# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lay
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:16:38.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lay"
name: "Lay"
slug: "lay"
description: "Zhang Yixing, known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay, is a Chinese rapper, singer and actor. After participating in the Chinese talent show Star Academy in 2005, he became a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its Chinese sub-unit Exo-M under SM Entertainment in 2012. In 2015, Zhang founded a studio under SM for his solo activities in China. From 2015 to 2018, he was a cast member of the Chinese reality show Go Fighting! In 2016, Zhang released his first extended play (EP), Lose Control. In 2020, Zhang founded the Chromosome Entertainment Group. Zhang's acting credits include films and television shows, notably The Mystic Nine (2016), Kung Fu Yoga (2017), The Island (2018), and No More Bets (2023)."
tagline: "Chinese rapper and singer (born 1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lay_at_Busan_International_Film_Festival_Opening_Ceremony_on_October_4%2C_2018_(2)_(derived).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1991-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.09970933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  20
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1720000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/layzhang"
    handle:    "layzhang"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/layzhang/"
    handle:    "layzhang"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@layzhang"
    handle:    "layzhang"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7344694/"
    handle:    "nm7344694"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4o7tWrzQOqarDtTMWD2HV9"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROoY31pgrU66oSzkYdWWmw"
    handle:    "@layzhang"
    followers: 1720000
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لاي تشانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لی (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B5"
    title: "Լեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_Zhang"
    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_(cantante)"
    title: "Lay (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4162648"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "レイ (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "레이 (가수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ലെയ് ഝാങ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лэе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чжан Исин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_Zhang"
    title: "Lay Zhang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yixing"
    title: "Zhang Yixing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "เลย์ (นักร้อง)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Lay (şarkıcı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%AD_%D9%8A%D9%89%D8%B4%D9%89%DA%AD"
    title: "جاڭ يىشىڭ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12494180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2162201"
    title: "Munika Lay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump