Xiao Zhan (English name: Sean Xiao) is a Chinese actor, singer, and member of the male idol group X NINE. He worked as a photographer and graphic designer prior to his debut. In 2015, Xiao participated in the reality program "X-Fire" where he trained to be an idol alongside 15 others. Xiao's first performance stage was at the 2016 Zhejiang TV New Year Concert, where he performed the single "Freeze" as well as the theme song "Be A Man" alongside his teammates. Xiao debuted alongside eight other trainees in the idol group X NINE in 2016. X NINE released their first mini-album X Jiu in September 2016.
On September 29, 2019, it was announced that Xiao had established his own studio, "XZ Studio". On October 16, 2019, Sina Entertainment has announced the list of nominations for the Best Actor of China 2019, with Xiao being the first nominated male actor on the list. Forbes China listed Xiao under their "30 Under 30 Asia 2019" list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields. On November 3, 2019, Xiao won The Golden Tower Award for Best Actor in a web drama, counting for the most loved TV actor by college students who participated in the voting process. He won many awards for his excellent performance for "The Untamed" both nationally and internationally including the starmometer Asian drama actor of the year.
In June 2020, Xiao's single 'Spotlight' officially got listed as the 2nd best selling digital single of all time in the world, within one month of its release, making him the only Asian artist to be within the top 10 of the list. For this song, he entered GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for the fastest-selling digital single. In October 2020, 'Spotlight' became the best-selling digital single of all time. At the end of that same month, he won 1st place in "The 100 Most Handsome Faces in Asia" hosted by TCCASIA as part of TCCandler beating out over 600 other men from various countries in that region.
On March 9, 2021, Sean Xiao was chosen 7th out of the Top 10 from 2020 in IFPI.org's single music chart for his song "SpotLight" making him the first male Chinese Singer to enter since the chart's inception in 1933. On Twitter, the official post read "#7 Xiao Zhan - Made to Love (Spotlight). Fans of the Chinese actor, singer and idol rallied behind the release of Made To Love at the end of April 2020, breaking records for fastest-selling digital release within 24 hours."
On November 14, 2021, Xiao was declared the winner of the Global Actor Of The Year Award in the Global Nubia Awards (GNAs) 2021 event.
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| Full Name : Xiao Zhan |
| Native name: 肖战 |
| Nationality: Chinese |
| Also Known as: 战战, Zhan Zhan, 肖戰, Sean Xiao, Sean, 肖战 |
| Gender: Male |
| Born: October 5, 1991 |