2010
He started singing online in a Chinese video-based social network, YY.com, using a nickname.
| Name | Zhou Shen |
| English | Charlie Zhou |
| Birthday | September 29, 1992 |
| Birthplace | Hunan, China |
| Nationality | China |
| Height | 5"3' |
| Education | Lviv National Musical Academy |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Awards | Fresh Asia Music Award; |
| Top 10 Hits Songs 2016 (Big Fish, The Rose and The Deer) |
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| ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards People’s Choice Male Singer |
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| ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards Most Improved Artist |
Life
Zhou was born in Hunan, later moved to Guiyang, Guizhou and settled down. With his beautiful voice, he was admitted to the key middle school Guiyang No.6 High School. After graduated from high school, he went to Ukraine to study dentistry. However, he transferred to Lviv National Musical Academy to learn Bel canto.
Zhou’s voice is ethereal and intangible, like mountain spring that refresh people‘s mind. Due to his unique female-like voice, he used to be afraid to sing in front of people. Thanks to one of his upper classmates who invited him to sing his original song Faded after Rain, he earned a little fame in school after taking part in a singing contest by chance as well as regained his confidence in singing. Zhou’s unique angelic voice is something of a rarity in Chinese Music.
Career
2014
He participated in The Voice of China (season 3). He got recognition from all coaches by singing HuanYan (Smiling Face) from Chyi Yu in the blind audition. The song Lake Baikal sang by Zhou and Li Wei in the contest was also awarded Song of 2014 of The Voice of China. In the same year, he took part in the live tour of The Voice.
2015
He attended Beijing TV New Year’s Gala (New Year's Eve broadcasts) and supported the bid for Olympic Winter Games in Beijing by singing a multi-lingual version of Let it go>. He also took part in the world tour of the performing-arts extravaganza ‘Cultures of China, Festival of Spring’. In May, he went to London to attend The Voice UK with Li Wei on behalf of The Voice of China. He then released a cover album ‘Aftertaste’ together with Li Wei in July. After that, his first single The Rose and The Deer was released, and won the Best New Artist of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards.
2016
He sang Big Fish for the Chinese Animation Big Fish & Begonia in May, and Early Rain in Lin-an for an online game ‘Water Margin Q’. Big Fish and The Rose and The Deer, both were selected as the Top 10 Hits Songs of Fresh Asia Music Award 2016. In October, he sang several songs on the musical show ‘The Masked Singer’, and impressed a lot of people. He also won the Most Popular Male Singer Online of Music Pioneer Award 2016.
2017
His song Big Fish won the Top 10 Songs of the Year and honoured him with the People's Choice Male Singer of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards 2017. His first debut Album was released in November.
2018
He sang the Chinese Promotional song for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2017 'The Shape of Water'. He also won the Most Improved Artist of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards 2018. He held his first series of concerts at Shanghai, Wuhan and Chengdu. He won the Most Popular Karaoke MV of China Music Awards and the Best New Artist of Global Chinese Music Chart Awards. His title track Blue Parachute was also selected as the Top Songs of 2018. In November, he performed a classical song Time to Say Goodbye in the musical show ‘Super Vocal’ from Hunan TV and got praised by audience and the coaches.
Awards
| 2014 | IQiYi Rookie of the Year Award |
| 2016 | Most Popular Male Singer Online of Music Pioneer Award |
| Top 10 Hits Songs of Music Pioneer Award | |
| Top 10 Hits Songs of Fresh Asia Music Award | |
| Best Male Artist of DoNews Award | |
| Best New Artist of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards | |
| 2017 | People's Choice Best New Voice of China Music Awards |
| People's Choice Male Singer of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards | |
| 2018 | Most Improved Artist of ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards |
| Most Popular Karaoke MV of China Music Awards | |
| Best New Artist of Global Chinese Music Chart Awards |
Discography
Albums
| Date | Title | Songs | ||||||||||
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| 06-11-2017 | Charlie's Debut Album |
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