Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Musical artist. Shirley Kwan or Kwan Suk Yee (Chinese : 關淑怡, born 15 August 1966) is an influential former Cantopop singer from Hong Kong. Kwan first shot to fame in 1989 with the hit " Happy Are Those in Love " (難得有情人) and was widely popular throughout the early to mid-1990s.
Yeh has received the Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards four times (1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993). In 1992, Yeh collaborated with a couple of other western artists, recording "I'm Always Dreaming of You" with Tommy Page in 1992 [ 4 ] and "I Believe in Love" with James Ingram the following year.
Sammi Cheng. Sammi Cheng Sau-man (Chinese: 鄭秀文; pinyin: Zhèng Xiùwén; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia. [2] Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Queen ...
Sandy Lam Yik-lin[1][2] (林憶蓮; born 26 April 1966), is a Hong Kong singer, actress and producer. She rose to fame in the 1980s, before expanding her fan base significantly in Asia, releasing more than 30 stylistically diverse albums in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Japanese. As one of the most famous figures in Chinese-language music of ...
Jyutping. Mui4 Jim6-fong1. 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. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva.
Twins are a Hong Kong Cantopop duo that was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Twins are made up of two girls, Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍) and Gillian Chung (鍾欣潼). [1] They are a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in mainland China. Their fan-base have included Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand ...
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] In 1993, leader Wong Ka Kui, died at the age of 31 after an ...