ANU (Tibetan: ཨ་ནུ་, Wylie: a nu) is a Tibetan rap duo from China. They were founded in 2016 by Gonpa and Payag. They are from Nangqên County, northwest China's Qinghai province.[1]
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Origin | Nangqên County, Qinghai, China |
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Years active | 2016–present |
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"ANU" means "teenagers".[1]
ANU means youth and their full name in Tibetan ཨ་ནུ་རིང་ལུགས། (anu ranglug) literally means the doctrine/philosophy of ANU, or, ANUism.[2]
In July 2016, ANU released their first EP ANU, which included two songs, ANU and Living Hometown. On December 27, they released their single, Joke / It's All A Game.[3]
On May 20, 2017, they released their second single, Fly.[4]
In 2018, their third single GA·GA and fourth single 1376 were released on February 14 and July 31, respectively. High Peaks Pure Earth translated the music video to “1376” into English. The video by ANU features both established and new singers and rappers from all over Tibet, TMJ, Dekyi Tsering, Tashi Phuntsok, Uncle Buddhist and Young13DBaby.
In January 2019, they participated in China's long-running singing competition Singer 2019[5] as the first professional challenger of the season and won Pre-Challenge-Face-Off, defeated Liu Yuning.
Many of their songs and music videos have been translated into English by the translations website High Peaks Pure Earth: https://highpeakspureearth.com/tag/anu/
No. | English title | Released | Notes |
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1 | ANU | 2016 |
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1 | ANU | 6 July 2016 | |
2 | 离乡 | 6 July 2016 | |
3 | Joke | 27 December 2016 | |
4 | FLY ༼འཕུར༽ | 20 May 2017 | |
5 | 1376 | 31 July 2018 | |
6 | Just to find you | - 2018 | |
7 | 一闪一闪亮晶晶 | - 2019 | |
8 | 路弯弯 | - 2019 | |
9 | 观心阁 | - 2019 | |
10 | Apologise | - 2019 | |
11 | GA·GA | 13 February 2019 | |
12 | SARDUBA | 19 February 2019 | |
13 | 扎西德勒 Tashi Delek | 22 October 2019 | |
14 | 不要了 | 25 October 2019 | |
15 | Phamnyong Naumanyong | 29 December 2019 |
Singer / I Am a Singer (歌手 / 我是歌手) | |
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Names in Bold indicate the winning singer, while Italics indicate the runner-up singer. Singers are listed based on their original season appearances, returning singers (who participated in seasons 5 or 8) are not repeated.
Singers participated in groups are listed in parenthesis. Initial singers first listed in order of official announcement, followed by Substitute/Challenge Singers in order of appearance. ∆ Substitute Singer ∇ Challenger/National's Recommended Singer/Surprise Challenger ƒ Finalist singer н Hosting singer † Withdrew (but have performed Return Performance) ‡ Withdrew § Non-contestant (Eliminated without ever performing Breakouts) |