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The song is an anthem of Cantonese rock music and one of Beyond's signature songs. [9] It has been adopted for several events in Cantonese-speaking regions, such as the Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and most prominently as the unofficial anthem of the 2014 Hong Kong protests. [10]
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.
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]
During the late 1960s and 1970s, Mandarin pop songs were getting more and more popular and became the mainstream of Hong Kong pop. [6] In the 1970s, Hong Kong audiences wanted popular music in their own dialect, Cantonese. Also, a Cantonese song Tai siu yan yun (啼笑姻緣) became the first theme song of a TV drama.
Sing and Play (Chinese: 唱遊; pinyin: Chàng Yóu) is the sixth Mandarin-language studio album (fifteenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong.It includes 10 tracks in Mandarin, with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks.
James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong.
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