Biography
Ning Yi Zhuo (Chinese:宁艺卓; born October 23, 2002), known by the sobriquet NINGNING (Hangul: 닝닝), is a Chinese singer based in South Korea. She is the vocalist of the South Korean girl group aespa (Hangul: 에스파) under SM Entertainment.
Ningning participated in many singing programs in China, that included China's Got Talent Season 2 in March 2011, China's New Sound Generation in July 2015, and the Harbin Silver Valley Fuxing Concert performing "Rolling in the Deep" By Adele on October 10, 2015.
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Ningning was recruited by an SM Entertainment staff after watching a video of her performance in 2016.
On September 19, 2016, she was introduced as a member of S.M. Rookies, a pre-debut trainees team maintained by S.M. Entertainment.
As part of it, she appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who's the Best? segment of the program My SMT in 2016, and recorded several covers for the Korean animated TV program Shining Star in 2017.
On October 28, 2020, during a press conference, a video showing the final lineup of Aespa revealed Ningning to be a member. On the next day, Ningning was officially revealed by S.M. Entertainment as the third member of aespa.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.