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Kris Wu
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Chinese-born Canadian rapper and convicted sex criminal (1990–)
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Kris Wu, born Wu Yifan on November 6, 1990, in Guangzhou, is a Canadian and Chinese singer, film actor, and model. He is a member of the group EXO and has performed in genres including C-pop, hip-hop, contemporary R&B, and K-pop. His vocal range is classified as a baritone. He speaks Cantonese, English, Korean, and Standard Chinese.
Wu began his work period in 2012 and has been associated with record labels such as SM Entertainment, Interscope Records, Creative Artists Agency, and Island Records. He stands 1.90 meters tall. His career includes a significant event known as the Kris Wu scandal. He is distinct from Wu Kang-ren.
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Film & TV
Acting · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Wu Yifan (吳亦凡; November 6, 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu (크리스 우) or as simply Kris (크리스), is Chinese-Canadian former singer and actor. He was a member of the boy group EXO and their sub-group EXO-M, before leaving the group in May 2014. On 31 July 2021, Wu was detained by Beijing police after multiple rape allegations emerged on Chinese social media. In August 2021, the People's…
Known for
- L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 2 — Yin Chen2020
- Eternal Love — General2019
- Lil Dicky Earth: Earth — Backing vocals2019
- Fourtry — store manager2019
- Europe Raiders — Rocky2018
- The Next Top Bang — Self - Female Team Mentor2018
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets — Sergeant Neza2017
- xXx: Return of Xander Cage — Nicks2017
- Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back — Monk Tang2017
- Back to Field2017
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 138,393
- Total plays
- 1,855,065
Tags
Wu Yifan (吴亦凡; born November 6, 1990 in Guangzhou, China), professionally known as Kris Wu or Kris, is a Chinese-Canadian actor, singer, and model. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO and its subgroup EXO-M under SM Entertainment. Wu is active as a solo artist and actor in China and has starred in several #1 box office hits including Mr. Six (2015) and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017), which are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in Chi
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 72
- Cited by
- 1,099
Research areas
Most cited works
- Physical activity, screen viewing time, and overweight/obesity among Chinese children and adolescents: an update from the 2017 physical activity and fitness in China—the youth study2019 · 208 cit
- Meeting 24-h movement guidelines: Prevalence, correlates, and the relationships with overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents2020 · 139 cit
- Dose–response relationships between exercise intensity, cravings, and inhibitory control in methamphetamine dependence: An ERPs study2016 · 127 cit
- Overweight, obesity, and screen-time viewing among Chinese school-aged children: National prevalence estimates from the 2016 Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study2017 · 125 cit
- Results from the China 2018 Report Card on physical activity for children and youth2018 · 66 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- limma powers differential expression analyses for RNA-sequencing and microarray studies
· 2015 · cited 37,045x
- Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
· 2020 · cited 36,637x
- A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
· 2020 · cited 22,157x
- Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study
· 2020 · cited 21,451x
- The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,824x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Guangzhou
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Point Grey Secondary School
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Genre
- K-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Island Records
- Image
- 咪咕音乐盛典 (24) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.90
- Voice type
- baritone
- Convicted of
- rape
- Significant event
- Kris Wu scandal
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1990-11-06
- Commons category
- Kris Wu
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- pseudonym
- Kris Wu
- birth name
- 李嘉恒
- name in native language
- 吴亦凡
- different from
- Wu Kang-ren
- member of
- EXO
- penalty
- imprisonment
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