Baiyu is a Chinese-American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and actress. In the early 90's, her family moved to Maryland where she was then given the American name of “Sara”. Baiyu has appeared in several independent films, worked with Seventeen Magazine and was a VJ

VJ

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 for the mtvU

MtvU

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 show "The Freshmen" from 2006-2008. She later graduated from Princeton University

Princeton University

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 in 2008 with a degree in Sociology.

Music career

Baiyu released her first EP

Extended play

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 "B-Side" in 2010 which generated buzz and received airplay on Hot 97 and numerous college radio stations. She has since then been featured in Celebuzz, GlobalGrind, TheSource, MTVIggy, SoulTrain.com, and various other blogs and magazines.

In 2011 Baiyu has decided to donate all profits from her latest EP, “Fan Fair” towards Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. Her music video for the song "Together" premiered on MTV Networks'

MTV Networks

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 Logo TV

Logo (TV channel)

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 in August of 2011. Subsequently, the video also got picked up by MTV UK

MTV (UK and Ireland)

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, MTV Latin America

MTV Latin America

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, MTV Canada, MTV España, MTV Brasil

MTV Brasil

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,and VH1 Latin America

VH1 Latin America

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among other television stations, solidifying Baiyu's status as an international pop culture icon.

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