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Cantopop (a contraction of " Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. [ 1] Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. [ 2] The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. [ 1]
Music of Hong Kong. The Music of Hong Kong is an eclectic mixture of traditional and popular genres. Cantopop is one of the more prominent genres of music produced in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly perform western classical music in the city. There is also a long tradition of Cantonese ...
Twins are a Hong Kong Cantopop duo that was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Twins are made up of two girls, Charlene Choi ( 蔡卓妍) and Gillian Chung ( 鍾欣潼 ). [1] They are a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in mainland China. Their fan-base have included Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand ...
1950s. People's Republic of China: Baak Doi leaves China in 1952 and relocates to Hong Kong. Mao Zedong and CCP evolved patriotic music into revolutionary music. Hong Kong: Continuation of Shidaiqu in Hong Kong. Republic of China / Taiwan: Development of Taiwanese mandopop. Native Hokkien pop phased out by Kuomintang in favor of mandopop.
Beyond was a Hong Kong rock band formed in 1983. The band became prominent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, and Overseas Chinese communities. [1] The band is widely considered as the most successful and influential Cantopop band from Hong Kong. [1] In 1993, leader Wong Ka Kui, died at the age of 31 after an ...
Edan Lui. Keung To. Tiger Yau. Mirror (styled as MIRROR) is a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group formed through ViuTV 's reality talent show Good Night Show - King Maker in 2018. The group consists of twelve members: Frankie Chan, Alton Wong, Lokman Yeung, Stanley Yau, Anson Kong, Jer Lau, Ian Chan, Anson Lo, Jeremy Lee, Edan Lui, Keung To, and Tiger ...
The 1970s saw the rise of cantopop in Hong Kong, and mandopop in its neighboring country Taiwan. [42] In the late 1970s, economic reforms by Deng Xiaoping in mainland China led to the introduction of gangtai culture of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and pop music returned to mainland China
C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music ( traditional Chinese: 漢語 流行 音樂; simplified Chinese: 汉语 流行 音乐; pinyin: hànyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè; Jyutping: hon3jyu5 lau4hang4 jam1ngok6 ), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). This ...