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In the 1970s, Cantonese pop songs were starting to gain traction. Different from other Cantonese songs, "Below the Lion Rock" was not meant to be satirizing the society that time. During the 2003 SARS outbreak, the song was often broadcast by the media in Hong Kong, and became regarded as an unofficial anthem of Hong Kong.
The Music of Hong Kong is an eclectic mixture of traditional and popular genres. Cantopop is one of the more prominent genres of music produced in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly perform western classical music in the city. There is also a long tradition of Cantonese opera within Hong Kong.
"Queen's Road East" (Chinese: 皇后大道東) is a song by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lo Ta-yu, featuring Hong Kong singer Ram Chiang. [2] It was released on 23 January 1991 as the title track of Lo's Cantonese-language compilation album of the same name. [3] [4] The song was composed by Lo and written by Hong Kong lyricist Albert Leung.
The song was about racism and the struggle of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. [2] [4] The song was a huge hit, and had a fresh sound that stood out from the sea of love songs that dominated the Cantopop scene in Hong Kong. The song was from the band's album Party of Fate (命運派對), which sold extremely well, achieving triple platinum. [2]
Yat sang ho kau (Chinese: 一生何求; Jyutping: Jat1 sang1 ho4 kau4; pinyin: Yīshēng hé qiú) is a Cantonese-language Hong Kong album by Danny Chan, released by Warner Music (WEA) in June 1989. The title track became one of the top ten songs in the 1989 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards . [ 1 ]
"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" [1] [2] (Chinese: 海闊天空; Jyutping: hoi 2 fut 3 tin 1 hung 1; lit. "sea wide sky empty") is a Cantonese song written and recorded by the Hong Kong rock band Beyond. Released in 1993 on the Cantonese album Rock and Roll, the song was and remains massively popular. [3]
Western-influenced music first came to China in the 1920s, specifically through Shanghai. [7] Artists like Zhou Xuan (周璇) acted in films and recorded popular songs.. When the People's Republic of China was established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, one of the first actions taken by the government was to denounce pop music (specifically Western pop) as decadent music. [7]
The discography of Hong Kong pop duo Twins, formed in 2001, consists of fifteen studio albums, six extended plays (EP), five compilation albums, and four live albums. By 2007, the duo had sold over 3.8 million copies of their albums.