Hu Xia (Chinese: 胡夏; English name: Fox Hu; born 1 March 1990) is a Chinese singer, actor. He won the sixth season of Taiwan's One Million Star in 2010 and released his debut album, Hu Love Xia, later that year.[1][2] Apart from his albums, he has sung a great number of soundtracks for Chinese TV series, movies and games, the most famous ones being, Those Years (那些年), for You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011 and Don't You Know (知否知否) for The Story of Minglan in 2018. Other notables include Rush to the Dead Summer, Story of Yanxi Palace, Le Coup de Foudre, Word of Honor, and Heaven Official’s Blessing.

Hu Xia(胡夏) 
Born (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)
Nanning, Guangxi, China
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active2010–present
AwardsThe Best Male New Singer
Musical career
OriginNanning, Guangxi, China
GenresMandopop
LabelsRaining Culture (2018 - present)
Sony Music Entertainment China (2010 - 2016)

Career

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2008 – 2009: Pre-debut and contests

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Hu Xia has participated in several Guangxi local contests before he entered the BEST 8 of Mengniu Dairy “Running towards Beijing, Achieving music dreams” contest held by Enlight Pictures in 2008. He then banded with other competitors and became a member of Fengyunbang, that also performed at S.H.E and Fahrenheit’s concerts in mainland China, as curtain raisers.

Following the disband of Fengyunbang in September 2009, Hu Xia went to Taiwan to compete in the sixth season of One Million Star. Hu Xia was outstanding since the beginning, and in round 13 and 14, he attempted a Taiwanese song “Jiahou” (家后, Ke-au) which gained full marks. Hu Xia finally won the contest in May 2010 and signed with Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan.

2010 – 2012: Debut, Those years, Flame of love

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On December 17, 2010, Hu Xia released his debut album Hu Love Xia. The title was taken from his father and mother’s family names, Hu and Xia, which is how he also got his name. In 2011, he sang the theme song, Those Years” (那些年), for the Taiwanese movie You Are the Apple of My Eye. The song became a mega hit in Asia and the MV has more than 100 million views in YouTube. In the Taiwanese KKBOX singles daily charts, "Those Years" remained at the top for 64 consecutive days, from 22 August to 22 October 2011, breaking the previous record of 45 consecutive days. The song was nominated for the Best Original Film Soundtrack award at the 48th Golden Horse Awards.

On February 24, 2012, he released his second album Flame of love. On September 14, 2012, the Movie Sad Fairy Tale starring Liu Shishi and Hu Xia was on cinema in mainland China, and Hu Xia sang the theme song “Sad Fairy Tale” (伤心童话).

2013 – 2017: Silly Tango, Love Odyssey

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On June 20, 2013, Hu Xia released his third album Silly Tango. In November, he sang the theme song “Letting Go” (放下) for the movie The Four 2. In April 2014, he covered Lao Lang’s “My Old Classmate“ (同桌的你), which was the theme song for the same-name movie. In August 2014, he released “Ruthless” (无情), the theme song for The Four Final Battle.

Hu Xia released his fourth album Love Odyssey on April 14, 2015. In April 2015, he starred in the movie The Left Ear and released the promotional song “A beautiful yesterday” (美好的昨天) for the movie. After the contracts ended, Hu Xia chose to leave Sony Music Taiwan and Enlight Pictures in 2016. From June to July 2016, he participated in the Chinese and South Korean music show The Collaboration and teamed up with Zico. In June 2017, Hu Xia released “Rush to the Dead Summer”(夏至未至), the theme song for the same-name TV series adapted from Guo Jingming’s novel.

2018 – Now: Reading the old, Don’t you know

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In August 2018, Hu Xia sang the first ending song, “Sighs of the Palace Walls”(红墙叹), for Story of Yanxi Palace. In December 2018, featuring Yisa Yu, he released the theme song for TV series The Story of Minglan: “Don’t You Know?” (知否知否), which became a mega-hit. On April 12, 2019, Hu Xia participated in the final music competition show Singer (Season 7) as the Chyi Yu's music partner . On April 17, 2019, Hu Xia released his new album Reading the Old, under his own label Raining Culture.

In March 2020, Hu Xia competed in the music competition show Singer: Year of the Hits (Season 8) as a challenge singer. In July 2020, Hu Xia released “Indeterminate Fate”(未定的注定), the promotional song for the game Tears of Themis. In December 2020, he sang the ending theme for donghua Heaven Official’s Blessing: “Red Supreme”(红绝). Hu Xia participated in the competition show Shine! Super Brothers from December 2020 to February 2021. In March 2021, he released “Untitled”(无题), which is one of the soundtracks for the TV series Word of Honor.  From September to December 2021, Hu Xia competed in Singing with Legends season 3, in which he paired up with George Lam and won the best pair prize of the season.

Discography

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Albums

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  • 胡 爱夏 (Hu Love Xia) (2010/12/17)
  • 燃点 (Flame of Love) (2012/02/24)
  • 傻瓜探戈 (Silly Tango) (2013/06/22)
  • 替我照顧她 (Love Odyssey) (2015/04/14)
  • 念·旧 (Reading the Old) (2019/04/17)
  • MORE胡夏 (MORE Hu Xia) (2023/02/17)
  • 三 (Three) (2013/05/17)
  • 拾 (Ten) (2020/05/14)

Singles

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Release Date English title Original title Note
2014/07/15 Between the Mountains 山水之间 Cover Xu Song, included in Xu Song's EP Between the Mountains
2015/07/10 Naked Summer 裸夏
2016/06/05 So Suzhou 那么苏州
2019/09/09 Huan Xi Sha - Shei Nian Xi Feng Du Zi Liang 浣溪沙·谁念西风独自凉 Based on the same-name ci poetry from Qing dynasty poet Nalan Xingde
2019/08/09 With You 与你 City promotional song for Liuzhou, Guangxi
2019/12/20 New song of seven sons 七子新歌 Xinhua News Agency memorial song for 20th Anniversary of Transfer of sovereignty over Macau
2020/01/02 Blueprints in Mind 心有蓝图 Theme song for CCTV Special Program for 20th Anniversary of Transfer of sovereignty over Macau
2020/01/18 Wish You Great Fortune 恭喜发财财
2020/05/07 Migratory Bird 候鸟 Cover S.H.E, included in NetEase Cloud Music Remake of Youth Part 2
2020/05/30 Rewind 倒带 Cover Jolin Tsai, included in NetEase Cloud Music Remake of Youth Part 3
2020/06/26 Fly High! Youth 飞翔吧!少年
2020/07/13 Feelings of Ice and Snow 冰雪情怀 Included in Musical Works for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, featuring Song Zu'er
2020/11/18 Wishes of Angels 天使的愿望
2020/12/31 Song of Observing the World 观尘歌 Included in QQ Music and the Forbidden City collaborating album Forbidden City Imprint
2021/06/22 Ship Direction 船向
2021/07/20 Flowers brightened by the galaxy (Farewell) 银河照亮的花
2021/07/30 The Long Great Wall 长城长 Included in the tribute album for 100th Anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Party: One Hundred
2021/10/18 Chase 追寻
2021/12/01 China in Lights 灯火中的中国
2021/12/08 The promise of future 未来之约
2021/12/15 Love Me Forever 爱我久久 Cover Ah Niu, included in NetEase Cloud Music Remake of Youth Part 5
2022/01/11 Fireworks 花火 feat. After Journey
2022/04/22 Su Mu Zhe - Huai Jiu 苏慕遮·怀旧 Based on the same-name ci poetry from Northern Song poet Fan Zhongyan
2022/08/04 Good Times 良辰今昔
2022/09/29 Chinese Waves Chinese People 中国潮中国人 Theme song for Henan TV Poetry Heart
2022/10/04 Borrow the Lights 借光
2022/11/23 Falling Snow 落雪
Release Date English title Original title Note
2011/07/27 Those Years (Those Bygone Years) 那些年 Theme song for movie You are the Apple of My Eye
2012/09/14 Sad Fairy Tale 伤心童话 Theme song for movie Sad Fairy Tale
2013/11/07 Letting Go 放下 Theme song for movie The Four 2
2014/04/03 My Old Classmate 同桌的你 Theme song for movie My Old Classmate
2014/08/11 Ruthless 无情 Theme song for movie The Four Final Battle
2014/09/18 Where are You (Gone is Love) 你在哪里(又名爱走掉) Insert song for TV series The Way We Were
2015/01/30 Another noise 另一个噪音 Promotional song for movie The Arti: the Adventure Begins
2015/08/07 Time to Love 爱你步步惊心 Theme song for movie Time to Love
2015/08/09 Happiness you gave me 给我的快乐 Theme song for TV series Hero Dog
2016/02/29 He is better than me 他比我更适合 Theme song for TV series The Love of Happiness
2016/07/28 If I can 如果可以 Insert song for TV series The Whirlwind Girl 2
2016/10/17 Waiting for the whole life 等一生 Ending theme for TV series Happy Mitan
2017/01/08 Hello, Cinderalla 你好灰姑娘 Ending theme for TV series Pretty Li Huizhen
2017/06/11 Rush to the Dead Summer 夏至未至 Opening theme for TV series Rush to the Dead Summer
2017/09/01 Last words of youth 青春遗言 Theme song for movie Growing Pains
2017/10/25 Spilled Water 覆水 Promotional song for TV series Oh My General
2018/05/07 Our love is never wrong (There is no mistake in our love) 我们的爱没有错 Opening theme for TV series Summer's Desire
2018/06/17 Intuition 直觉 Insert song for TV series My Story for You, cover Jeff Chang
2018/08/02 The Evolution Of Our Love 爱情进化论 Opening theme for TV seriesThe Evolution Of Our Love
2018/08/03 Sigh of Palace Walls (Red Wall Sigh) 红墙叹 Ending theme for TV series Story of Yanxi Palace (EP1~EP22)
2018/11/02 Courage 勇气 Ending theme for TV series Never Gone, cover Fish Leong
2018/11/09 Touched 打动 Insert song for TV series The Family
2018/12/03 Long Ages 悠悠岁月 Insert song for TV series Ever Night
2018/12/22 Don't you know 知否知否 Theme song for TV series The Story of Minglan, featuring Yisa Yu
2019/01/07 Are you willing? 只问你肯不肯 Conceptual song for TV series The Story of Minglan
2019/01/23 The bitterest sweet 最苦的甜 Ending theme for TV series The Last Goddess
2019/02/01 Will you love me Will you love me Theme song for TV series Unforgettable Impression
2019/02/27 What is enternity 何为永恒 Ending theme for TV series Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre
2019/04/28 Where am I from 我从哪里来 Chinese promotional song for movie Capernaum
2019/04/29 I Only Like You 我只喜欢你 Opening theme for TV series Le Coup de Foudre
2019/05/17 Youth Grand Slam 青春大满贯 Ending theme for TV series Prince of Tennis
2019/07/03 Change 改变 Insert song for River Flows to You
2019/07/24 If at that time 如果当时 Promotional song for movie Shanghai Fortress
2019/09/20 Lonely Island 孤岛 Insert song for TV series Airborne Blade
2019/09/27 Soaring In the Sky 翱翔天地 Insert song for movie The Captain
2019/10/25 Shui Mo 水墨 Opening theme for TV series When Shui Meets Mo
2019/10/29 A Fantastic Encounter 悠然见南山 Theme song for movie A Fantastic Encounter
2019/11/14 Fallen Leves 落叶 Opening theme for TV series Crocodile and Plover Bird
2019/11/19 Unstoppable Youth 青春抛物线 Opening theme for TV series Unstoppable Youth
2019/12/09 Tao Chan 逃禅 Theme song for game The Magic Blade
2019/12/31 Word of Jingxiu 锦绣令 Ending theme for TV series The Sweet Girl
2020/02/02 Light of the Heart 心光 Ending theme for TV series Find Yourself
2020/04/08 Wish Song 愿歌行 Opening theme for TV series Serenade of Peaceful Joy
2020/06/03 Where heart is heading 心之所向 Opening theme for TV series Hardcore Lovers
2020/06/15 Between the words 字里行间 Insert song for TV series The Eight
2020/07/09 Daybreak Dusk 晨昏 Opening theme for donghua Mr Love: Queen's Choice
2020/07/29 Indeterminate Fate 未定的注定 Promotional song for game Tears of Themis
2020/09/08 Fate starts from Jade Dynasty 缘起诛仙 Theme song for game Jade Dynasty
2020/10/15 Not Drunken, Never Forget 不醉不忘 Insert song for TV series The Moon Brightens For You
2020/10/16 Time Flies 来过 Chinese theme song for movie Dans la brume
2020/11/13 Way Back 归路 Theme song for stage play of game JX Online 3
2020/12/14 Say Goodbye 说再见吧 Theme song for movie Bath Buddy
2020/12/16 Conclude (Jie) Insert song for TV series Legend of Fei
2020/12/24 Red Supreme (Hong Jue) 红绝 Ending theme for donghua Heaven Official's Blessing
2021/01/04 Sudden 蓦然 Insert song for TV series My Best Friend's Story
2021/01/08 The End of the Earth 天涯尽处 Opening theme for TV series Monarch Industry, featuring Zhou Shen
2021/01/20 Dreams nobody knows 无人知晓的梦 Ending theme for TV series Unrequited Love
2021/01/27 Miss You in a Heartbeat (Recites) 声声念 Opening theme for TV series A Girl Like Me, featuring Miriam Yeung
2021/02/26 Leave it to time 交给时间 Promotional song for movie Endless Summer
2021/03/02 Untitled 无题 Insert song for TV series Word of Honor
2021/03/15 Fell in Love With 爱上了 Insert song for TV series You Are My Hero
2021/04/27 Wandering People 流客 Insert song for TV series The Love of Hypnosis
2021/05/25 Flourish in Time 时光少年 Opening theme for TV series Flourish in Time
2021/06/01 Heartwarming Moment 心动的瞬间 Ending theme for TV series My Dear Guardian
2021/08/08 Wish of Flowers and Moon 花月愿 Character theme song for Xie Ling in Heaven Official's Blessing
2021/09/08 Born Extraordinary 不凡而生 Opening theme for TV series The Justice
2021/09/27 Mistake 过错 Ending theme for TV series The Justice
2021/11/24 The Memory About You 半暖时光 Opening theme for TV series The Memory About You
2021/11/28 Don't leave 勿离 Ending theme for TV series Heart of Loyalty, featuring Claire Kuo
2022/01/10 Wind-chasing Youth 追风少年 Theme song for movie Snow Dance

Filmography

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Variety Show

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Year English Title Original Title Note
2009 - 2010 One Million Star (season 6) 超级星光大道第六季
2011 - 2012 Clash of the Choirs 梦想合唱团
2012 Your Face Sounds Familiar 百变大咖秀 Recurring
2015 Fly to Sky 冲上云霄
2016 The Collaboration 作战吧偶像
2016 COME ON! (season 2) 不服来战第二季 Host
2017 Gathering! Honor of Kings 集结吧王者
2018 Mask Singer (season 3) 蒙面唱将猜猜猜第三季 Recurring
2019 Singer 2019 (season 7) 歌手2019 Music partner (Final)
2019 Final Expert 终极高手
2020 Singer: Year of the Hits (season 8) 歌手:当打之年
2020 Street Waves 街头音浪
2020 - 2021 Shine! Super Brothers 追光吧!哥哥
2021 Singing with Legends season 3 我们的歌第三季
2021 Time Concert 时光音乐会 EP 9, EP 10
2022 We Are the Champions 战至巅峰
2022 - 2023 Time Concert Season 2 时光音乐会第二季

Film

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Year English title Original title Role Note
2012 Sad Fairy Tale 伤心童话 Liu Tong
2015 Money Game 黄金福将 Zhao Gang
2015 The Left Ear 左耳 You Ta
2015 Reco Kingdom 4 洛克王国4:出发!巨人谷 Hugo Voice
2017 Growing Pains 会痛的十七岁 Gu Mingyao
2019 A Fantastic Encounter 悠然见南山 Nan Shan
2021 Crazy for Buddies 我为兄弟狂 Zhong Hao

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