Tao Xiaomei lives in Wuyi Village, Chengguan Town, Dangtu County, Maanshan City, Dangtu has been known as the "sea of folk songs" reputation. Born in the sea of folk songs, Tao Xiaomei has grown up in the sound of folk songs since childhood. With the love of Dangtu folk songs and persistence, Tao Xiaomei from the farm came out of the second National Farmer Singers Television Competition held in 2004 with the folk song "playing wheat song" stood out on the stage, won the contest second prize as well as outstanding newcomer nomination award.
The next year, Tao Xiaomei sang the Dangtu folk song "singing the green sea flooded with golden waves" won the third Anhui Folk Songs Song Festival final amateur group first prize. At the end of the year, invited by the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture, Tao Xiaomei participated in the New Year's Concert in Anhui Province. 2007, Tao Xiaomei was named the ninth Dangtu County "Top Ten Youth".
"I have a dream, is to use their own voice, for our farmers own singing, singing our farmers own life, show the style of dangtu folk songs and the new style of the new countryside, so that more people to like and pay attention to the folk songs, so that these excellent folk culture can be inherited from generation to generation." Tao Xiaomei said.