Wanting Qu

Chinese born, Vancouver-based songstress Wanting has just premiered a new video for the song "Drenched" from her debut album, Everything In The World. The video had its broadcast debut on MuchMore Music in Canada, and its online debut at MuchMusic.com (here).

Wanting, who was recently recognized at the 2012 Best Album of the Year at the Beijing Billmoard Music Newcomers Festival as well as honored as Outstanding Regional Artist at the 12th Chinese Global Music Awards, will be a featured artist at San Francisco's Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Saturday, May 18.  Everything In The World is currently Triple Platinum in China and Hong Kong and Platinum in Malaysia and Taiwan. Watch the video for "Drenched" above and stay tuned for more news from Wanting.

The accolades have continue to pour in for Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Wanting, who released her debut album Everything In The World last summer. In addition to going Triple Platinum in China and Hong Kong and Platinumin Malaysia and Taiwan, Wanting has swept the board in most of the various 2012 Chinese Music Awards in the People's Republic of China, where numerous Annual Music Award Events occur each year, some with glamourous high profile TV ceremonies and all with varying degrees of media/public importance. One of the most acclaimed and respected awards are the Zhong Ge Bang (Chinese Songs Billboard Awards), where Wanting won the honor of Best Newcomer and Best Song for "You Exist In My Song." Wanting is also expected to take home top honors in the upcoming Yin Yue Feng Yun Bang, the important Chinese Music Radio Awards, which will announce winners in April. Wanting has achieved the unusual feat of a mainland Chinese artist--winning support from both independent and mainstream pop music fans.

Nettwerk Music Group is excited to share that iTunes has named three of its artists in their “Best of 2012” round-ups in various territories around the globe: fun., Passenger and Wanting.

Nettwerk Management client fun. claims “Best Song of 2012” on the U.S. iTunes store for their smash single “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe).” The track has sold nearly 6 million copies, with the video boasting more than 157 million YouTube views. The trio, who released their debut album Aim And Ignite on Nettwerk Records in 2009, recently received six GRAMMY nominations for their breakthrough album, Some Nights (Fueled By Ramen). Some Nights is also iTunes Canada's "Best Pop Album of 2012." Watch “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)” here: http://bit.ly/rKUQ1f.

Passenger, one of the latest additions to Nettwerk’s label roster, grabs the “Best Singer/Songwriter Album of 2012” in the UK iTunes store for his latest album, All The Little Lights. The UK-born troubadour (real name Mike Rosenberg) has spent the last year playing sold-out headline gigs around the globe, as well as opening for Ed Sheeran in North America and the UK. His break-out single “Let Her Go” has over 4 million YouTube views and continues to see track sales upwards of 2,000 copies a week. In the U.S., All The Little Lights is in its 15th straight week on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Additionally, the iTunes U.S. store chose All The Little Lights for inclusion in their current 2012 Chart Toppers sale, while iTunes Canada chose to feature the album in their yearly competitive “Boxing Week” sale. Watch “Let Her Go” here: http://bit.ly/Op4Qxw.

Lastly, Netttwerk management, label and publishing client Wanting takes “Best Album of 2012” honors in four different iTunes territories: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. The Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter (who sings in both English and Mandarin) released her debut album Everything In The World earlier this year. The album went Platinum in China in its first week, and today is Triple Platinum in China, Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Platinum in Malaysia. Last week, Wanting received 10 Chinese Music Chart Award nominations, including "Album of the Year," "Most Popular New Artist of the Year," and "Best Singer/Songwriter of the Year." She has achieved more than 10 million combined views on YouTube, 8 million combined views on Chinese YouTube (YouKu) and has more than 600,000 followers on Chinese Twitter (Weibo). She has also been featured in a slew of North American press, from CBC’s The Q with Jian Ghomeshi, The Atlantic, Billboard.biz and CBC’s The National, to major Chinese-language media like Sinovision, World Journal, Sing Tao and Epoch Times. Watch the video for “You Exist In My Song” (featured in the Chinese cult film Love In The Buff) here: http://bit.ly/No6PT8.

Stay tuned for more exciting news from these and other Nettwerk artists in the new year!

Nettwerk Music Group congratulates Wanting on her 10 Chinese Music Chart Awards nominations. The Vancouver-based, Chinese-born singer/songwriter released her debut album, Everything In The World, in her homeland during the summer of 2011, where it went Platinum in less than one week. Today, the album has erupted in and around the territory, going Triple Platinum in China, Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Platinum in Malaysia.

Wanting’s 10 nominations include “Album of the Year, Mainland China,” “Most Popular New Artist Of The Year, Mainland China,” “Most Popular Female Singer, Mainland China,” “Best Singer/Songwriter Of The Year, Mainland China,” “Best Female Singer, Mainland China,” “Best New Singer/Songwriter of the Year, Mainland China,” “Best Album Producer, Hong Kong and Taiwan.” Her stand-out single “You Exist In My Song” (which was featured in the Chinese indie cult film Love In The Buff) has been nominated for “Lyrics of the Year, Mainland China,” Melody of the Year, Mainland China,” “Best Music Arrangement, Hong Kong and Taiwan.” Watch the video above.

Wanting has achieved more than 10 million combined views on YouTube, 8 million combined views on Chinese YouTube (YouKu) and has more than 600,000 followers on Chinese Twitter (Weibo). She has also been featured in a slew of North American press, from CBC’s The Q with Jian Ghomeshi, The Atlantic, Billboard.biz and CBC’s The National, to major Chinese-language media like Sinovision, World Journal, Sing Tao and Epoch Times. Whether penned in her native tongue of Mandarin or English (which she only learned to speak at age 16), Wanting’s piano-swept music wins over the masses because her compositions—pop musings that plumb emotion—resonate universally.

To celebrate the release of the Deluxe Version of her debut album Everything In The World, Chinese-born, Vancouver-based artist Wanting shares a new lyric video for the track "Untitled."  Out now, this digital-only deluxe version contains 19 songs, three of which are previously unreleased. Watch the video above. 

 
In light of her tour dates selling out almost immedately after being announced, Chinese-born, Vancouver-based songstress Wanting has added second performances in Los Angeles and New York City. She's also been added to an offcial CMJ showcase at The Living Room on October 16th (full list of dates is below). In a recent live review of the Zebra Music Festival near Shanghai, Billboard.biz said, "This Chinese-born, Canada-based singer-songwriter put on an unparalleled set thick with emotion, energy and musical chops…with a soulful, expressive voice, vulnerable lyrics and striking looks.”

Wanting released her debut album, Everything In World, in North America in April, and left for China soon after, where Universal Music China released the album in July. Everything In The World went Platinum in its first week. Wanting has been touring across China all summer, playing various headline shows and festivals in front of audiences of nearly 40,000; the album is now Triple Platinum in China and Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Platinum in Malaysia.  It also remains the #1 selling album in China. 

Wanting upcoming tour dates:
Sun, Oct 7 Vancouver, CA @ The Rio (8:00pm)
Tues, Oct 9 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café (early show; 9:00pm)
Tues, Oct 9 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe (late show; 11:00pm)
Sun, Oct 14 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (2:00pm)
Mon, Oct 15 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (7:00pm)
Tues, Oct 16 New York, NY @ The Living Room (CMJ; 10:45pm)
Thur, Oct 18 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club (7:00pm)

"This Chinese-born, Canada-based singer-songwriter put on an unparalleled set thick with emotion, energy and musical chops…with a soulful, expressive voice, vulnerable lyrics and striking looks.”
– Billboard.biz (live review of Zebra Music Festival near Shanghai)

Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter WANTING has announced four special live shows, starting Sunday, October 7 in Vancouver and continuing on to Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto. Wanting also premiered the colorful video for “Life Is Like A Song” with BaebleMusic.com, who said it’s “just the thing you need to put the poppy pep in your step today.” Check out the full feature on BaebleMusic.com here: http://bit.ly/O1HiWb.

The rising talent released her debut album, EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD, in North America in April, and left for China soon after, where Universal Music China released the album in July. Everything In The World went Platinum in its first week. Wanting has been touring across China all summer, playing various headline shows and festivals in front of audiences of nearly 40,000; the album is now Double Platinum in China and Hong Kong.

Keep reading for tour dates...

Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Wanting continues to take China by storm with her debut album Everything In The World, which is now Double Platinum in China and Platinum in Hong Kong. Today, the self-taught musician releases Everything In The World (Bonus Track Version), featuring three previously unreleasesd tracks sung by Wanting in her native tongue of Mandarin. Find it in iTunes HERE.

Listen to one of these bonus track, "快活-Thrilled," on SoundCloud below:

Watch the lyric video for “我的歌声里 (You Exist In My Song),” a track recorded in Wanting’s native tongue of Mandarin, from her debut album Everything In The World.

Vancouver-based, Chinese-born artist Wanting has gone Platinum in China in just one week with her debut album, Everything In The World, which Universal Music China (via a licensing deal with Nettwerk) released on July 5th. Though based in Canada, Wanting has spent the past few years building a rabid online following via Chinese YouTube, and most recently had the song “Drenched” from her debut album prominently featured in the Chinese indie-flick Love In The Buff.

Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride (who also personally manages this rising talent) comments on Wanting’s success in China: “Everything In The World is an album three years in the making. Wanting delivered an authentic and heartfelt album that I believed would not only resonate with her generation, but would also transcend language boundaries and talk to a worldwide audience. It was essential that we had the right partners in China to deliver this album properly, and we found that in Universal Music China.”

Everything In The World was released via Nettwerk Records in North America on April 24, and her unique story quickly caught the attention of the CBC flagship nightly news program The National. 

Watch The National’s segment on Wanting here: http://bit.ly/MkOYS4.

Keep reading for more information on Wanting and her upcoming appearances at various Chinese music festivals...

Nettwerk Music Group is excited to announce the signing of rising Chinese star Wanting Qu to its management, label and publishing rosters. Wanting is in the midst of recording her first full-length English album, due out next year.

Wanting (whose last name Qu means "music, song, melody") started to sing before she could even talk. Her mother recalls, "You would know when she was awake because she’d be singing the theme song from this Chinese TV series called ‘Undercover Cop' loudly in bed to the ceiling, every morning.”

Wanting left her family and China when she was 16 and entered Canada as an international business student. It wasn't long before she realized her true passion and dream was to become an influential recording artist. She went on to earn her degree in business, but also tried her hand at songwriting in both Chinese and English and began performing in the Toronto area. She relocated to Vancouver, continuing to write and perform at events. It was there that she caught the attention of Nettwerk Music Group, home of such stars as Sarah McLachlan and Dido.

Wanting recently had three songs featured in a Mercedes Benz commercial and compilation album, which was distributed and promoted widely in China and has led to extensive attention around her, especially in her hometown of Harbin. She recently performed to over 10,000 people at a local festival, and she is now creating a following in Beijing.