Meng Meiqi
Meng Meiqi, is a Chinese singer signed under Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment. She is a member of South Korean-Chinese girl group Cosmic Girls. After finishing first in the Chinese edition of the survival show Produce 101, she became a member of the Chinese girl group Rocket Girls 101.
Early life
Meng was born on October 15, 1998 in Luoyang, Henan, China.Meng studied in Luoyang Foreign Language School's Junior High department. She subsequently went to South Korea to become a trainee when she was 15 years old.
Career
2016–2017: Debut with ''Cosmic Girls'' and acting debut
In December 2015, Starship Entertainment began to release information about a girl group consisting of four units as a collaboration with Chinese entertainment company, Yuehua Entertainment. Meng, alongside the other members of the group's lineup, released a cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey on December 21. She debuted in Cosmic Girls on February 25, 2016 with their first mini-album, Would You Like?. On December 21, she sang the theme song of a movie, Tohoku is spoken all over the world, with Wu Xin and Ma Li.Meng made her acting debut in 2017 in the film Autumn In My Heart. She was later cast in film Marna alongside Cosmic Girls member Wu Xuanyi, Nine Percent and NEX7 member Zhu Zhengting, and UNIQ member Zhou Yixuan.
2018: ''Produce 101'', debut and ''Rocket Girls'' controversy
In March 2018 both Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment confirmed that Meng and Wu would be participating in the Chinese spin-off of South Korean survival show Produce 101. Due to their participation on the show, they withdrew from the remaining promotions for Cosmic Girls' fourth mini album Dream Your Dream. Both Meng and Wu made it into the final line-up of girl group Rocket Girls on June 23, 2018. She ranked first with over 185 million votes, debuting as the "Center" for Rocket Girls. However, due to the group's two year contracts with Tencent, it was rumored that Meng and Wu would not be participating in any activities in South Korea with Cosmic Girls. Starship Entertainment then stated otherwise, and confirmed that they would be promoting with both Cosmic Girls and Rocket Girls.On August 9 2018, Yuehua Entertainment and Mavericks Entertainment released a joint announcement stating that they would be withdrawing Meng along with Wu and Zhang Zining from Rocket Girls. Meng and Wu were to resume their activities with Cosmic Girls. However, on August 17, both companies confirmed that after coming to an agreement with Tencent, that Meng would be returning to Rocket Girls with Wu and Zhang.
2019–present: Solo debut
On January 15, 2019, Meng released her first promotional track titled "有种 " for the movie, The Wandering Earth. Later in the year, she also released her first extended play,犟, on April 23, 2019 with a lead single under the same title. Within the first twenty minutes of the album's release, it became the fastest selling digital album on QQ Music in 2019 with over 1 million digital sales.Meng also appeared in the spin-off film of the Step Up franchise, Step Up: Year of the Dance, as the first lead actress. She was also cast as one of the leading actresses for the fantasy film, Jade Dynasty, which was an adaptation from the xianxia novel, Zhu Xian. The movie premiered on September 12.
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Sales |
| 犟 |
| CHN: 2,500,000+ |