Lay (EXO)

Zhang Yixing, born 7 October 1991, known professionally as Lay Zhang or Lay, is a Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, director, dancer, actor, and publicity ambassador for the Communist Youth League of China. Lay has been listed in Forbes China Celebrity 100, where he ranked 20th in 2017, 11th in 2019, 5th in 2020, 6th in 2021. He made his debut in 2012 as a member of the K-pop boy group EXO and its Chinese subgroup EXO-M under SM Entertainment. As an actor, he is known for starring in Ex-Files 2 (2015), The Mystic Nine (2016), Kung Fu Yoga (2017), The Island (2018), The Golden Eyes (2019), Empress of the Ming (2019) and Crime Crackdown (2021).

Lay first gained recognition for participating in the Chinese television talent show Star Academy in 2005. In 2015, he founded a personal agency for his solo activities that served as a management firm and record label and released a record-breaking autobiography, Standing Firm, at 24. In 2016, Lay was appointed by the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) of Changsha as a publicity ambassador, becoming the first celebrity to hold such a title. On 28 October 2016, Lay released his first EP, Lose Control, in South Korea and China to commercial success; it peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and number four on Billboard's US World Albums chart. In 2016, Lay placed 23rd on the CelebrityZ Top 100 Most Valuable Celebrities list published by market research company Kantar and Chinese business magazine CBN Weekly. In 2020, Lay established his group of companies in China called Chromosome Entertainment Group and began recruiting trainees worldwide.

Since Lay will mainly be doing artistic activities in China, using Instagram is a platform to connect with international fans. Lay's Instagram account has 13.8 million followers with 319 posts. He mainly shared his new projects and represented fashion brands like Calvin Klein.

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Follower: 13.8 m

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layzhang/