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The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. [1] Cantopop then reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s before slowly declining in the 2000s and shrinking in the 2010s. The term "Cantopop" itself was coined in 1978 after "Cantorock", a term first used in 1974.
During the late 1960s and 1970s, Mandarin pop songs were getting more and more popular and became the mainstream of Hong Kong pop. [6] In the 1970s, Hong Kong audiences wanted popular music in their own dialect, Cantonese. Also, a Cantonese song Tai siu yan yun (啼笑姻緣) became the first theme song of a TV drama.
Hong Kong English pop (Chinese: 英文歌) is a genre of music consisting of English-language songs that are made, performed and popularised in Hong Kong. It is known as simply English pop by Hong Kongers. The height of the English pop era in Hong Kong was from the 1950s to mid-1970s. [1]
The 1970s was when Hong Kong gained daily news broadcasts. News programmes ranked in the top 10 continuously for a decade. Other segments of the ratings included TV dramas, which averaged 80 to 120 episodes, usually broadcasting at 7:00 pm. 66% of the population tuned in regularly covering 2 to 3 million viewers nightly.
The 1970s in Hong Kong saw the popularization of Cantopop, which developed out of traditional-styled songs used in Cantonese-language soap operas and the influence of British and American soft rock. Cantopop would become Hong Kong's biggest cultural export, coupled on the popularity of Hong Kong soap operas across the Chinese-speaking world.
To the 12 members of Mirror, forming a boy band and becoming Hong Kong’s Canto-pop singing sensation upon winning a reality show in 2018 was a dream come true. Five years on, the boys are ...
The Four Golden Flowers was a TV musical performance girl group in the 1970s. They are one of the first all-girl modern music group in Hong Kong.. The members include Lydia Shum (沈殿霞), Liza Wang (汪明荃), Felicia Wong (王愛明) and Teresa Cheung (張德蘭).
Hong Kong’s Canto-pop sensation Mirror will make its global debut with a first English-language single “Rumours.” The track is a mature EDM tune that aims at a wider global audience than the ...