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MUSIC

Wanting to sing

Singer-songwriter Qu Wanting released her latest single, Moon and Back (Jordan XL Remix), the first track of her upcoming album to be released later this year. The Vancouver-based musician was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, and moved to Canada at 16. She was signed by Nettwerk Records in Vancouver in 2009 as the label's first Chinese-Canadian artist who composes in both Mandarin and English. She has released two bilingual albums so far, Everything in the World and Say the Words, achieving multiplatinum status.