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Yao Chen
Native name姚琛
Born (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 28)
Chongqing, China
Other namesIvan Yao
💼 Occupation
  • Rapper
  • Singer
  • Dancer
  • DJ
  • Lyricist
Height180 cm

Yao Chen (Chinese: 姚琛; born 23 March 1998) is a Chinese rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the Chinese boy group R1SE. On 28 June 2021, he officially debuted as a solo singer under Fanling Culture, a wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary of JYP Entertainment.

Career

2015–2019: JYP trainee & Survival Show

Yao Chen was born on 23 March 1998 in Chongqing, China. He passed JYP Entertainment private audition in ETM and started his training days count in JYP Entertainment on 7 December 2015.[2]

In 2019, Yao Chen went to China to participated in Tencent Video's survival show program Produce Camp 2019.[3] He was revealed to be a contestant of the show during the program's theme song "Say My Name". In the first competition, Yao Chen got selected as opponent by Zhou Zhennan and he became the center of Group B Wukong[2]. On 22 May, he participated in the Doki Ladder meeting held at Chengyang Stadium with the other Produce Camp 2019 contestants. On 2 June, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's talk show Tian Tian Shang Shang. During the recording of Produce Camp 2019, Yao Chen also participated in the shooting of multiple posters for fashion magazines such as "Vogue Me". On 8 June, he placed 5th in the final show of Produce Camp 2019.[4]

2019–2021: Activities with R1SE

Yao Chen debuted with R1SE on 8 June 2019 with a single titled "R.1.S.E", which was also used in the movie Men in Black: Global Manhunt theme promotion song for China.

On 15 December 2020, Yao Chen released the first solo single "Nevermind" as a predebut song.[5] The song was produced by South Korean boy band Stray Kids' in-house producing team, 3Racha.[6] It held the No. 1 spot on the QQ Music daily popularity chart for 16 consecutive days and topped the weekly charts for 2 consecutive weeks.[7]

2021–2023: Solo debut

R1SE officially disbanded on 14 June 2021, after two years of active promotion and Yao Chen starts his personal activities at the same time.

On 28 June 2021, he officially made his solo debut with the first EP No Answer (Yao Chen album) [zh]. The EP includes 2 songs, "No Answer" and "Mobius".[8] The title track, "No Answer" hit 10.3236 million hits on QQ Music in seconds after its release, achieving Screaming Diamond Single Certification, with real-time hits of 15 million, making it the first peak diamond single in 2021. At the same time, "No Answer" parachuted into the QQ music popularity list and ranked first in the three charts, ranking first in the daily list on 28 June 2021, first in the 27th weekly list in 2021, and first in the real-time annual list in 2021. Show great popularity. In addition, "Mobius" was parachuted into the list of your music chart, and the title song "No Answer" was parachuted to the TOP1.

On 10 July, "No Answer" reached 20 million hits on QQ Music, becoming a Popularity Hall single. At the same time, Yao Chen is also the first singer to achieve the Peak Popularity Hall single certification on QQ Music in 2021. He is also the second singer on QQ Music to have two singles certified as one of the most popular singles on the Peak Chart after two years.

On 8 August, he participated in the variety show "The Masked Dancer Season 2" on Jiangsu TV and "Lightning Cafe" on Shanghai TV.

On 14 August, he participated in the "Time Echo Music Project" jointly produced by Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Weibo and sang a cover of F.I.R's "Our Love".

On 26 December, Yao Chen released his second EP Album titled !:EM. This second EP includes 3 songs, "Nevermind", "Yeah, Now", and "XXX".[9] Then, four days later he also released a Future Bounce based EDM single called "Lithops".[10]

2023—present: South Korean promotions

On December 2023, Yao Chen had his first appearance on a Korean music show, signaling his global market expansion. He appeared on KBS 2TV's 'Music Bank' on 1 December, followed by MBC's 'Show! Music Core' and SBS's 'Inkigayo' on the 2nd and 3rd respectively. On these broadcasts he performed the English version of "Adventure Player", the title song of the album released on 20 November.[11]

Yao Chen released "Turn Up" and promoted in South Korea.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
CHN
[13]
Awaken : 醒
Track listing
  1. Nevermind
  2. No Answer
  3. Wanna Get Worse
  4. Yeah,Now
  5. Lithops
1
  • QQ: Platinum (Regular ver.) & Gold (Limited ver.)[14]
琛YAOCHEN
  • Released: 23 May 2023
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: Fanling Culture
  • Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Welcome to Yao's land
  2. YAOCHEN
  3. Lonely
  4. Problem
  5. 就这样
  6. I'm So Hot
  7. YAOCHEN (English ver.)
2
  • QQ: 2× Platinum[15]
Better With You
(有你更好)
  • Released: 25 November 2024
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: Fanling Culture
  • Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Better With you
  2. Muse
  3. Proust Effect
  4. Snake
  5. Better With you (Acoustic ver.)
  6. Better With you (EDM Remix)
  7. Better With you (Korean ver.)
7
  • QQ: 2× Platinum[16]

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
CHN
[13]
No Answer
(不必回答)
Track listing
  1. 不必回答 (No Answer)
  2. 莫比乌斯的日落 (Mobius)
Unavailable[upper-alpha 1]
!:EM
  • Released:2 December 2021
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. 放下吧·NEVERMIND
  2. 夜闹·YEAH,NOW
  3. XXX
L.I.V.E
  • Released: 24 April 2024
  • Language: Mandarin, Korean
  • Label : Fanling Culture
  • FormatsL Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Turn Up
  2. Tempo
  3. Live in the Moment
  4. Turn Up (Korean Ver.)

Single albums

Title Album details Sales
不屑•NEVERMIND
  • Released:15 December 2020
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Note:Pre-debut single
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. 不屑•NEVERMIND
  2. 不屑•NEVERMIND (instrumental)
Lithops
(醒•LITHOPS)
  • Released:30 December 2021
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. 醒•LITHOPS
  2. 醒•LITHOPS (instrumental)
Not Good
  • Released:25 April 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Not Good
  2. Not Good (instrumental)
Wanna Get Worse
  • Released:25 April 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Wanna Get Worse
  2. Wanna Get Worse (instrumental)
Feel My Love (feat. Li)
  • Released:8 May 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Feel My Love (feat. Li)
Drinkin' You
  • Released:8 July 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Drinkin' You
  2. Drinkin' You (intrumental)
We Belong Tonight
  • Released:29 July 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. We Belong Tonight
  2. We Belong Tonight (instrumental)
Hush Down
(嘘)
  • Released:12 October 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. 嘘 (Hush Down)
  2. 嘘 (Hush Down) – instrumental
We Belong Tonight (Rave Republic Remix)
  • Released:30 November 2022
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. We Belong Tonight (Rave Republic Remix)
Christmas Snow
(白色信封)
  • Released:31 December 2022
  • Language: Mandarin and English
  • Label:Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
  • Featuring : Nichkhun
Track listing
  1. 白色信封 (Chinese Ver.)
  2. Christmas Snow – English Ver.
Problem
  • Released: 23 March 2023
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Problem
  2. Problem – Instrumental
Sunset Island
(落日岛屿)
  • Released: 25 September 2023
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
  • Featuring: Gibb-Z
Track listing
  1. Sunset Island
Adventure Player
  • Released: 20 November 2023
  • Language: English, Mandarin
  • Label: Fanling Culture
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. Adventure Player (English Ver.)
  2. 删除 (Feat. Lily of Nmixx)
  3. Rum Tonight
  4. Adventure Player (Chinese Ver.)

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CHN
[18]
"No Answer" (不必回答) 2021 2 不必回答 (No Answer)
"放下吧·NEVERMIND" 27 !:EM
"醒•LITHOPS" 19 醒•LITHOPS
"Wanna Get Worse" 2022 52 Wanna Get Worse
"Not Good" 17 Not Good
"Feel My Love" 37 Feel My Love
"Drinkin' You" 43 Drinkin' You
"We Belong Tonight" 73 We Belong Tonight
"Hush Down" 24
"We Belong Tonight" (Rave Republic Remix) 93 We Belong Tonight (Rave Republic Remix)
"白色信封" 90 白色信封 (YAOCHEN/Nichkhun닉쿤)
"Christmas Snow" (English ver.) 89
"YAOCHEN" 2023 39 YAOCHEN
"Adventure Player" (English ver.) 32 Adventure Player
"Turn Up" 2024 56 L.I.V.E

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, showing year released, selected chart positions and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CHN
[19]
"夜闹·YEAH,NOW" 2021 16 !:EM
"XXX" 47
"就这样" 2023 16 YAOCHEN

Creative works

Yao Chen has been credited for his participation during music production since pre-debut. All song credits are adapted from the music description on the streaming sources, unless otherwise noted.

Year Song Title Album Participation With
Compose Lyrics Rap Choreo
2019 十二 (Twelve) Going To Powerfully Burst Green tickY Zhou Zhennan, Yan Xujia
就要擲地有聲的炸裂 (Going to Powerfully Burst) Green tickY Zhou Zhennan, Yan Xujia, Zhang Yanqi
瘋子 (Madmen) Boom! Rhapsody! Green tickY Green tickY Zhou Zhennan, Yan Xujia, Zhang Yanqi(Rap), Zhou Zhennan, Zhao Lei(Compose)
Save Me Now [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Zhang Yanqi, Zhao Lei
You We Are Blazing Ost. Green tickY Green tickY R1SE Member
2020 Looking for trouble Green tickY R1SE Member
得吧 (Live) [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Zhou Zhennan, Zhang Yanqi
醒·Lithops [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
2021 不必回答 (No Answer) No Answer Green tickY Green tickY N/A
莫比烏斯的日落 (Mobius) Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY N/A
海闊天空 (Boundless) N/A Green tickY Zhang Yanqi
NOT GOOD [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY N/A
我們的愛 (Our Love Cover) Youth and Melody Green tickY N/A
NEVERMIND•放下吧 ! : EM Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY N/A
夜鬧•YEAH,NOW Green tickY N/A
XXX Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY N/A
2022 WANNA GET WORSE [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
FEEL MY LOVE [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
Drinkin' You [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
We Belong Tonight [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
噓 (Hush Down) [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
We Belong Tonight(Rave Republic Remix) [lower-alpha 4] Green tickY Green tickY N/A
白色信封 白色信封 Green tickY Green tickY NICHKHUN닉쿤
2023 Christmas Snow Green tickY Green tickY NICHKHUN닉쿤
YAOCHEN YAOCHEN Green tickY N/A
等 (Wait Green tickY N/A
Problem Green tickY N/A
就這樣 (That's All) Green tickY Green tickY N/A
I'm so hot Green tickY Green tickY N/A
YAOCHEN (English Version) Green tickY N/A

Other ventures

Fashion and Endorsement

Year Brand Title
2019 Just Pure Yogurt Group Endorsement (R1SE)
Just Yogurt : Pure Red Date and Wolfberry Flavor
《王者榮耀》無限王者團友團 (King of Glory : Infinite King Friendship Group)
Calvin Klein 双11助愿官
M&M Brand Ambassador[20]
Papa Recipe Spring Rain Mask Brand Ambassador
YSL Saint Laurent Beauty Brand Friend[21]
ROGER GALLET Perfume Red Ginger and Lychee Fragrance Ambassador[22]
2020 Tide Brand Ambassador
Biotherm Brand 回藍摯友[23]
Heilan Home Recommended Ambassador
Clarisonic Brand Ambassador
Nongfu Spring Public Promoter
YSL Saint Laurent Beauty Brand Friend
CPB Clé de Peau Beauté Dream Experience Officer[24][25][26]
2021 Mentholatum Brand Ambassador
Quaker Oats Promotional Ambassador
Tianyou Spokesperson[27]
NHL Stanley Coups Playoffs Promotional Ambassador
COACH Promotional Ambassador
GIVENCHY Beauty Brand Ambassador[28]
Alibaba 9.5 Event Public Welfare Promotion Ambassador[29]
New Future High School Student Project Love Ambassador[30][29]
Zegna MyZegna Experience Officer[31]
2022 W.Lab China Primary Spokesperson
TOMFORD Beauty Promotional Ambassador
2023 BACARDI Rum Spokesperson
Sprite Brand Ambassador

Magazine

Issue Number Magazine Remark
June 2019 Harper's Bazaar Electronic Magazine Cover
15 June 2019 Southern Metropolis Weekly Cover
July 2019, No.1 City Zine Cover (R1SE)
February 2021 Men's Uno Cover
November 2021 Shenzhou Art Cover
July 2021 OK! Magazine Cover
April 2022 Men's Uno Cover
6 May 2022 Beijing Evening News Special Issue
December 2022 CHIC! Elegance Cover
January 2023 Harper's BAZAAR MEN Open Annual Magazine Cover
May 2023 DAZED KOREA Inside Pages
July 2023 HER STYLE Magazine Double cover
August 2023 Sudsapda Magazine Cover

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2023 New Wave Award Yao Chen Won [32]

Notes

  1. (2015 – present) Fanling Culture is the Chinese branch of JYP Entertainment.
  2. (2017 – present) Also known as 小琛哥 de 工作室 / Yao Chen-ge's Studio
  3. (2019–2021) As a member of R1SE only.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Single Album.
  1. The China TME Physical Album Sales Chart was launched in September 2021.[17]

References

  1. http://yaochen.jype.com/
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  9. "!:EM". Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  10. "醒·LITHOPS". Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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  12. Seon, Mi-kyeong (16 May 2024). "'JYP 아티스트' 야오천, 신곡 'TURN UP'으로 국내 음방 활동ing" ['JYP Artist' Yao Chen promoting on the local music show with the new song 'Turn Up']. Osen (newspaper) [ko] (in 한국어). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
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    "TME Physical Album Sales Chart". Tencent Music (in 中文). Retrieved 8 July 2025.:
    • Awaken : 醒: Year 2022 – Week 14
    • 琛YAOCHEN: Year 2023 – Week 21
    • Better With You: Year 2024 – Week 48
  14. 14.0 14.1 Cumulative sales of Awaken by QQ Music:
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  17. Eastday (10 August 2023). 腾讯音乐榜重磅推出腾讯音乐榜认证体系、腾讯音乐实体专辑榜 [Tencent Music launches Tencent Music Chart certification system and the Tencent Music Physical Album Sales Chart]. China Daily (in 中文). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  18. Peaks on the TME Uni Chart:
  19. Peaks on the TME Uni Chart:
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  26. 徐异菲 (9 December 2020). "CPB肌肤之钥"羽梦幻境"沉浸体验展深圳开展" [CPB Skin Key "Feather Dreamland" Immersive Experience Exhibition Launched in Shenzhen] (in 中文). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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  28. Yao Chen (19 September 2021). "今晚20:00,宠粉互动福利安排上了 !". weibo (in 中文). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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  32. 이준호·뉴진스·세븐틴·스키즈·임영웅, AAA '대상'..뉴진스 6관왕 '최다'[2023 AAA][종합] [Lee Junho, NewJeans, Seventeen, SKZ, Lim Young-woong, AAA 'Grand Prize'.. NewJeans 6 Champions 'Most' [2023 AAA] [Comprehensive]]. Star News (in 한국어). 14 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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