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The Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, which is one of the major music awards in Hong Kong since 1979, can reflect the great reliance on Japanese melodies in Cantopop. During the 1980s, 139 out of 477 songs from weekly gold songs chart were cover versions, and 52% of the cover versions were covers of Japanese ...
The industry used Cantopop songs in TV dramas and movies, with some of the biggest soundtracks coming from films such as A Better Tomorrow. There were also many Cantopop songs that were adapted from Japanese music. While TV theme songs are still an important part of Hong Kong music, the arrival of the Four Heavenly Kings took Cantopop a stage ...
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. [1] [2] In 2013, the 'Hong Kong Our Home' (Chinese: 家是香港) campaign, ran by the Hong Kong government to boost community cohesion, used lyrics from this song. In the same year, the Wikimania ...
Anita Mui Yim-fong (Chinese: 梅艷芳; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours.
The lead single of the album, "紙醉金迷" (Lost In Paradise) was the theme song for Chen's Lost In Paradise Live Concert Tour on 24 December 2004 at Hong Kong Coliseum. [2] Several songs from the album were used in promotional campaigns: "情人戰" (Lovers' War) was the theme song for Asia Game Show in 2004, [3] and "完美關係" (Perfect ...
Everyone Bounce is the fifth greatest hits album by Hong Kong cantopop girl duo Twins. It consists of 32 songs on two CDs. The first CD has 16 tracks including the new song, "Everyone Bounces Up". The second disc contains the new song "Growth". It was released in March 2010 along with Gillian's debut EP Gillian.
HONG KONG — Mirror, the most popular boy band in Hong Kong, is hoping to expand its global reach and promote Cantopop in the process with the release on Friday of its first English-language song ...
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.