[1] Huang Qishan, despite her rare vocal talent and twenty-seven year experiences in the music industry, did not achieve much success in her home country of China until appearing on the show I Am A Singer in early 2013.
[3][circular reference] In 2016, Huang participated on Jiangsu Television's long running music program Mask Singer (Chinese TV series).
Huang has performed a variety of musical styles including pop, jazz, soul, R&B, and classical crossovers.
Her influences include Teresa Teng, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder.
[4] Due to her vocal versatility and almost four-octave range, Huang Qishan has covered songs from many of the world's most-renowned vocalists including Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion.
She is a dramatic soprano, exhibiting a range of C3 to F#6, but claims to have sung up to G#6 in full and connected voice (in an interview discussing the creative process of the recording of the song "Wine-Like Memory" (酒般的记忆), a producer working with Huang noted his surprise at her ability to sustain the G#6 in a pharyngeal tone ("open throat").
[citation needed] Many cite her song "Only You" (只有你) to demonstrate her technical mastery and her ability to shift seamlessly through various vocal techniques.
[10][circular reference] Huang's ex-husband is Taiwanese music creator Michael Tu, and some of his more famous compositions "Cutting Love" and "Listening To The Sea" (sang by A-Mei) are works after their divorce.