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The Billboard Radio China Top 10 Chart, also known as the Top 10 Hero Chart, was a record chart that measured the airplay of Mandarin and Cantonese songs. Chart ranking is based on the mainstream radio charts in Chinese-speaking regions as well as online streaming and digital sales.
Western-influenced music first came to China in the 1920s, specifically through Shanghai. [7] Artists like Zhou Xuan (周璇) acted in films and recorded popular songs.. When the People's Republic of China was established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, one of the first actions taken by the government was to denounce pop music (specifically Western pop) as decadent music. [7]
In 1995, Shirley Kwan recorded a dream pop rendition of Teng's 1980 Cantonese single "Forget Him" (忘記他), which was featured in the Wong Kar-wai's film Fallen Angels. In 1997, "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" was ranked number 16 in a survey of the 100 greatest Japanese songs of all time conducted by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). [1]
The youth began to gravitate towards Cantonese pop in the 70s. Around 1971, Sandra Lang (仙杜拉) was invited to sing the first Cantonese TV theme song, "The Yuanfen of a Wedding that Cries and Laughs" (啼笑姻緣). This song was the creation of the legendary songwriter Joseph Koo (顧嘉輝) and the songwriter Yip Siu-dak (葉紹德). The ...
This is a list of the songs that topped the Global Chinese Pop Chart in 2018.. The Global Chinese Pop Chart (全球华语歌曲排行榜) is a weekly Chinese language pop music chart compiled by 7 Chinese language radio stations across Asia: Beijing Music Radio, Shanghai Eastern Broadcasting (), Radio Guangdong, Radio Television Hong Kong, Taipei Pop Radio, Singapore's Y.E.S. 93.3FM and ...
This is a list of the songs that topped the Global Chinese Pop Chart in 2017.. The Global Chinese Pop Chart (全球华语歌曲排行榜) is a weekly Chinese language pop music chart compiled by 7 Chinese language radio stations across Asia: Beijing Music Radio, Shanghai Eastern Broadcasting (), Radio Guangdong, Radio Television Hong Kong, Taipei Pop Radio, Singapore's Y.E.S. 93.3FM and ...
G.E.M. released her first compilation album The Best of 2008–2012 in 2013, which peaked at number one on the Sino Chart in China and number two in Hong Kong. Her subsequent records, Heartbeat (2015) and 25 Looks (2016) were also named the highest-selling Mandarin album of the year at the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.
James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong.