in 2006, xue released his self-titled debut album “薛之谦” "xue zhiqian," and was awarded the most popular new artiste at the 6th global chinese music awards. the album was a great success and brought about a few major hits, such as “认真的雪” "serious snow", “黄色枫叶” "yellow maple" and so on, which made him an emerging star in the chinese music industry.