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Ugly Beauty
''Ugly Beauty'' is the fourteenth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, released on December 26, 2018, by Sony. The album was co-produced by Starr Chen, Razor Chiang, Howe Chen, Øzi, and Tsai herself. Musically, it blends elements of pop, reggae, electronic, and hip-hop, and thematically explores the breaking of conventional beauty standards and the duality of human emotions. Tsai expressed her intent to "unveil the ugliness hidden beneath the surface of perfection and uncover the emotions that we struggle to bury". The album was released in physical format in Taiwan, where it became the best-selling album of 2019. In Mainland China, it was released digitally and, as of April 15, 2025, has sold over 950,000 digital copies, making it the highest-selling digital album by a Hong Kong or Taiwanese female artist in the region. ''Ugly Beauty'' received eight nominations at the Golden Melody Awards and ultimately won Album of the Year, while the track "Womxnly" was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolin Tsai
Jolin Tsai I-lin ( zh, c=蔡依林, p=Cài Yīlín; born September 15, 1980), also romanized as Jolin Cai, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Recognized as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of C-Pop", Tsai is one of the most influential figures in the Sinophone, Chinese-speaking world's pop culture. Her continuous reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual presentation have established her as a leading figure in popularizing dance-pop music in Greater China. Tsai exercises significant creative control over her career, and her work, which often addresses societal issues and ideological themes, has achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. Born in Xinzhuang District, Hsinchuang, Taiwan, Tsai gained prominence in 1998 after winning a singing competition organized by MTV Mandarin. Her debut album, ''1019 (album), 1019'' (1999), was a commercial success and cemented her status as a teen idol with a significant fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiamen
Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six District of the People's Republic of China, districts: Huli District, Huli, Siming District, Siming, Jimei District, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang District, Haicang, and Xiang'an. All together, these cover an area of with a population of 5,163,970 as of 2020 Chinese census, 2020 and estimated at 5.35 million as of 31 December 2024. The urbanization in China, urbanized area of the city has spread from its original island to include most parts of all six of its District of the People's Republic of China, districts, as well as 4 Zhangzhou districts (Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou, Xiangcheng, Longwen, Longhai District, Longhai and Changtai), which form a built-up area of 7,284,148 inhabitants. This area also connects with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The components of rap include "content" (what is being said, e.g., lyrics), "flow" ( rhythm, rhyme), and "delivery" ( cadence, tone). Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that it is usually performed off-time to musical accompaniment. It also differs from singing, which varies in pitch and does not always include words. Because they do not rely on pitch inflection, some rap artists may play with timbre or other vocal qualities. Rap is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, and so commonly associated with the genre that it is sometimes called "rap music". Precursors to modern rap music include the West African griot tradition, certain vocal styles of blues and jazz, an African-American insult ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum And Bass
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music), bass and sub-bass lines, Sampling (music), samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's Jungle music, jungle scene in the 1990s. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other UK dance styles. A major influence was the original Jamaican dub music, dub and reggae sound that influenced Jungle music, jungle's bass-heavy sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks' break (music), breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk (also known as liquid drum and bass), jump up, drumfunk, sambass, and drill 'n' bass. Drum and bass has influenced other genres such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Qing-feng
Wu Qing-feng ( zh, p=Wú Qīngfēng, s=吴青峰, t=吳青峰, first=t; born 1982), also known as Greeny and credited as Wu Tsing-fong, is a Taiwanese singer-song writer, composer, arranger, and lyricist. Born in Taipei, he is a founding member and the lead vocalist of Sodagreen, Oaeen (Sodagreen) and is the major composer and lyricist of the band. Aside from producing the music for the band, he also writes songs for numerous Mandarin singers. Having nominated at the Golden Melody Awards, Golden Melody Award, Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards, Global Chinese Golden Chart and so on, he has won several music awards, including the 18th Golden Melody Awards, 18th Golden Melody Award for Best Composer in 2007 and the 27th Golden Melody Awards, 27th Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in 2016. Qing-Feng Wu started to go solo in 2018 to perform and release his works. In 2019, he released his debut solo studio album ''Spaceman'', for which he was nominated in several categories at the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Yu (singer)
Sung Nien-yu (; born 22 November 1983), better known by his stage name Xiao Yu (), is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and record producer. Career Most of Xiao Yu's early career was spent behind the scenes, writing and producing music for numerous Mandarin singers. He released his debut album ''Classmate Xiao Yu That's Me'' in 2008 which garnered widespread acclaim. This was followed up with the 2009 release of the album ''Standing Here'' where the album spent twenty-one consecutive weeks in the G-Music top twenty album sales chart. In 2013, he received a nomination for Best Mandarin Male Singer at the 24th Golden Melody Awards for ''One More Time''. After a 5-year break from music, to complete his military service and going through restructure of his previous record company, Xiao Yu returned with his fourth studio album in 2017, ''With You'', his first release under Warner Music Taiwan. Discography Studio albums Singles Soundtrack album Awards and nominations Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weibo
Weibo (), or Sina Weibo (), is a Chinese microblogging ( weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 582 million monthly active users (252 million daily active users) as of Q1 2022. The platform has been highly successful but has faced criticism for heavy censorship. Sina had gone public on the Nasdaq in 2000. In March 2014, Sina announced a spinoff of Weibo and filed an IPO under the symbol WB. Sina carved out 11% of Weibo in the IPO, with Alibaba owning 32% post-IPO. The company began trading publicly on 17 April 2014. In March 2017, Sina launched Sina Weibo International Version. In November 2018, Sina Weibo suspended its registration function for minors under the age of 14. In July 2019, Sina Weibo announced that it would launch a two-month campaign to clean up pornographic and vulgar information, named "Project Deep Blue" (蔚蓝计划). On 29 September 2020, the company announced it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohu
Sohu, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet company headquartered in the Sohu Internet Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing. Sohu and its subsidiaries offer advertising, a search engine (Sogou.com), on-line multiplayer gaming (ChangYou.com) and other services. History Sohu was founded as Internet Technologies China (ITC) in 1996 by Charles Zhang after he completed his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received venture capital funding from colleagues he met there. The following year, Zhang changed the name of ITC to Sohoo in homage to Yahoo! after meeting its cofounder, Jerry Yang; the name was soon after changed to Sohu to differentiate it from the American company. Sohu has been listed on NASDAQ since 2000 through a variable interest entity (VIE) based in Delaware. Sohu's Sogou.com search engine was in talks to be sold in July 2013 to Qihoo for around $1.4 billion. On September 17, 2013, it was announced that Tencent has invested $448 million for a minority sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 million subscribers. The service merged with China Music Corporation, the owner of KuGou and KuWo, the second and the third largest music streaming services respectively in the country, in 2016. By 2018, QQ Music's market share among Mainland China's music platforms increased to 75%. Outside of streaming, the service leverages its brand to the public through the annual QQ Music Awards. Business service QQ Music operates under a freemium business model in which basic services are free whilst enhanced features are available on a subscription. However unlike similar subscription service Spotify, labels have the ability to restrict its content to be restricted to subscribing users (known as VIPs or green diamonds) or be purchasable on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nylon (magazine)
''Nylon'' is an American multimedia brand and publishing company, which produces a lifestyle magazine that focuses on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and travel. Originally a print publication, it switched to an all-digital format in 2017. Its name references New York and London, and it is currently owned by the Bustle Digital Group. In 2023, the magazine announced it would return to print in 2024. History ''Nylon'' was co-founded in 1999Nylon Number One Premier Issue, Digital Copy by Flickr Publishing, September 1, 1999. by editorial director Mark Blackwell, art director Madonna Badger, creative director |
Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History file:Guidem michelin 1900.jpg, upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard Michelin (born 1859), Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol st ... [...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] |
