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Countless
''Countless'' ( zh, c=, s=无数) is the twelfth album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released digitally on September 20. 2022, by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Presale for the physical version began on November 17, 2022. Background Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for five tracks and wrote lyrics for seven tracks. The title track, "Countless", was written and composed by Xue. The arrangement builds up from low piano notes integrated with percussion, culminating in a powerful and unyielding atmosphere where one rushes forward fearlessly and uncompromisingly despite the countless obstacles in pursuit of countless possibilities. The songs "You Are Not Alone" and "But" are collaborations with Jeff Chang and Jane Zhang, respectively. Zhang performed "But" with Xue as a special guest at Xue's Douyin Online Concert: Ke in February 2023 and at Xue's Extraterrestrial World Tour's third Beijing show in August 2023. "About You" is dedicated to Xue's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Pop Music Awards
The Asian Pop Music Awards ( zh, 亚洲流行音乐大奖) is a music award show jointly organized by ASIA VVV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (Hong Kong) and UK VVV MUSIC GROUP LTD（London）. The show is held annually produced by the Asian Pop Music Awards Production Committee, and selected by the Asian Pop Music Awards Jury. Preparations for the Asian Pop Music Awards began in 2018, and in September 2019 its ranking list, – "APMA CHARTS"(Asian Pop Music Awards Charts), was officially launched. The Asian pop music chart is released every week, divided into Chinese chart and overseas chart with ten songs each. On December 27, 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ..., the Asian Pop Music Awards 2020 was changed from being held at ... [...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] |
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 (album)
''Extraterrestrial'' ( zh, c=, s=天外来物) is the eleventh album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on December 31, 2020 by Huayu World Expo and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Background Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for five tracks and wrote lyrics for six tracks. The lead single, "Extraterrestrial", has a pop rock style and utilizes a string arrangement. Xue said the meaning of the song, to him, is that there is someone in this world who is unique to you. It serves as the inspiration for and bookends the set list of Xue's Extraterrestrial World Tour. The final three songs on the album were collaborations with other artists. "Exhausted" was written by Xue, composed by internet star Guo Chongming, and performed by both. "Small Sharp Point" was sung with Han Hong, and is a song reminiscing about the simplicity of love and asks the question Track 10 "Paper Boat" was written and composed by Xue to serve as the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian (album)
''The Guardian'' ( zh, c=, s=守村人) is the thirteenth album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released digitally on November 22, 2024, by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. The preorder for the physical album began April 17, 2025. Background Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for six tracks and wrote lyrics for six tracks. The album title is a reference to the folklore of the village guardian, with the title track including lyrics such as (真名必须要隐藏) and (我会撑到下一个我赶来). In the folklore, a village guardian is someone who has committed wrongs in their previous life and makes amends through defending the village, enduring mockery, and learning from the kindness shown by others in this life. The concept is similar to the village idiot but without the stereotypical comic relief aspects. In his Weibo announcing the release of the physical album, Xue stated that being the guardian means to "not bully the weak nor flatter the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop, and in particular the campus folk song folk movement of the 1970s. "Mandopop" may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. Though Mandopop predates Cantopop, the English term was coined around 1980 after " Cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to describe Mandarin-language popular songs of that time, some of which were versions of Cantopop songs sung by the same singers with different lyrics to suit the different rhyme and tonal patterns of Mandarin. Mandopop is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). It is designated as the official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. Hong Kong written Chinese, used for formal written communication in Hong Kong and Macau, is a form of Standard Chinese that is read aloud with the Cantonese reading of characters. Like other Sinitic languages, Standard Chinese is a tonal language with topic-prominent organization and subject–verb–object (SVO) word order. Compared with southern varieties, the language has fewer vowels, final consonants and tones, but more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tencent Music
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME; ) is a company that develops music streaming services for the Chinese market. Tencent Music's apps include QQ Music, KuGou, Kuwo, and WeSing; which have more than 800 million active users and 120 million paying subscribers. As of July 2016, Tencent Music's three services held an estimated 56% market share of music streaming services in China. In the first quarter of 2021, Tencent Music announced it had 60.9 million paying users, up 42.6% compared to the 42.7 million paying users in the first quarter of 2020. In addition, the total number of music streaming users was announced to be 615 million, a drop of 6.4% compared to the first quarter of 2020 (657 million). History Tencent Music was established in July 2016 with Tencent's purchase of China Music Corporation to strengthen its music offerings. On July 4, 2018, Sony/ATV Music Publishing acquired an equity stake in Tencent Music. In October 2018, the firm filed for IPOs of around $2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KuGou
KuGou (; ) is a Chinese music streaming and download service established in 2004 and owned by Tencent Music. It has more than 800 million users. A merger between China Music Corporation and Tencent's 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 ... (QQ音乐) was announced on July 15, 2016. The services are expected to continue being offered separately. Together with Kuwo (酷我音乐), another online music service also owned by Tencent Music, KuGou holds a music award ceremony, the KU Music Asian Music Awards, also known as Cool Music Asia Festival Award. The service is only available in Mainland China. References External links * {{China-music-stub Tencent Tencent Music Music streaming services Online music stores of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TME Physical Album Sales Chart
The TME Physical Album Sales Chart is a sales chart in China established by Tencent Music in 2023 and includes retroactive rankings starting from September 2021. The TME Physical Album Sales Chart ranks the physical record sales for albums, both CD and LP formats, based on data from 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 ... and KuGou Music. It does not include digital sales data or physical sales data from other platforms. Refunds are taken into account when calculating sales for the week. The TME Physical Album Sales Chart contains four lists: Weekly, Monthly, Annual, and Overall. Weekly and Monthly lists show the top 20 while Annual and Overall show the top 100. Charts are updated daily. Annual chart results are featured in the yearly Tencent Music music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Chang (singer)
Jeff Chang Shin-che ( zh, t=張信哲, poj=Tiuⁿ Sìn-tiat; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Sìn-chet; born 26 March 1967) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese singer and actor, who is known for his numerous chart-topping sentimental Mandopop, Mandarin pop ballads. Early life Chang was born in Xiluo Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. He started his philanthropic works as a voluntary teacher in impoverished areas of Taiwan since he was in high school. Career Chang started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college, in which Hsiao-Wen Ting was a judge. Since 1989 he has released a string of highly successful albums and is known as the "Prince of Love Ballads" in the Chinese pop world. His name is well known across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and mainland China. After completing his military service in 1992, Jeff Chang returned to the music scene and his album Knowing is still a best-seller. However, at this time, Jeff Chang felt that his music career ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Zhang
Jane Zhang ( zh, c=张靓颖, p=Zhāng Liàngyǐng; born October 11, 1984) is a Chinese singer, songwriter and record producer. She is known for her signature use of the whistle register and has been dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Dolphin Princess" (). Zhang began performing as a teenager by singing in pubs to help earn money for her family. After signing with Huayi Brothers, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation in 2005, Zhang released her first studio album, ''The One (Jane Zhang album), The One'' (2006). Her second album, Update (Jane Zhang album), ''Update'', was released in 2007. Zhang's third studio album, ''Jane@Music'', was released in 2009. Her fourth studio album, ''Believe in Jane'', was released in 2010. In 2011, Zhang released her fifth studio album, ''Reform (album), Reform'', which was certified double platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Jane performed in the 2017 Victoria's Secret Show and was featured in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
