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Deng Ziqi

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Deng Ziqi

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Gloria Tang (English: Gloria Tang; August 16, 1991 -), whose stage name is Tang Ziqi and G.E.M., is a Hong Kong female singer-songwriter, songwriter and record producer. On July 10, 2008, he made his debut at the age of 16 and won the Newcomer Gold Award at the three major music awards ceremonies in Hong Kong. In 2012, she released the album "Xposed" and won the Hong Kong IFPI, becoming the highest-selling Hong Kong female singer of the year. With "Xposed", she was nominated for the 24th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Singer in 2013, becoming the youngest female singer to be nominated for the Golden Melody Award. In 2014, she quickly became popular in the Chinese-speaking region due to her outstanding performance in the second season of Hunan Satellite TV's singing competition program "I Am a Singer". Deng Ziqi completed 80 solo concerts before the age of 24. In 2015, the concert at Beijing Workers Stadium had nearly 40,000 viewers. In the same year, she completed the 73rd concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England. In 2017, Wuhan Station completed its 100th game. Mainland platforms announced the box office of concerts in 2024. Deng Ziqi topped the list, generating a box office of more than 2.5 billion yuan. In 2025, it will become the fourth highest-grossing female singer tour concert in the world. Deng Ziqi became the first Chinese female singer to have five MVs that exceeded 100 million. The number of views of the MV for the song "Light Years Away" on YouTube exceeded 300 million on December 28, 2025, ranking first in the number of views of Chinese-language songs on YouTube. Other MVs that exceeded 100 million include "Goodbye", "Countdown", "Devil from Heaven" and "Like You", and "Like You" became the second most viewed Cantonese song MV. In January 2025, the cumulative total views of Deng Ziqi’s YouTube channel exceeded 2.4 billion. Deng Ziqi won the "Most Popular Asian Artist" at the 27th KCA American Children's Choice Awards and the Best Singer from Mainland China and Hong Kong at the 26th MTV European Music Awards (EMA). He has appeared on Forbes China's 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list twice (No. 91 in 2014 and No. 11 in 2015). He is the only Asian musician listed in Forbes' 2016 "30 Under 30" list of the world's most promising musicians under 30 years old. On the evening of March 7, 2019, Ziqi Deng announced the termination of the contract with Hummingbird Music, which she had cooperated with for more than 11 years. On April 19 of the same year, it was announced that Ziqi Deng's studio and G Nation record company were officially open for business.

Category
Musicians
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1991-08-16
Wikidata
Q665090
Occupations singer-songwriteractorrecording artist
Aliases G.E.M.G.E.M.Deng ZiqiG.E.M.Deng ZiqiGEMGet Everybody MovingGloriaGloria TangGloria Tang Tsz-KeiTang Tsz-keismall giant lungsolutionDeng ZiqiDeng ShiyingDeng ZiqiDeng ShiyingGoldfish G.E.MGoldfish G.E.M

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