Li Xiaoyun (singer)
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Li Xiaoyun is a Chinese singer. She was the runner up in the 2009 Super Girl contest. Born in Gansu
Gansu
' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

, she grew up in Lanzhou
Lanzhou
Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. A prefecture-level city, it is a key regional transportation hub, allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country....

, Gansu
Gansu
' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

. She studies at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...

.

Early Age

Li Xiaoyun, Michelle Li, grows up in a working family in Lanzhou, Gansu Province in northwest China. At the age of 15, she moved to Melbourne, Australia with her mother, who run a hot-pot restaurant there. Michelle went to Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school has traditionally had a strong music curriculum, with its varied bands and orchestras consistently winning state and national awards...

 and study at University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...

 after that.

Michelle likes sports. She used to be the captain and a good center of the school basketball team when she was in Lanzhou No.7 Middle School in China.

Music Talent

In her early age, Michelle has inherited the talent for music from her father, who liked to play music in the spare time. Michelle's own journey in the world of music started With an old guitar given by her father.
She was also influenced by so many pop stars and musicians like Leehom Wang(Wang Lihong), Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang is a Taiwanese male singer, who performs sentimental Mandarin pop ballads.Chang was born in Yunlin, Taiwan. He started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college...

(Zhang Xinzhe), David Tao
David Tao
David Tao , born Tao Xuzhong , was born on 11 July 1969. He is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well-known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for having popularized R&B in the Mandopop...

(Tao Zhe) and Jay Chow(Zhou Jielun).

Though never receiving any professional training, Michelle can play skillfully on guitar and piano. Her guitar skill even won professional appreciation.

Michelle likes to write her own song. Her first piece came out in primary school, but one of the most impressive one might be a song for her deceased father.

When Michelle was about to apply for the The University of Melbourne, she was told that her father had been diagnosed with cancer. She held on upon the news until she was admitted by the university, and chose to suspend the schooling for a year to look after her father in China.

The song “Strength given by my father” was finished beside her dying father with a guitar. The lyric is about a girl talking cozily with her beloved and long-separated father. She assured him that she would carry on in the future with the strength he had passed to her.

Albums

Album Name Intro Tracklisting
Cover Girls
封面女生
1st Compilation
Cooperated by the Top 10 of Super Girl in 2009
  • Released:August 27, 2009
  • Label:EE-Media
    EE-Media
    EE-Media is a C-pop record label, founded in China 2004 by Long Danni under the parent company Hunan Broadcasting System.-History:The company was created after the success of Super Girl and Super Boy; a national singing contests organized by Hunan Satellite Television...

ALL BLUE
你看到的我是蓝色的
1st Studio
This album had collected 10 songs,7 of them were written by herself
  • Released: July 7, 2010
  • Label: EE-Media
    EE-Media
    EE-Media is a C-pop record label, founded in China 2004 by Long Danni under the parent company Hunan Broadcasting System.-History:The company was created after the success of Super Girl and Super Boy; a national singing contests organized by Hunan Satellite Television...

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