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Chinesee Australian YouTube vlogger, singer, voice actress

Wengie
Wengie at the Create Your Summer Tour in 2018
Personal information
BornWénjié Huang
(1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 38)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)YouTuber, singer
Websitewww.wengie.com
www.iamwraya.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genre(s)Beauty, fashion, DIY, life hacks, pranks
Subscribers13.7 million subscribers
Total views1.88 billion views
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
10,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 25 October 2022

Wendy Jie Huang (Chinese: 文洁; pinyin: Wénjié), better known as Wengie or WRAYA, (born 9 January 1986) is a Chinese Australian YouTuber, vlogger, pop singer, and voice actress. As of 2022, her YouTube channel has 13.7 million subscribers. In 2018, she was the most popular YouTuber from Australia with 11.5 million subscribers. Her channel was the 6th most subscribed "how-to and style" channel on YouTube in January 2018.

Career

YouTube

In 2013, Wengie started the YouTube channel, "Wengie", inspired by her Chinese name, Wenjie. Her videos focused on beauty, fashion, and "Do It Yourself" (DIY) tips. As of 2016, she was one of the fastest-growing stars on YouTube, having garnered over 4 million subscribers in three years. Throughout 2018, she has focused on "Do It Yourself" (DIY) videos, prank videos, and slime videos. She has earned over 1.8 billion views over her YouTube career. Her YouTube channel was awarded "Best Channel" and "Overall Winner" at the 2017 Australian Online Video Awards.

In 2013, Wengie created a second YouTube channel called "WengieVlogs". As of November 2017, WengieVlogs has 1.7 million subscribers and 53 million views. In October 2018, she changed the channel's name to "Wendie ft. Wengie". She then changed the name to "Wengie’s Life" about a year later.

Wengie Music

Wengie released her first single, "Baby Believe Me" in China on 13 July 2017. It debuted at number 11 and peaked at number 6 on the Chinese music charts.

She released another song on YouTube under the channel Wengie Music Asia on 25 November 2017, entitled "Oh I Do". As of 29 November 2017, the music video had over 9,100,000 views.

On 10 July 2018, she released the song "Cake". This was her first English single and was released on her YouTube Channel "Wengie Music". The song has over 12 million views.

On 4 May 2019, Wengie released her first Filipino-language single "Mr. Nice Guy", which featured Filipino singer Iñigo Pascual.

She also released her first Korean-language single, "Empire", on 18 October. The song features Thai singer Minnie from K-pop girl group (G)I-dle.

On 1 May 2020, she sang on a remix of the song Learn to Meow by XiaoPanPan and XiaoFengFeng.

WRAYA

On 24 June 2021, WRAYA released her debut single "Bitter", which has over 769k views as of December 2022.

On 7 August 2021, WRAYA released her second single "Trust Issues", which has over 778k views as of December 2022.

On 2 September 2021, WRAYA released her third single "Tight Rope", which has over 1 million views as of December 2022.

On 30 September 2021, WRAYA released her fourth single "Ghost", which has over 783K views as of December 2022.

On 11 November 2021, WRAYA released her fifth single "11:11", which has over 1.4 million views as of December 2022.

On 22 February 2022, WRAYA reclaimed her identity as Wengie.

Voice acting

In 2017, Wengie was the voice of Blisstina "Bliss" Utonium in the Australian and New Zealand versions of The Powerpuff Girls: Power of Four, a five-part TV movie.

Personal life

Wengie moved to Australia with her grandparents as a child. She is currently based in Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, California and China.

Discography

Extended plays

Title EP details
Collabs Vol. 1 (Int'l Ver.)
  • Released: November 6, 2020
  • Label: Unicorn Pop, Create Music Group
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Title EP details
11:11
  • Released: June 24, 2021
  • Label: Unicorn Pop, Create Music Group
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

References

  1. ^ "About Wengie". YouTube.
  2. ^ Bisset, Jennifer (17 September 2017). "How YouTube star Wengie became the fourth Powerpuff Girl". CNET. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. Wengie Vlogs (14 January 2017), Birthday Vlog 2017 !!, archived from the original on 16 July 2018, retrieved 28 November 2017
  4. "Top 250 YouTubers in Australia sorted by Subscribers". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. McGinn, Christine (14 November 2017). "YouTube reveals the top Australian channels". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. "Top 250 YouTubers How-to Channels". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. Kroll, Justin (18 November 2016). "UTA Signs Beauty and Lifestyle YouTube Star Wengie". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. "The winners of The [sic] 3rd Annual Australian Online Video Awards are..." Online Video Awards. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. "LifeOfWengie YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  10. 黄文洁Wengie单曲《Baby Believe Me》发布-搜狐音乐. Sohu (in Chinese). 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  11. "Wengie - Oh I do MV (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. "Wengie 'CAKE' MV (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  13. Eridio, Casey (5 May 2019). "WATCH: Iñigo Pascual drops 'Mr. Nice Guy' music videos with YouTube star Wengie". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  14. Herman, Tamar (18 October 2019). "Wengie Teams Up with (G)I-dle's Minnie on Powerful 'Empire': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  15. Wengie (Ft. XiaoFengFeng & XiaoPanPan) – Learn To Meow (EDM Version) [学猫叫], retrieved 3 September 2020
  16. Ma, Wenlei (19 September 2017). "Massive Aussie star you've never heard of". News.Com.Au. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  17. "Announcement for Collabs Vol. 1 on Wengie's Instagram". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  18. "WRAYA's Ghost Album on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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