Cantopop is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. 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. In the 1980s,Cantopop reached its highest glory with fanbase and concerts all over the world,especially in Macau,Mainland China,Taiwan,Singapore,Malaysia,South Korea,and Japan. This was even more obvious with the influx of songs from Hong Kong movies during the time.
Faye Wong is a Chinese-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing,she moved to Hong Kong at the age of 18. Debuted with the Cantonese album Shirley Wong (1989),she came to public attention by combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. Since 1994,she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin. In 2000,she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the "Best Selling Canto-Pop Female". Upon her second marriage in 2005,she withdrew from the limelight,though sporadically returned to the stage.
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 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.
Dave Wang is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer,songwriter and actor. His popular hits in the late 1980s,early 1990s and 2000s include "一場遊戲/p>
Fable is the seventeenth album and eighth Mandarin-language album by Chinese singer Faye Wong. There are 12 songs in total:ten in Mandarin and two in Cantonese. The lyrics of two Mandarin songs on the album were rewritten in Cantonese to cater for the Hong Kong market. A "Deluxe" version included a VCD with footage of Faye Wong's commercial for Head &Shoulders shampoo.
Faye Wong is the fourteenth album and fifth Mandarin album by Beijing-based C-pop singer Faye Wong. The first album to hers under the umbrella of EMI,it was released on 26 September 1997. There are ten songs in total,one of which is a cover. Unlike her last studio album Fuzao,which was an artistic attempt,this time the album's style is more focused on the balance between mainstream and avant-garde. The album is generally languid,mellow and pervaded by an attitude of contentment.
Hong Kong English pop 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.
Fuzao is the fourth Mandarin-language studio album by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released on June 3,1996,through Cinepoly. Wong took more artistic risks with her work as she approached the end of her record contract,resulting in the experimental nature of Fuzao. The album was positively received by critics,with The Straits Times considering the album as Wong's boldest and most artistically coherent effort to date.
Sapmaan go Waisammo? or One Hundred Thousand Whys? is a Cantonese studio album by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong. It was released though Cinepoly Records on September 7,1993. It is named after a popular Chinese science book,One Hundred Thousand Whys by Ye Yonglie.
Mystery is a Mandarin studio album recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released through Cinepoly Records on April 8,1994.
Random Thoughts,alternatively Thinking Here and There or Wondering Music,is a Cantonese album recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released through Cinepoly Records on June 29,1994. It confirmed her move into alternative music and covers songs by the Cocteau Twins,whose influence she readily acknowledged.
Decadent Sound of Faye,also translated as Faye Beautiful Music,is a Mandarin studio album recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong,released through Cinepoly Records on July 3,1995. It consists entirely of rearranged versions of songs originally released by Teresa Teng.
Tou hou ji geiYale Romanization,meaning Please Myself or Ingratiate Oneself,is a 1994 Cantonese album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong as 王靖雯Wong Ching Man,when she was based in Hong Kong.
Sing and Play is the fifteenth album,and sixth Mandarin-language album by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It includes 10 tracks in Mandarin,with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks. It was released on October 2,1998,in the Greater China region. On October 21,1998,it was released in Japan. Wong and Alvin Leong served as the album's executive producers.
Lovers &Strangers,also translated as Only Love Strangers is a 1999 album by Beijing-based C-pop singer Faye Wong. It contains a total of 12 songs and was produced by Alvin Leong.
To Love is a Mandarin studio album by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong. To Love is Wong's 19th official studio album,and the first to be released by Sony Music Asia. As of 2020 it remains her last album to date. Released on 7 November 2003,it has 13 tracks:10 in Mandarin and 3 in Cantonese. Wong wrote the music and lyrics for 3 songs,the title track "To Love","Leave Nothing" (不留) and "Sunshine Dearest" (陽寶),as well as the music for "April Snow" (四月雪).
Yat yan fan sik leung gok is a 1995 EP recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong.
Everything is a 1990 Cantonese album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong and recording under the Cantonese name:王靖雯Wong Ching Man.
"Tian Mi Mi" is a song recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng. It was first made available on 20 September 1979 and was later included on her Mandarin album of the same name,released through PolyGram Records in November of the same year. The song's lyrics were written by Zhuang Nu while the music was adapted from a 1940s Indonesian gambang kromong folk song about sampan boats,called "Dayung Sampan",by the pasindhèn Dasimah.
The discography of Faye Wong,one of the leading stars of Chinese pop music,includes 20 studio albums and 5 extended plays (EP).
