Born December 12, 1984 in Hunan, China, mandopop singer Tia Ray followed in the footsteps of her idols like Beyoncé, fusing R&B and pop and creating an original sound that made her an international presence. She toiled for nearly a decade as a backup singer for numerous famous performers before she got her big break competing on the program The Voice of China in 2012. This gave her the profile to launch her solo career, which began in earnest with 2014’s Tia. She returned to television competing in the 2017 season of The Singer where she placed seventh. She released TIARA in 2018 and she had one of her biggest singles with the non-album track “Be Apart” which was used as the theme song for a hit film. The 2019 EP 1212 followed, and then she built her international profile when she featured on the Jason Derulo track “Champion”, which was used as the official song of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup competition held in China. For 2020 she returned to The Singer, making it to the semi-finals. She also released the single “Starfall: Impressions”.
