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Song name in Chinese Artist Composer Lyricist 人在旅途洒淚時: Michael Kwan Annabelle Lui (雷安娜) Michael Lai: Jimmy Lo Kwok Tsim 上海灘
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]
Beyond was a Hong Kong rock band formed in 1983. The band became prominent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, mainland China, and Overseas Chinese communities. [1] The band is widely considered as the most successful and influential Cantopop band from Hong Kong. [1]
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
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.
Irreconcilable (Chinese: 勢不兩立; Jyutping: Sai Bat Leung Laap) is the first Cantonese studio album recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng, released via Polydor Records on December 18, 1980. The album was supported with the single "Forget Him" (Chinese: 忘記他; Jyutping: Mong Gei Taa), which was written by Hong Kong media personality ...
Her best-selling album was the 1985 "Bad Girl" (壞女孩), which sold over 400,000 copies in a week (platinum 8x by Hong Kong's standards) and broke the selling record in Hong Kong. [13] [23] [24] [25] In 1994, she sold over 10 million albums. She was the first female singer in Hong Kong to achieve such sales result. [3] [11] [26]
Anthony Wong Yiu-ming (Chinese: 黃耀明; born 16 June 1962) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and political activist. He rose to prominence as the vocalist for the Cantopop duo Tat Ming Pair during the 1980s before embarking on a solo career.