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Lo Ta-yu (Chinese: 羅大佑; pinyin: Luó Dàyòu; born 20 July 1954), also known as Luo Dayou and Law Tai-yau, is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter.During the 1980s, Lo became one of the most influential Mandopop singer-songwriters with his melodic lyrics and love songs, and his witty social and political commentary that he infused in his more political songs, often to the point that some of ...
The song was released in 1980 and became highly successful in Taiwan as a nationalistic anthem. [5] It stayed top in the list of the most popular songs of Minsheng newspaper for fifteen weeks. [6] Hou later emigrated to mainland China in 1983, where the song also became popular, and it was interpreted as a pan-Chinese call for unification. [3]
"Common Jasmine Orange" (Chinese: 七里香; pinyin: Qī Lǐ Xiāng) is a song by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou, from his fifth studio album of the same name (2004). "Common Jasmine Orange" was written by frequent collaborator Vincent Fang while production and composition was handled by Chou.
The Mandarin popular songs of the Shanghai era are considered by scholars to be the first kind of modern popular music developed in China, [9] and the prototype of later Chinese pop song. [10] Li Jinhui is generally regarded as the "Father of Chinese Popular Music" who established the genre in the 1920s. [11]
In 2004, the song "Common Jasmine Orange" won three awards at the Hong Kong TVB8 Top Ten Golden Songs Awards: Best Composition, Best Producer, and Best Arranger. [58] In 2005, "Common Jasmine Orange" was placed on the leaderboard of the Top 10 song awards at the 2004 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards and won the Outstanding Chinese Pop Song Award ...
Pages in category "Mandarin-language songs" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agape (song) B.
In 2011, Yeh received the Golden Needle Award at the 33rd RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Music Award Ceremony. Yeh has also collaborated on a number of soundtracks (mostly on Tsui Hark 's movies with scores by Wong Jim ), including "Lai Ming But Yiu Loi" from A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), which won the Best Original Song award at the 7th Hong ...
Xinyao (Chinese: 新謠; pinyin: Xīnyáo) is a genre of songs originating from Singapore. [1] It is a contemporary Mandarin vocal genre that emerged between the late 1970s to 1980s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Xinyao songs are typically composed and sung by Singaporeans , although there are exceptions: one of the most notable being Eric Moo , who is not ...