Kris Wu has officially signed a global recording deal with Universal Music Group

[Peony]

 

Universal Music Group today announced an exclusive international recording agreement with Kris Wu, one of Asia’s biggest stars, whose work encompasses music, film and television.

 

Under the agreement, future music from Wu will be released internationally, excluding Japan and Korea, through a partnership of Universal Music China, Interscope Geffen A&M in the U.S. and Island Records in the U.K., as well as UMG’s operations in more than 60 countries. (Pictured above, left to right: Interscope chairman/CEO John Janick, Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge, Wu, UMG Greater China chairman/CEO Sunny Chang.)

 

The 27-year-old music producer, singer song-writer and actor was born in Guangzhou, China, and in October became the only Chinese artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes Chart with the success of the single “Deserve,†featuring Travis Scott; the song has racked up more than a billion streams to date. Over the past few years, Wu has written and produced a number of other international hits, including “July,†“6†and “Juice.â€

 

Wu has starred in films including â€œXxX: Return of Xander Cage,†“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,†and â€œJourney to the West: The Demons Strike Back.†He’s set to appear in Wong Kar-wai’s upcoming film â€œBlossoms.â€

 

In making the announcement,  Grainge said, “Kris is an incredibly talented recording artist, songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. I’m thrilled that Kris is joining the UMG family and honored that we will have the opportunity to build upon his remarkably successful career.â€

 

Kris Wu said, â€œIt‘s my pleasure to be part of this collaboration with Universal Music Group. I’m enjoying the time to share creative and vision of my music. As a singer-songwriter and producer, the album I’m working on now is elaborately produced and rounded by me and I will keep working to deliver more beautiful works to all my audiences around the world.â€

 

Chang said, “We are thrilled to partner with Kris and our sister companies to launch new global hit songs from Kris, who is a genuine musical talent. As one of the industry’s top producers and singer-songwriters, Kris has global ambitions and he’s fluent in Mandarin, English and Korean, allowing him to uniquely overcome any language barrier. As China grows into one of the world’s biggest music markets, Universal Music China will continue to develop Kris Wu as well as the very best Chinese talent and position its artists for success both in the local market and across the globe.â€

 

http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/kris-wu-chinese-superstar-singer-actor-signs-with-universal-music-group-1202783540/

[maindo]

Dang Kris, good job, Universal Music that also owns Warner is major

[baekhyun_stan]

I'm excited for him!

[Kogyeol]

Congrats Kris

[waycrispy1]

All I can say is you can tell he has very laid out plans for his career, good job baby

[llamaswag]

Cant wait for more of his activities!!

[Rose.]

I hope he does a Chinese & English album

[sparkle dust]

Congrats vow!!! 

[Shinku]

Congrats to my man!  Looking forward to it. 

[CamCam]

~ It's what the king deserves ~

[KNED]

Cool!!!!

[WenSuelRene]

Keep slaying Kris  

[noodlenoodle]

Oh damn, he's gonna be in a Wong Kar-wai film?? Nice.

[Jencat]

That's great! Congrats Kris! 

[FeyFeathers]

I for one cannot wait for that album. I'm so proud of him

[blank_stare]

Congrats. Not a fan of his but he’s doing great things in his life.

[legendnctzen]

Awww congrats!!

[piapentagon]

yes krisus slay

i will support you all the way

[doby]

His English is so good now, I hope he thrives in the US market, but if not, he's still make bank in China. GL!

[everypart]

THE KING

[everypart]

Btw, he's the first Chinese artist they ever signed, probably the first artist based in Asia?

[swagger]

he keeps taking it to another level more and more

[Buttered Sone]

Oh wow! I liked Juice

[5201314]

Btw, he's the first Chinese artist they ever signed, probably the first artist based in Asia?

There are plenty of Asian artists signed under UMG.

[johnnyrose]

<3