Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang on 23 September 1974, Chinese singer Li Jian rose to fame in the 1990s as one half of the duo Shui Mu Nian Hua before breaking off to launch his solo career in 2002. His debut album Si Shui Liu Nian arrived in 2003 and he spent the 2000s and 2010s perfecting his sound across a wealth of other releases from 2005's Wei Ni Er Lai and 2006's Thinking of You to 2009's Music Mavericks. In 2010, his profile was given a boost thanks to Chinese star Faye Wong who performed Li Jian's song "Chuan Qi" (Legend) on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala that year. 2011 album 依然 (Yi Ran) and album track "贝加尔湖畔" paved the way for numerous accolades the following year, including Best Male Singer at the 18th Eastern Music Awards and in 2012 was named Best Mainland China Artist of the Year at the 11th CCTV-MTV Music Awards. He released Shi Guang in 2013, which was nominated for Best Album of the Year 25th Golden Melody Awards and in 2015, finished as a runner-up on Hunan Television's I Am a Singer season 3, wining Best Producer and Best Album for Li Jian at the Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards in 2016. In 2018, he served as the winning coach on his season debut, the third season of Sing! China (a rebranded version of The Voice of China), and in 2020 worked on Sing! China as a coach for its fifth season, winning a second time. In 2021, he returned with new album Wu Shi Wu Ke.
