113-453: Show Lo Chih Hsiang ( simplified Chinese : 罗志祥 ; traditional Chinese : 羅志祥 ; pinyin : Luó Zhìxiáng ; born July 30, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host. He is commonly known by his nickname Hsiao Chu (Little Pig) (Chinese: 小豬 ). Lo is recognized for his trademark dance music and comedic talent. He has over 50 million followers on Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo as of June 2018. Show Lo debuted as
226-456: A Japanese Tour with partner Rainie Yang to make up for the cancelled tour in 2011. He also released the tenth album Lion Roar , which became the fourth consecutive album to reach over 150,000 copies. In the album, he wrote Taiwanese lyrics for the love song "You Are Mine", which is his first Taiwanese hip-hop song. In his words, the song is about the kind of love that never ends and continues beyond this life, written based on his own experience of
339-488: A certain degree. By definition hybrids are still considered Cantonese songs due to the Cantonese lyrics, though the rights borrowed varies country to country. Songs like "Tomorrow sounds like today" ( 明日話今天 ) by Jenny Tseng , "Life to seek" ( 一生何求 ) by Danny Chan , "Snowing" ( 飄雪 ) by Priscilla Chan , and "Can't afford" ( 負擔不起 ) by Jade Kwan were originally composed outside of Hong Kong. Many critics disapprove of
452-424: A character or a sub-component called a radical —usually involves either a reduction in its total number of strokes , or an apparent streamlining of which strokes are chosen in what places—for example, the ⼓ ' WRAP ' radical used in the traditional character 沒 is simplified to ⼏ ' TABLE ' to form the simplified character 没 . By systematically simplifying radicals, large swaths of
565-495: A child, playing the drums onstage when he was just three. Show is nicknamed Xiao Zhu (Little Pig) because he was really chubby when he was young, weighing over 100 kilograms (220 lb). He was bullied by his classmates for his weight, which made him determined to slim down. During the summer break of his first year in middle school, Show swam and played basketball everyday, shedding weight and reaching 80 kilograms (180 lb) within two months. Show picked up street dance when he
678-410: A children's television presenter to a singer. In April 2020, Lo became the subject of significant controversy, for his infidelity and improper behavior with women during a long-term relationship with Chow. Lo reportedly lost US$ 20 million in appearance fees and endorsements, as companies began removing him from broadcasts and advertisements, including Produce Camp 2020 and Go Fighting! . He staged
791-627: A comeback on November 20, 2021, with the release of a new song, "Trap Game." In October 2022, He joined Warner Music Taiwan . In 2023, his first come back TV Reality Show “Top Dog” (Top Dog: 回家) premiered on SET Metro on March 25th. Each MC trained and took care of a stray dog for two months and searched for suitable adopters for them. “Top Dog” was nominated for the 59th Golden Bell Award (Best Reality or Game Show) in 2024. On July 30th, 2024, Lo released his 13th album “Wu Zhuang Yuan (Dancing Champions)” (舞状元) five years after his last album. “Wu” referred to “dance”, while “ Zhuangyuan ” stemmed from
904-416: A common practice among Hong Kong record companies. At that time, Hong Kong's constantly growing music industry acknowledges simply by using those hits, whose already gained popularity, will be the easiest way to reach success in the market. Cover versions were also widely used as a solution to address the shortage of the local hits due to the lack of local composers. Another reason for the use of cover versions
1017-434: A conversion table. While exercising such derivation, the following rules should be observed: Sample Derivations : The Series One List of Variant Characters reduces the number of total standard characters. First, amongst each set of variant characters sharing identical pronunciation and meaning, one character (usually the simplest in form) is elevated to the standard character set, and the rest are made obsolete. Then amongst
1130-500: A culturally challenging atmosphere for the industry. Establishment of Basic Law and language ordinances made the adoption of Mandarin inevitable. In 2019, Andy Lau spoke of his desire for a reunion of the Four Heavenly Kings in an interview with the press. At the turn of the century, Cantonese was still dominant in the domain of Chinese pop . The deaths of superstars Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui in 2003 rocked
1243-613: A descending bassline . Cantonese is a pitch sensitive tonal language . The word carries a different meaning when sung in a different relative pitch. Matching Cantonese lyrics to Western music was particularly difficult because the Western musical scale has 12 semitones . Through the work of pioneers like Samuel Hui , James Wong ( 黃霑 ) and Jimmy Lo Kwok Tsim ( 盧國沾 ), those that followed have more stock phrases for reference. Famous lyricists also include Albert Leung (林夕) and Wyman Wong (黃偉文). Tonal constraints have been blamed for
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#17328024494501356-407: A few revised forms, and was implemented for official use by China's State Council on 5 June 2013. In Chinese, simplified characters are referred to by their official name 简化字 ; jiǎnhuàzì , or colloquially as 简体字 ; jiǎntǐzì . The latter term refers broadly to all character variants featuring simplifications of character form or structure, a practice which has always been present as
1469-522: A love as deep as that of his parents. In December 2013, Show announced his new encore world tour of "Over The Limit — Dance Soul Returns", starting from January 2014 in Kaohsiung Arena. In 2014, Show joined EMI Music Taiwan along with Rainie Yang and A-mei . In 2015, he joined the famous Chinese variety show Go Fighting! with Zhang Yi Xing , Sun Honglei , Huang Lei , Huang Bo and Wang Xun. Show Luo's eleventh album Reality Show?
1582-515: A member of Taiwanese boy group in 1996 after winning a singing and dancing competition, and began his solo music career in 2003 when he released his first studio album Show Time . His subsequent albums were commercially successful; he achieved best-selling album of the year in Taiwan for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013. He holds many records in the Taiwanese music industry, including being
1695-610: A newly coined phono-semantic compound : Removing radicals Only retaining single radicals Replacing with ancient forms or variants : Adopting ancient vulgar variants : Readopting abandoned phonetic-loan characters : Copying and modifying another traditional character : Based on 132 characters and 14 components listed in Chart 2 of the Complete List , the 1,753 derived characters found in Chart 3 can be created by systematically simplifying components using Chart 2 as
1808-573: A part of the Chinese writing system. The official name tends to refer to the specific, systematic set published by the Chinese government, which includes not only simplifications of individual characters, but also a substantial reduction in the total number of characters through the merger of formerly distinct forms. According to Chinese palaeographer Qiu Xigui , the broadest trend in the evolution of Chinese characters over their history has been simplification, both in graphical shape ( 字形 ; zìxíng ),
1921-551: A short romance film featuring tourist attractions in Melbourne, Tasmania, and Sydney. In November 2012, Show announced his new world tour "Over The Limit", starting from January 2013 at Taipei Arena. In 2011, Show signed with Pony Canyon Japan. His first Japanese single " Dante " was released on February 15, 2012. This song made it to the 5th place in Japan's Oricon daily chart during its first day of release, and hit 10th place in
2034-426: A supporting role, Octopus, in his 2016 movie The Mermaid , likening his comedic talent onscreen to a formidable explosive. The movie once again broke existing Chinese box office records. In 2006, Show Lo created fashion brand STAGE which currently has branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. STAGE sponsors clothing for many Taiwanese entertainers, and the brand is often seen on Taiwanese variety shows. Show Lo
2147-660: Is a cover of " James Dean (I Wanna Know) " by Daniel Bedingfield . The Music Video features Show Lo's iconic 椅子舞 (chair dance) and him showing off his versatility, performing various dance styles. For the album, he sang a full length English song for the first time, "Twinkle", with Japanese singer Koda Kumi . Show released his fifth album Show Your Dance on November 16, 2007; he sang the duet "Defeat in Love" (败给你) with Elva Hsiao . In 2008 Show joined forces with Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) and released his sixth album Trendy Man. On September 19, 2009, Show represented Taiwan and performed at
2260-440: Is actually more complex than eliminated ones. An example is the character 搾 which is eliminated in favor of the variant form 榨 . The 扌 'HAND' with three strokes on the left of the eliminated 搾 is now seen as more complex, appearing as the ⽊ 'TREE' radical 木 , with four strokes, in the chosen variant 榨 . Not all characters standardised in the simplified set consist of fewer strokes. For instance,
2373-454: Is derived. Merging homophonous characters: Adapting cursive shapes ( 草書楷化 ): Replacing a component with a simple arbitrary symbol (such as 又 and 乂 ): Omitting entire components : Omitting components, then applying further alterations : Structural changes that preserve the basic shape Replacing the phonetic component of phono-semantic compounds : Replacing an uncommon phonetic component : Replacing entirely with
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#17328024494502486-453: Is less formal. The lyrics written in colloquial Cantonese make up the majority with compositions done in modern written Chinese . TV shows filmed under modern contexts will use songs written with these lyrics. Most songs share an over-riding characteristic, in which every last word of a phrase is rhymed . The following is an example from the song "Impression" ( 印象 ) by Samuel Hui . The last word of every phrase ends with '–oeng'. Cantopop
2599-813: Is now discouraged. A State Language Commission official cited "oversimplification" as the reason for restoring some characters. The language authority declared an open comment period until 31 August 2009, for feedback from the public. In 2013, the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters was published as a revision of the 1988 lists; it included a total of 8105 characters. It included 45 newly recognized standard characters that were previously considered variant forms, as well as official approval of 226 characters that had been simplified by analogy and had seen wide use but were not explicitly given in previous lists or documents. Singapore underwent three successive rounds of character simplification , eventually arriving at
2712-623: Is referred to as the " big seal script ". The traditional narrative, as also attested in the Shuowen Jiezi dictionary ( c. 100 AD ), is that the Qin small seal script that would later be imposed across China was originally derived from the Zhou big seal script with few modifications. However, the body of epigraphic evidence comparing the character forms used by scribes gives no indication of any real consolidation in character forms prior to
2825-574: Is to minimise the production costs. The practice is also done for business reasons of filling up albums and re-capitalizing on songs with a proven record. 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
2938-547: Is used instead of 叠 in regions using traditional characters. The Chinese government stated that it wished to keep Chinese orthography stable. The Chart of Generally Utilized Characters of Modern Chinese was published in 1988 and included 7000 simplified and unsimplified characters. Of these, half were also included in the revised List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese , which specified 2500 common characters and 1000 less common characters. In 2009,
3051-706: The 6th Asia Song Festival , held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in South Korea. The seventh album, Rashomon , was released in 2010, which held the number one spot on G-music, and the album sold 150,000 copies. Show released his eighth studio album, Only for You was released in February 18, 2011, which the album sold more than 150,000 copies. Show's ninth album, 9ood Show was released on April 6, 2012. For this album, Show and his partner Rainie Yang teamed up with Tourism Australia to film
3164-548: The 1980s , Cantopop soared to great heights with artists, producers and record companies working in harmony. Cantopop stars such as Alan Tam , Leslie Cheung , Anita Mui , Sally Yeh , Priscilla Chan , Sandy Lam , Danny Chan , Jacky Cheung , Andy Lau quickly became household names. The industry used Cantopop songs in TV dramas and movies, with some of the biggest soundtracks coming from films such as A Better Tomorrow ( 英雄本色 ). Sponsors and record companies became comfortable with
3277-502: The "Dot" stroke : The traditional components ⺥ and 爫 become ⺈ : The traditional component 奐 becomes 奂 : Four Heavenly Kings (Hong Kong) Cantopop (a contraction of " Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music 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
3390-449: The "Five Asian Albums Worth Buying". Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer - Gold" award (10 times) and "My Favorite Male Singer" award (9 conservative years) at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation" in HK, Eason Chan also won numerous awards at major music award ceremonies locally and in other regions. He became one of the representative figures of Cantopop in
3503-422: The "band fever" cannot put for a long time. Along with the death of the legendary Wong Ka Kui , the leader and co-founder of Beyond , in 1993, and the disband-tide emerged in the early 90s ( Tat Ming Pair disbanded in 1990), the "band fever" gradually faded away and totally got down in the early 1990s. As Cantopop gained large followings in Chinese communities worldwide, Hong Kong entrepreneurs' ingenious use of
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3616-459: The "external appearances of individual graphs", and in graphical form ( 字体 ; 字體 ; zìtǐ ), "overall changes in the distinguishing features of graphic[al] shape and calligraphic style, [...] in most cases refer[ring] to rather obvious and rather substantial changes". The initiatives following the founding of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) to universalize the use of their small seal script across
3729-482: The 1986 General List of Simplified Chinese Characters , hereafter the General List . All characters simplified this way are enumerated in Chart 1 and Chart 2 in the 1986 Complete List . Characters in both charts are structurally simplified based on similar set of principles. They are separated into two charts to clearly mark those in Chart 2 as 'usable as simplified character components', based on which Chart 3
3842-520: The 1986 mainland China revisions. Unlike in mainland China, Singapore parents have the option of registering their children's names in traditional characters. Malaysia also promulgated a set of simplified characters in 1981, though completely identical to the mainland Chinese set. They are used in Chinese-language schools. All characters simplified this way are enumerated in Charts 1 and 2 of
3955-461: The 1990s when that era's "big-name" singers ( 大牌歌星 ) seemed unapproachable. A number of scandals struck some of stars later in the decade. In 2008, the Edison Chen photo scandal , involving Edison Chen and Twins singer Gillian Chung among others, was the subject of explicit photos uploaded online. The scandal occupied the front pages of the local press for a solid month, and also garnered
4068-507: The 2000s. Cantopop was not restricted only to Hong Kong, but became part of a larger music movement. In 2005, Cantopop began a new upswing. Major companies that drove much of the HK segment included Gold Typhoon Music Entertainment ( EMI , Gold Label ), Universal Music Group , East Asia Entertainment ( 東亞娛樂 ) and Amusic and Emperor Entertainment Group . The decade was also dubbed a "People's singer" era ( 親民歌星 ), as most performers were frequently seen promoting publicly, in contrast with
4181-461: The 2010s. He was the first Chinese/HK singer who held solo concerts in London's O2 Arena and Beijing's National Stadium (Bird's Nest) . In the 2010s, there was revival for boy groups and bands in Cantopop with the rise of C AllStar , RubberBand , Supper Moment , Dear Jane , etc. JSG Best Ten Music Awards Presentation was highly controversial with the ongoing HKRIA royalties case . The case
4294-570: The 30th anniversary of Show’s 1995 debut, he plans to run a new round of world tours with his fans, celebrating this milestone. The first stop of these World Tours is on December 28th and December 31st, 2024, in Kaohsiung Arena, Taiwan. Lo publicly dated Grace Chow (Zhou Yangqing), a Chinese fashion blogger, from 2015 to 2020. On April 23, 2020, Lo courted significant controversy after Chow accused Lo of serial infidelity and improper behavior with several women, including artists signed under his entertainment agency. Lo apologized to Chow via an online post
4407-470: The Chinese government published a major revision to the list which included a total of 8300 characters. No new simplifications were introduced. In addition, slight modifications to the orthography of 44 characters to fit traditional calligraphic rules were initially proposed, but were not implemented due to negative public response. Also, the practice of unrestricted simplification of rare and archaic characters by analogy using simplified radicals or components
4520-623: The Oricon weekly chart. This record made Show the first Taiwanese male singer to be on the Oricon chart after Teresa Teng . On June 20, 2012, his second Japanese single "Magic" was released. His Japanese studio album "THE SHOW" was released on September 19, 2012. However, the planned trip to Japan to promote his album was not eventuated due to political uproar over the Senkaku Islands between Japan, Taiwan and China. In August 2013 Show had joined Sony Music along with Elva Hsiao. He went on
4633-465: The Oricon weekly charts, making him the first Taiwanese male singer to place on the chart. Besides his singing career, Show Lo is a successful television host and entertainer. He has been hosting 100% Entertainment since 2001. In 2017, he won the Best Host for a Variety Show Award in the 52nd Golden Bell Awards for 100% Entertainment, with co-host Linda Chien. He is also recognized as a member of
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4746-612: The attention of international media. The scandal tarnished the image of the previously "squeaky-clean" Twins, and resulted in their going into hiatus in late June 2008, four months after Gillian was caught up in the scandal. Other events include the street fight between Gary Chaw and Justin Lo . In 2009, Jill Vidal and her singer boyfriend Kelvin Kwan were arrested in Tokyo on 24 February 2009 over allegations of marijuana possession . Kwan
4859-560: The authorities relented, this event reflects attempts at marginalising Cantonese and the ascendency of Mandopop . In the 2010s, Cantopop industry still had outstanding singers and musicians who achieved success beyond the local market and made a mark in the Chinese music scene. Eason Chan is one of the most popular and influential Cantopop superstars. He captures wide audience across different regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, UK, North America, Australia etc. He successfully held world tours in these regions in
4972-465: The bleakest moment in his career. During this time period, he also played the male leading role in the idol drama Hi Working Girl , co-starring with Jolin Tsai . The two formed a lasting friendship from this collaboration. In 2003, Show signed with Avex Taiwan and launched his solo career with the release of his first album Show Time , selling over 80,000 copies. His second album, Expert Show ,
5085-624: The cast for the popular Chinese reality show, Go Fighting! , and as a judge on China's Produce 101 and Street Dance of China . Show Lo was nominated thrice for Best Male Actor in the Golden Bell Awards. In 2013, Lo was handpicked by director Stephen Chow to play the guest role of Prince Important in the movie Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons , which broke Chinese box office records. Chow cast Lo again in
5198-428: The character set are altered. Some simplifications were based on popular cursive forms that embody graphic or phonetic simplifications of the traditional forms. In addition, variant characters with identical pronunciation and meaning were reduced to a single standardized character, usually the simplest among all variants in form. Finally, many characters were left untouched by simplification and are thus identical between
5311-407: The chosen variants, those that appear in the "Complete List of Simplified Characters" are also simplified in character structure accordingly. Some examples follow: Sample reduction of equivalent variants : Ancient variants with simple structure are preferred : Simpler vulgar forms are also chosen : The chosen variant was already simplified in Chart 1 : In some instances, the chosen variant
5424-473: The country's writing system as a serious impediment to its modernization. In 1916, a multi-part English-language article entitled "The Problem of the Chinese Language" co-authored by the Chinese linguist Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982) and poet Hu Shih (1891–1962) has been identified as a turning point in the history of the Chinese script—as it was one of the first clear calls for China to move away from
5537-426: The cover versions were covers of Japanese songs. Numerous legendary songs of Cantopop superstars Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, for example "Craziness" (1983), "Monica" (1984), "Foggy Love" (1984), "For Your Love Only" (1985), "Evil Girl" (1985), "The Past Love" (1986), "The First Tear" (1986), and "Fired Tango", were cover versions of Japanese hits, showing that covers contributed to the success of superstars to
5650-562: The credibility of the Award has greatly declined. In 2018, Eason Chan released an album "L.O.V.E. " (mainly in Cantonese), which was successful in Taiwan's 30th Golden Melody Awards , winning nominations to three major awards: Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Producer of the Year, Album. Ultimately, the album's producer, Carl Wong, won the "Producer of the Year, Album" award. This was
5763-403: The dance mentor for TV reality show Scool . This show aimed to select a seven-person boy group through months of training, competitions, and rounds of selections. He worked with several famous Korean singers such as Leeteuk , Eunhyuk , and Hongki . Forty young males from Taiwan, South Korea, and mainland China were contestants in this show. “Scool” first premiered on September 28, 2024. For
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#17328024494505876-443: The decline of Cantopop in the late 1990s, for source of creativity being "mined out". Its ramification includes interpretive constraint, where singers have less room for ad-lib change of pitch without sacrificing intelligibility. As a result, pitch change often encountered in western pop music becomes foreign to most of Hong Kong's singers. The first type is the poetic lyrics written in literary or classical Wenyan Chinese ( 文言 ). In
5989-516: The doors for non-TVB artists to perform on the network. The move was described by local media as "reviving the Cantopop music industry." In 2023, Eason Chan released a new album titled "Chin Up!", which included a Cantonese song "Homo Sapiens"（人啊人） with lyrics written by Chow Yiu-fai [ zh ] . This song made Chow won Taiwan's 34th Golden Melody Awards - the Best Lyricist, marking
6102-497: The earliest artists releasing Cantonese records. The generation at the time preferred British and American exports. Western culture was at the time equated with education and sophistication, and Elvis Presley , Johnny Mathis and The Ladybirds were popular. Conversely, those who did not prefer Cantonese music were not considered fashioned or educated. Cheng Kum-cheung [ zh ] and Chan Chung-chug ( 陳齊頌 ) were two popular Cantonese singers who specifically targeted
6215-476: The early 20th century. In 1909, the educator and linguist Lufei Kui formally proposed the use of simplified characters in education for the first time. Over the following years—marked by the 1911 Xinhai Revolution that toppled the Qing dynasty , followed by growing social and political discontent that further erupted into the 1919 May Fourth Movement —many anti-imperialist intellectuals throughout China began to see
6328-545: The first actions taken by the government was to denounce pop music (specifically Western pop) as decadent music. Beginning in the 1950s , massive waves of immigrants fled Shanghai to destinations like North Point in Hong Kong. As a result, many first generation Cantopop artists and composers hail from Shanghai. By the 1960s, Cantonese music in Hong Kong was still limited largely to traditional Cantonese opera and comic renditions of western music. Tang Kee-chan , Cheng Kuan-min ( 鄭君綿 ), and Tam Ping-man ( 譚炳文 ) were among
6441-634: The first official list of simplified forms was published, consisting of 324 characters collated by Peking University professor Qian Xuantong . However, fierce opposition within the KMT resulted in the list being rescinded in 1936. Work throughout the 1950s resulted in the 1956 promulgation of the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme , a draft of 515 simplified characters and 54 simplified components, whose simplifications would be present in most compound characters. Over
6554-669: The first pop singer to hold a concert in Taipei Arena in 2005, and the first pop singer to hold three concerts within twenty-four hours in Taipei Arena in 2010. As of May 2018, he has gone on four world tours. His 2010 舞法舞天 (Dance without Limits) World Tour ran for two-and-a-half years, visiting forty-two cities and attracting 600,000 spectators. Lo is fluent in Japanese and released his first Japanese single EP Dante in 2012. The song clinched 5th place in Japan's Oricon daily charts on its first day of release and remained at 10th place in
6667-463: The first round—but was massively unpopular and never saw consistent use. The second round of simplifications was ultimately retracted officially in 1986, well after they had largely ceased to be used due to their unpopularity and the confusion they caused. In August 2009, China began collecting public comments for a revised list of simplified characters; the resulting List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters lists 8,105 characters, including
6780-751: The first time in the history of the Golden Melody Awards that a Cantonese album won this award. Interest in Cantopop was renewed in the early 2020s in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong , which led to border closures and restriction of travel. In addition to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and the passing of the Hong Kong national security law in June 2020, the resurgence of Hong Kong pride had led many Cantonese natives to support local music artists. The Cantopop boy group Mirror , which
6893-421: The first time in the history of the Golden Melody Awards that a Cantonese song was nominated and won the award. This achievement created a historical record for Cantopop. In 2024, at the age of 79, the renowned Temple Street King, Wan Kwong (尹光）, was voted to the final five of the "My Favorite Male Singer" category at the " Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation ," marking a record in the Cantopop industry. This
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#17328024494507006-558: The first wave in the 60s, the "band fever" in the 80s did not show an obvious relationship with the global culture at the time being, but much related with the marketing strategy of the local record companies and mass media. Many independent bands and music groups were signed by big record companies, and this made a positive impact to the Hong Kong pop music world, as their works were highly original, with strong individuality, and they were all devoted to writing songs in local language, i.e. Cantonese. The subjects of their works were different from
7119-475: The following decade, the Script Reform Committee deliberated on characters in the 1956 scheme, collecting public input regarding the recognizability of variants, and often approving forms in small batches. Parallel to simplification, there were also initiatives aimed at eliminating the use of characters entirely and replacing them with pinyin as an official Chinese alphabet, but this possibility
7232-511: The founding of the Qin. The Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) that inherited the Qin administration coincided with the perfection of clerical script through the process of libian . Eastward spread of Western learning Though most closely associated with the People's Republic, the idea of a mass simplification of character forms first gained traction in China during
7345-434: The greatest impact to the Hong Kong music world. Some renowned bands and groups included: Beyond , Raidas , Tat Ming Pair , Tai Chi ( 太極樂隊 ), Grasshopper ( 草蜢 ), Little Tigers ( 小虎隊 ), Paradox ( 夢劇院 ), Blue Jeans ( 藍戰士 ), Echo , Wind & Cloud ( 風雲樂隊 ), Citybeat ( 城市節拍 ). The second wave of "band fever" also brought a group of new music lovers to the Hong Kong mainstream music world. Most of them were
7458-514: The idea of lucrative contracts and million- dollar signings. There were also Japanese songs with Cantonese lyrics. The "Queen of Mandarin songs" Teresa Teng also crossed over to Cantopop. She achieved commercial success with her original Cantonese Hits under the Polygram Label in the early 1980s. Jenny Tseng was another notable singers, who was born in Macau . In the 1980s, there came
7571-466: The increased usage of 朙 was followed by proliferation of a third variant: 眀 , with 目 'eye' on the left—likely derived as a contraction of 朙 . Ultimately, 明 became the character's standard form. The Book of Han (111 AD) describes an earlier attempt made by King Xuan of Zhou ( d. 782 BC ) to unify character forms across the states of ancient China , with his chief chronicler having "[written] fifteen chapters describing" what
7684-551: The industry. In addition, with the Four Heavenly Kings fading out and the rise of Taiwan Mandopop singer-songwriter superstars like Leehom Wang , David Tao , Jay Chou and JJ Lin , influence of Cantopop started declining with fans turning to Taiwan Mandopop in the 2000s. During the period, a transitional phase also took place with many overseas-raised or overseas-educated artists such as Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan gaining popularity and recognition. In 2006, Time magazine praised Eason Chan 's Cantonese album U87 as one of
7797-707: The influence of Cantonese became vulnerable. Nevertheless, in addition to the 7 million people of Hong Kong and Macau, the genre continues to enjoy popularity among a Cantonese-speaking audience of in excess of 100 million in southern China, plus 10 million Cantonese-speaking diaspora in Canada, Australia and the United States. In 2010, a proposal that Guangzhou Television station should increase its broadcast in Mandarin led to protests in Guangzhou . While
7910-524: The just-grew-up generation, or the music lovers of the western Avant-garde music, also the Euro-American Rock-band lovers. This contributed to a great change in the population and age distribution of the music listeners from the 70s. Record companies were laying ever more stress on the buying power of these young new customers. The second wave of "band fever" emerged from the mid-1980s (around 1984) and reached its climax in 1986–87. However
8023-408: The lead track was Suona , a traditional Chinese instrument Show added to his music. To introduce more oriental styles into his work, Show also added Erhu , Guzheng , and Yangqin , together with hybrid trap and boom bap rhythms, creating a collision between Eastern and Western music. Moreover, “Dancing Champions” resonated with Show’s song “Dance Gate” (精舞门 2006), where he incorporated Dizi . With
8136-465: The left, with the 月 'Moon' component on the right. Li Si ( d. 208 BC ), the Chancellor of Qin, attempted to universalize the Qin small seal script across China following the wars that had politically unified the country for the first time. Li prescribed the 朙 form of the word for 'bright', but some scribes ignored this and continued to write the character as 明 . However,
8249-474: The mainstream (which was mostly love ballads ). Politics and social life were popular subjects for the bands in their creation. The "band fever" also brought variety in musical style to the Hong Kong mainstream music world (which was almost monopolised by Pop-ballad for a long time). Styles like Rock, Metal , Pop-Rock , Folk , Neo-Romantic , Pop and some experimental styles (e.g. Cantorock) were introduced. Among them, Beyond and Tat Ming Pair ( 達明一派 ) gave
8362-460: 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
8475-453: The more traditional lyrical styles. The other was more western style music largely from Polydor Hong Kong ( 寶麗多唱片 ). Notable singers from the era include Liza Wang and Paula Tsui . At the same time, television was fast becoming a household must-have that offered free entertainment to the public. For example, The Fatal Irony ( 啼笑因緣 ) and Games Gamblers Play ( 鬼馬雙星 ) took the local music scene by storm as soon as they were broadcast on
8588-402: The most prominent Chinese authors of the 20th century, stated that "if Chinese characters are not destroyed, then China will die" ( 漢字不滅，中國必亡 ). During the 1930s and 1940s, discussions regarding simplification took place within the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. Many members of the Chinese intelligentsia maintained that simplification would increase literacy rates throughout the country. In 1935,
8701-469: The next day. On April 25, Linda Chien also posted an apology on Instagram, for being a third party to Lo's affairs. 4th Season airing as of 2019-05-29 Simplified Chinese characters Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language , with the other being traditional characters . Their mass standardization during the 20th century
8814-463: The other Hong Kong Four Heavenly Kings . The boy group disbanded in 1998 as two members left for compulsory military service , which Show was exempted from because he has Gluteal Fibrotic Contracture. He also suffers from Mitral insufficiency and hence cannot consume food containing caffeine. That same year, he formed a new boy group Romeo with Ou Di. They released two albums, but the group soon disbanded too. From 2000 to 2002, Show's singing career
8927-531: The participants. Initially, only the first one thousand fans could get entrance tickets. However, after these tickets were distributed, still there was a long line of fans. So the record company had to rearrange, making sure all fans who purchased the album could enter. This event lasted for twelve hours. Correspondingly, the album sales ranked first during the week of this event, accounting for 5% of total album sales in Taiwan. Starting in September 2024, he became
9040-545: The past, Cantopop maintained the Cantonese Opera tradition of matching the musical notes with tones of the language. Relatively few Cantopop songs use truly colloquial Cantonese terms, and fewer songs contain lyrics. Songs written in this style are usually reserved for TV shows about ancient China . Since the 1980s, increasing numbers of singers have departed from this tradition, though some big names like Roman Tam stayed true to traditional techniques. The second type
9153-490: The poll. Early Cantopop was developed from Cantonese opera music hybridised with Western pop. The musicians soon gave up traditional Chinese musical instruments like zheng and Erhu fiddle in favour of western style arrangements. Cantopop songs are usually sung by one singer, sometimes with a band, accompanied by piano, synthesizer, drum set and guitars. They are composed under verse-chorus form and are generally monophonic . Practically all early Cantopop songs feature
9266-407: The practice of covering foreign music and consider it lacking in originality, and many albums promoted themselves as "cover-free". on January 29, 2010, Jacky Cheung released his Private Corner album coining the phrase "Canto-jazz", to describe the concept of the album and the musical style of the songs. In The South China Morning Post , Rachel Mok described "Canto-jazz" as a "unique fusion of
9379-477: The provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi in southeastern mainland China. Hong Kong remains as the significant hub of the genre. Western-influenced music first came to China in the 1920s, specifically through Shanghai. Artists like Zhou Xuan ( 周璇 ) acted in films and recorded popular songs. When the People's Republic of China was established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, one of
9492-430: The public and quickly fell out of official use. It was ultimately formally rescinded in 1986. The second-round simplifications were unpopular in large part because most of the forms were completely new, in contrast to the familiar variants comprising the majority of the first round. With the rescission of the second round, work toward further character simplification largely came to an end. In 1986, authorities retracted
9605-406: The radio and television. Soap operas were needed to fill TV air time, and popular Cantonese songs became TV theme songs. Around 1971, Sandra Lang , a minor singer who had never sung Cantopop before, was invited to sing a Cantonese TV theme song "A marriage of Laughter and Tears" ( 啼笑因緣 ). This song was a collaboration between songwriters Yip Siu-dak ( 葉紹德 ) and the legendary Joseph Koo . It
9718-465: The recently conquered parts of the empire is generally seen as being the first real attempt at script reform in Chinese history. Before the 20th century, variation in character shape on the part of scribes, which would continue with the later invention of woodblock printing , was ubiquitous. For example, prior to the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) the character meaning 'bright' was written as either 明 or 朙 —with either 日 'Sun' or 囧 'window' on
9831-521: The release of his new album, Show held his disc-signing event in Ximen Red House Plaza, Taipei, on August 3rd, 2024. Such disc signing events became rare in Taiwan as more record ccompanies chose to do online fan meetings. Show announced that this event is free as long as supporters bought his new album. Show also encouraged people to bring all of his past albums for him to sign all at once. Also, he decided to take photos one by one with all
9944-481: The same set of simplified characters as mainland China. The first round was promulgated by the Ministry of Education in 1969, consisting of 498 simplified characters derived from 502 traditional characters. A second round of 2287 simplified characters was promulgated in 1974. The second set contained 49 differences from the mainland China system; these were removed in the final round in 1976. In 1993, Singapore adopted
10057-467: The second round completely, though they had been largely fallen out of use within a year of their initial introduction. That year, the authorities also promulgated a final version of the General List of Simplified Chinese Characters . It was identical to the 1964 list save for 6 changes—including the restoration of 3 characters that had been simplified in the first round: 叠 , 覆 , 像 ; the form 疊
10170-695: The second wave of "band fever" (the first wave came in the 1960–70s, which was much influenced by the global Beatlemania at that time. Young people thought that forming bands was fashionable. Many new bands emerged at that time, such as Samuel Hui 's Lotus , The Wynners , and the Teddy Robin and the Playboys . However, the bands emerged in this first wave were just copying the western music style, mostly covering British and American rock songs, and prefer singing in English rather than Cantonese). Different from
10283-545: The then new Laserdisc technology prompted yet another explosion in the market. In the 1990s in Hong Kong , the "Four Heavenly Kings" ( 四大天王 ) — Jacky Cheung , Andy Lau , Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok — dominated pop music, and coverage in magazines, TV, advertisements and cinema. They had wide audience across different regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, and even South Korea. The female counterparts in this era were Sammi Cheng , Faye Wong , and Kelly Chen . The sovereignty handover created
10396-492: The title given to the first place of the ancient Chinese Imperial examination . It is also the name for Show’s lead track. This album consisted of nine songs, four of them are new songs, and the rest are a collection of singles he released after 2020. Besides writing lyrics and music for six of the songs, it was the first time Show became the music director for the entire album. Show was also the story writer for his music video “What Else Can I Do?” (我還能怎麼伴.) The inspiration behind
10509-497: The traditional and simplified Chinese orthographies. The Chinese government has never officially announced the completion of the simplification process after the bulk of characters were introduced by the 1960s. In the wake of the Cultural Revolution , a second round of simplified characters was promulgated in 1977—largely composed of entirely new variants intended to artificially lower the stroke count, in contrast to
10622-833: The traditional character 強 , with 11 strokes is standardised as 强 , with 12 strokes, which is a variant character. Such characters do not constitute simplified characters. The new standardized character forms shown in the Characters for Publishing and revised through the Common Modern Characters list tend to adopt vulgar variant character forms. Since the new forms take vulgar variants, many characters now appear slightly simpler compared to old forms, and as such are often mistaken as structurally simplified characters. Some examples follow: The traditional component 釆 becomes 米 : The traditional component 囚 becomes 日 : The traditional "Break" stroke becomes
10735-480: The two music styles" of "light jazz" and canto-pop creating a fresh sound with a uniquely local flavour". She cited Jacky Cheung's Private Corner and Karen Mok's "Somewhere I Belong" among artists who have recorded Cantonese language albums in the new jazz genre coined "canto-jazz". An educational study traced the development of jazz in Greater China and explored the cross-cultural issues in rearranging
10848-522: The use of characters entirely. Instead, Chao proposed that the language be written with an alphabet, which he saw as more logical and efficient. The alphabetization and simplification campaigns would exist alongside one another among the Republican intelligentsia for the next several decades. Recent commentators have echoed some contemporary claims that Chinese characters were blamed for the economic problems in China during that time. Lu Xun , one of
10961-404: The younger generation. Connie Chan Po-chu is generally considered to be Hong Kong's 657th teen idol , mostly due to her career longevity. Josephine Siao is also another artist of the era. Local bands mimicked British and American bands. Two types of local Cantonese music appeared in the market nearly concurrently in 1973: one type cashed in on the popularity of TVB 's drama series based on
11074-495: Was Roman Tam . Three of the most famous TV soap opera singers were Jenny Tseng , Liza Wang and Adam Cheng . The Wynners and George Lam also amassed a big fan base with their new style. Samuel Hui continued to dominate the charts and won the Centennial Best Sales Award in the first and second IFPI Gold Disc Presentations twice in a row in 1977 and 1978. Polydor became PolyGram ( 寶麗金 ) in 1978. It
11187-464: Was abandoned, confirmed by a speech given by Zhou Enlai in 1958. In 1965, the PRC published the List of Commonly Used Characters for Printing [ zh ] (hereafter Characters for Printing ), which included standard printed forms for 6196 characters, including all of the forms from the 1956 scheme. A second round of simplified characters was promulgated in 1977, but was poorly received by
11300-504: Was also the first time in over fifty years after his debut that he transitioned from performing at Temple Street to appearing at a major music awards ceremony. The "Wan Kwong phenomenon" caused a stir online, with fans appraising his continuous efforts in releasing his latest song, "Dear Myself," which incorporated AI elements while others voting for him as a counterbalance to the idol genre because they had been sick of Mirror individual members’ live performances and Mirror fans' behavior in
11413-497: Was at this time that the term Cantopop was first coined. The Billboard correspondent Hans Ebert, who had earlier coined the term Cantorock in 1974, noted a change in its style to something similar to British-American soft rock , therefore started to use the term Cantopop instead in 1978. In 1974, as the theme song of The Fatal Irony ( 啼笑因緣 ) was very successful, TVB sold to the mainland and other countries and Cantopop reached overseas audiences through drama series. During
11526-531: Was born in Keelung City , Taiwan. His father is Han Taiwanese and his mother is Amis of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples . He is an only child, and his parents held multiple odd jobs to support the family when he was growing up. They primarily put up entertainment shows for grassroots events such as weddings, in which his father hosted and his mother sang. Show participated in these entertainment shows as
11639-455: Was born in the 1970s and became a cultural product with the popularity of two popular TVB drama's themes songs in the early 1970s: "Tower Ballad" ( 鐵塔凌雲 , 1972) and "A marriage of Laughter and Tears" ( 啼笑因緣 , 1974). The majority of "hit" Cantopop, however, is not entirely local produced but the cover versions of "hit" foreign melodies. Since the 1970s, covering "hit" external songs mainly from Japan, Korea, Taiwan or other Western countries became
11752-547: Was even more obvious with the influx of songs from Hong Kong movies during the time. Besides Western pop music, Cantopop is also influenced by other international genres, including jazz , rock and roll , R&B , disco , electronic , ballad and others. Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed in Cantonese . Boasting a multi-national fanbase, the genre has gained popularity in countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Additionally, it has found following in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and
11865-591: Was formed through the ViuTV singing competition in Good Night Show - King Maker in 2018, skyrocketed in popularity during this time due to their distinctively local image. Media had described them as a "Mirror phenomenon." Yet, their lacking in vocal skills has sparked controversy and disapproval among the public. In February 2021, Hong Kong's biggest television broadcaster, TVB , historically lifted its ban on four of Hong Kong's biggest record labels, opening
11978-492: Was ground-breaking and topped local charts. Other groups that profited from TV promotion included the Four Golden Flowers . Sam Hui is regarded by some to be the earliest Cantopop star. He was the lead singer of the band Lotus formed in the late 1960s, signed to Polydor in 1972. The song that made him famous was the theme song to Games Gamblers Play ( 鬼馬雙星 ), also starring Hui. The star of TV theme tunes
12091-611: Was in middle school and was a member of a street dance group, participating in many dancing competitions in Taiwan. He auditioned successfully for Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, but was only enrolled there for one school term as his family was unable to afford the school fees. He returned to Keelung and enrolled in Pei De high school's media production course. In 1996, Show entered and won a singing and dancing competition, impersonating Aaron Kwok . He debuted as member of boy group Four Heavenly Kings with three other contestants who impersonated
12204-457: Was part of an initiative by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote literacy, and their use in ordinary circumstances on the mainland has been encouraged by the Chinese government since the 1950s. They are the official forms used in mainland China and Singapore , while traditional characters are officially used in Hong Kong , Macau , and Taiwan . Simplification of a component—either
12317-491: Was released in 2004. The leading dance track "機器娃娃" (Robot Doll), is a hip hop number about the prevalence of electronic pets and on-line relationships. He collaborated with his co-host Dee Shu on the duet "Love Expert" (恋爱达人). Show released his third album Hypnosis Show in 2005. He collaborated with Jolin Tsai for the first lead dance track "Destined Guy" (真命天子). The year after, he released his fourth album Speshow on November 17, 2006. The lead track, "Dance Gate" (精舞门)
12430-553: Was released on November 20, 2015. The title is derived from Show's personal reflection on his persona, commenting that what he presents has elements of both 'Reality' and of putting on a 'Show'. He co-wrote the music and lyrics for the leading track, "Let Go", which discusses the issue of cyber-bullying. The music video depicts three subjects representing the demographics most vulnerable to cyber-bullying. Show also created his artist management company, Creation, signing on Linda Chien, his co-host on 100% Entertainment , re-branding her from
12543-405: Was released without charge after 32 days in jail, while Vidal later pleaded guilty in Tokyo court to heroin possession, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, suspended for three years. In the 2010s, Cantopop market shrank with fans, particularly the youth, turning to K-pop and Mandopop . Mandarin became more important as a result of fast growing culturally and economically in China,
12656-577: Was reportedly solved in early 2012 though. In January 2012, the JSG Awards 2011 was again controversial since one of the biggest awards, Song of the Year, was handed to Raymond Lam with his unpopular song "Chok". In 2015 and 2018, the Commercial Radio Hong Kong's "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation " handed "My Favorite Male Singer" award to James Ng and Louis Koo respectively, which were also controversial. Since then,
12769-443: Was stalled by a lawsuit with his former management company. He was forced to transit from a teen idol to a variety show entertainer, performing gags on variety shows. His transition into hosting comedy game shows was successful, and he earned the "Triple Crown" title for hosting the three most popular variety shows at one point in time. The sudden cancellation of these variety shows left him jobless for three months, which he refers to as
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