# Yang Chaoyue

Yang Chaoyue (Chinese: 杨超越, born July 31, 1998) is a Chinese actress and singer. After finishing third in Tencent's girl group survival show Produce 101, she debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101. She was named by China Newsweek as one of the most influential Chinese people in 2018.

## Early life

Yang was born on July 31, 1998, in a village in Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. Her parents divorced when she was twelve. Instead of going to high school, she decided to help support her family and left home to work. She had various job experiences such as waitress, garment worker, flyer distributor, prior to becoming an idol.

## Career
### 2016–2017: Girl group contest and CH2

In 2016, the eSports game Battle of Balls hosted a girl group contest offering a 2000 RMB salary with accommodation and meals. Yang was voted to be the most popular contestant during the contest and began her idol trainee career along with ten other contestants. In 2017, eight of the trainees formed the girl group CH2. Due to Wenlan Culture's video game industry background and the lack of a dedicated performance theater, Chaoyue did not receive proper training; instead, her jobs were mostly involved in promoting video games at various events.

### 2018–present: Produce 101, Rocket Girls 101 and acting debut

In April, Yang Chaoyue and three of her CH2 teammates were chosen to represent Wenlan Culture on reality girl group survival show Produce 101 aired from April 21 to June 23, 2018, on Tencent Video. She ranked third with over 139 million votes and debuted as a member of Rocket Girls 101 on June 23. In September she released her first solo song, a promotional single, titled Follow Me. In November, Yang was announced to make her acting debut in the historical drama The Promise of Chang'an.
In March 2019, she appeared in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup draw ceremony as a special guest and the World Cup draw ambassador to assist the draw. The same year she played her first leading role in the youth sports drama Project 17: Side by Side. Yang was later ranked 58th in the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list for 2019. Forbes China listed Yang under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.
In 2020, Yang starred in the fantasy historical web series Ever Night playing Hao Tian/Tian Nu. She then played lead roles in xianxia romance drama Dance of the Phoenix, and romantic comedy-drama Midsummer Is Full of Love. She ranked 80th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list.
In 2021, Yang played a supporting role in the iQiyi drama series The Ideal City [zh]. In 2022, she starred in the wuxia drama Heroes [zh] and the family sitcom Sisterhood [zh].

## Controversy

Despite her poor performance during the evaluation stage in Produce 101, Show Lo commented that Yang Chaoyue has a feel which will naturally appeal to viewers. Tao wanted to give her a spot in A class; however, following Ella Chen's suggestion, Chaoyue ended up being assigned into C class. When the first episode was aired, Chaoyue soon gained a huge popularity and was voted into A class. This resulted in debate and put her on multiple Weibo trending topics. Finally, hateful comments emerged all around Weibo, degrading her stage performances and her personality, and turned into a widespread case of cyberbullying. After finishing third in the final episode, Chaoyue was once again the most-searched topic on Weibo and was a trending keyword on Baidu, China's largest search engine.
Some netizens anonymously reported Chaoyue to the Ministry of Culture, claiming that she did not have any singing or dancing talent and that allowing her to debut in Rocket Girls 101 "violates the Core Socialist Values". Wang Sicong, son of tycoon Wang Jianlin, also criticised Chaoyue and made her a trending topic on Weibo once again.

## Discography
### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | CHN | Album |
| "跟着我一起 (Follow Me)" | 2018 | — | Nin Jiom Herbal Cough Syrup Promo single |
| "冲鸭冲鸭 (March On and On)" | 2018 | — | 光明勇士 (Legend of Honour) Game promo single |
| "招财进宝 (Lucky Fortune)" | 2018 | 93 | Kung Fu Monster Holiday Promo single |
| "哈哈农夫 (Haha Farmer)" (with Wang Yuan, Jia Nailiang, Jin Hao) | 2019 | 57 | Haha Farmer Theme song |
| "O.O" | 2019 | — | The Wind |
| "Never Stand Still" | 2019 | — | Project 17 promotional song |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. ||||

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Our New Life | 我们的新生活 | Chen Jing Yu | |

### Television series

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Network |
| 2019 | Project 17: Side by Side [zh] | 极限17 羽你同行 | Xiao Na | Mango TV, Tencent Video |
| 2020 | Ever Night 2 | 将夜2 | Hao Tian / Tian Nu | Tencent Video |
| 2020 | Dance of the Phoenix | 且听凤鸣 | Feng Wu | Tencent Video |
| 2020 | Midsummer Is Full of Love | 仲夏满天心 | Luo Tianran | Tencent Video |
| 2020 | The Promise of Chang'an | 长安诺 | Dong Ruoxuan | Tencent Video |
| 2021 | The Ideal City [zh] | 理想之城 | Du Juan | iQiyi |
| 2022 | Heroes [zh] | 说英雄谁是英雄 | Wen Rou | Tencent Video |
| 2022 | Sisterhood [zh] | 家有姐妹 | Fang Xiang | Dragon TV |
| 2023 | The Journey of Chong Zi [zh] | 重紫 | Chong Zi | Tencent Video |
| 2023 | Love You Seven Times | 七時吉祥 | Xiang Yun | iQiyi |
| 2023 | Fireworks of My Heart [zh] | 我的人间烟火 | Zhai Miao | Hunan Television |
| 2023 | Never Give Up | 今日宜加油 | Wu Yimei | iQiyi |
| 2023 | Gone with the Rain | 微雨燕双飞 | Empress Dowager (young) | Youku |
| 2024 | Born to Run | 如果奔跑是我的人生 | Chen Ruo Hua | CCTV-8 iQiyi |
| 2024 | The Double | 墨雨云间 | Jiang Li | Youku |

### Television show

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Network | Notes |
| 2018 | Produce 101 | 创造101 | Tencent Video | Contestant 3rd place |
| 2018 | Heart Signal | 心动的信号 | Tencent Video | Panelist |
| 2019 | Haha Farmer | 哈哈农夫 | Mango TV Hunan Television | Cast member |
| 2019 | Heart Signal 2 | 心动的信号2 | Tencent Video | Panelist |
| 2020 | The Great Wall | 了不起的长城 | Beijing TV | Cast member |
| 2020 | Heart Signal 3 | 心动的信号3 | Tencent Video | Panelist |
| 2020 | When We Write Love Story | 平行时空遇见你 | Tencent Video | Cast member |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award or Nomination | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2018 | China Newsweek China's Most Influential | Artist of the Year | — | Won |
| 2018 | Tencent Video Star Awards | Best Newcomer Award | — | Won |
| 2019 | Shanghai International Film & TV Festival Internet Summit Gala Night | Best Performance in Web Variety shows | Produce 101 | Won |
| 2019 | Golden Bud – The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival | Best Newcomer | Project 17: Side By Side | Nominated |

## Magazine Covers

| Date | Issue | Magazine | Classification | Type | Note |
| 2018-12-24 | 2018 No48 (Vol 882) | China Newsweek | Political/Economy | Cover (multiple people) | China's Most Influential in 2018 |
| 2019-01-08 | 2019 No1 (Vol 359) | People (人物) Magazine | Biography | Cover (multiple people) | For the first time, people of the year are chosen to be all female |
| 2019-01-20 | 2019 Jan (Vol 17) | Nylon China | Fashion | Cover | |
| 2019-02-15 | 2019 No2 (Vol 419) | Bazaar Men's Style | Fashion | Cover | Second female ever appeared on Bazaar Men's Style magazine cover |