Yu·Quan (Chinese: 羽·泉; pinyin: Yǔ Quán) is a Chinese soft rock duet. They were founded in June 1998 as a duo between Chen Yufan (陈凡) and Hu Haiquan (胡海). They are from Beijing and Shenyang, Liaoning respectively. Both members were born in 1975. They were signed with Taiwanese music distributor Rock Records in 1999. Since then the duo has published a total of nine albums, with over seven million records sold. The duo is very well received in mainland China.[1]

Yu·Quan
OccupationSinger
Years active1999–present
TelevisionLet's Sing Kids
I Am a Singer 2013 (winners)
Sing My Song (mentors)
Sound of My Dream (mentors)
Chinese name
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǔ Quán
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJyu5 Cyun4
Musical career
OriginChina
GenresMandopop, Soft rock
MembersChen Yufan (陈羽凡)
Hu Haiquan (胡海泉)

In 2013, the duo competed in the first season of Chinese reality TV show called I Am a Singer (renamed Singer since 2017); the duo won the competition, and the series saw a profound success. They tried to use their way to recall Chinese music among the young generation, and encourage Chinese young musicians to remember and rebuild Chinese music culture. They previously appeared in the show Let's Sing Kids. As of 2020 season of Singer, they remained as the only group winners (and contestants doubled with hosting roles) to win, as winners from succeeding seasons were both soloists and singers not doubling roles as hosts.

They were mentors in the original composition show Sing My Song (2014–2015). During fall 2016, they were judges for music show Sound of My Dream. The show ran from November 2016 to January 2017. Before the show ended, Yu Quan held their seventh consecutive Christmas concert Tree New Bee (Chinese: 树新峰).

Discography

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Studio album

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No. English title Chinese title Released
1 The Most Beautiful 最美 10 November 1999
2 Callous to the End 冷酷到底 2000
3 Ardently Love 热爱 2001
4 I can't Live without You 没你不行 2003
5 Thirty 三十 2005
6 Friends are Difficult 朋友难当 2006
7 Everyone Has a Yu Quan in His Heart 每个人心中都有一个羽泉 2009
8 @Myself @自己 2011
9 Regenerate 再生 2013
10 Dare to Love 敢爱 2014
11 Recalcitrate 不服 2015

References

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  1. ^ "Yu Quan:the most popular duo in Chinese Mainland". China Daily. 8 May 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Preceded by
First
Winner of I Am a Singer
Season 1
2013
Succeeded by
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