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During his time in University, Wang released his own works on music streaming websites and topped multiple music charts, including QQ Music's overall artist chart. He was then signed by Taiwanese record label Wonderful Music and started his career as a professional singer-songwriter.^[6]

In August 2012, he released his second album, titled Gravitation, with Wonderful Music, which included the hit song "A Little Sweet" (有点甜) with BY2. On 30 March 2013, he won the 20th Chinese Top Ten Music Awards Best New Artist award.^[7]

In 2014, Wang terminated his contract with record label Wonderful Music amidst disputes that the label sold the copyright to all of Wang's original songs without his consent. Wang then became engrossed in a legal battle to fight for his copyright and co-founded his own label Image Music with fellow singer-songwriter and Wonderful Music artist Xu Liang.^[8] In June 2014, he released his third album Legendary Movement, which featured strong classical pop elements, as his final project from his alma mater, Shenyang Conservatory of Music.^[9]

While awaiting the outcome of the lawsuit for copyright of his songs, Wang turned to appearance on variety shows and soundtrack writing to continue his music career. In June 2015, Wang composed and performed the theme song "Rings of Time" (年轮), also performed by singer Zhang Bichen, for the TV drama The Journey of Flower, starring Wallace Huo and Zhao Liying. On 12 October 2015, Wang released his fourth album "Su-Perfect" (登陆计划). In August 2016, he composed multiple tracks for the soundtrack of the TV drama Love O2O, starring Yang Yang, most notably the theme song "One Alluring Smile" (一笑倾城).^[10]

In 2017, he composed the lyrics and music for the song "Soul of the Sword" (剑魂) for the TV drama The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017 version). On 27 March, he was awarded Best Singer-Songwriter and Top 10 Songs of the Year for "One Alluring Smile" at the 24th Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.^[11] On 28 April 2017, Wang released his fifth album, "Live" (莱芙). In March 2018, Wang won Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Concept Album for his album "Live" (莱芙) at the 25th Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.^[12] On 14 September 2018, Wang released his sixth album, "Control Monster" (克制凶猛).

In May 2019, he announced his concert tour "Guide to the Galaxy" (银河漫游) with performances in Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan. On 6 June, Wang made his film debut with a cameo role in the film My Best Summer starring Arthur Chen, also composing and performing the theme song "The Unforgotten" (耿) for the movie soundtrack.^[13] On 17 October, Wang was named to Forbes China's 30 under 30.^[14] On 28 October 2019, Wang released his seventh album (and his first cover album), "Recall" (过去现在时).

On 23 January 2020, the song "Deliberately" (偏偏), performed with actress Dilraba Dilmurat for the TV drama Eternal Love of Dream, was released. In September, he joined the Zhejiang TV music variety show Wonderful Time with Li Ronghao, Chen Linong, and Ouyang Nana. On 20 November 2020, Wang released his eighth album, "The Greatest Showman" (大娱乐家).

On 14 February 2021, his new song "Season for Love," a collaboration with Australian singer Lenka, was released.^[15] On 13 May, it was officially announced that he would join Tencent's large-scale social reality observation show Wonderland. On 16 July, the Shanghai stop of his concert "The Great Showman Live" was officially announced. On 24 July, the prelude to the EP trilogy Encore, titled "Ordinary Love Story,"(普通爱情故事) was released. On 5 August, the "Great Showman Live" concert was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[16] On 17 November, he won Best Singer-Songwriter and Best Album for The Greatest Showman (大娱乐家) at the 28th Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.^[17] On 11 December, he was honored as Most Influential Singer-Songwriter at the 2021 Tencent Music Entertainment Awards.^[18]

On 21 July 2022, Wang released his first conceptual creative collection and ninth personal album, Crossover (联名), in which he served as songwriter and producer and invited ten female artists, including Joey Yung, Fiona Sit, and LaLa Hsu, to perform various tracks.^[19] On 12 December, his tenth personal album, 21st Century Romance (21世纪罗曼史), was released for online streaming.^[20][21] Its subsequent physical album release ranked first on TME Physical Album Sales Chart's September 2023 chart.

On 21 January 2023, Wang performed at the 2023 CMG Spring Festival Gala, singing with Alec Su, Chiang Yu-Heng, and Reno Wang, which was rated the most viewed singing performance of the event. On 31 May, he officially announced his concert tour "Party of the Century Live Tour" (世纪派对) with 12 performances in 6 cities (Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Shanghai), kicking off on 8 July in Beijing and concluding on his birthday, 17 September, in Shanghai. On 19 June, he released the theme song he composed and produced for the TV drama Hidden Love, co-sung with lead actress Zhao Lusi. On 8 July, he won the Best Mainland Producer award at 2024 Tencent Music Entertainment Awards. On 28 August, he won the 30th Chinese Top Ten Music Awards Best Singer-Songwriter and Most Popular Album for his album 21st Century Romance. On 17 December, he received the "Most Popular Singer" award at the 2023 Tencent Video Starlight Awards held in Macau.^[22]

On 9 February 2024, Wang appeared for the second time on the CMG Spring Festival Gala, performing with Peking Opera artist Guo Xiao a song that he was commissioned to compose and produce for the show. On 14 February, the song "Hide the Stars" (藏星) was released, which appears on the movie soundtrack of the 2024 hit film YOLO directed by Jia Ling. Another song, "Guess," (猜) performed by singer Curley G, is also part of the movie's soundtrack, with both tracks composed and produced by Silence Wang. On 14 May, Wang announced his first stadium concert tour themed "One Hundred Thousand Volts Live Tour" (十万伏特), coinciding with the release of his eleventh album of the same title.^[23] The tour kicked off on 23 June in Wuhan, with stops in Chengdu, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Shanghai, among others.^[24] On 26 August, he won the Most Popular Male Singer and Best Asian Singer-Songwriter awards at the 31st Chinese Top Ten Music Awards.^[25] From 30 December to 1 January, Wang held a 3-day exclusive New Year's limited theme concert in Guangzhou, titled "The Great Showman" (大娱乐家), as a tribute to the 2021 concert that was canceled.^[26]

On 28 January, Wang appeared on the CMG Spring Festival Gala for the third consecutive year.^[27] On 11 February, he announced his 2025 concert tour "One Hundred Thousand Volts 2.0" (十万伏特2.0) would kick off at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing on 21 March.^[28] On 12 February, he appeared on the CCTV Lantern Festival Gala, performing with actress Mao Xiaotong the song "Go See You," (去见你) which he composed for the event.^[29] In February, he released a pair of TV drama soundtrack theme songs he composed and produced: "Like Sunday, Like Rain" (像晴天像雨天), the love theme song for the drama The First Frost,^[30] starring Bai Jingting and Zhang Ruonan, and "You Are In The World I Like" (你在我喜欢的世界里), title theme song for The Best Thing, starring Zhang Linghe and Xu Ruohan.

With the overseas popularity of these songs, Wang was recognized by Grammy.com as one of the "12 Artists Helping Mandopop Become The Next Global Genre," as the top mainland China artist streamed on Spotify, averaging more than 2.3 million listeners a month.^[1][31] He was also featured in Harper's Bazaar China's June cover.^[32][33] His New Year's Limited Edition Concert "The Great Showman" received the Platinum Award for international design in the 2025 MUSE Design Awards,^[34] while his "One Hundred Thousand Volts 2.0" Concert Tour was awarded Design of the Year in Conceptual Design for Exhibition & Events at the 2025 London Design Awards.^[35]

On 18 June, Wang released "Reflection of the Stars" (倒影里的星星), the original theme song he composed and produced for the China region release of the Disney/Pixar animation Elio (film),^[36] marking the first time a Chinese artist was commissioned to compose an original song for a Disney/Pixar film.^[37] Wang also became the Chinese spokesperson for global brands Coca-Cola (2024-2026)^[38] and McDonald's (2026),^[39] composing and recording original promotional tracks for each, demonstrating his regional popularity and the ability to blend brand identity with his signature musical style.

In 2026, Wang embarked on two world tours, beginning with "Rise of Romance 2026" (罗曼前传).^[1] The tour opened in Macau in February^[40] before traveling to major international hubs New York,^[1][41] Seattle (his 100th concert),^[1][2][42] Melbourne,^[43] and Singapore,^[44][45] completing 11 shows across 3 continents in 31 days.^[2] On 26 March 2026, he announced his "Age of Romance" (明日世界) world tour, launched in support of the release of his eponymous twelfth studio album.^[1]

*Unofficial English titles.