Tia Ray


Tia Ray or Yuan Yawei is a Chinese singer. In 2004, she began to work as a background singer for Chinese singers including Jane Zhang and Ma Tianyu. In 2013, she appeared on the Chinese singing contest, The Voice of China, and debuted her singing career. In 2014, she released her debut self-titled studio album. Ray was also notable on her appearance in Singer since 2017, with her most recent appearance on 2020 as the season's runner-up.

Discography

Studio albums

''[Singer 2017]''

Ray first appeared in the I Am a Singer series as one of eight "Initial singers" for the season. After Ray narrowly avoid elimination for the first two shows, she was eliminated on the third week. Ray later advanced to the semi-finals after reinstating her in the Breakout rounds, and finished in 7th place.

''[Singer 2018]''

Ray was invited as one of the four guest singers from the 2017 season during the season's biennial concert along with a guest Victor Ma. That season was currently the latest season to feature a concert airing after the finals held a week prior. The 2018 season also featured runner-up Hua Chenyu, who would also later compete along with Ray and two other singers two years later, and Hua gone on to win the season.

''[Singer 2019]''

Ray was again invited as a guest singer on the seventh season to accompany with Liu Huan once more during the semi-finals.

''[Singer 2020]''

Ray later returned for her second season in 2020, entitled Year of the Hits, as one of the four returning singers from seasons four to six. Ray was again eliminated after week eight, but she was reinstated upon her success in the Breakouts and went on to clinch as the season's runner-up, making her the best-performing previously eliminated singer in the series.