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Bubble (G.E.M. Song)
"Bubble" (Chinese: 泡沫; pinyin: ''Pào mò'') is a song recorded by Hong Kong singer-songwriter G.E.M., taken from her third studio album, ''Xposed'' (2012). It was released as one of the singles from the album by Hummingbird Music on 14 October 2012. Written by G.E.M. and produced by Austrian songwriter Lupo Groinig, "Bubble" is a power ballad with lyrics exploring themes of love and heartbreak. The song compares relationships to bubbles, using them as a metaphor to illustrate both their beauty and their delicate yet fragile nature. "Bubble" received critical acclaim from music critics, who praised the song's composition and G.E.M.'s vocal performance. The song surged in popularity after she performed it during season two of ''I Am a Singer'' in mainland China in January 2014. It has since garnered over 100 million streams on Xiami Music and over 70 million views on YouTube. The song's accolades include the Popularity Golden Song Award at the 2014 Migu Music Awards and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xposed
''Xposed'' is the third studio album by Hong Kong singer-songwriter G.E.M., released on digital platforms on June 27, 2012, by Hummingbird Music. The physical edition of the album was released on July 5, 2012, while a limited special edition was made available on July 10 in Hong Kong. The album's material contains tracks recorded in both Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, with minor phrases in English. Its lyrics were penned entirely by G.E.M. whilst production was handled by various composers including G.E.M. and Lupo Groinig. Musically, ''Xposed'' is primarily a pop album with elements of pop rock and Rhythm and blues, R&B. It spawned several singles, including the hit "Bubble (G.E.M. song), Bubble", "Someday I'll Fly", "What Have U Done", "Oh Boy". Commercially, the album saw success in Asia and reached the number one position on the List of number-one albums in Hong Kong, HKRMA album chart in Hong Kong for two consecutive weeks. In support of the album, G.E.M. embarked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QQ Music Awards
The QQ Music Awards () is a music awards show founded by Chinese music streaming service QQ Music QQ Music () is one of three Chinese freemium music streaming services owned by Tencent Music, a joint venture between Tencent and Spotify, now majority owned by Tencent. , the service is set to reach over 700 million users with an estimated 120 ... in 2014. Ceremonies Awards 2016 QQ Music Awards *Best Male Singer (Mainland China) *Best Female Singer (Mainland China) *Best Male Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) *Best Female Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) *Best Group *Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland China) *Most Popular Female Singer (Mainland China) *Most Popular Male Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) *Most Popular Female Singer (Hong Kong/Taiwan) *Most Popular Western Singer *Most Popular Mandarin Group *Most Popular Overseas Group *Most Influential Male Singer *Most Influential Female Singer *Best New Singer *Best New Group *Most Breakthrough Artist *Best Crossover Artist *QQ Music Chart Most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Singles
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...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] |
Global Chinese Pop Chart
The Global Chinese Pop Chart (全球华语歌曲排行榜, ''quánqiú huáyŭ gēqŭ páihángbàng'') is a Chinese language record chart, pop music chart compiled by 7 Chinese language radio stations across Asia. It was founded in 2001 by Beijing Music Radio, Shanghai Eastern Broadcasting (:zh:上海人民廣播電台, zh), Radio Guangdong, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hit Fm Taiwan, subsequently replaced by Taipei Pop Radio, and Malaysia's 988 FM.Billboard - 23 Sep 2000 - Page 57 Vol. 112, No. 39 "By Winnie Chung, Hong Kong — The first-ever unified Chinese pop music chart in Asia will officially make its debut Sept. 30. Seven Asian regional radio stations have pooled resources to set up the new Global Chinese Pop chart. They are Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), Beijing Music Radio, East Radio Shanghai, Radio Guangdong, Taiwan-based Broadcasting Corp. of China, Radio Corp. of Singapore, and Malaysia's Radio Rediffusion." The chart's definition of "Chinese language" covers all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKBox
KKBox, stylized as KKBOX is a music streaming service developed in 2005 by KKBox Inc., a software company in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a part of Japanese Telecom Group, KDDI. The service mainly targets the music markets of East and Southeast Asia, focusing on regions including: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. Working on a freemium basis, both paid and free members can listen to over 20 million tunes on smartphones, TVs, media centers and computers. As a Taiwan-based music streaming software, KKBOX caters mainly to Mandarin-speaking users by collaborating with record companies in the Taiwanese music industry. KKBOX also has close links with Taiwanese artists, and mainstream Mandopop artists like Jay Chou, Eric Chou and Bii. Development After launching KKBOX in Taiwan, the company expanded the music streaming service to Hong Kong and Macau in 2009, Japan in 2011, Malaysia, and Singapore in 2013. Starting from 2011, KKBOX received investment from KDDI Corporation, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clown
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an Improvisational theatre#Comedy, open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct cosmetics, makeup or costume, costuming and reversing social norm, folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin. Clowns have a diverse tradition with significant variations in costume and performance. The most recognisable clowns are those that commonly perform in the circus, characterized by colorful wigs, red noses, and oversized shoes. However, clowns have also played roles in theater and folklore, like the court jesters of the Middle Ages and the jesters and ritual clowns of various indigenous cultures. Their performances can elicit a range of emotions, from humor and laughter to fear and discomfort, reflecting complex societal and psychological dimensions. Through the centuries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiami Music
AliMusic () is an online music platform affiliated with Alibaba Group, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Overview AliMusic was established on March 16, 2015, through the merger of Xiami Music and Alibaba Planet (formerly known as Tiantian Fine). According to a 2014 survey released by Bita Consulting, Alibaba Planet held a 17.3% market share among Chinese digital music platforms, and Xiami Music accounted for a 4.6% market share. After the merger, the market share of the two platforms reached 21.9%, and AliMusic become the top platform in China's digital music industry. In June 2019, Alibaba announced that its proprietary web browser, its online reading platform, and its music service would be placed into a new unit, which will be led by Zhu Shunyan. Alibaba's main competitors in the digital music arena are Tencent and NetEase. Tencent operates several successful streaming applications, including QQ Music, Kugou, and Kuwo. Music licensing and partnerships In Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer Season 2
''I Am a Singer'' (season 2), is the second season of the Chinese TV series ''I Am a Singer (Chinese TV series), I Am a Singer'' produced by Hunan TV, produced by Hong Tao, and the show's music director is Kubert Leung. The season premiered on January 3, 2014, and concluded on April 4, 2014, with a live Biennial concert aired on April 11, 2014. Chinese Singer Han Lei was the winner of the season, with Hong Kong singer G.E.M. (singer), G.E.M. finishing as runner-up. Competition format Most of the competition format were retained from the I Am a Singer (Chinese season 1), first season, with seven singers each week singing for a 500-member audience; they then cast their ballots for the top three singers of their preference after all the singers had performed. Both the Qualifying and Knockout round scores are combined and decide which singer with a fewer vote share was eliminated. This season introduced format changes to the Revival round, which renamed to Breakouts; any first-rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
