Yumi Chung

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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chung (鍾).

Yumi Chung
鍾柔美
Yumi Chung performed in Stars Academy What We Become Live 2023 on 21 December 2023.
Born
Yumi Belza Bayanin

(2006-12-21) 21 December 2006 (age 17)
 Hong Kong
Nationality China /  Philippines
Alma materECF Saint Too Canaan College
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
AgentTVB
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • saxophone
  • piano
Years active2015–present
LabelsAll About Music
Member of
Chinese name
Chinese鍾柔美

Yumi Chung Yau Mei (Chinese: 鍾柔美, Jyutping: zung1 jau4 mei5; born 21 December 2006), also known as her Tagalog name Yumi Belza Bayanin, is a Hong Kong-born Filipino Mestizo singer and actress, and a member of the Hong Kong girl group After Class. She is noted for being the 2nd runner-up in TVB's reality talent competition Stars Academy in 2021. Chung made her solo debut in Febrauary 2022 with the single "Breakin' My Heart".

Early life[edit]

Chung was born on 21 December 2006 in Hong Kong, to a Hong Kong Chinese father and a Filipino mother. She attended in Nancy Sit's talent school and joined a girl group named Honey Bees with other students in the school. She left Honey Bees and later joined another girl group named A Little Bit Shy with other 6 girls at the age of 10. She also worked as child actress, which one of her portrayal is being the childhood Leung Sum, which the adulthood is portrayed by Tavia Yeung, in Momentary Lapse Of Reason.[1]

Music career[edit]

Chung became one of the contestants of TVB's reality talent competition Stars Academy in 2021, and her performance of Aaron Kwok's "The Wild City" (狂野之城) in the competition gained her popularity.[2][3][4][5][6][7]After the performance clip was posted on YouTube, it once topped the YouTube trend list and reached 1 million views within five days, accumulating more than 3.1 million views. She became the third contestant on the show to have exceeded 1 million views with a single performance. The song also became the first dance song on the show to have over one million views.[8] She eventually won the third place in the finals of Stars Academy.

In October, Chung sang the theme song named 不想輕躺 for the TV drama Heart City Hong Kong, Prop Up Youth (Chinese: 青年心城之撐起青春). She became the second contestant of Stars Academy to release a solo single after Gigi Yim, and became the first to release a theme song of a drama among the contestants of Stars Academy.[9] In November, Chung, along with Gigi Yim, Chantel Yiu and Windy Zhan [zh], formed a girl group called "After Class", with their debut single Present For Future (要為今日回憶).

In February 2022, Chung released a single named Breakin' My Heart, which is her debut single other than drama theme songs.[10] She also released another single named wanna be close to u in October of the same year.

In 2023, two more singles were released: y2k還襯我麼？ in July, and 下一個暑假 in September.[11]

Acting career[edit]

Chung made her first acting after Stars Academy on the TVB television series Forever Young At Heart  [zh] in 2021,[12] which a bully victim was portrayed and she sang the insert song of that scene.[13]

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
HK
Breakin' My Heart 2022 — Non-album singles
wanna be close to u —
y2k還襯我麼？ 2023 —
下一個暑假 —

References[edit]

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  2. ^ 洪曉璇 (2021-07-07). "聲夢傳奇│鍾柔美Yumi跳唱《狂野之城》三日破75萬 泳兒喊到溶妝". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ^ 香港經濟日報HKET. "【聲夢傳奇】Yumi唱《狂野之城》影片成熱搜第一位 鍾柔美取佳績導師泳兒激動落淚 - 香港經濟日報 - TOPick - 娛樂". 香港經濟日報HKET (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
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  5. ^ "鍾柔美跳唱《狂野之城》爆紅 全靠背後有泳兒教歌唱技巧". www.bastillepost.com. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  6. ^ "獲《聲夢》導師泳兒力撐 14歲鍾柔美 唱《狂野之城》熱爆YouTube". 星島頭條 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2021-07-07. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  7. ^ "鍾柔美《狂野之城》吐氣揚眉 全靠泳兒加持！". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2021-07-06. Archived from the original on 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  8. ^ 研數巴 (2021-07-19). "聲夢傳奇｜盤點總決賽5強網上人氣 呢3位係網民心目中三甲？". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  9. ^ "【聲夢傳奇x青年心城】鍾柔美跑出追貼炎明熹 Yumi成第二位擁個人單曲聲夢學員 - 香港經濟日報 - TOPick - 娛樂". topick.hket.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  10. ^ "15歲鍾柔美單飛出道第一首歌《Breakin' My Heart》做新人 Yumi獲TVB打造樂壇新一代跳唱女歌手" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 港生活. 2022-02-05. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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  13. ^ "鍾柔美主唱《青春本我》插曲首曝光唱出被欺凌者心酸". 巴士的報. 2021-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
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