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Deeply Loved You
''Deeply Loved You'' () is the third album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on November 26, 2008, by Shang Teng and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Background Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for seven and wrote lyrics for six. "Deeply Loved You" has two different versions, one set in the past life featuring classical sounds and one set in the present life featuring more modern melody. Both version had its own music video, a first in Mandopop, and together told the story of two lovers from their past life in the early 1900s to their present life in 2008. The album contains a diversity of genres, such as the adaptation of the popular Korean dance song "Let You Go" and the Chinese-style "Legend". "Origin of the Dream" was adapted from "Once Upon a Time in Zurich" on ''How Are You?'' as a tribute to Olympic athletes and Xue himself served as a torchbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay. Reception ''Deeply Lov ... [...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] |
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] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...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] |
How Are You? (Joker Xue Album)
''How Are You?'' () is the second album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on July 31, 2007, by Shang Teng and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Background Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed the music for eight and wrote lyrics for three. The song "Continued Snow" was a continuation of "Serious Snow" from his debut album '' Jacky'', both songs shared the line . The lead single, "How Are You?", portrayed the emotional journey of moving on from a past lover and wishing them well after the breakup. It premiered on CityFM and Music Radio. Due to a busy work schedule and pressure to match or exceed his debut album, Xue suffered from insomnia while working on this album and had to rely on sleeping pills to get rest. Reception Within one month of release, the album sold more than 150,000 copies. The album featured mostly ballads with elements of Chinese style and hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfinished Songs
''Unfinished Songs'' () is the fourth album by Chinese singer-songwriter 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 vario .... It was released on December 11, 2009, by Sheng Teng and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Background ''Unfinished Songs'' is a compilation album with 11 previously released songs and three new songs. The three new songs are: "Unfinished Songs" (), "My Athena" (), and "Thank You to Those Who Love Me" (). Of the 14 tracks on the album, Xue composed music for 13 and wrote lyrics for nine. The single, ''Unfinished Songs'' took more than a year to complete because Xue was waiting for the right lyrics to fit the melody. Gan Shijia, who has previously collaborated with Xue, ended up writing the lyrics for ''Unfinished Songs''. Track li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics Torch Relay
The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans for the relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing, China. The relay, also called by the organizers as the "Journey of Harmony", lasted 129 days and carried the torch – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay, was started ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet Autonomous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Concert In Shanghai
Live Concert in Shanghai is the first solo concert by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue, held on December 20, 2008, at the Shanghai International Gymnastic Center. Xue performed his own music as well as covered songs by other artists. The concert attracted 5,000 people. Background The concert was originally scheduled for November 29, 2008. However, due to severe throat inflammation that almost made Xue lose his voice, it was postpone December 20, 2008. Xue revealed in an interview that in addition to singing some tracks from the new album, there will also be several classics and choreography. Xue is the first native Shanghai singer to hold a large-scale concert in the city. As the press conference, Xue shared that the production team, band, and backup dancers are all based on Shanghai because he wants everyone to pay attention to the local music culture. Many former contestants of "My Style, My Show", the singing competition show where Xue debuted, attended in person to sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Yinyue Tai
Beijing Music Radio (), is an commercial radio station broadcasting at 97.4 FM in Beijing, China. Music played Beijing Yinyue Guangbo plays various types of music including: * Classical music * Mandopop and Cantopop * English various formats including English Top 40, hot adult contemporary, and country music. They also have news on every hour that is from Beijing Xinwen Guangbo radio station. Special programs Mid Autumn and Spring Festival programming On occasion, Beijing Yinyue Guangbo will broadcast live concerts around the Mid Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival (for other names, see § Etymology) is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-S ... and Spring Festival. The live concerts would pre-empt programs that are broadcast during the week at any other time. Interviews with famous artists On the weekends especially during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinji Tanimura
was a Japanese singer-songwriter. Life and career Tanimura set up the musical group Alice together with Takao Horiuchi in 1971 and released his first extended play musical album in the following year. Alice produced its first album two years later. During this time, Tanimura also composed several musical pieces for other singers, such as Momoe Yamaguchi. In 1981, he held concerts in places such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Beijing. He also made recordings on the Japanese division of the Casablanca Records label. Tanimura died on 8 October 2023, at the age of 74. It was reported that he had battled enteritis Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine. It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes,Dugdale, David C., IIII, and George F Longretc"Enteritis" MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, 18 October 2008. Acces ... for some time and had surgery for the disease in March of the same year. Discography Albums Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the List of metropolitan areas in Japan, second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-List of urban areas by population, largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Ōsaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
