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The Billboard Radio China Top 10 Chart, also known as the Top 10 Hero Chart, was a record chart that measured the airplay of Mandarin and Cantonese songs. Chart ranking is based on the mainstream radio charts in Chinese-speaking regions as well as online streaming and digital sales.
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 term shídàiqǔ (時代曲) literally translates to 'songs of the era' in Mandarin Chinese. When sung in Cantonese, it is commonly referred to as jyut6 jyu5 si4 doi6 kuk1 (粵語時代曲); in Amoy Hokkien, it is known as hā-gú sî-tāi-khiok (廈語時代曲). These terms incorporate the native names for the dialects.
This type of music typically employs Chinese national vocal (minzu) vocals, with content focused on reflecting national history and culture or promoting the "main melody" — praising the Chinese Communist Party, the minzu, and the People's Liberation Army. Representative singers include Song Zuying, Peng Liyuan, Wang Hongwei. [1] [2]
The youth began to gravitate towards Cantonese pop in the 70s. Around 1971, Sandra Lang (仙杜拉) was invited to sing the first Cantonese TV theme song, "The Yuanfen of a Wedding that Cries and Laughs" (啼笑姻緣). This song was the creation of the legendary songwriter Joseph Koo (顧嘉輝) and the songwriter Yip Siu-dak (葉紹德). The ...
Guangdong music, also known as Cantonese music (廣東音樂 Jyutping: gwong2dung1 jam1ngok6, Yale: gwóng-dūng yām-ngohk, Pinyin: Guǎngdōng yīnyuè) is a style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from Guangzhou and surrounding areas in Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province on the southern coast of China.
In 1979, Singapore launched the Speak Mandarin Campaign to promote the use of Mandarin over the range of Chinese dialects spoken by various segments of the ethnic-Chinese population. Mandarin songs, already a strong presence on radio stations and on television, further eroded the popularity of Hokkien and Cantonese songs in the media. [41]
Strolling Down the Road of Life (Chinese: 漫步人生路; Jyutping: Maan Bo Yan Saang Lo) is the second Cantonese studio album recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng, released via Polydor Records on May 18, 1983. The album was supported with the single of the same name, which is a Cantonese remake of Miyuki Nakajima's 1980 single "Hitori Jouzu".