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Serious Snow
"Serious Snow" (Chinese: 认真的雪; pinyin: ''Rènzhēndexuě'') is a song by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on June 9, 2006, as part of his debut album '' Jacky'' (2006) and then included on his compilation album Unfinished Songs (2009) under Shang Teng; both have been acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. The song was written and composed by Xue. Xue gained widespread attention due to "Serious Snow". It is credited as establishing the "Xue Style Love Songs", for which he is well-known. "Serious Snow" performed well on charts and was one of the highest downloaded ringtones of the year. 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). Background "Serious Snow" was inspired by Xue's first heartbreak. As Xue was writing the song, he sought feedback from producers multiple times but was always told to "do it bol ... [...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] |
Skyscraper World Tour
The Skyscraper World Tour is the second concert tour and first world tour held by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. Xue performed 23 shows across four continents with 15 shows in Asia, 1 show in Europe, 4 shows in North America, and 3 shows in Oceania. All venues in Mainland China were upgraded from arena to stadium. The tour began on July 14, 2018, at Workers' Stadium in Beijing and concluded on May 19, 2019, at AsiaWorld–Arena in Hong Kong. Total attendance is approximately 400,000. Background In 2017, Xue promised his fans that if they weren't able to meet at the I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour, he would meet them again on a bigger stage. In 2018, he fulfilled that promise with Skyscraper World Tour. Xue named his tour "Skyscraper" because, much like his own slow climb to fame, there is a metaphoric skyscraper in everyone's hearts that they wish to scale. Through his music and stage performance, Xue hoped to remind himself and the audience of their original aspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Songs
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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] |
Chinese Top Ten Music Awards
The Chinese Top Ten Music Awards () is a music awards founded by Shanghai Media Group and broadcast on Dragon Television in 1993 to honor the artists and works in the Mandopop music industry. History Formerly known as ERS Chinese Top Ten, the award show was originated from the same title radio program created in 1992. ERS (East Radio Station) represents in Chinese as 东方广播电台 which was named by then Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil .... Ceremonies Categories * Best Album * Best Male Singer * Best Female Singer * Most Popular Male Singer * Most Popular Female Singer * Best Lyrics * Best Composition * Most Influential Concert * Best Singer-Songwriter * Best New Artist * Best Pop Collaboration * Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia Qing
Jia Qing (born November 2, 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is known for her roles in television dramas ''The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'', ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', ''The Wife's Lies'' and its sister series ''The Lover's Lies'', and '' God of War, Zhao Yun''. Background She was born Jia Qing (贾青) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. She attended Xie Jin Film & Television Art College of the Shanghai Normal University. In 2005 at the age 19, she participated the singing contest ''My Type My Show'' (我型我秀) and won Leica Cool Performance Award (莱卡酷表现奖). She later formed a Mandopop group JADE with fellow singers Liu Yujia (刘钰佳), Xia Yanyan (夏筠妍), and Duan Xi (段曦) and released their album on the following year in February. In July 2007, she made her first acting debut in the 2007 television series '' Liao Zhai 2''. On November 11, 2018, Jia announced on her Weibo Weibo (), or Sina Weibo (), is a Chinese microblogging ( weibo) website ... [...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] |
I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour
The I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour is the first concert tour by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. The tour kicked off at Dalian Sports Center on April 22, 2017, and concluded at Chongqing International Expo Center on July 22, 2017. Total attendance is more than 100,000. Background On April 6, 2017, at the tour announcement press conference, Xue shared his interpretation of concert (演唱会): 演 means acting, 唱 means singing, and 会 means meeting; the concert will incorporate all three elements to create Concert Synposis Nearly a decade after Xue's last concert, he returned with I Think I've Seen You Somewhere tour, named after the song off of the album ''Beginner'' and served as the concept for the tour. Inspired by his own life, Xue brought the numerous roles he held (restaurant owner, actor, comedian, singer...etc.) over the past ten years to the stage. Through a 40-minute stage play in the second half, each role gradually disappeared until only the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacky (album)
''Jacky'' ( zh, c=, s=薛之谦) is the debut album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on June 9, 2006, by Sheng Teng and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. Background Production of the album took six months. Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for six and wrote lyrics for five, a rare feat for a first album. Musically, the album presents a fusion of Eastern Classic of Poetry and Western R&B elements. The album received strong support from Shanghai Media Group, who live streamed the press conference. "Yellow Maple Leaves" and "Return of the Prince" were created by Xue while participating in the singing competition show ''My Style, My Show''. The latter received praise for having a majestic prelude with rich visuals, telling the love story between a prince and a princess during a war. The album's English title is "Jacky" because that was Xue's English name at the time. He later changed his English name to "Joker" in 2016. Re ... [...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] |
