Li Jian (born 23 September 1974) is a Chinese singer best known for his poetic musical style. His career began as one of the two founding members of the band Shui Mu Nian Hua. After his departure from the band in 2002, he began his solo career. To date, he has produced nine albums. He is well known for his song "Chuan Qi" (Legend), which became a hit song after Chinese diva Faye Wong performed it on the 2010 Spring Gala.
In January 2015, Li took part in Hunan Television's I Am a Singer Season 3, as the first substitute singer, and finished as runner-up, losing to Han Hong. However, he exploded in popularity due to his personality and musical style. On 14 August 2015, Li was selected to be a team adviser for Team Na Ying on The Voice of China (season 4), along with A-mei, G.E.M., and JJ Lin. In March 2017, he returned to compete in the fifth season of I Am a Singer where he finished fourth. Between July and October 2018, Li served as a coach on the third season of Sing! China (a rebranded version of The Voice of China), where he became the winning coach on his season debut. In 2020, from August to November, he returned to Sing! China as a coach for its fifth season, ultimately winning a second time.
Education Li received a bachelor of engineering with a major in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 1998. While at Tsinghua, He took music courses at the Central Conservatory of Music.
Discography Album name Release date Si Shui Liu Nian Sep 2003 Wei Ni Er Lai Jan 2005 Thinking of You Apr 2007 Ji Mo Xing Kong • Jian Ge Oct 2008 Music of My Pride 22 December 2009 Yi Ran 10 December 2011 Shi Guang 23 September 2013 Li Jian 11 August 2015Wu Shi Wu Ke19 June 2021
Accolades
Year Accolades & Awards 2011 12–31 2011–2012 CCTV Over Year 04-11 11th Music Feng Yun Award – Best Mainland China Artist, Best Producers 03-19 18th Eastern Music Awards – Best Male Singer 02-02 First time stepping into the Lunar New Year eve's special on China's TV station – CCTV 2012 08-21 11th CCTV-MTV Music Awards -Best Mainland China Artist of the Year 2013 02-09 Second time stepping into the Lunar New Year eve's special on China's TV station – CCTV 2014 06-01 2014 HITO Music Awards -Best Mainland China Artist, Cross-Boundary Album Awards 05-21 25th Golden Melody Award – Nominated for the Best Album of the Year 2015 08-14 Selected to be the advisor for Team Na Ying on The Voice of China (season 4) 03-27 First Runner-up of the Chinese version of I Am a Singer2016 04-03 Best Producer and Best Album for the album Li Jian at the Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards 04-03 Twenty Golden Songs Award for "Beautiful as the Dawn" (美若黎明) at the Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards 05-14 Nominated for Best Mandarin Male Singer at the 27th Golden Melody Awards.
Variety shows I Am a Singer Season 3 In January 2015, Li took part in the third season of the Hunan Television's singing competition I Am a Singer, where he finished as the runner-up. I Am a Singer Season 3 Li Jian's performance listEpisodeBroadcast dateSong TitleOriginal SingerRankingPercentages of Votes Remarks 4 (Qualifying Round 2) 23 January 2015 "貝加爾湖畔 On the Shores of Lake Baikal" (Mandarin) Li Jian 3 19.22% — 5 (Knockout Round 2) 30 January 2015 "在水一方 On the Water Side" (Mandarin) Jiang Lei 4 14.01% 2nd place in Overall ranking 6 (Challenge Round 2) 6 February 2015 "袖手旁观 Stand By" (Mandarin) Chyi Chin 3 20.11% — 7 (Qualifying Round 3) 13 February 2015 "今天是你的生日，媽媽 It's Your Birthday Today, Mom" (Mandarin) Zhong Lifeng 3 16.09% — 8 (Knockout Round 3) 20 February 2015 "當你老了 When You Are Old" (Mandarin) Zhao Zhao 1 22.20% 1st place in Overall ranking 9 (Challenge Round 3) 27 February 2015 "塵緣" (Mandarin) Roman Tam 6 10.34% — 10 (Qualifying Round 4) 6 March 2015 "月光 Moonlight" (Mandarin) Yu Quan 2 17.63% — 11 (Knockout Round) 13 March 2015 "陀螺 Gyro" (Mandarin) Wan Xiaoli 5 9.45% 4th place in Overall ranking 12 (Breakout Round) 20 March 2015 "假如爱有天意The Classic" (Mandarin) 韓成民 1 25.44% Breakout success (ranked 1st out of top four singers) 13 (Grand Finals- Round 1) 27 March 2015 "朋友第一" medley of"The Man Competing With Himself" (Mandarin) and "Friends" (Mandarin, Cantonese) Jonathan LeeChyi Chin, Alan Tam 5 Unknown Backup singer was Wu Xiubo 13 (Grand Finals- Round 2) "故鄉山川 Mountains and Rivers of Hometown" (Mandarin) "烏蘇裡船歌 Ussuri Boat Song" (Mandarin) Li JianHou Xu 2 33.06% 2nd place in Overall ranking (and runner-up of I Am a Singer 3) 14 (2015 Biennial Concert) 3 April 2015 "車站 Station" (Mandarin) Akina Nakamori —
Singer 2017 In March 2017, Li returned as a returning singer of the fifth season of I Am a Singer, which was renamed to Singer on that same season. He once again made it to the grand finals, this time finishing in fourth place. Singer 2017 Li Jian's Performance listEpisodeBroadcast dateSong TitleOriginal SingerRankingPercentages of Votes Remarks 7 (Qualifying Round 4) 4 March 2017 "A Foreigner" (Mandarin) Li Jian 2 18.88% — 8 (Knockout Round 4) 11 March 2017 "A Father's Writers Poem" (Mandarin) Xu Fei 2 19.98% 1st place in Overall ranking 9 (Challenge Round 4) 18 March 2017 "The 10:30 Train" (Mandarin) Gary Xun 4 15.25% — 10 (Knockout Round 5) 25 March 2017 "Red Bean" (Mandarin) "Eternal Love" (Mandarin) Ye MaoShu Qi 4 16.04% 3rd place in Overall ranking 11 (Breakout) 1 April 2017 "Love Is Over" (Mandarin) Ou Yang Fei Fei 1 20.04% Breakout success (ranked 1st out of top seven singers) 12 (Semi-final) 8 April 2017 "一往情深的戀人" (Mandarin) Li Jian 4 10.13% — 13 (Finals) 15 April 2017 "Tripitaka In Daughter Country Lyrical To See Daughter king's Eyes" medley 4 12.35% Backup singer is Yue Yunpeng4th place in Overall rankingPercentage of combined votes is 11.24% "The Daughter Of Love" () (Mandarin) Wu Jing "Tripitaka Lyrical" () (Mandarin) Chi Zhongrui "Your's Eyes" () (Mandarin) Panda Hsiung Valen Hsu 14 (2017 Biennial Concert) 22 April 2017 "All of March" () (Mandarin) Tora Takemitsu —
Personal life Li wrote a song in 2005 to commemorate his father, who died due to cancer when Li was 31 years old.
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