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By that time, prior phases of the project had already been awarded to relocate the toll plaza from San Mateo to Hayward on new fill and bids were taken for the new eastern trestle, with trestle construction awarded to Peter Kiewit Sons'.
The finished single-deck design was not finalized until January 1962, with work initially estimated to complete in 1965.
William Stephen Allen was retained as an architectural consultant, although the bridge was designed by the Bay Toll Crossings Division (under Chief Engineer Norman C. Raab) of the California Department of Public Works.
Chuck Seim, one of the design engineers working for Bay Toll Crossings, would later credit Allan Temko's criticism of Raab's economical truss design for the Richmond–San Rafael crossing for generating sufficient public pressure to drive the single-deck design.
Temko's article quoted T.Y. Lin as being against a repeat of the Richmond–San Rafael design, but Lin ultimately gave Temko the credit for the design.
Raab retired and his successor, E.R. "Mike" Foley, was willing to incorporate aesthetic considerations, resulting in the final design.
The western highrise span features an all-steel superstructure, with an orthotropic deck over two parallel box girders, following the construction of several smaller test bridges using the same orthotropic deck technology.
It was the first large-scale use of an orthotropic deck, which reduces weight, and thus seismic loading, although the bridge is expected to receive moderate to major damage following an earthquake.
Murphy Pacific Marine built the Marine Boss floating barge-crane in 1966 with a  capacity to perform the heavy box girder and deck-section lifts.
The heavy lift capacity of Marine Boss enabled Murphy Pacific to raise much longer prefabricated girders than existing barge cranes would have allowed.
Box girder and deck sections were fabricated in Murphy Pacific's Richmond yard and were carried by Marine Boss to the bridge construction site.
Marine Boss was sold for scrap in 1988 to Weeks Marine in New Jersey, who renamed it the Weeks 533 and refurbished it.
Weeks 533 has since been used for several notable heavy lifts, including moving the Concorde and Enterprise onto the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and lifting the downed hull of US Airways Flight 1549 from the Hudson River.
The total length of the bridge is , which is made up of a western  highrise section and an eastern  trestle section.
of fill were used at the Hayward end to reclaim land for placing the toll plaza and administrative buildings.
The eastern trestle span was built on 4,840 prestressed hollow concrete piles, each  long.
The contractor built a casting yard in Richmond to produce the concrete piles continuously.
The new eastern trestle span was completed in 1963 and traffic over the existing 1929 bridge was moved over to it.
Work on the western highrise span was bid in October 1964 and commenced in 1965.
It crosses a shipping channel, with an orthotropic main span that is  long (at the time, the longest girder span in the United States) and has a vertical clearance of .
The main span is flanked by two orthotropic back spans which are each  long, and there are seven orthotropic side spans on the approach to each back span.
Each of these side spans are  long.
Although these spans appear to be formed from continuous box girders, they consist of alternating anchor spans and suspended spans.
Anchor spans rest on top of two adjacent piers and cantilever over each side slightly, and suspended spans are hung between the ends of two adjacent anchor spans.
There are an additional nine  steel spans carrying a concrete deck on the San Mateo side of the highrise, and ten steel spans carrying a concrete deck on the Hayward side, ranging from .
The bridge carries about 93,000 cars and other vehicles on a typical day, almost double its original projected design capacity of 50,000 vehicles per day.
The steel deck of the bridge, approximately , was paved with an epoxy asphalt concrete wearing surface in two layers.
The San Mateo Bridge was the first deployment of an epoxy asphalt concrete wearing surface. ,
the original wearing surface was still in use, but was subsequently replaced in 2015.
The highrise section was initially built with six lanes and the eastern causeway with four lanes (two in each direction).
The causeway section was a perennial traffic bottleneck until it was expanded to six lanes in 2002, along with much needed improvements in its connections with Interstate 880 in Hayward.
High-voltage power lines built by PG&E in the 1950s parallel the bridge all the way across the bay.
They provide power to the peninsula and San Francisco.
Upgrades and repairs
Seismic upgrades (1997–2000)
The bridge was closed in the wake of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as a precaution, but reopened on 1989-10-18.
It underwent an extensive seismic retrofitting to protect against earthquake damage from 1997 through 2000.
Widening (2002–2003)
The bridge was considered the worst evening commute in the Bay Area, which ended with the completion of a new eastern trestle carrying westbound bridge traffic in 2002.
Eastbound bridge traffic took over the old trestle completely, although eastbound traffic was not expanded to three lanes until February 2003.
Funded as part of BATA's regional Measure (RM) 1 program, which raised bridge tolls, the new low-rise trestle portion of the bridge added  shoulders on both sides in both directions and effectively widened traffic from four to six lanes, matching the configuration of the high-rise portion of the bridge.
With the completion of the new westbound trestle, the speed limit on the bridge was raised to .
Seismic beam (2010–2012)
A beam, which had been added as part of the seismic retrofit project, was found in a cracked condition during a routine inspection in October 2010.
The beam, which was on the westbound approach to (east of) the highrise section, was patched with a steel plate as an emergency repair, and permanent repairs, requiring a weekend shutdown, were completed two years later.
Repaving (2015)
After nearly forty years of service from the original orthotropic deck wearing surface, Myers and Sons Construction, a partnership between C. C. Myers and Sterling Construction Company, was the selected bidder to remove and replace the wearing surface on the highrise portion in 2015.
The work required two full weekend closures on May 8–11, 2015 and May 22–25, 2015.
The new polyester concrete wearing surface, developed by Caltrans and used to great success in other Bay Area bridges, is anticipated to be at least as durable as the original epoxy asphalt concrete, according to laboratory tests.
The bridge was closed to traffic, for the first time since opening, starting at 10pm on Friday, May 8, 2015, for resurfacing and maintenance.
The bridge reopened before 4am on Monday, May 11, 2015.
It closed again for the final phase over Memorial Day weekend, May 22–25, 2015, fully reopening by 4:55am on May 25.
Werder Pier
After the new bridge was built, the old bridge was demolished but the western approach (the trestle span up to the original truss spans) was purchased by the County of San Mateo in 1968 for the nominal sum of  and retained as the  Werder Fishing Pier, which was known as one of the best places to catch sharks in San Francisco Bay.
San Mateo County operated Werder Pier under a lease agreement with Caltrans, which stated that Caltrans may temporarily revoke the lease in order to perform use the pier as a staging area for repairs to the 1967 span, and that San Mateo County must maintain the pier and keep it open for public use for twenty-five years.
Werder Pier was closed to the public in 1996, when Caltrans used it as an equipment staging area for the seismic retrofit of the 1967 span.
In addition, there were liability concerns since the pier's structure had degraded due to exposure to marine elements.
A report was prepared for the County in 2004; the cost of rehabilitating the pier and providing some improvements was estimated at up to , depending on a more detailed evaluation of the pier's condition, since the investigation for the report revealed numerous cracks, spalls and exposed reinforcing steel.
However, the report also stated the pier did not require any seismic retrofitting.
ownership of the parking lot and land access to the pier was transferred to Foster City.
Initial concepts for the newly acquired space included a possible ice rink and ferry terminal, but the land was deemed too environmentally sensitive to support high-intensity use.
a new, as-yet unnamed park is under construction.
Tolls
Tolls are only collected from westbound traffic at the toll plaza on the east side of the bridge.
Since July 2010, the toll rate for passenger cars is $5.
For vehicles with more than two axles, the toll rate is $5 per axle.
Drivers may either pay by cash or use the FasTrak electronic toll collection device.
During peak traffic hours, the two left lanes are designated HOV lanes, allowing carpool vehicles carrying two or more people or motorcycles to pass for a toll of $2.50.
The next three lanes are FasTrak-only lanes.
During non-peak hours the two HOV lanes become FasTrak-only lanes.
Bay Area Toll Authority bridge facts
Bridge at the California Department of Transportation website (page describes several "planned" improvements which have already been implemented)
official project links at DOT website
FasTrak – San Mateo–Hayward Bridge
tolls at 511.org transportation information website
The Times of San Mateo ran a special commemorative issue on 1967-10-19 detailing the construction of the 1967 orthotropic span.
(has scans of old postcards depicting the 1929 span)
Provides a contemporary account of original (1929) bridge construction.
Heimaey (English: Home Island) is an island in Iceland.
It is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago (at 13.4 square kilometres or 5.2 sq mi.)
The island is 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles) away from the south coast of Iceland.
It is the only populated island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, with a population of 4,500 people.
Vestmannaeyjar town council
All you need to know about Westman Islands
local newspaper
Photos from westman Islands
VolcanoWorld page
"Icelandic Kids Save Befuddled Puffins," National Geographic Today
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (born 14 March 1990 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays as a striker.
He plays for the French club FC Nantes and the Iceland national football team.
He has also played for Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs, AZ Alkmaar, AFC Ajax and Jong Ajax.
Eredivisie (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
KSI Profile
Profile at www.ajax.nl
Soccerway profile
Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969 in Reykjavik, Iceland) is an Icelandic former association football midfielder who played for Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and KR Reykjavík.
He's currently the manager of the Norwegian club Lillestrøm.
He first began playing football at the small club of Leiknir,  before he started practicing at KR Reykjavík, Iceland's largest club.
He spent most of his youth career at KR Reykjavik.
His skill attracted interest from foreign clubs, and he eventually went to the Swedish club of Örgryte IS in 1995.
Halfway through the season, he moved to Lillestrøm SK in Norway.
Rúnar was a success there, and moved to K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in Belgium in 2000.
He decided to move back to KR Reykjavík in 2007 to finish off his career.
He took over as head coach at KR halfway through the 2010 season and managed the team for four seasons.
During that time, KR Reykjavík won two league titles (2011 and 2013) and three cup titles (2011, 2012 and 2014).
Rúnar left KR November 2014, to manage his former club Lillestrøm SK.
He has made a record 104 appearances for Iceland, along with 3 goals.
He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international football in 2004.
KR Reykjavík
Icelandic Cup (1): 1994.
Úrvalsdeild (2): 2011, 2013.
Icelandic Cup (3): 2011, 2012, 2014.
Deildabikar (1): 2012.
Icelandic Super Cup (2): 2012, 2014.
Bio at Lokeren
The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a constitutional monarchy that had a personal union with Denmark.
The kingdom was created on 1 December 1918.
It lasted until 17 June 1944 when a national referendum created the Republic of Iceland.
The Nazi German occupation of Denmark in the early-1940s broke off their communications.
As a result, the Althing named themselves the head of state and said that Iceland would no longer need Denmark's help.
The island was later occupied by British and American forces.
This lasted until World War II ended.
The monarchy held an constitutional referendum from 20 and 23 May 1944.
The option to establish a new republican constitution won with 98.5% of the vote.
Christian X of Denmark sent a message of congratulations to the Icelandic people.
The AUG (Armee-Universal-Gewehr—"universal army rifle") is an Austrian bullpup 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle.
It was designed in 1977 by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch).
Military Today
Kim Min-seok (born March 26, 1990) known by his artistic name Xiumin is a singer,  dancer, model and actor South Korean.
He is a member of the boy band EXO.
Xiumin was born in Guri, Gyeonggi, South Korea on March 26, 1990.
He was a student of the Catholic Kwandong University where he attended a seminar and gave a presentation to students of applied music.
Xiumin attended at the same school in where studying Dongwoo of INFINITE.
In 2008, at the age of 18, he joined S.M. Entertainment after winning second place in S.M. Everysing Contest.
Xiumin was the seventh member to be revealed as a member of the EXO group after making a teaser set with Kai on January 26, 2012.
In January 2015, the acted in the musical S.M. Entertainment School Oz acting the role of Aquila along with f(x)'s Luna, Shinee's Key, fellow Suho,  TVXQ's Changmin and Red Velvet's Seulgi.
In October, 2015, Xiumin was the main protagonist of the web-drama Falling for Challenge together with Kim So-eun.
He released the You Are The One OST for the drama.
Appareances in musical videos
EXO in Korean
EXO in Japanese
Exo members
Official website of the municipality of Kirchberg
Mama (stylized as MAMA) is the first mini-album of South Korean band EXO, produced and released by S.M. Entertainment on April 9, 2012.
It has two editions: by EXO-K Korean version and the Chinese version by EXO-M. The album made its debut at position number one on Gaon Chart.
The album was produced by Lee Soo-man, who is also the main producer of the group.
The title of the album is a term that is commonly used in Korea in one person in the family, similar to "your Highness" or "your Majesty".
The main single was composed by Yoo Young-jin, who is also the co-author of other singles of the mini album, "What Is Love" and "History"
EXO-K version
EXO-M version
About MAMA (korean ver.)
About MAMA (chinese ver.)
Exo albums
Oh Se-hun (hangul: 오세훈; hanja: 吳世勳; born April 12, 1994 in Seoul) better known by the mononym Sehun is a South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, model and actor.
Since 2012, he is a member of the boy band EXO under S.M. Entertainment.
Sehun was born in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, South Korea on April 12, 1994.
He was discovered by a talent agent when he was twelve years old.
He joined SM Entertainment after a successful audition on Casting System in 2008.
He was introduced as a Exo's member on January 10, 2012.
In april.
It officially debuted with the extended play, Mama.
Still in April, along with Baekhyun, Chanyeol and Kai, appeared in the video of Girls' Generation-TTS's debut song.
On August 17, 2012, he performed with his labelmate, BoA at Music Bank as a dancer in the song "Only One," after Yunho, Eunhyuk and Taemin.
In July 2013, he starred in the second episode of the sitcom Royal Villa, along with Chanyeol.
In August 2014, he starred in the remake of the music video for "Yo!"
made for EXO 90:2014.
In March 2015, appeared in the music video of Donghae & Eunhyuk's song, "Can You Feel It?".
In April of the same year, she starred alongside the other EXO members the web series EXO Next Door, also starring actress Moon Ga-young.
In May of 2015, appeared in the music video of BoA's "Who Are You?".
In March 2016, Sehun was confirmed as the male lead in the Korean-Chinese film Catman, playing Liang Qu.
In July 2016, he was introduced as the male lead in the Korean-Chinese web-drama Dear Archimedes.
In September 2017, he was confirmed as a cast member at the Netflix variety show, Busted!.
In February of 2018, he obtained his role as protagonist of Dokgo Rewind, where he plays two twins: Kang Hyuk, a wrestler and Kang Hoo, a shy student.
In June 2018, he starred in the web drama Secret Queen Makers, produced by Lotte Duty Free.
On September 14, he released "We Young" along with Chanyeol as part of Station X 0.
In January 2016, UNICEF and Louis Vuitton have teamed up for the Make a Promise campaign, Irene Bae and Sehun as role models on the February cover of CeCi magazine.
For this campaign, 40 percent of the profits of Louis Vuitton silver bracelet and necklace Sehun and Irene used in the magazine will go to UNICEF to help children in need.
Sehun said: "I want to buy treats for the children and help them not lose hope."
Irene added: "I want to continue to participate in campaigns like 'make a promise' to help the children."
Webdramas
Kim Jong-in (born January 14, 1994) better known by his stage name Kai is a South Korean singer and actor.
He is a member of Exo.
He began his acting career at Choco Bank in February 2016, playing Kim Eun-haeng.
Kai was born in Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea on January 14, 1994.
He is the younger brother of three children, began dancing when he was eight years old and did jazz and ballet for four years.
Kai joined SM Entertainment in 2007 after winning the 10th S.M. Youth Best Contest when he was 13 years old.
2008-15: Debut and early career
Kai was the first Exo's member to be formally presented to the public on December 23, 2011.
Along with Luhan, Chen and Tao made their first television performance at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29 of the same year.
Still in April, along with Baekhyun, Chanyeol and Sehun, appeared in the video of Girls' Generation-TTS's debut song "Twinkle".
On October 16, it was announced that he would participate in the 6-member dance group Younique Unit, alongside Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Taemin, Henry Lau and Luhan performing the song "Maxstep" for the album PYL Younique Album, being an album collaboration between SM Entertainment and Hyundai.
A video teaser of the song was shown on the PYL Younique Show the next day.
In December 2012, along with Lay, Yunho, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Minho and Taemin, they formed the SM performance group The Performance.
The group's first appearance was at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29, with the release of the single "Spectrum" the next day.
Kim Jun-myeon (born May 22, 1991), better known by his stage name Suho, is a South Korean singer.
He is a member of the South Korean boy band EXO.
1991─2011: Pre-debut
Suho was born on May 22, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea.
He joined S.M. Entertainment through S.M. Casting System when he was 15 years old.
He spent seven years there but was inactive for a year because he had injured his leg.
He attended Seoul Performing Arts High School and Korea National University of Arts.
2012–present: Debut with EXO
He was the ninth member to be revealed on February 14, 2012 as the leader of EXO subunit; EXO- K. He  appeared in the teaser number 16 with his bandmate D.O.
2007─present: Solo career
He began  acting in 2007.
He had a part in the Movie Super Junior Attack on the Pin-Up Boys as an extra.
He appeared in the music video of TVXQ's  "HAHAHA Song" in 2008.
In 2013, he was in the drama Prime Minister and I as Han Tae-woong in episodes 10 and 12.
In the same year, he was a voice actor in Saving Santa with Eunji of Apink,  From February 2014 to December of 2013, he was the host of the musical program Inkigayo along with his bandmate Baekhyun.
In January 2015, Suho played the role of Hans in the musical School Oz.
It was produced by S.M. EntertainmentHis bandmate Xiumin and several S.M. artists including  Key, Luna and Seulgi also performed .
In April 2015, he  starred in the movie Glory Days as Ji-soo and Shinwa's member Dongwan.
From April 10 to May 1, 2015, Suho was on the KBS television program  Fluttering India  with other artists including Kyuhyun, Minho, Sungkyu and Lee Jong-hyun.
In February 2016, Suho made ​​a special appearance in the music video of Jo Kwon.
It was their debut single as a solo singer, "Crossroad".
In April of the same year, it was announced that Suho be a part of the web drama How Are You Bread.
The series was broadcast in Korea and China during the middle of 2016.
Sountrack appearances
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Music videos appearances
Zhāng Yìxīng (hangul: 장이씽; hanja: 张艺兴; born in Changsha on October 7, 1991) better known by his stage name Lay (hangul: 레이) is a Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and actor.
He became known after participating in a television program called Star Academy in 2005.
He joined in EXO on January 2012, as lead dancer, vocalist and visual member.
In September of 2015, it published its autobiography, titled Standing Firm At 24, beating records of book sold more in its pre-sale.
Lay was born on October 7, 1991 in Changsha, Hunan, China.
His first television role was at the age of six starring as Huan Huan in We The People in 1998.
In 2000, when he was nine years old, he participated in a Chinese television program as a member of the fan club of actor and singer Jimmy Lin, giving him his first contact with the entertainment industry.
Lay began his career as a local children's star in Hunan province, after winning third place in a contest organized by the popular television program Star Academy in 2005.
He also appeared in an episode of Yue Ce Yue Xin Kai and the variety show of Liu Na, Na Ke Bu Yi Yang between 2005 and 2006.
In April 2006, he auditioned for the series The Duke of Mount Deer directed by Zhang Jizhong.
Despite being one of the finalists, he did not win the role.
In 2008, Lay joined S.M. Entertainment after a successful audition in Changsha.
At the time of the auditions, he was sixteen and was studying for his university entrance exams when he had become an apprentice, so he moved to Korea to begin his training.
Prior to that, he studied at High School Attached to Hunan Normal University, where he had been presented as an exceptional student for his achievements.
2012–2014: Debut with EXO
Lay became the sixth member of EXO and was formally presented to the public on January 17, 2012, debuting as the fourth Chinese member of the EXO-M subunit.
Following the release of the singles "What Is Love" and "History" in 2012, he and the other eleven members celebrated their pre-debut showcase at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on March 31, and a second showcase and press conference in Beijing at the Great Hall of the Beijing University of Business and International Economics.
The group officially debuted on April 8, 2012 with their song titled "Mama", and EXO-M's first performance in China was at the 12th Yinyue Fengyun Bang Awards.
In December 2012, Lay joined the musical project S.M. the Performance, along with his bandmate Kai and his colleagues Yunho, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Minho and Taemin.
On December 29, the group performed the single "Spectrum", which was released the next day, in 2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon.
In early 2014, Lay composed and performed the song "I'm Lay" for his solo performance during the first EXO tour titled The Lost Planet.
Later in 2014, he performed another song titled "I'm Coming" on a special end-of-year TV show on Hunan TV.
2015–2016: Solo debut and acting
In April 2015, S.M. Entertainment announced that a personal study had been established for Lay's activities in China.
In May 2015, he became a cast member of the Chinese program Go Fighting!
In June 2015, Lay composed the song "Promise" for the re-release of EXO's second studio album, Love Me Right.
He also wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version of the song, while the Korean version was co-written by Chen and Chanyeol.
On September 18, 2015, the limited edition of his autobiography entitled Standing Firm At 24 was published, while the standard edition went on sale on October 7.
The book documents important events throughout his life and broke several online sales records selling 68,537 copies in the first twenty-four minutes of pre-sale.
With less than three months of sale with 1.4 million copies sold, it obtained the fourth place in "The 10th Chinese Celebrity Writers List", released by the influential Chinese media, WCC Daily, Cover News and Great Star Media, becoming in the youngest author to enter the list.
He was also the champion of the 2015 Annual Celebrity Book Sales, and ranked first in Asia's Best Books, twice during his monthly ranking and six times for the weekly list.
He was also on the Rakuten list, with 400,000 copies sold within six months, and has received much acclaim and praise from readers.
In the same month, he appeared in the film Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong, and later as protagonist with his labelmate Krystal in the upcoming film entitled Unexpected Love, which was postponed for release in August 2017, whose poster was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival.
In November 2015, Lay made his big-screen debut with a supporting role in the Chinese movie Ex Files 2: The Backup Strikes Back, which was a blockbuster, getting two billion in sales within ten days of its release.
He later won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2016 China Great Britain Film Festival for his performance.
He also wrote and recorded an original soundtrack for the film entitled "Alone (One Person)", which reached number one on Baidu Music Chart, and later won the award for the best original soundtrack at 16th Top Chinese Music Awards and 4th V-Chart Awards.
Lay also starred in the Chinese film Oh My God and collaborated with his co-stars Coco Jiang Wen and Li Xiaolu on an original soundtrack for the film entitled "Happy Youth", which debuted at number eight on Billboard V Chart.
In January 2016, Lay and the other cast members of Go Fighting!
they appeared in the Chinese movie Royal Treasure.
In April 2016, he received the Most Popular Newcomer award at the 16th Top Chinese Music Awards.
In May 2016, Lay made her debut on the small screen on the Chinese television series To Be A Better Man and released a Chinese song titled "Monodrama" as part of SM Station.
Written by Lay and co-composed and arranged with Divine Channel, "Monodrama" broke a record by staying in the first position in YinYueTai VChart for five consecutive weeks.
In May 2016, Lay starred in the Chinese television drama The Mystic Nine, a prequel to The Lost Tomb.
The series achieved an unprecedented success, placing first in the television ratings and establishing a record for obtaining several online visits within 24 hours, and has accumulated more than ten billion visits in total.
The television series went on to have a secondary story called The Mystic Nine Side Story: Flowers Bloom in February, which focused solely on Lay's character, Er Yue Hong.
In October of 2016, Lay's solo career began with the release of "what U need?"
as a surprise gift for his fans on his birthday.
The song was ranked number one in China V Chart, as well as in Billboard World Digital Songs and had entered the top 60 of iTunes, making Lay the first Chinese artist to appear on the list.
He performed the song for the first time on October 10 at Asia Song Festival in Busan.
On October 28, a day after holding a press conference in Shanghai Town & Country Community, Lay released his first mini-album titled Lose Control, which contains six songs in Mandarin, and the music video for the single.
Lay participated in the production of the album as a producer, and was personally in charge of the composition, arrangement and writing of the lyrics of each song, as well as the translation of the same lyrics in three other languages including English and Japanese.
The single "Lose Control" remained in first place in Billboard China V Chart for six consecutive weeks.
Lose Control broke the record in South Korea by a large majority of sales of a solo artist, with pre-orders surpassing 200,000 copies before the physical album was published, making the number one album in sales.
Lay also became the first solo artist to sell more than 40,000 copies of the album within a day and 125,000 after a week of album release.
More than a million copies of the digital album have been sold in Xiami.
He performed "Lose Control" for the first time on The Show on November 15.
Lose Control was a commercial success reaching first place in Gaon Album Chart.
Later in November, Lay was announced to star in a Chinese remake of the hit Japanese drama television series Operation Love, which began airing on Dragon TV from April 24, 2017 with 32 episodes.
2017–present: Rising popularity and Lay 02 Sheep
On January 27, 2017, Zhang made his first appearance at the CCTV Spring Gala Festival and presented alongside Chinese actor Jing Boran.
In April of that same year, it was confirmed in the cast of the historical film The Founding of the Army, released on July 28, 2017 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
In May he released the song "祈愿 (Pray)" for the soundtrack of Operation Love, reaching the top position in QQ Music.
Also in May, he participated in the release ceremony of Huawei Nova 2 at the Hunan International Exhibition and Conference Center, where he expressed his gratitude for his continued appointment as Huawei Nova's ambassador.
In July 2017, the variety show Go Fighting!
premiered its third season, with Zhang in the main cast.
He was later revealed as the voice actor of the Chinese dubbing for the main antagonist of the cartoon film Cars 3.
A wax sculpture of him in Madame Tussauds had his exhibition on September 8, 2017 in Beijing.
On September 17, 2017, it was confirmed to be or protagonist of drama The Golden Eyes, announced in a pre-release conference.
On September 22, S.M. Entertainment revealed a teaser image about his upcoming comeback.
On September 25, he released the song "I Need U (需要 你)" as a pre-release track for his first studio album Lay 02 Sheep, digitally released on October 7, 2017, along with the title track "Sheep (羊)".
On October 10, 2013, the survey on the "Top 10 of Asia's Most Beautiful Men" organized by Youth Entertainment's website reported that Lay ranked at #6 position with more than 27 million votes.
In April 2014, Lay was ranked #10 in the annual survey of "The Most Beautiful Man of Asia".
In March 2017, the Top Star News did a study to see which hallyu stars were most popular in China between January and February 2017, referring to Weibo hashtags, showing Lay at the top with ten billion views and queries.
Between 2015-2016, Lay was chosen to be the spokesperson for several brands, in particular Pancoat and Mentos for which he became the first spokesperson in Asia.
He also became Asia's first male artist to endorse Vichy, and China's first endorser for Planters.
In addition to endorsing the Lay's brands, Olay, Clarisonic, Kangshifu Ice Tea, Tide, Huawei, AirBender, Chushou TV, Tmall and Cornetto.
On February 13, 2015, Lay participated in the "LOVE TO GO HOME" community service.
The service was carried out by Chinese bicycle company AIMA to help people who were returning home during Lunar New Year holidays on motorcycles.
Lay represented all EXO members and handed out hot water bags, handkerchiefs, emergency medicine, ramen, water and toys for everyone.
And he also received a plaque from AIMA for help.
Lay said:
On October 7, 2015, Lay fans collected money that was donated on their behalf for the construction of a well and a public toilet in a needy village in Cambodia.
On October 6, the fan club "DAILYIXING" posted photos of the finished project, including photos of some of the village residents with a sign thanking Lay and wishing him a happy birthday.
In addition, the fan club collected used clothing to donate through the OTCAN charity.
They also donated money on behalf of Lay to the Coal Briquettes organization for neighbors in Korea, which helps keep the heat needed in the winter by providing them with charcoal briquettes for their heaters.
2017: Lay 02 Sheep
2016: Lose Control
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Chinese singer-songwriters
Park Chan-yeol (hangul: 박찬열; hanja: 朴燦烈; born November 27, 1992 in Seoul), better known by mononym Chanyeol, is a South Korean singer.
Chanyeol was born November 27, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea.
After watching the film School of Rock in elementary school, Chanyeol became interested in music and began to play drums.
During his teenage years, he studied at Hyundai Senior High School in Apgujeong-dong.
He participated in the band of his school, Siren.
When he was in his first year of high school, Chanyeol formed a band with his best friends, Heavy Noise, having played in it for three years.
At the age of sixteen, he was accepted into a private acting university.
In the same year, he reached second position Smart Model Contest and became a trainee of S.M. Entertainment.
Also in 2008, he participated in the clip "HaHaHa Song" of his companion of company TVXQ.
The following year, she appeared in the Japanese version of the video "Genie" of the group Girls' Generation.
He went on to dream of being a singer after listening to the song "Unconditional Kismet" of songwriter and music producer Yoo Young-jin.
2012─2014: Early career
On February 22, 2012, Chanyeol was officially introduced as one of the twelve members of the original formation of the South Korean-Chinese group EXO.
The group debuted on April 8 of the same year with the release of extended play MAMA.
In April 2012, he participated in the music video for the song "Twinkle", debut single from the first sub-unit of Girls 'Generation,Girls' Generation-TTS.
In October 2013, Chanyeol joined the cast of SBS's Law of the Jungle reality show during filming in Micronesia.
He also composed and recorded a soundtrack titled "Last Hunter" for the show.
In 2014, Chanyeol wrote the rap of the Korean version of the "Run" track of EXO's extended extended play, Overdose, and participated in the debut EPs of his companions Henry and Zhou Mi.
In May 2014, he became a regular cast member of the first season of the SBS's Roommate reality show.
He left the program in September of the same year because of scheduling conflicts.
2015─present: Debut as an actor and compositions
In April 2015, Chanyeol made his film debut with South Korean film Salut d'Amour alongside actress Moon Ga-young, who later co-starred with him on the EXO Next Door web drama.
In June of 2015, cast-wrote the Korean version of the track "Promise" of the reissue of the success of sales EXODUS, titled Love Me Right, next to its companions of group Chen and Lay.
He later wrote the rap for "Lightsaber", the EXO promotional single for Star Wars: The Force Awakening, which was later included in the band's extended play Sing for You.
In April 2016, Chanyeol wrote and performed rap for the song "Confession" of Yesung's debut EP, Here I Am.
On EXO's third studio album, EX'ACT, released in May 2016, he co-wrote the lyrics for the track "Heaven."
In June 2016, Chanyeol starred with actresses Yuan Shanshan and Seohyun in the South Korean-Chinese film So I Married an Anti-fan.
He and Yuan Shanshan also recorded a duet titled "I Hate You" as the soundtrack for the film.
In October 2016, Chanyeol and singer Tinashe participated in the song "Freal Luv" by artists Far East Movement and Marshmello.
The song, which he helped write and produce, was released on October 14.
In December 2016, she collaborated with singer Punch on the song "Stay With Me," part of the soundtrack for the Goblin drama.
In January of 2017, Chanyeol participated in the drama Missing 9.
On February 22, he released a duet titled "Let Me Love You" with Junggigo.
Songwriting and producing credits
Byun Baek-hyun (hangul: 변백현; hanja:卞白贤; born May 6, 1992 in Bucheon) better known for his mononym name Baekhyun, is a South Korean actor, singer, dancer and TV presenter.
He is a member of the boy band EXO where he performs as main vocalist and dancer.
Baekhyun was born in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province on May 6, 1992.
He has an older brother named Baek-beom, who is seven years older.
Baekhyun began training to be a singer at age 11, influenced by Rain.
He attended Jungwon High School in Bucheon, where he was the lead singer of a band called 상태 상태 (Coma), which won at a local music festival.
Baekhyun received piano lessons by Kim Hyun-woo from DickPunks.
Baekhyun was discovered by an agent of S.M. Entertainment when he was practicing for his admission exams for the Seoul Institute of Arts.
Then he joined the company by S.M. Casting System in 2011.
2012─2015: Debut and early career
In February 2014, Baekhyun and his partner Suho became regular hosts for SBS's Inkigayo television program.
They left the program in November 2014 to focus on the comeback of EXO.
In July 2014, Baekhyun made his musical theater debut, playing the lead role of Don Lockwood in South Korean production of the musical Singin' in the Rain by SM C&C.
In April 2015, Baekhyun released its first song solo since its debut titled "Beautiful" like the soundtrack of the drama EXO Next Door.
The song became the first soundtrack of a web drama that was within the best positions of several musical lists.
In May 2015, Baekhyun was announced that it would be the protagonist of the action film Dokgo alongside actor Yeo Jin-goo.
However, the film's production was announced to be canceled in January 2016.
In December 2015, Baekhyun paid a tribute to the late South Korean singer Kim Hyun-sik performing his song "Like Rain Like Music" on SBS Gayo Daejeon's end-of-year music program.
The recording of a song performed by Baekhyun was digitally published.
2016–present: Acting roles and EXO-CBX
In January 2016, Baekhyun and Suzy of Miss A performed a duet entitled "Dream".
The song quickly reached the best position in the music charts after it positioned itself in the first place of Gaon Digital Chart. "
Dream" also won five times the first place in Music Bank and Inkigayo.
In April 2016, Baekhyun received a YinYueTai V-Chart award for being the Most Popular Singer in South Korea.
In May 2016, Baekhyun and South Korean singer K.Will released a duet titled "The Day" as part of SM Station.
In August 2016, Baekhyun made his acting debut on the small screen in the historical drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, a South Korean adaptation of the Chinese novel Bu Bu Jing Xin.
For his performance in the drama, received a prize like New Star in 2016 SBS Drama Awards.
He also collaborated with his labelmates Chen and Xiumin on a soundtrack titled "For You" for the drama.
In October 2016, along with Chen and Xiumin, Baekhyun became a member of the first official EXO unit, EXO-CBX.
His debut was on October 31 with the release of the extended play Hey Mama!.
In November 2016, Baekhyun began to participate S.M. Entertainment's League of Legends tournament "2016 S.M. Super Celeb League", where he and his labelmate, Heechul, played with professional players and fans from China and South Korea.
In February 2017, Baekhyun and Soyou of Sistar released a duet titled "Rain" The song peaked at number one on several music charts and achieved an achievement known as "all-kill", making it the first artist of S.M. to achieve an "all-kill" in 2016 and 2017 with "Dream" and "Rain", respectively.
In April 2017, Baekhyun released a single titled "Take You Home" for the second season of SM Station.
The song was positioned in the twelve position of Gaon Digital Chart.
| rowspan="8" | 2016
| 4th YinYueTai V-Chart Awards
| Most Popular Singer
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| rowspan="2" | 1st Asia Artist Awards
| Popularity Award (Actor)
|Best Rookie Award
| Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo|
|rowspan="2"|8th Melon Music Awards
| Best R&B/Soul with Suzy
| Song of the Year with Suzy
|rowspan="2"|18th Mnet Asian Music Awards
| Best Collaboration with Suzy
| HotelsCombined – Song of the Year with Suzy
|SBS Drama Awards
|New Star Award
| rowspan="3" |2017
| rowspan="2" |31st Golden Disk Awards
|Digital Bonsang with Suzy
|Asian Choice Popularity Award with  Suzy
|6th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards
|Artist of the Year (Digital) – January with Suzy
|53rd Baeksang Arts Awards
| Most Popular Actor (TV)
|rowspan="2"|Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo|
Music programs Music BankInkigayo''
Lù Hán (hanja: 鹿晗; hangul: 루한; born April 20, 1990 in Haidian) better known by mononym Luhan, is a Chinese singer.
He was introduced as a member of EXO in December 2011, officially debuting in April 2012, and in October 2014, left the group after filing a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to reverse its exclusivity agreement.
In December 2014, China National Radio ranked Luhan in sixth place among the top 10 most popular entertainment stars in the country.
He began his career as an actor in the film 20 Once Again, released in January 2015.
In May of 2015, it appeared in 37th position of the richest celebrities of Forbes China.
Luhan  made his debut as a solo artist with the release of his first extended play, titled Reloaded I, on September 14, 2015.
He became the first celebrity born after the 1990s to be named the "Artist of the Year" by China Newsweek in 2016.
Luhan was born in Haidian, Beijing, China, on April 20, 1990.
He graduated from Beijing Shida Middle School and attended the Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School before leaving for South Korea to attend Yonsei University as an exchange student.
In 2008, he auditioned for JYP Entertainment's worldwide audition in China, but did not pass the audition.
While studying in Seoul, he was observed by an S.M. Entertainment agent, who advised him to do a successful audition for the agency, being placed in a dormitory with other SM interns, and trained in singing, dancing, and acting.
2011─2014: Early career
Luhan was the second member of EXO to be formally presented to the public on December 27, 2011.
Along with Tao, Chen, and Kai, he made his first television performance at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29 of the same year.
The group's first single, "What Is Love," was released on January 30, 2012.
The group released their second single, titled "History" on March 9.
The pre-show showcase of the group was held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on March 31, 2012, one hundred days after the launch of the first trailer of its debut on December 21, 2011.
The showcase was held for about 3,000 fans ff 8,000 selected candidates to watch their performances.
The group held a press conference and showed their performances at the Great Hall of the University of Economics and International Business in Beijing, China on April 1, 2012.
On April 24, along with D.O., Baekhyun, Chen, BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Taeyeon, Yesung, Jonghyun and Luna, released a song for the soundtrack of the film I AM.,
titled "Dear My Family".
On August 23, 2012, S.M. Entertainment announced that Luhan would perform with BoA in the song "Only One," for the August 24 episode of Music Bank.
Luhan became the fourth to perform with the singer after Yunho, Eunhyuk, Taemin and Sehun.
On October 16 of the same year, it was announced that he would participate in the 6-member dance group Younique Unit, alongside Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Taemin, Henry Lau and Kai performing the veloster theme song titled "Maxstep" for the album PYL Younique Album, being a collaboration album between S.M. Entertainment and Hyundai.
The song was officially released on October 31, 2012.
On June 23, 2013, he participated in the Chinese team for a football match at the 2013 Asian Dream Cup in Shanghai.
In January 2014, he participated in the Idol Star Athletics Championship.
On April 23, 2014, he was cast in the cast of 20 Once Again, directed by East Chen.
A representative from SM told Newsen: "Luhan was confirmed in 20 Once Again.
At the moment we're adjusting the shooting times".
The film is a Chinese version of the Korean film, Miss Granny, in which an old lady returns to be young, and premiered in January of 2015.
On August 13, 2014, a post by Luhan on his official Weibo account reached over 13 million comments, thus entering the "Guinness World Records" as the person who has the most comments in a Weibo post.
On August 19, S.M. Entertainment posted a photo of Luhan with his "Guinness World Records" certificate and a world record holder medal.
On October 10 of the same year, he filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to cancel its exclusivity agreement, mainly due to health problems.
Still in October, he starred in the remake of the music video for "The Last Game" made for EXO 90:2014.
On December 1, he released the song "Our Tomorrow" for the soundtrack of 20 Once Again.
The song peaked number one position on Baidu Music Chart.
2015–2016: Acting career, Reloaded series, Xperience and Xplore
On January 26, 2015, it was announced that Luhan would sing the theme song for the release of the movie Comrades: Almost a Love Story, in China.
The song titled "Tian Mi Mi," was officially released on February 3.
On January 28, it was announced that the South Korean film Blind would win a Chinese version, titled The Witness, starring Luhan.
The film was released in China on October 30 of the same year.
In February of 2015, appeared in the movie 12 Golden Ducks.
On March 11, Legendary Entertainment announced that Luhan would be cast in The Great Wall, directed by Zhang Yimou along with Matt Damon, Andy Lau and Pedro Pascal.
The film was released by China Film Group in China on December 15, 2016, and in the United States on February 17, 2017 by Universal.
On May 27, 2015, it was revealed that Luhan and Taiwanese singer David Tao had recorded the theme song for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The song titled "Please Come to the Great Wall to Ski" had its music video released in July 2015.
On August 28, he became a fixed member of the Chinese version of Running Man program, titled Hurry Up, Brother.
On September 11, Luhan was confirmed in the movie version of the popular web drama The Lost Tomb, titled Time Raiders, playing Wu Xie.
Released by Le Vision Pictures on August 5, 2016.
On September 14, he released his first mini-album titled Reloaded I, along with the title track "That Good Good", via QQ Music Charts.
The album sold 880,000 copies on the first day, the highest number of sales recorded on the first day of official release, and also reached more than one million sales at QQ Music, setting the record for faster digital album sales.
Days later he released the song "Your Song".
Still in September Lu Han broke his own record on Guinness World Records as the person with the highest amount of comments in a Weibo post, surpassing 87 million comments.
On October 14, 2015, he released the song "Medals" as a single and soundtrack for the movie The Witness.
Being released on iTunes on November 4 of the same year, debuting at number one position on the China V Chart as well as Billboard Hot 100, making it the first single in Mandarin to come in last.
Also in October he released the single "Football Gang".
In early November he released the music video for the song "Promises", being released as a single days later.
On December 1 he released the mini-album Reloaded II, containing the songs "Lu" and "Deep".
The song "Deep" was also included in the soundtrack of Kung Fu Panda 3.
He released his first studio album, titled Reloaded, on December 22, 2015.
The album topped the Tower Records chart in Japan, and became the only album from mainland China to enter the Top 5 of Taiwan's G-Music chart.
On January 6, 2016, he released the song "The Inner Force" for the soundtrack of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, debuting at number two on the China V Chart.
On February 16 of the same year, he released the mini-album Reloaded+, along with the title track "Excited".
In March of the same year he released the music video for the song "Adventure Time".
On March 26, 2016, Luhan began his first solo tour, titled Luhan Reloaded: 2016 Luhan 1st China Tour, in Beijing and Guangzhou on April 2, and Shanghai on April 9 of the same year.
In June 2016, he landed the lead role of Chen Changsheng in the Hunan Television series, Fighter of The Destiny.
On October 21 of the same year, he released the Xperience mini-album, with the title track "Catch Me When I Fall".
In December 2016, he made an appearance in the film See You Tomorrow.