Li Zhi (singer)

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Li Zhi
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Li performing in 2018
Born (1978-11-13) November 13, 1978 (age 45)
OccupationSinger
Years active1995–2019
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 李志
Simplified Chinese 李志

Li Zhi (born November 13, 1978) is a mainland Chinese music artist who was banned from People's Republic of China in April 2019. According to the China Daily newspaper published in 2015, Li was a music artist who sold out his concert tickets quickly. His 2014 New Year concert I/O sold out all 3,600 tickets in 13 minutes.[ citation needed ]

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Early life and career

Li was born to a rural family. He became a professional singer in 1995. Before 2018, Li had not signed with any studios. He also restrained from getting himself involved in TV shows and popular media. On October 23, 2018, Taihe Music's Weibo official account announced that Li Zhi will be partnering. [1]

Li is known as a defender of artists' copyright. He had filed lawsuits against music platforms Xiami Music and Kuwo Music. In 2017, Li publicly accused the Chinese version of TV show Roast (produced by Tencent) of using his song without permission. In 2018, Li filed lawsuits accusing the Tencent Video-produced show The Coming One violating his copyrights when Li's music was used in the program without his legal approval. Li asked for 3 million yuan in compensation. [2] The court agreed with the copyright infringement. However, the TV show did not apologize for the copyright violation and Li was compensated with an amount below what was expected.

334 Tour

"334 Tour" or "334 Plan" was a plan that Li will tour to 334 cities in 12 years and perform his music live from 2017-2029. It was announced February 20, 2019. Two days later, February 22, 2019, Li Zhi's team officially announced that the Sichuan tour was canceled due to Li Zhi's health situation. the night before his first concert, Li posted on Weibo a photo of his medical wristband saying that he had to cancel his performance due to medical conditions. 18,000 of Li's tour tickets were refunded. Li's social media accounts were taken down, and streaming sites removed his music before he disappeared from the public eye as June 4, 2019 approached. [3]

Banned from People's Republic of China

AlbumYearNumber of Songs in Album
被禁忌的游戏

(The Forbidden Game)

20049
梵高先生

(Mr. Van Gogh)

20059
这个世界会好吗

(Has Man a Future)

200610
我爱南京

(In Love with Nanjing)

20099 + 7
你好,郑州

(Hello Zhengzhou)

201010
F20119
170120148
820169
在每一条伤心的应天大街上

(Through Every Sad Street)

20168
这个世界会好吗 (2015 版本)

(Has Man a Future (2015 Version))

20151
工体东路没有人

(No One out on the Street)

200916
108个关键词

(108 Keywords)

20137 + 9
勾三搭四

(Three and Four)

201411 + 10
i/O201511
看见

(Seen)

201510
动静

(Square)

201611
李志北京不插电现场 2016.5.29

(Lizhi Unplugged Live in Beijing)

201612
李志、电声与管弦乐

(Lizhi, Band and Orchestra)

201712
爵士乐与不插电新编12首

(Li-Zhi Jazz and Unplugged 12 Songs)

201812
李志、电声与管弦乐II

(Li-Zhi Band and Orchestra II)

20189

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