Kris Wu is first Chinese singer in Billboard Hot 100
LOS ANGELES: He may have flopped in movie roles, but Chinese- Canadian musician Kris Wu, 27, is the first Chinese artist to make the Billboard Hot 100.
His latest single Like That reached number 73. Before that milestone, the song, which was released on May 18, had topped iTunes overall and its hip-hop charts for 93 hours as of the end of last month.
The singer- actor, who spent over two years preparing for his new album, has indicated that he wants to become the “Jackie Chan of music” and “to bridge the East and West” with his music. Over the past two years, Kris has released singles such as July, Juice and Deserve, on which he collaborated with US musician Travis Scott.
It had topped the iTunes chart within two hours of its release. While preparing for a new album, Kris usually works for months in the studio with the world’s top musicians.
“There are already enough songs to make an album, but I have been trying to refresh the list in the hope that every song could be of the same quality with the title track,” he said during an interview.
On his Billboard Hot 100 entry, Kris said: “I’m very proud as a Chinese. I have Chinese blood in my veins and will have the whole world hear Chinese music. That’s what I’ve been doing all the time.”
I’m very proud as a Chinese. I have Chinese blood in my veins and will have the whole world hear Chinese music. That’s what I’ve been doing all the time. Kris Wu, singer-actor