In 2001, she became the first and only mainland Chinese singer to win the Best Mandarin Female Singer at the Golden Melody Awards for her song Sad and Romantic from the eponymous album (2000). Since the 2010s, she has become a staple of music shows, serving as a coach for eight seasons of The Voice of China from 2012 to 2021, and participating in Season 1 and 4 of Mask Singer (China) (2016; 2019); Our Song (2019); Season 2 and 3 of Sisters Who Make Waves (2021–2022), where she won the championship in Season 2; Infinity and Beyond 2023; and Singer 2024, where she won the championship.
Biography
Early career
Na was born in Shenyang, Liaoning of ethnic Manchu parents. She is of Manchu descent. She became a member of the Liaoning Juvenile Broadcasting Chorus in 1979, and the Shenyang Singing and Dancing Troupe in 1983. In 1983, Na won a national singing contest, where she was noticed by composer and later mentor Gu Jianfen (谷建芬).
After recording demos for singers such as Mao Amin and releasing cover albums, mostly featuring songs by Su Rui, Na had her first hit song "Shan Gougou" (山沟沟), followed by "Shan Bu Zhuan Shui Zhuan" (山不转水转). In 1991, she released her first album entitled "A single woman like me" (像我这样的单身女子), which had a moderate reception.
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