Xu Weizhou

On November 19, it was announced that Xu has been cast in the sports drama Ping Pong. Later, he was selected to sing the theme song for the China's Communist Youth League. and China's 40 years of Reform Celebration. In December, he attended the Beijing Television's 2019 New Year Global Gala.

He was also invited to Laneige Cushion Dream Factory Night, Fendi Newsstand Event, Shanghai's Superdry Sounds Party, Daniel Wellington My Classic Night Out, Coach x Disney Dark Fairytale, Vogue Film Premier, Men's Uno Sport Event, Nylon 1st anniversary Party, Elle 30th Anniversary Ceremony, Laneige x Line Friends Event, Shanghai's Tiffany & Co. Paper Flowers Party and Hong Kong's Roberto Cavalli Event. On April 11, he attended Superdry Sounds Global Party in London as Global Brand Ambassador. On May 3, he appeared at the Tiffany & Co. flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York to attend the Tiffany Paper Flower Ceremony as Brand Style Ambassador. On May 19, Xu attended the launch ceremony of Libert'aime by Forevermark as the first Light Icon of the brand. The limited "Le Light x Xu Weizhou" collection sold out quickly in the online presale. On June 24, Xu attended Dunhill 2019 S/S fashion show in Paris.

In September, China's famous sportswear & footwear brand Belle International announced him as their new ambassador. Xu attended Balmain S/S 2019 Women's Paris Fashion Week on September 28. China famous magazine “Bella” reported that the cover of Xu Weizhou got their best selling online in 2018.

In 2019, Annual China Entertainment Index by AI Man Data revealed 2018 Top 10 Influential Fashion Male Artists and Xu was ranked 5th on list. On January 27, It was revealed that Xu was ranked 4th and 9th for COACH and Tiffany & Co respectively on Top 20 Most Valuable Celebrity Brand Endorsers of 2018. On April, I-MAGAZINE revealed Best Fashion Face Award Year 2018, Xu was ranked 50th on Best Male Fashion Faces.

On June 18, Fendi officially announced Xu as their first Peekaboo Spokesperson in China. He also walked the runway at the Fendi F/W 2019-2020 Woman's and Men's Collection Show in Shanghai and the Fendi S/S 2020 Men's Milan Fashion Week as the new spokesperson.

In 2019, Annual China Entertainment Index by AI Man Data revealed 2018 Top 10 Public Welfare Influential Male Artists and Xu was ranked 8th on list. On 18 March, Xu was appointed as China's Science-Fiction ambassador for National Science Popularization. On 30 March, he attended Lights-Out of Earth Hour - Connect to Earth Charity Program for promoting the protection of the environment. In May, He is selected to be the ambassador of Sunshine of Love project for disabled people in China.

In June, Xu got the third place on the 100 Asian Heartthrobs of 2018 ranked by Starmometer.

In October, Xu attended the 5th Silk Road International Film Festival Closing Ceremony and performed his song “Glory”. On October 20, he hold a free concert on his 24th birthday at Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing and also released a new song "Everything About You" for his fans. He was ranked 70th on Top 100 Most Commercial Value Chinese Star in 2018.

In April, he was officially announced as an ambassador for the 14th anniversary of Men's Health and Italian luxury Brand Fendi in June, as their new power brand ambassador. Later, Givenchy decided to opt him, a KOLs who is especially popular among millennials, for promoting Chinese Mother's Day Campaign. He was also reported as one of most famous faces in China's activewear Market and one of most influential fashion stars in China's luxury market by New York Digital Marketing Agency. Afterwards, INMIX, an Eyewear brand, released a set of timmy's exclusive emoticon from the privilege granted by Emoji®. Subsequently, he was invited to Louis Vuitton S/S 2018 Men's Paris Fashion Week on 22 June, Coach S/S 2018 Women's New York Fashion Week on 12 September and Givenchy S/S 2018 Women's Paris Fashion Week on 1 October.

In 2018, China's COACH officially appointed him as their first COACH MEN spokesman on January 4. Later, Xu, as Fendi's new power brand ambassador, attended Fendi F/W 2018 Men's Milan Fashion Week. He also attended Alexander McQueen F/W 2018 Men's Paris Fashion Week as the first Chinese male artist officially invited by the brand. Later, he has been officially announced as the new style brand ambassador for Tiffany & Co. and a global spokesperson for British brand, Superdry.

Xu featured on the cover of the June/July issue of ELLEMEN Hong Kong, this is his third time on the cover of this magazine in 3 years. He also was listed in Top 10 rising Asian stars taking over the fashion scene. L2's Digital IQ Index 2018 reported that Laneige was ranked 7th on Top 10 Beauty Brands in China including COACH and Valentino were ranked 4th and 8th respectively on Top 10 Luxury Brands in China because the star power of Xu Weizhou to achieve high engagement on Weibo. He is the first male artist to be featured on the cover of two newest magazines GQ Sport and NewOne.

In 2018, Xu joined Netease's charity program as the ambassador for a book donating project for the kids in rural areas. In August, he was officially appointed as National Winter Sports promotion ambassador for 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Since childhood, Xu has pursued various artistic endeavors including dancing, singing, music composition, and playing instruments, especially the guitar. He learned Latin dance for more than 10 years and won the gold award from Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). In high school, Xu formed two rock bands with some of his schoolmates namely: "EggAche" and a death metal rock band "PROME", in which he was the lead guitarist. He and his band "PROME" also won the Midi High School band competition in Shanghai. Moreover, he, together with his band organized and arranged a winter vacation music festival in Shanghai and was featured in the local newspaper. Xu graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. In college, he went to National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing and graduated in May 2017.

On April 1, Xu appeared as a guest to a television music show Global Chinese Music Chart currently airing on CCTV15 and performed his song "Fun". Later on, he was selected to sing "Screaming Night", theme song for 2017 iQiyi Screaming Night Concert where its music video was first released during the concert's press conference.

Sina Weibo revealed the "2017 Popular Star" list and Xu got 10th place on Top 10 stars with highest reposting amount with 65.99 million reposts. His post in Sanya got 10th on Top 10 most popular posts with 6.69 million fan-interaction amount. Moreover, 15 Minutes for Craziness ranked 4th on Top 10 music topics with 380 million views. His music video "The Heroes", posted in Sina Music also got 4th place on Top 10 popular music with 0.6 million like/repost/comment.

In 2017, Men's Uno China has unveiled “Men's Uno Young”, a brand new magazine for China's post-90s generation which he was the very first cover of Men's Uno Young representing the young attitude and spirit of post '90s youths. Its photographs were also published in Men's Uno Taiwan limited edition. Later on, he was invited to Vogue's Condé Nast Century Exhibition, Hong Kong Kenzo Grand Opening, Shanghai Longines Global Champions Tour, Tiffany & Co Night Party, Fendi PEEKABOO Exhibition, VOGUE film premier, London Superdry Music party, Valentino I Love Spike, Mika Ninagawa's Exhibition, 14th Esquire Man at His Best Award Ceremony, Grazia 60th Anniversary Street Fashion Power Exhibition, L'Officiel Fashion Night, Men's Uno Young Anniversary Party and HARPER's BAZAAR 150th Anniversary Exhibition.

In addition, he was officially invited by Givenchy as a guest to its F/W 2017 Men's Paris Fashion Week in France. On top of that, his digital fashion video became a hot trending topic during that time. It also broke the historical record in the social posts and views with more than 500 million readings. On 8 March, he was also invited by Moncler Gamme Rouge and Louis Vuitton to F/W 2017 Women's Paris Fashion Week.

He was the first Chinese star to become the face of South Korean cosmetics brand Laneige in China. Moreover, Bomoda China Key Opinion Leader Index (KOLs) on the first half of the year 2017 reported that Xu got first place on Top 30 Most Influential Social Celebrities and fourth place on Top 10 Potential Celebrities in China's consumer marketplace. On 23 October, Xu together with Dunhill and China's Esquire released a special short fashion film called "Urban Symphony" shot in Hungary. A yearly report on jewelry market by L2's Digital IQ Index : Luxury China mentioned that Tiffany & Co got strong engagement on Weibo due to their online promotions featuring with Chinese celebrity Xu Weizhou.

In 2017, he continued his charitable efforts by participating in the "Wuxi Marathon" project of Men's Health Magazine, "amfAR", "World Book Day - Read to Lead" project of Xinhua News Agency, "Love the Earth" project of New Media Exhibition of Global Sustainable Development, "Youth Attitudes - One Hundred Thousand Young People" project of NetEase, "Child Welfare & Protection Week" project of China Ministry of Civil Affairs and UNICEF, "Release An Aquatic Animal to Protect Natural Resources" project of Alibaba Foundation, "Caring for People with A Spinal Cord Injury" project of WeiboFit, China Foundation for Disabled Person and Xinhua News Agency, "Make A Promise - Lockit Series" project of Louis Vuitton and UNICEF and "Cat & Dog Daily - Adopt pets" project of NetEase.

While still in college, Xu debuted in a short film called Gaming Madness as one of the leads in October 2015. He also participated in various photo shoots that led him to be discovered and scouted as one of the main leads for a web series Addicted that was broadcast in January 2016. He was also chosen to compose and sing the opening and closing theme songs of the mentioned web series. Later, the full episodes of the series were uploaded on YouTube which made the lead actors popular locally and internationally. Afterwards, Xu began to focus on his music career and on May 1, 2016, he released his first album entitled "Light" and started his Asian concert tours from June to August 2016.

On December 8, he released his single "Fun" which he placed first on several charts. The official music video was released on December 15. His growing popularity also earned him 37th place on 2016 Top 50 Most Internet & Business Celebrity Influencers in China by Data Win.

In 2016, Xu was invited as one of the guests to several fashion ceremonies held in China, including Madame Figaro French Excellence Awards, 4th Anniversary of OK! Magazine Awards, Damiani's Dinner Party, Versace 7 Bags for 7 Cities Exhibition, iFeng Fashion Choice Awards, PEACEBIRD Woman 2017 S/S Fashion Show, L'Officiel Fashion Night, BVLGARI x Vogue GEM DREAM Exhibition, Vogue's 11th Anniversary Ceremony, Sina Weibo Fan Carnival, Bazaar's Men of the Year, 13th Esquire Man at His Best Award Ceremony, Trendshealth Award Ceremony, ELLE Style Awards Ceremony and Shanghai Divine Michelangelo Exhibition.

In 2016, Xu was appointed as a national ambassador to some charities including "Against Domestic Violence", "Rio Run", "Animal Welfare Charities" by Cabbeen, "Lucky Cat Welfare Organizations", "Hope For Home For Children" project of China Charities Aid Foundation For Children, "Moon bear protecting" project of Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), "1,000 rabbits look up at the moon" project of China Social Welfare Foundation, "Adopt pets instead of purchasing" project of Beijing Non-profit Adoption organizations, "Charity Stars : Love can touch" project of Bazaar Magazine and "Door of charity" project of China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF).

In late January, Xu made his first official variety appearance on Intangible Her that was broadcast on Tencent Video. His successful variety show debut made him reach 5th place on Top 10 Most Popular Variety Stars on the first half of the year. Later in March, Xu sang the Chinese version of "The Heroes", theme song of a Canadian film Snowtime! by Simple Plan where he topped on Billboard China V chart and Mandarin chart within the same week for the second time. He also performed the song live together with the rock band on March 4 in Beijing. In addition, the Canadian Embassy and Children's Film Association granted him an ambassadorial award to "China-Canada Cultural Exchange" and "Children's Film Promotion" during the film's press conference.

After the success of his debut album last year, he released the 1st quarter of his second solo album entitled "The Time" on August 10 which sold more than 450,000 copies and reached the double platinum record status. The 2nd quarter was released online for free on 20th October; same day of his 23rd birthday while the 3rd quarter was released on December 12. He was also chosen to sing the theme song for a British-Chinese action thriller film S.M.A.R.T. Chase entitled "Ruins of Time" written by a famous singer, Jay Chou on 23rd August. His songs, "So what", "Leave Me Alone" and "Ruins of Time" ranked 1-3 respectively on most viewed music videos for the 38th and 39th week consecutively on YinYueTai China V Chart.

In July, China Luxury, Beauty and Fashion Insights published the Top 100 Most Valuable Fashion Influencers based on Key Opinion Leader Index (KOLs) and he ranked 4th on weibo celebrities category. In addition, Timmy Xu Limited Edition Eyeglasses, launched by INMIX, become best-selling series with 4,672 pieces.

Xu Weizhou (born October 20, 1994) known internationally as Timmy Xu, is a Chinese actor and singer-songwriter best known for playing the character Bai Luoyin in Addicted. He was the first artist to achieve top spots on both China's V chart and Mandarin chart in Billboard China within the same week. In addition, Xu was the first solo artist from mainland China to hold a concert in South Korea and to be officially invited as a guest to Billboard Music Award in 2017.