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Stories Untold (album)
''Stories Untold'' () is the tenth studio album by Singaporean singer JJ Lin Wayne Lim Junjie (; born 27 March 1981), professionally known as JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and businessman. One of the most successful artists in the Sinophone, Chinese-speaking world, Lin achieved recogniti ..., released on 13 March 2013, by Warner Music Taiwan. ''JJ Lin Official Website''. Retrieved 14 June 2013. ''YesAsia''.Retrieved 14 June 2013. It produced singles such as "Practice Love", "You N Me", "The Dark Knight", and "Before Sunrise". Commercial performance ''Stories Untold'' pe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ Lin
Wayne Lim Junjie (; born 27 March 1981), professionally known as JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and businessman. One of the most successful artists in the Sinophone, Chinese-speaking world, Lin achieved recognition with his Sentimental ballad, pop ballads, songwriting, and emotional vocal delivery. Lin signed to Ocean Butterflies, Ocean Butterflies International in 2002, and debuted with the album ''Music Voyager'' (2003). The record went on to sell over 1.2 million copies across Asia. His sophomore album, ''Haven (JJ Lin album), Haven'' (2004), was also a top-seller and produced the single "River South", which went on to receive significant popularity in Greater China. ''Cao Cao (album), Cao Cao'' (2006) sold over 2 million copies across Asia, including over 200,000 copies in Taiwan. In March 2007, Lin established his own label and production company JFJ Productions. By 2008, each of his first five studio albums had sold over 1 million copie ... [...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 Mandarin
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 language, standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the Republic of China (1912–1949), republican era (1912–1949). It is designated as the Languages of China, official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations languages, United Nations, Languages of Singapore, Singapore, and Languages of Taiwan, 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 tone (linguistics), tonal language with topic-prominent langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Record label#Major labels, big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly owned by Time Warner (later called WarnerMedia and its successor is Warner Bros. Discovery), the company sold WMG in 2004 to a group of private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., in a move to alleviate Time Warner's debt load related to its merger with AOL. WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. As of 2025, Access Industries remains the company's largest shareholder, owning 72% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost N Found (JJ Lin Album)
''Lost N Found'' () is the ninth studio album by Singaporean singer JJ Lin, released on 31 December 2011 by Warner Music Taiwan Warner Music Group (WMG) owns, has a joint share, or is associated with the record labels listed here. Flagship labels *Atlantic Records *Elektra Records *Parlophone Records *Warner Records Atlantic Music Group * 1st & 15th Entertainment * A .... Songs The album's lead single, "Never Learn", premiered on radio stations in Asia on 7 December 2011. Other singles include "Those Were the Days" and "Love U U". Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Notes References 2011 albums JJ Lin albums {{China-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (JJ Lin Album)
Genesis () is the eleventh studio album by Singaporean singer JJ Lin, released on 27 December 2014 by Warner Music Taiwan. The album feature collaboration with Jason Mraz, G.E.M., and Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa (; ; born June 22, 1989), also known mononymously as Yonghwa, is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in ''You're .... Promotion On 10 December 2014, a Music Video Premiere event was held at Huashan1914 Creative Park. On 24 December 2014, a press conference was held in Taipei. As the event was held on Christmas's Eve and to commemorate JJ Lin's tenth year in the music industry, a "Genesis Christmas Tree" was presented to him. Track listing Accolades Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Notes References 2014 albums JJ Lin albums {{China-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-Music
G-Music Limited is a company built in 2002 by Rose Records and Tachung Records, both are the largest local music retails and wholesale chains in Taiwan. The physical retail arms have been kept separate, for different customer bases and brand identity, but the e-retailing, wholesale and distributor business is unified as Rose Tachung Records. The two chains originally teamed up to create Taiwan's popular music ranking, the G-Music Chart (Chinese: 風雲榜 ''fēngyúnbǎng''). The chains had around 60 locations in 2002. Tachung's network includes Taiwan's only remaining specialist classical CD store, opposite the Taipei YMCA on Hsu Chang St. G-Music Chart remains the most popular record chart in Taiwan. G-Music Chart The G-Music Chart was first officially published on July 7, 2005, and compiled the top physically sold CD releases in Taiwan (including both albums and physically released singles). Only the top 20 positions are published, and instead of sales, a percentage ranking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Singapore
Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS) is an organisation that represents the music industry in Singapore and national representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The organisation was founded in 1976 as the Singapore Phonogram Videogram Association (SPVA) and renamed in 2001. Sales certificates RIAS awards certificates for music records in Singapore based on sales. The requirements from album awards varied over the years, while the requirements for singles stayed constant. The levels are: , RIAS also accepts digital sales. Singles are certified on full unit basis, while albums are certified on revenue bases, with award levels of for Gold and for Platinum. Charts As of January 2025, RIAS runs the following weekly charts: * The Official Singapore Chart * The Official Singapore Regional Chart Number-one songs The first number-one song of the RIAS Charts was " Perfect" by Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran ( ; born 17 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayday (Taiwanese Band)
Mayday ( zh, c = 五月天, p = Wǔ Yuè Tiān, poj = Gō͘-goe̍h-thiⁿ, l=Day in the month of May) is a Taiwanese rock band formed in 1997. Mayday consists of five members, Monster (musician), Monster (leader, lead guitar), Ashin (vocal), Stone (rhythm guitar), Masa (bass) and Ming (drums). They released their first album in 1999. Formerly called So Band, they came to be known as Mayday in 1997, with the name originating from Masa's online nickname "MAYDAY". Dubbed as “the Beatles of the Chinese-speaking world”, Mayday has won many awards in their career, including the Golden Melody Award for Best Musical Group, Golden Melody Award for Best Band, an award given by the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture (Taiwan), Ministry of Culture, in 2001, 2004, 2009 and 2012. Career 1995–1997: So Band and Formation of Mayday So Band was formed by Ashin, Monster and drummer Chien You-ta () in 1995 while they were studying in The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashin
Chen Hsin-hung (), nicknamed Ashin () (born 6 December 1975), is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. He is best known as the vocalist of the rock band Mayday. When Ashin majored in art in college, he began his musical career. He is also the founder and designer of the clothing line StayReal and a shareholder of the music label B'in Music. He was elected as a board member of the Taiwan Public Television Service in 2013. Biography Early life Ashin was born in Beitou District, Taiwan into a family of four, consisting of his parents, himself, and a younger brother. His family owned a record store, which inspired his passion for music. Ashin's childhood ambition was to become a singer, but his vocal range was too narrow. He claims his bandmates selected him to be Mayday's singer as he was the worst instrumentalist out of all of them. Ashin can play both guitar and drums. Education Ashin attended a public elementary and middle school in Beitou District. After graduating from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Yi
Kevin Yi (or Yee Kar Yeung, Traditional Chinese: 易家揚) is a Taiwanese lyricist best known for his work with Coco Lee, Leehom Wang, A-Mei, Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, and Khalil Fong. Alongside his work as a lyricist, Yi is a record executive working in Asia with Mandarin-language artists. Yi received a nomination for Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist and a nomination for Best Original Film Song at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards. Career Early career After completing his military service in 1989, Yi Chia-yang joined the marketing department of Rock Records in Taiwan. His early work there included Chief Zhao's song "A Tiny Bird" (我是一隻小小鳥). Later, Yi worked as an A&R representative before joining BMG Music as Marketing and Promotion Director. Songwriting In 2000, Yi wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version of "," the theme song for the wuxia martial arts film ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. Performed by Coco Lee and featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello, the English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Leehom
Wang Leehom ( zh, c=王力宏, poj=Ông Le̍k-hông; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. His music is known for fusing hip-hop and R&B, with traditional Chinese music. Wang was born to a Taiwanese American family and graduated from Williams College. Since his 1995 debut, Wang has released 25 albums, that have sold over 60 million copies. He is a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of the Golden Melody Awards. His sold-out concert at the Beijing National Stadium on April 14, 2012, was the first solo pop concert to be held at the venue. With over 72 million followers on social media, Wang is one of the most followed celebrities in China. In 2018, CNN dubbed him "King of Chinese Pop" and the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him "the biggest American star America has never heard of." Wang was listed as one of Goldsea's 100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time. Wang holds honorary doctoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
