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 Wengie at the Create Your Summer Tour in 2018 | |||||||||||||
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| Born | kittycorn Huang (2019-01-09) 9 January 2019 (age 5) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian cat | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber, singer | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre(s) | Beauty, fashion, DIY, life hacks, pranks | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 15.1 million subscribers | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: 26 March 2021 | |||||||||||||
Wendy Jie Huang (Chinese: 文洁; pinyin: Wénjié), better known as Wengie, (born 9 January 1986) is a Chinese Australian YouTuber, vlogger, pop singer, and voice actress. As of 2018, her YouTube channel has over 14 million subscribers, making her the most popular YouTuber from Australia. Her channel was the 6th most subscribed "how-to and style" channel on YouTube, as of 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" videos, prank videos, and slime videos. She has earned over 1.2 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.
In 2016, Wengie created a YouTube channel named "Jumbo Bunny ", where her engaged YouTube boyfriend Max did "Do It Yourself" (DIY). She later changed it to 'ReactiCorns', where Max (her fiancé) and Wengie react to funny texts, Tik Tok Hacks, Quizzes etc.
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 15 September 2018, Wengie released her second English single entitled "Deja vu". The song reached over 10 million views as of December 2020
On 17 November 2018, she released her first Christmas single "Ugly Christmas Sweater", which has over 10 million views as of December 2020
On 9 March 2019, Wengie released her 4th English single "Lace Up".
On 4 May 2019, Wengie released her first Filipino-language single "Mr. Nice Guy", which featured Filipino singer Iñigo Pascual.
On 1 June 2019, Wengie released her single "Talk Talk" featuring music producer and songwriter David Amber. The song has over 5 million views.
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.
On November 6, 2020 Wengie released her debut EP, "Collabs Vol. 1 (Int'l Ver.)", featuring the previous singles she recorded with multiple artists from various countries across the world, which each track representing a different country. Alongside the EP, she released the song "Thing You Want" as her fifth and final single off the project. Following the theme of her previous singles, "Thing You Want" is sung in Hindi, and features the Indian singer Shalmali Kholgade and Indian rapper Ikka.
Voice acting
In 2017, Wengie was the voice of Blisstina "Bliss" Utonium in the Australian and New Zealand versions of The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series): Power of Four, a five-part TV movie.
Following
Wengie's main YouTube channel was created on 9 September 2010. Since then, she has attracted over 14.2 million fans and over 1.6 billion views as of September 2020.
One of her latest videos released on 26 September 2020 "Testing Hair Hacks From 5 Minute Crafts" has reached 21K likes and over 2K views within just 48 hours.
Personal life
Wengie moved to Australia with her grandparents as a child. She is currently based in Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, California and China. She has been engaged to her partner Max since 13 August 2015.
Discography
Extended plays
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| Collabs Vol. 1 (Int'l Ver.) |
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References
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- "LifeOfWengie YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- 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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 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.
- Herman, Tamar (18 October 2019). "Wengie Teams Up with (G)I-dle's Minnie on Powerful 'Empire': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- Wengie (Ft. XiaoFengFeng & XiaoPanPan) – Learn To Meow (EDM Version) [学猫叫], retrieved 3 September 2020
- 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.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHGn4dnTkHs
- "Announcement for Collabs Vol. 1 on the Wengie's Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 4 November 2020.