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Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (Chinese: 臺語流行音樂), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese folk (Chinese: 臺語歌), is a popular music genre sung in Hokkien, especially Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan and sometimes in Fujian in Mainland China or Hong Kong or even Singapore in Southeast Asia.
Bāng Chhun-hong is a Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien, a Hakka Taiwanese musician, and written by Lee Lin-chiu. [1] The song was one of their representative works. It was released by Columbia Records in 1933, and originally sung by several female singers at that time, such as Sun-sun, [2] Ai-ai (愛愛) or Iam-iam (豔豔).
Huang Yee-ling (born Huang Ming-chu on 20 September 1969) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. She has released 32 Hokkien pop albums since 1987, and 3 Japanese albums between 1988 and 1990. She won Golden Melody Award for Best Female Hokkien singer a record 4 times (tied with Jody Chiang), in 1999 (10th), 2006 (17th), 2009 (20th), and 2014 (25th).
Chen Hsiao-yun (Chinese: 陳小雲; pinyin: Chén Xiǎoyún; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Sió-hûn; 1958–), real name Chen Yun Xia (陳雲霞), is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop music singer. She graduated from the provincial Taichung Home Economics and Commercial High School and worked as an accountant.
Weng Li-you (Chinese: 翁立友; pinyin: Wēng Lìyǒu; born 9 May 1975), known as Only You, is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. Weng is known as Only You and began singing in 1998. [1] He won the Best Taiwanese Male Singer award at the 20th Golden Melody Awards. [2] Many of Weng's compositions have been used as theme songs for Taiwanese dramas. [3]
Chris Hung (Chinese: 洪榮宏; born 19 March 1963) is a Taiwanese enka and Hokkien pop singer and television host. Widely known as the "king of Taiwanese pop," he has won five Golden Melody Awards and one Golden Bell Award.
Tsai Hsiao-hu (Chinese: 蔡小虎; pinyin: Cài Xiǎohǔ; born 25 October 1962) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. He is nicknamed Prince of Pork as he worked in a family-owned pork butchery. Tsai made his debut in 1991, [1] and the next year won Best New Artists at the fourth Golden Melody Awards in 1992.
Teng Yu-hsien (鄧雨賢; Hakka Language: Then Yí-hièn; Hokkien Language: Tēng Ú-hiân; July 21, 1906 - June 11, 1944), a Taiwanese Hakka musician, was born in Longtan, Taoyuan of Japanese-ruled Taiwan. He is noted for composing many well-known Hokkien songs, such as the Bang Chhun Hong (望春風) and Goat Ia Chhiu (月夜愁).