First debuting as the winner of Super Boy 2013, he gained widespread recognition for his music talent, strong vocal ability and stage performance after participating in Singer 2018.

One of the critics from the show stated that Hua Chenyu has brought Chinese pop music to a new level of art after his cover performance of "Fake Monk" (假行僧).

Songs like "Qi Tian" (齊天),[2] "Madhouse" (瘋人院),[3] "Seven Personalities" (七重人格),[4] "Bull Fight" (鬥牛),[5] and more are all stamped with his unique creation and deep messages.

In a music market dominated by the ballad style of Chinese pop songs, he refuses to be limited and be defined in a framed genre.

Over 10,000 tickets were sold out within two minutes, breaking several records and making him the first mainland Chinese singer of his generation to hold concerts in a large arena.

[15] Hua released his first solo album Quasimodo's Gift on September 19, 2014, both in China and overseas, which peaked at number one on the Jingdong Top 100 Annual Sales Chart (Music).

Quasimodo's Gift does not feature songs about love and relationships but uses a first-person perspective to describe the world as Hua sees it.

On December 24, he sang "Shimmer" and "Quasimodo's Gift" with rearranged piano composition at pianist Langlang's Beijing concert.

[citation needed] On January 10, "Shimmer" was announced as the interlude song of the Chinese television drama "You Are My Sunshine" (何以笙箫默).

[citation needed] On February 8 (Los Angeles Time zone), Chenyu Hua was invited by Billboard as a VIP spectator to the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

The promotional video of "Aliens" was aired on the LED screen at New York's Times Square for a week starting from December 23.

[41] The final 2016 Mars Concert took place in Shenzhen Bay Sports Center with Khalil Fong as the special guest.

[42] From October 2016 to January 2017, Hua participated as a celebrity mentor and judge in the first season of 天籁之战 [zh] (The Next) alongside Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching and Yang Kun.

Hua gained widespread recognition for his rearrangement and performance, especially after his own arrangement of 我的滑板鞋 (My Skateboard Shoes), entitled 我的滑板鞋 2016, which was later released on his album H.[44] He won a majority of audience votes with performances of 流浪记 (Wandering), 故乡的云 (Clouds of Hometown), Dear Friend, 齐天大圣 (Great Sage Equal to Heaven, translation may vary) and 易燃易爆炸 (Flammable and Explosive).

Hua and contestant Juno Su [zh] performed 南屏晚钟 (Nanping Evening Bells) in the semi-finals and 如果爱 (Perhaps Love) in the finals.

[45] On June 3, Hua joined television travel show Flowers on Trip (旅途的花样) along with Lin Chi-ling, Zhang Xinyi, Aarif Rahman and others.

On September 27, the makers of mobile MMO game Kings of Glory (王者荣耀) released its theme song for the in-game character Luban by Hua Chenyu.

[46][48] From October 2017 to January 2018, Hua continued his role as a celebrity mentor and judge in the second season of The Next alongside Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching, Yang Kun and Jason Zhang.

In February 2018, Hua joined Singer 2018 (歌手2018) alongside acts including Jessie J, Wang Feng, Tengger, Angela Chang, KZ Tandingan after turning down the show for three years.

[49] During the show, he won first place in four episodes and his average percentage of votes ranked second among all the previous contestants in the six seasons of Singer.

[50][51] In the final episode, Hua's performance of "Light Years Away""光年之外"with G.E.M 邓紫棋 brought him to Top Four together with Jessie J, Wang Feng and Tengger.

[citation needed] On January 13, Hua collaborated with artist and choreographer Shen Wei to perform a show, 声希 (Folding), in Yin 2019 Nanjing Pop-Music Concert (烎2019南京潮音發布夜).

[citation needed] On October 27, Hua Chenyu announced that 2019 Mars Concert was rescheduled to November 15–17 days at Haikou Wuyuanhe stadium in Hainan.

Hua collaborated with the Japanese director Mitsunori Yokobori and his team to create this video, which combined the special effects of CG and animation.

On March 11, Chenyu participated as a judge on the Chinese folk music singing competition show "春天花会开" (Flowers will bloom in Spring).

This concert fused rock-n-roll and pop music with a symphony orchestra, presenting the audience with an impressive audio-visual display.

They are: "向阳而生 (Growing Towards the Sun)", "点燃银河尽头的篝火 (Lighting Bonfire at the End of the Milky Way)", "当全世界忘了我 (When the Whole World Forgets Me)", "虚幻与现实 (Illusion and Reality)", "小镇里的花 (民乐版) (Flower in the Small Town [Chinese traditional instrument ver.])".

Then on September 9–10, 2023, he initiated the second half of his Mars Concert tour starting from the largest Olympic stadium at Bird Nest, Beijing.

Remarkably, after searching for an appropriate venue for three years, his team was finally able to hold a sunrise Mars concert by the seaside of Yangma Island, Yantai, Shandong Province on May 1, 2 and 4.

He was the first Mainland singer to hold an outdoor concert in Hong Kong, setting up his 'Mars ring' at the Central Harborfront Event Space.