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Born | Shanghai, China | 22 November 2001||||||||||
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Years active | 2009–present | ||||||||||
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Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 鍾辰樂 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 钟辰乐 | ||||||||||
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Hangul | 종진락 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 鍾辰樂 | ||||||||||
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Zhong Chenle (Chinese: 钟辰乐; born 22 November 2001),[1] known mononymously as Chenle (Hangul: 천러), is a Chinese singer and actor based in South Korea. Zhong began his career as a child singer, having performed in various concerts and television shows in China and abroad. At age nine, he became the youngest singer to be invited to perform solo at the Golden Hall of Vienna.[2] Through his solo career, Zhong has released three albums and hosted one concert in China. At the age of fourteen, Zhong signed with South Korean entertainment company SM and subsequently moved to South Korea in 2016 to debut as a member of the South Korean boy band NCT through its sub-unit NCT Dream, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands in South Korea.