In early 2021, Liu and Modern Brothers' 5 years contract with YY ended. In July 2020, Liu brought his new single "Talking about Love" (你说爱情啊) to the stage of Chinese Top Ten Music Awards, he also won the All-rounded Artist of the Year award, the People's Choice Singer Award, and the Media Recommended Album for his first studio album "Ten" (十). In December 2019, Liu released his first solo studio album "Ten" (十). Liu and Modern Brothers also held their first concert tour in 5 cities from August to November 2019 (the last stop, planned to be held on February 14, 2020, in Wuhan, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic). As one of the eight young singers, he teamed up with older generation singer Richie Jen. In October 2019, Liu participated as a regular member in Shanghai TV's music show Our Song 2019. In March 2019, Liu participated as regular member in Hunan TV's variety show Our Brilliant Masters. His "Toast the Wine" was also awarded the Media Recommended OST. On March 25, 2019, Liu won the Best New Artist and the Internet Influence Honor awards at the Chinese Top Ten Music Awards. In January 2019, Liu Yuning was voted the "National recommended singer" to be a contestant as the challenger singer in Hunan Television's singing competition Singer 2019. Among them, the popular ones are "Toast the wine" (让酒) for Tomb of the sea (沙海) and the theme song for Jia Zhangke's film Ash Is Purest White. Liu Yuning also sang OSTs for various films and TV series that year. On Dec 31, he attended Jiangsu Television's 2019 New Year Concert. In November, he participated in Jiangsu Television's Mask Singer. On October 19, he attended Zhejiang Television's Autumn Gala with his Modern Brothers band. On September 15, Liu released his solo debut single "Imagination". On August 17, Liu and his Modern Brothers band held their first offline singing club event at the exhibition center of Guangzhou Central Station. In July and August 2018, Liu was invited to a number of television shows includes Hunan Television's Day Day Up and CCTV3's Setting Out for Happiness, but his first professional music stage performance was Jiangsu Television's Finding Gold Song. He and his band were invited to various television shows to perform. It was after his post of short singing videos on Douyin in June 2018 which resulted to Liu gaining more fans for his unique guttural singing voice. Liu Yuning and the Modern Brothers band had a phenomenal rise to stardom after 3 years of live streaming (singing) on the YY platform. In 2017 he moved his band's live streaming stage from indoors to outdoors, to a historical street market in his hometown, Dandong. In 2016, he starred in the web film Class 952 produced by YY. In 2014, Liu formed Modern Brothers band with A Zhuo and Da Fei, and joined the YY's live streaming platform in March 2015 where they covered dozens of songs. In 2013, he went back to take part in the same competition but got eliminated again in the second round of auditions. In 2010, Liu took part in Hunan Television's Super Boy, but was eliminated in the audition stage and failed to advance. Later, he formed the rock band Modern Brothers with his best friends. As he didn't want to give up his initial dream, he bought a guitar with his first salary as a chef and became a singer at local bars and restaurants where he could sing 20 ~ 30 songs a day. Liu then worked as a waiter/ clerk at some places like bath house, clothing shop, and restaurant until he got promoted to manager. However, his career as a chef came to an end due to a sudden pneumothorax. He admitted he doesn't like to cook but chose to learn the skill so he could make a living early and help his grandparents. Liu graduated from Dandong Vocational-Technical Secondary School where he was professionally trained as a chef. Liu has loved music since he was a child and wanted to learn more, but his family condition couldn't afford him to take lessons or formal music education. He's been living separately from his mother since childhood and grew up under his grandparents' care. Liu Yuning was born in Dandong, Liaoning Province. Besides singing, he also gained recognition as an actor through his roles in television series. Ning (2020–21) won the "Most Popular EP" award in 2021 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.His debut album won the "Media Recommended Album" award at the 2020 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards, and his second extended play Listen Forbes China listed Liu on their 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2019. He released his debut studio album Ten in 2019, and held his first concert tour Growing Storm in 2020. In 2018, Liu rose to stardom by his covers on platforms YY's Live Streaming and Douyin, and released his debut single "Imagination" on September 15, 2018. Liu Yuning ( simplified Chinese: 刘宇宁 traditional Chinese: 劉宇寧 pinyin: Liú Yǔníng born 8 January 1990) is a Chinese singer, actor, and the lead singer of Modern Brothers.
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