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List Of C-pop Artists
This is a list of C-pop artists and groups. C-pop, which encompasses mainly Mandopop and Cantopop (and to some extent Hokkien pop and pop music of other Chinese dialects), represents the main pop music in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as Chinese-speaking communities in the rest of the world. Almost all popular actors and actresses in Chinese entertainment have released songs to boost their popularity, and thus technically are considered C-pop artists. The list below only includes those whose musical careers are significant, although that is hard to define objectively. Popular Chinese rock and hip hop artists are also included. Female artists * A-fu *A-Lin * A-mei * A-Sun * AGA * Alan Dawa Dolma * Priscilla Chan *Angela Chang *Deserts Chang *Cheer Chen * Kelly Chen *Sammi Cheng * Maggie Chiang *Vivian Chow *Tanya Chua *Genie Chuo *Gillian Chung *Leah Dou * Christine Fan *Mavis Fan *Mavis Hee *Denise Ho *Elva Hsiao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C-pop
C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music (), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). This also includes countries where Sinitic languages, Chinese languages are used by parts of the population, such as Singapore and Malaysia. C-pop is used as an umbrella term covering not only Chinese pop but also rhythm and blues, R&B, Sentimental ballad, ballads, Chinese rock, Chinese hip hop and Chinese ambient music, although Chinese rock diverged during the early 1990s. There are currently three main subgenres within C-pop: Cantopop, Mandopop and Hokkien pop. The gap between Cantopop and Mandopop has been narrowing in the new millennium. Hokkien pop, initially strongly influenced by Japanese enka, has been re-integrating into C-pop and narrowing its trend of development towards Mandopop. Chinese popular music in China was initially a vehicle for the Cultural Revolution and Maoism, Maoist ideolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-mei
Kulilay Amit (; born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese singer and record producer of Puyuma descent. Born as Amit Kulilay in eastern Taiwan, she made her debut in 1996. A leading figure of the Mandopop music scene since the mid-1990s, A-Mei is widely known for breaking ground for Taiwanese indigenous peoples and being a voice for LGBT rights and gender equality. She has been given the moniker " Queen of Mandopop" and the "Pride of Taiwan." Her career longevity, resilience, artistry, and versatility have established her as a pop culture icon in the Sinophone world. Born and raised in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan, A-Mei moved to Taipei at age 20 in 1992. In 1996, she released her debut studio album, ''Sisters'', which saw major commercial success and sold over a million copies in Taiwan. Her sophomore record, '' Bad Boy'' (1997), found even greater success, eventually becoming the country's best-selling album overall. Her follow up releases—'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genie Chuo
Genie Chuo (; born 20 January 1986) is a Taiwanese singer, actress and television host. Life and career Chuo won several karaoke is a type of interactive entertainment system usually offered in nightclubs and bars, where people sing along to pre-recorded accompaniment using a microphone. Its musical content is an instrumental rendition of a well-known popular song. I ... competitions when she was a first year in the Taipei County Fuho Junior High School. After a number of lessons and training for singing, she debuted as a singer. She attended Hua Kang Art School where she briefly dated Alien Huang during her first year. After graduating from high school, she continued recording, and has been active in television series in Taiwan including the 2007 drama, '' Romantic Princess'' and 2006 Taiwanese movie, ''Do Over'' (一年之初). In 2010, Chuo sang the theme song for the theatrical drama ''Summer Snow'' directed by Golden Horse Awards winner Lee Hsing (李行). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua (; born 28 January 1975) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She launched her singing career by releasing her debut studio album ''Bored'' in 1997. She was part of the trio that sang "Moments of Magic" (1999), Singapore's official millennium song. Her albums, ''Amphibian'' (2005), ''Goodbye & Hello (Tanya Chua album), Goodbye & Hello'' (2007), ''Sing It Out of Love'' (2011) and ''Depart'' (2021), each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer, Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer award. A veteran in the industry with a career spanning more than two decades, Chua is the first and only person to win the Best Mandarin Female Singer award four times at the Golden Melody Awards, and has achieved popularity in Greater China and among the Sinophone, Chinese-speaking world. Life and career 1975–1996: Early years and career beginnings Chua was born in Singapore on 28 January 1975. She attended CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School, and achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Chow
Vivian Chow Wai-man (, born 10 November 1967) is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer-songwriter and actress. Life and career Vivian Chow is the only child in her family. Her father died before her birth due to heart disease. She was brought up by her mother and grandmother. Chow graduated from St. Stephen's Church College and gained 6th grade in piano. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chow entered the New Talent Singing Awards which held by TVB and Capital Artists in 1985. She began her singing and acting career by becoming the first runner-up at a freelance DJ competition held by RTHK in 1986. Sancity Record (1988–1991) In 1988, Chow was invited by TVB to hosted the TV music program '' Jade Solid Gold''. Chow starred in her first movie ''Heart to Heart'' and was nominated for "Best New Performer" of Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in this movie. Chow also joined Sancity Record in the same year and released her debut platinum single, "Vivian", which got a platinum awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Chiang
Maggie Chiang Mei-chi () is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. She is dubbed a "therapeutic singer" (療傷系歌手) by the Chinese-language media for her heartfelt delivery of ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Eur ...s. Discography Studio albums * 1999: ''I Love Faye Wong'' (我愛王菲) * 1999: ''Love at Second Sight'' (第二眼美女) * 2000: ''Whispering Words'' (悄悄話) * 2001: ''Remembrance'' (想起) * 2002: ''Once Again'' (再一次也好) * 2003: ''Melody'' (美樂地) * 2003: ''Friend of a Friend'' (朋友的朋友) * 2005: ''Lover's Poem'' (戀人心中有一首詩) * 2006: ''Crybaby'' (愛哭鬼) * 2012: ''My Room'' (房間) * 2017: ''Dear World'' (親愛的世界) * 2018: ''As Long,As Life'' (我們都是有歌的人) Compilation albums * 2004 ... [...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] |
Kelly Chen
Kelly Chen Wai-lam (born Vivian Chen Wai-man on 13 September 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has been referred to as a " Diva of Asia" (). Chen has great success in the East Asian entertainment industry with nearly 20 million record sales of 38 albums. According to '' Oriental Daily News'', Chen was the highest earning female Hong Kong celebrity of 2014, earning 83 million HKD (US$10.7 million). Early life Chen was born Vivian Chen Wai-man on 13 September 1972 in Hong Kong. Her father was a jewelry merchant and her mother was a housewife. She attended Canadian Academy International School in Kobe, Japan, for high school.. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York. Career Early career In 1994, while still a student at Parsons, Chen made two commercials, one for Shanghai Beer and one for the Bank of Hong Kong. Chen returned to Hong Kong in 1994. She was introduced to an acquaintance who owned a production studio and was chosen to featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheer Chen
Cheer Chen Chi-chen ( zh, t=陳綺貞; born 6 June 1975) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Her most recent album, ''Sofa Sea'', was released in 2018. Early life Chen was born on 6 June 1975 in Taipei. Her mother supported her interest in music from an early age. Chen is an alumna of Taipei Municipal Jingmei Girls' Senior High School (臺北市立景美女子高級中學) and National Chengchi University (國立政治大學). Her song "Little School Song" (Chinese: 小小校歌) is generally regarded as the unofficial theme song of Jingmei Girls' Senior High School. Career Chen was the singer and guitarist in an underground band called Sunscreen (防曬油) in the 1990s. She produced her first solo demo recordings in 1997. At an early pub show, Chen was noticed and praised by notable Taiwanese rock musician Wu Bai. In 1997 she signed with Rock Records and her debut album ''Think Twice'' was released in July 1998, while she was still an undergraduate student at National Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deserts Chang
Deserts Chang (; born 30 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. The widely recognized name Deserts Chang (張懸) was originally a pen name used during high school when she began writing poetry and submitting it to newspaper supplements. After her "To Ebb" concert in Kaohsiung in 2015, she decided to retire the persona of Deserts Chang and took a hiatus from the music industry. She has since continued her artistic pursuits under her given name, Anpu (安溥) Anpu's lyrics are highly poetic, enduring, and often lead listeners into deep contemplation. She frequently expresses social concern and criticism in her work. In 2013, she won the Best Lyricist at the 24th Golden Melody Awards with her song "玫瑰色的你" (''Rose-Colored You''). After returning to the music scene under her given name, she won the Song of the Year at the 34th Golden Melody Awards in 2023 with the song "最好的時光" ''(a flash and how it lasts)'' , marking a decade-long interval between her two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Chang
Angela Zhang Shao-han (; born January 19, 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a Taiwanese and Canadian singer and actress. Zhang gained recognition with the Taiwanese television dramas ''My MVP Valentine'' (2002) and ''At Dolphin Bay'' (2003). Since 2004, following the instant success of her first album, ''Over the Rainbow (Angela Chang album), Over the Rainbow'', she has focused on her singing career, releasing popular albums like ''Aurora (Angela Chang album), Aurora'' (2004) and ''Pandora (Angela Chang album), Pandora'' (2006), along with starring in another hit TV drama, ''Romantic Princess'' (2007). Her career was derailed in 2008 by a public row with her family, which was further worsened by a falling out with her label, Linfair Records. She did not revive her career until the Hunan TV reality show ''Singer 2018'', where she participated as both a host and contestant. Since then, she has shifted her focus to mainland China. Zhang has embarked on seven concert tours si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla Chan (singer)
Priscilla Chan Wai Han (; born 28 July 1965) is a Hong Kong singer. She is renowned for her contralto singing voice and her maturely clear, technically skilled, and emotion-rich vocals. Debuted in 1983 at age 18 from a trio album project named ''Girls' Magazine'' (:zh:少女雜誌, 少女雜誌), which was formed by Fiori Productions Ltd. (法安利製作有限公司), with the hit "Forgotten Promise" (:zh:逝去的諾言, 逝去的諾言), Chan began her solo singing career in 1984 and has since remained popular for more than three decades. Chan signed to PolyGram Records, Hong Kong (:zh:寶麗金 (香港), 寶麗金) in 1986 and reached her career peak between the late-1980s and mid-1990s, and scored several hits particularly in the 1980s, most remarkably including "Silly Girl" (:zh:傻女, 傻女) from her 1988 album ''Priscilla's Love'' (:zh:嫻情, 嫻情), as well as her signature song, "Thousands of Songs" (:zh:千千闋歌, 千千闋歌), one of the all-time Cantopop cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
