Li Yuchun's decade of breakthroughs

Release of four-part album shows Super Girl's newfound confidence, Chen Nan reports.

Chinese singer-songwriter Li Yuchun released her eighth studio album, Growing Wild, in 2016. Instead of a CD including a dozen new songs, Li broke with tradition by separating the new album into four EPs.

She also teamed up with QQ Music, the music service under China's internet giant Tencent, to launch the new album online. The first EP, Wild, sold 3 million copies in 16 days after it was released in May of last year. The three other EPs were then released within six months, with total sales of more than 6 million copies, grossing over 32.8 million yuan ($4.73 million).