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Actor (song)
"Actor" (Chinese: 演员; pinyin: ''Yǎnyuán'') is a song by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on June 5, 2015, as part of his first extended play (EP) ''Gentleman'' (2015) then later included on his seventh studio album ''Beginner'' (2016) under Ocean Butterflies; both of which have been acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. The song was written and composed by Xue. "Actor" is Xue's best-known song both domestically and internationally, with more than 200 million views on YouTube, more than 100 million streams on Spotify and more than 27 million collection counts on QQ Music. It is a staple in the setlist for Xue's three concert tours: I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour (2017), Skyscraper World Tour (2018-2019), and Extraterrestrial World Tour (2021-2025). In 2015, "Actor" ranked first on KuGou Music's Top 500 list from Week 22 to Week 45 and on Global Chinese Music chart in June. In 2018, "Actor" ranked 9th on UFM100.3's U1000 Music Countdown of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker Xue
Joker Xue (, born July 17, 1983) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and record producer, formerly known as Jacky Xue. One of the most-streamed and most popular Mandopop artists, he is known for his emotional vocal delivery with works that span various styles such as Ballad, ballads, rock music, and Rhythm and blues, R&B. Xue's Extraterrestrial World Tour, drawing more than 5 million people, is among the List of most-attended concert tours, most-attended concert tours of all-time. He is one of five Chinese artists to surpass 100 shows, counting both arena and stadium venues, in a single tour and the only Chinese artist to surpass 100 stadium shows in a single tour. Early life Xue was born and raised in Shanghai, China. At age four, his mother died of a heart disease. He studied painting in his youth, then Hotel Management at Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland, before dropping out to pursue a music career. Music career 2005–2010: Debut and career beginnings In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrial World Tour
The Extraterrestrial World Tour is the third concert tour and second world tour by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. The Extraterrestrial World Tour spans a record-breaking 145 shows across four continents with 133 in Asia, 2 in Europe, 5 in North America, and 4 in Oceania. Tour attendance is approximately 5.08 million, making it among the List of most-attended concert tours, most-attended concert tours of all-time. Background On July 13, 2021, Xue announced the tour by posting the Extraterrestrial World Tour poster on Weibo. On July 24, at the Chaole Music Festival, Xue shared the tour is both a concert and a story with a lot of "silly plotlines" that should be "extremely fun." Extraterrestrial World Tour opened in October 2021 with two shows in Suzhou followed by two shows in Guangzhou the next month. In 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the announced dates were postponed and only the Haikou concert was successfully held on December 24, 2022. In March 2023, the tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; 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 25 million copies throughout the Asia-pacific. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Diva". Having success in entertainment industry for over three decades, Cheng is also best known for her roles in Hong Kong rom-com films in the early 2000s that were box office hits. For her performance in the 2022 film ''Lost Love'', she won 4 best actress honors including the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Since her debut, Cheng has won the IFPI Hong Kong Music Top Sales Awards for the best-selling Local Female Vocalist of the Year nine times. From 1993 to 2010, Cheng won a total of 12 Top Female Vocalist awards, 14 Best-selling Local Female Vocalist Awards and has 7 albums that are the Best-selling Cantonese Release of the Year. She had also previously won the Most Popular Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Liu
Rose Liu (born San Francisco (), 14 September 1986) is an American Chinese singer and songwriter best known for her appearances in the televised shows including The Voice of China and One Million Star, and for her albums Judge Me Not and Ain't Gonna Wait. Liu is the first American born artist to make it to top 4 on The Voice of China. Early life and education Rose Liu was born and grew up in San Francisco. She graduated from New York University where she studied psychology and economics. Liu learned Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University. Career Liu was a contestant in American Idol, an American singing competition television series. In 2009, she attended One Million Star Season 5, where Liu finished runner-up for the finals. In 2010, she was a contestant in American Idol Million Star: Star Legend, where she finished runner-up on 22 August. In 2014, Liu attended The Voice of China season 3 at ZTV, where she got:" I WANT YOU" from Qi Qin, Na Ying, and Yang Kun Yan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Khoo
Kenny Khoo (born 31 October 1988) is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, television host and businessman. Khoo gained popularity after appearing in a role-playing game on the Taiwanese variety show '' 100% Entertainment'' in 2019. Early life Khoo has a younger brother. He attended Ai Tong School and Hougang Secondary School, and obtained a diploma from Republic Polytechnic. At one point, he studied at SIM University. Career In 2012, Khoo auditioned and became one of the 12 participants in the singing competition ''Guinness Live!'' which was conducted in front of live audiences in various clubs. His performances caught the attention of director Chai Yee Wei which led him to be cast as one of the 4 lead roles in the Singapore music movie '' That Girl in Pinafore'' in 2013. He later studied songwriting at Funkie Monkies music school under Singaporean music veterans Eric Ng and Xiaohan. In 2014, Khoo released his debut album ''Ten Storeys'' which shot to the No. 1 spot on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebe Tien
Hebe Tien Fu-chen (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, '' To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. Tien's song " A Little Happiness", the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film '' Our Times'', was a major hit in most Mandarin-speaking parts of Asia. Early life Tien Fuchen was born in Xinfeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan on 30 March 1983. Her father is a civil servant, her mother is a housewife, and her older brother used to own an American-Mexican restaurant in Zhubei. She graduated from Hukou High School in Hsinchu. Tien once said that if she had not been a singer, she would have been a civil servant like her father after university. In 1999, at age sixteen, Tien made her debut on television by participating in the 'Ridiculous Beauty' segment of the CTV variety show ''Guess'' where she played flute and another show ''TV Citizen'' where she show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask Singer (Chinese TV Series) Season 1
''Mask Singer'' () is a Chinese reality singing show hosted by Li Hao in which celebrities perform songs for a panel of judges while wearing elaborate masks in order to conceal their identities. It premiered on 18 September 2016 on Jiangsu Television. It is based on the South Korean program ''King of Mask Singer''. Contestants * Mao Amin, singer Dajieda * Bai Baihe, film actress * Sha Baoliang, singer * Zhang Bichen, member of Sunny Days, winner of ''The Voice of China'' * Chen Bing * Huang Bo, actor and singer * Daniel Chan, singer, songwriter, actor *Angela Chang, singer and actress on ''My MVP Valentine'' * Lin Chengyang *Julian Cheung, singer "Chilam" and actor on ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and '' Cold Blood Warm Heart'' * Jin Chi, contestant on ''The Voice of China'' * Where Chou, singer *Joi Chua, pop singer *Tanya Chua, singer and songwriter *Ding Dang, singer "Della" * Ma Di, folk singer-songwriter *Sa Dingding, folk singer and songwriter * Jiang Dunhao, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMIC Music Awards
The CMIC Music Awards (), commonly abbreviated as CMA, is an annual music award show presented by China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association. CMIC stands for China Music Industry Committee. Modelled after The Grammys ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ... and The BRIT Awards, CMIC Music Awards aim to create a more fair evaluation of music without influences from sponsors and focusing on artistry over entertainment. The 1st CMIC Music Awards ceremony was held on July 20, 2017. It was held annually until 2020. On January 10, 2022, CMIC Music Awards resumed and announced nominees from 2020 and 2021. It has been on hiatus since. Ceremonies Categories * Album of the Year * Song of the Year * Male Singer of the Year * Female Singer of the Year * Band of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Radio China Top Chart Awards
The Music Radio China Top Chart Awards () is a music awards ceremony founded by China National Radio China National Radio (CNR; ) is the national radio network of China, headquartered in Beijing. CNR forms the national radio service of the state-owned China Media Group (also known as the "Voice of China"). History The infrastructure began wi ... in 2003. The awards are awarded on the basis of votes by a poll of the public and fans, who can usually vote through websites or via SMS. The first two ceremonies used to be called Music IN China Pop Chart Awards (Chinese: Music IN中国歌曲排行榜颁奖晚会). In 2005, it was officially called as MusicRadio China Top Chart Awards. Ceremonies Categories 2017 Music Radio China Top Chart Awards * Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland China) * Most Popular Male Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) * Most Popular Female Singer (Mainland China) * Most Popular Female Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) * Most Popular Album * Best New Artist * Campus Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
