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ten months after the release), this song still gained huge popularity in mainland China, Taiwan and Malaysia etc. Some said short videos on App like DouYin helped boost the popularity to a large extent. There were numerous short videos using the song as background music, playing the song with various adaptations, and hand gestures dance etc. Children, in particular, were attached to these. The popularity spread from children to parents, gaining widespread attention. Short video platform had emerged as contemporary media for music promotion.

435: 875: 1950: 1811: 1591: 1429: 457:(時代曲 – meaning music of the time, thus popular music), and Shanghai was the center of its production. The Mandarin popular songs of the Shanghai era are considered by scholars to be the first kind of modern popular music developed in China, and the prototype of later Chinese pop song. Li Jinhui is generally regarded as the "Father of Chinese Popular Music" who established the genre in the 1920s. 1197:

the market in favour of mainland China. While piracy was also severe in mainland China, the percentage of its digital sales is higher compared to most countries. 2005 was known as 'The First Year of Digital Music' in China as its digital music sales of $ US57 million overtook CDs in 2005, and it also overtook Taiwan in term of the retail value of its music sales.

1797:(Chinese: 風雲榜 fēngyúnbǎng) is the most popular music ranking. It was first officially published on 7 July 2005, and compiled the top physically sold CD releases in Taiwan (including both albums and physically released singles). Only the top 20 positions are published, and instead of sales, a percentage ranking is listed next to each release. 500:. This early style would soon be replaced by more sophisticated performances from better-trained singers. In the following decades, various popular Western music genres such as Latin dance music also become incorporated into Chinese popular music, producing a type of music containing both Chinese and Western elements that characterized 504:. Popular songs of the time may range from those that were composed in the traditional Chinese idiom but followed a Western principle of composition to those that were done largely in a Western style, and they may be accompanied by traditional Chinese or Western instrumentation. An example is "The Evening Primrose" by 1414:

released a new Mandarin single “Lonely Warrior” (孤勇者）, which became super hit not only among the usual Mandopop fans, but also mega hit among the children, becoming an annual phenomenon in the Mandopop scene. Although Eason Chan did not make any appearance for promotion (except one online performance

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In South East Asia, popular local stars from the late 60s to the 80s included Sakura Teng (樱花), Chang Siao Ying (張小英) and Lena Lim (林竹君) from Singapore, and Wong Shiau Chuen (黃曉君) and Lee Yee (李逸) from Malaysia. Some such as Lena Lim achieved some success outside the region, and the local labels also

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working in Shanghai. The drive to impose linguistic uniformity in China started in the early 20th century when the Qing Ministry of Education proclaimed Mandarin as the official speech to be taught in modern schools, a policy the new leaders of the Chinese Republic formed in 1912 were also committed

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The music industry in Taiwan, however, began to suffer from music piracy in the digital age, and its revenue plummeted to $ US95 million in 2005. The primary revenue sources in Taiwan music industry shifted to advertising, concerts, KTV (karaoke) and movie. The dramatic decline of CD sales shifted

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However, while mainland China became increasingly important in generating revenue, the pop music industry itself in mainland China was still relatively small in the decade of 2000s compared to Taiwan and Hong Kong as popstars from Taiwan and other overseas Chinese communities were still popular in

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In the 1970s, Taipei began to take center stage for Mandopop while Cantopop took hold in Hong Kong. In 1966, the Taiwan music industry was generating US$ 4.7 million annually, and this had grown exponentially through the 1970s and 1980s, and by 1996, it peaked at just under US$ 500 million before

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to promote the use of Mandarin over the range of Chinese dialects spoken by various segments of the ethnic-Chinese population. Mandarin songs, already a strong presence on radio stations and on television, further eroded the popularity of Hokkien and Cantonese songs in the media. In the 1980s, a

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includes independent labels such as JVR Music, Linfair Records, B'In Music and subsidiaries of major labels such as Sony Music Taiwan, Universal Music Taiwan, Warner Music Taiwan. In the past few years, mainland labels such as EE-Media, Huayi Brothers, Taihe Rye Music, Show City Times, Idol

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In 1952, Pathé Records moved its operation from Shanghai to Hong Kong. Stars from Shanghai continued to record songs in Hong Kong, and Shanghai-style music remained popular in Hong Kong until the mid-1960s. Although the music is a continuation of the shidaiqu style of Shanghai, many of its

674:, Mandarin pop music in Hong Kong began to move away from its Shanghai roots. Also partly as a consequence of having fewer good songwriters, some songs of this period were adaptation of English-language songs, as well as songs from other regions such as the Indonesian song " 369:(VTMC) in the U.S. to record local music in Asia. The recordings were then manufactured outside China and re-imported by the Gramophone Company's sales agent in China, the Moutrie (Moudeli) Foreign Firm. The Moudeli Company dominated the market before the 1910s until the 422:. Mandarin was then considered as the language of the modern, educated class in China, and there was a movement to popularize the use of Mandarin as a national language in the pursuit of national unity. Those involved in this movement included songwriters such as 1549:. Mandopop switched from simple imitation to adjusting the melodies and lyrics creatively in short time. Some pop stars became famous because they were presented to meet the Chinese aesthetics standard and culture features. A few Chinese pop musicians—most notably 1741:

Mandopop titles are also available outside of Asia. Chinese communities established in North America have made Mandopop music accessible through local businesses. In the United States, Canada and Australia they are easily found in many major urban areas, such as

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originated as a fusion of Chinese traditional music and European popular music, and therefore instruments from both genres were used from the very beginning of Mandopop. Songs performed in the traditional style employed traditional Chinese instruments like the

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In the period from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, Shanghai and Beijing became centers of the music industry in mainland China, with Shanghai focusing on music record publishing and distribution, while Beijing focused on music recording.

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By around 1980, the term Mandopop began to be used for the Chinese popular music that had emerged in this period, and by the mid-1980s, Taiwan's booming music industry was the source of around 90% of Mandopop sold in Southeast Asia.

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folk melody, but the instrumentation is similar to that of an American jazz orchestra. The song however was sung in a high-pitched childlike style, a style described uncharitably as sounding like "strangling cat" by the writer

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music. Popular Mandarin songs from Taiwan were similarly influenced, and many popular Mandarin songs of the 1960s were adaptations of Japanese songs, for example "Hard to Forget the Thought" ("意難忘", originally "Tokyo

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began to record in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Faye Wong, referred to in the media as the Diva, first recorded in Cantonese in Hong Kong, later recorded in Mandarin. She was one of the few Chinese singers to perform in

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Shanghai-style Mandarin pop songs however began to decline in popularity around the mid-1960s as Western pop music became popular among the young, and many Hong Kong performers copied Western songs and sang

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took advantage of the sound era and engaged singers for acting and soundtrack roles, and Li Jinhui's Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troup became the first modern musical division to be integrated into the

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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 "

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in mainland China and Taiwan had exploded into a flourishing indie music scene in mainland China and Taiwan, adding various new diversities into Mandopop. Entry of popular Taiwan-based bands such as

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is generally considered the most notable Chinese pop star of the era for her highly successful singing and film career. This generation saw the rise in popularity of female singers from mere "

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in 1978 that allowed cultural products from Hong Kong and Taiwan to enter China. Teng's song became popular there despite an early ban on her songs by the PRC government for being "

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began to be heavily featured, which characterized the Mandopop music of the era. Today's Mandopop arrangements are generally westernized, covering many musical styles, including

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In the 1960s, regional centres of Chinese pop music also started to emerge in overseas Chinese communities in Malaysia and Singapore, and singers from the region such as

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983:" (龍的傳人) also became an anthem for the period. Unlike previous eras dominated by female singers, male singers became popular. Other popular male singers included 705:, some of whom were also actresses. While some actresses continued to sing in their films, some of the best known songs were dubbed by other singers, for example " 3937: 3695: 2855:"SHIDAIQU, An early Chinese popular Mmsic style that flourished in the 20s->50s in Shanghai, China and which evolved further in the 50s->60s in Hong Kong" 2596:

Shoesmith, Brian. Rossiter, Ned. (2004). Refashioning Pop Music in Asia: Cosmopolitan flows, political tempos and aesthetic Industries. Routeledge Publishing.

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in the 1960s. The 1960s however was a highly politically tense era, many songs such as "Not Going Home Today" ("今天不回家") by Yao Su-jung were banned in Taiwan.

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The burgeoning number of contests brought a new wave of idol genre to the Mandopop industry. Nationwide singing competitions in mainland China, such as the

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In this period, Pathé Records dominated the recording industry. In the late 1930s to early 1940s, it held about 90% market share of the Mandarin pop songs.

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Globalization and the Regional Flow of Popular Music: The Role of the Korean Wave (Hanliu) in the Construction of Taiwanese Identities and Asian Values

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signed singers from outside the region such as Long Piao-Piao (龍飄飄) from Taiwan. The recording industry in Singapore in particular thrived. In 1979,

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by Jacky Cheung which sold over 1 million in Taiwan and 4 million in total Asia-wide. Nonetheless, Taiwan has their own popular singers such as

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to. Sound films in Shanghai which started in the early 1930s were made in Mandarin because of a ban on the use of dialects in films by the then

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and so on. In Taiwan, the new term "quality idol" (優質偶像) referred to artists who were good-looking, talented and highly educated, among them

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rules China. But by night, Deng Lijun (Teresa Teng) rules". The ban on Teng was lifted in 1986 and songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, called

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in 1914, and became the principal record company to serve as the backbone for the young industry in China. It originally recorded mainly

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began to establish themselves in this period as some of the most influential labels. Towards the end of the 90s, other singers such as

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Early in the 20th century, people in China generally spoke in their own regional dialect. Although most people in Shanghai then spoke

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In mainland China, the music industry was freed from state restriction in 1978, and regional recording companies were established in

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also emerged as important centers of the Mandopop music industry. Among the regions and countries where Mandopop is most popular are

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around the beginning of the 20th century. The company established a recording studio, and the first record-pressing plant in the

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declining. The success of the Taiwanese film industry also helped with the popularity of its singers. Taiwanese stars such as

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language, the actual mother tongue of most of the island's residents, were particularly strongly influenced by the Japanese

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organised since 2001 by 7 radio stations from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur.

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was the earliest of the Taiwan-based stars who achieved success outside of Taiwan in the late 1950s with the song "

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songwriters did not move to Hong Kong, and many of the musicians employed in the Hong Kong music industry were

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boybands and girl bands in the mainland Chinese scene, such as the very commercially successful acts like

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Moskowitz, Marc L. (2009). "In Mandopop under siege: culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music".

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During the 1970s and early 1980s, a different generation of Taiwanese singers and/or songwriters such as

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with Western styles (such as hip hop beats and progressive rock) all over again in a new style known as

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were common in the early years. Chinese and Western instruments were also combined in some recordings.

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The era was a tumultuous period, with the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese armies during the

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Music". Her "soft, sweet, often whispery and restrained" singing style in romantic songs such as "

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Refashioning Pop Music in Asia: Cosmopolitan Flows, Political Tempos, and Aesthetic Industries

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came to the fore. The 2000s also began with an explosion of pop idols, many of whom were from

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In Hong Kong, the Four Heavenly Kings faded in the 2000s, but many other new artists such as

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Welch, Anthony R. Freebody, Peter. Knowledge, Culture and Power. Routledge Publishing.

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Around 1927, Li composed the hit song "The Drizzle" ("毛毛雨") recorded by his daughter

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gained popularity and had increasing impact on the music market. In November 2021,

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in 1931. Amongst the best-known of the singer-actress to emerge in the 1930s were

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emerged, some of whom were influenced by folk rock and whose music may be termed

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