We first discovered Baiyu when she did her own version of When We Dance by Ryan Leslie. A few months later, she followed it up with her own song and music video for Sweet Misery. Now, she’s sign to a record deal. (it’s great to see Asian American and Asian Canadian artist being signed to record deals like Far East Movement with Cherrytree Records and D-Pryde to Mars Music Group.

JMD Records, a subsidiary of INgrooves/Universal Music Group, has announced a deal with rising singing sensation Baiyu. JMD Records and Baiyu have already headed into the studio, and are working relentlessly to produce a groundbreaking debut EP for this multi-talented artist. The upcoming EP will showcase new, unreleased songs by the artist who describes her sound as “refreshing music with a soulful core and cross-cultural pop sensibility.” The Pop/R&B EP is expected to be released digitally in the Fall/Winter of 2010.

“To be frank, this EP has been a long time coming. Only those people who really know me know how much I enjoy and take pride in what I do, and have been preparing my whole life for this exact moment,” says Baiyu. “Now that I have a solid, experienced team behind me, and a concrete platform to deliver my music, I am finally ready to release an album that I think people will be very pleasantly surprised with.”

Baiyu has spent the past 6 months in Hawaii, where she has been working on her first full national release. “Spending time in such a lush, secluded environment has really helped me to open up to myself and to be honest in defining my own unique sounds and experiences. Being a songwriter as well, my whole project feels like a single moment of self reflection, which is why I hope that it will speak to my fans in that same, personal way” says the singer and actress. She has recently signed a licensing agreement with MTV/Comcast, and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Vain Style Magazine as an artist to watch. Baiyu’s goal is to become the first solo Asian-American artist in history to reach the top of the charts.

A few months back, channelAPA.com got a chance to do Baiyu’s first ever interview. Check this channelAPA.com exclusive below.

Exclusive channelAPA.com interview with Baiyu

More about Baiyu

Having been born in China, Baiyu has been forging her path since prior to her arrival in Maryland at the age of eight. She learned to read and compose music as a child, with little formal training. Since then, she has worked with Seventeen Magazine, appeared in four independent films, and was a host on MTVu’s hit show “The Freshmen” for three seasons, while remaining focused on her studies. She graduated from Princeton University in 2008, where she was not only a dedicated scholar, but also a member and leader in three dance companies.