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The Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, which is one of the major music awards in Hong Kong since 1979, can reflect the great reliance on Japanese melodies in Cantopop. During the 1980s, 139 out of 477 songs from weekly gold songs chart were cover versions, and 52% of the cover versions were covers of Japanese ...
Anita Mui Yim-fong ( Chinese: 梅艷芳; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva.
Joseph Koo Kar-Fai MBE GBS ( Chinese: 顧嘉煇; 25 February 1931 [ 1] – 3 January 2023) was a Hong Kong composer. He used the pen name Moran (莫然) for Mandarin songs early in his career. [ 2] According to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Koo was one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. [ 3]
[1] [2] Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Awards. The ceremony is usually held in January following the end of the previous music season. It usually takes place at the Hong Kong Coliseum, sometimes at the Sha Tin Racecourse.
Orchestra in black bloc playing the march Glory to Hong Kong [ 21] The word "glory" ( 榮光) in the song title consists of the Chinese characters for honour ( 榮; wing4) and brilliance ( 光; gwong1 ). [ 22] The term has been used in poems by Li Bai and a prose by Lu Xun, in addition to being a common term used by Christians.
Alan Tam Wing-lun[ 5] MH ( traditional Chinese: 譚詠麟; simplified Chinese: 谭咏麟; pinyin: Tán Yǒnglín; Cantonese Yale: Taam4 Wing6 leon4; born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements.
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 ...
t. e. Hong Kong English pop ( Chinese: 英文歌) 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. [1]