Jiang Yingrong (; born 1 February 1988), also known as Vivi Jiang, is a Chinese singer, songwriter and composer.
She studied at Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (Ã¥ÂÂ京ç°代é³ä¹Âå¦é¢) and majored in popular music. She started her career by attending several TV singing competitions and winning awards.
She is best known for winning the national singing competition Super Girl (趠级女声) in 2009.
Jiang was born in Chengdu, Sichuan. Her father used to be an army officer who then started his own business soon after. Her parents divorced when she was 12 years old, and she has been living with her mother since then. She dropped out of high school when she was 15 and began to study music theory in Sichuan Conservatory of Music (Ã¥ÂÂå·Âé³ä¹Âå¦é¢). She often sings in a Chengdu pub named âÂÂMusic Houseâ and was mentored by music producer Chen Di (éÂÂ迪). Jiang entered Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (Ã¥ÂÂ京ç°代é³ä¹Âå¦é¢) in 2006.
Jiang started her musical career in 2007. She first joined a College Students Music Festival Singing Competition and became very popular in that competition due to her outstanding performance. She later got the fourth place. She sang the theme song July (ä¸ÂæÂÂ) for the famous movie Transfer of Love ( ãÂÂç±æ å¼å«转移ã ). She then joined a national singing competition Super Girl (TV series) and won the No.1 place, which made her famous in China.
She also held several concerts throughout China, including cities like Changchun, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Beijing, Nanjing and Guangzhou.
Jiang said her musical inspiration includes Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, CoCo Lee, Elva Hsiao, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Pink, Michael Jackson, and Jay-Z.