Singers and singers of China. Chinese music. One of the best singles N. Flying - Lonely

Huge country with the most populous population in the world, recognizable and unlike any other ... China has its own and very individual music scene. They love to listen to contemporary musicians online, and concert halls conquered by academic performers. Very bright, pronounced character, peculiar sound, unlike anything else musical instruments make Chinese creativity attractive. The opera of this people is an art form that has no analogues in the world, where Chinese music coexists with amazing stage performance. Since the beginning of the 21st century, performers of popular music have become more active in China, who master all fashionable genres: hip-hop, anglo-oriented pop music, new age. In albums and individual mp3s with such music, there are often texts on English language, and performers take pseudonyms that Western listeners can remember.

Chinese traditional songs

When we want to listen to a collection of Chinese songs, we immediately imagine the sounds of national instruments: woodwind dizi, bells, gongs, string banhu and guqin played with hammers. Due to the age-old isolation, the music of China is very specific, it is based on the pentatonic scale associated with the peculiarities of pronunciation and intonation. It must be remembered that there are a lot of nationalities in China - if you want to download for free, for example, the music of Tibet and the Sichuan province, then these will be completely different melodies. For fans of exotic music, there is also Guo-yue - Chinese patriotic state songs.

In our country, nothing is known about the music industry in China. Many will even be surprised that they have their own popular performers. We invite you to get acquainted with the most popular performers the Chinese stage, to be sure that there is music in China!

Wang Fei

Singer Wang Fei (Faye Wong) is one of the most popular female singers in China. She was born in Beijing, but only started her singing career after moving to Hong Kong. Most of Wang Fei's songs are sung in Mandarin, the "common Chinese" dialect. Initially, the girl sang in a pop style, but later began to experiment with different styles... Despite the fact that Wang Fei has almost no songs in English, she is popular not only in China, but throughout Asia, as well as in the West. Wang Fei also starred in several Chinese films.

Sa Ding Ding

A Chinese singer with Mongolian roots, Sa Dingding (real name Zhou Peng) is a folk singer and songwriter. Musical education the girl received at the Academy of Arts in Beijing at the insistence of her parents. Sa Ding Ding is a unique performer in China. She sings songs not only in Chinese, but also in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and also in the dead language of Laguu. Moreover, her third studio album includes songs in the language invented by the girl herself.

Xu Wei

Chinese rock musician Xu Wei first took the guitar at the age of 16 in 1984. After 2 years, he won the first song contest in China with a guitar. While serving in the army, Xu Wei composed songs, recorded them, and sometimes acted as a producer. In the early 90s of the last century, Xu Wei created his first group, Fly. In China, the artist is known for his unique performance style. The singer still performs songs and is a famous performer in China.

Zhang Lianying

Chinese singer Zhang Lianying (better known as Jane Zhang) became famous in 2005 after participating in the Super Girl competition. Due to the manner of her performance, the girl is often compared to Western singers, for example, Christina Aguilera. The girl has a unique voice, her songs often resemble the singing of dolphins. Thanks to this feature of the voice in China, the girl is called "Princess Dolphin".

You can hear the songs of these performers on the Internet, but, as they say: it's better to see once than hear a hundred times!

We listened to the new Chinese songs to select the best for our taste, and explained why they are remarkable. This episode features Chinese neosoul, Taiwanese synth-pop, Sichuan answer to rapper Face, as well as celestial folk rock and sweet mandopop.

袁娅维 - 别 废话 (Tia Ray - Don’t speak)

Chinese neosoul princess Yuan Yawei (Tia Rei) has released a new album, "Tiara". The album contains both lyrical ballads and aggressive tracks. As always, Tia is a masterful mix of Mandarin and jazz scat. Lovers of Mariah Carey and Erica Badu.

南瓜 妮 歌迷 俱樂部 - 莎賓娜 (PUMPKINney Fan Club - Sabina)

Track "Sabina" by Taiwanese alt-rock band PUMPKINney Fan Club appeared at the concerts of the group back in 2016. In April 2018, the single was officially released with an unexpected synthpop arrangement from the 80s.

Higher Brothers & DJ Snake - Made in China

Another re-release - the 2017 hit "Made in China" from the Sichuan trap collective "Higher Brothers" - was recently released in collaboration with French DJ DJ Snake. The latter is a two-time Grammy nominee and winner of the MTV Video Music Awards. Remembering the lines and looking for 10 differences with original version.

许巍 - 无人 知晓 (Xu Wei - Nobody knows)

In early April 2018, the cartoon "Cat Paradise" was released in China, the soundtrack for which was written by the famous Chinese rock musician Xu Wei. You may have already listened to one of the title songs "Nobody Knows" (无人 知晓) in the recent issue of Laowaikast.

宋 茜 - 屋顶 着火 (Victoria Song - Roof on Fire)

The March premiere of "屋顶 着火" by Chinese-Korean singer Song Qian is not off the charts. And thanks to dance flash mobs on Chinese social networks, it looks like it will remain the main Mandopop song this spring.

大 张伟 - 阳光 彩虹 小白马 (Wowkie Zhang - Rainbow swag)

Da Zhangwei - actor, television personality and former member the now broken-up group "Flowers", which in the early 2000s created song-memes (remember at least 嘻唰唰). The artist does not forget where he started, and in April he presented another track "brainwashing" (洗脑 神曲) of Chinese youth "阳光 彩虹 小白马" ("Rainbow White"). The music can now be heard as the soundtrack for numerous short videos on the Douyin app (抖 音).

声音 玩具 - 你 的 城市 (Soundtoy - Your city)

It seems like Chinese rock hasn't changed for the past 10 years. However, the Chengdu rockers Sound Toys once again prove the relevance of rock ballads. The guys presented "Your City" two weeks ago, a song that does not leave the top of the Douban resource rating.

黃衍仁 - 酒徒 (Wong Hinyan - Jiutu)

Composer, indie and folk musician Huang Yanren is known in Hong Kong for his work in independent film, theater, and social activities... In 2016, he released his first album, "Spitting Against the Wind" (逆风 吐痰), and in March 2018, thanks to crowdfunding, he released a new album, "Visit of the Moth" (飞蛾 光顾).

江河 乐队 - 画 浓妆 (Jianghe yuedui - Huanongzhuang)

A young folk-rock group called Reki from a small town in Liaoning province. Their life song about a girl with "thick makeup" (画 浓妆) captivates with its simplicity and tenacious refrain. For the Chinese urban youth, the song has become a kind of anti and selfie anthem.

无 高潮 - 1st (Nein or Gas Mus - 1st)

No Orgasm calls themselves the only band from Guangzhou to play mathematical rock. Having established themselves at several festivals and venues, their first single, "1st", made it to the popular Chinese indie compilation "Nerd Noise" late last year. In April 2018, the Guangzhou people presented their first EP.

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Today in the #em_asia heading we will return to the topic "Popular young groups from Asia", but this time there will be no teams in it. Let's look at several bands from Korea and China, this will allow us to understand and assess whether music is developing in these countries, how open these groups are to the public, and what is the situation there in general.

Popular groups in Korea

Let's start with Korea, as there is more information about its young performers. And the music market is well developed.

The first group that we will consider today will be N.Flying. This is a young group formed in 2013. What is it remarkable for? First, the genre style of performance - rock, pop-rock, rap-rock, alternative rock... Already on this description, you might think that this group will be similar to Linkin park or Limp bizkit... But this team is heavily influenced by the pop culture of the music market. And this collective is also a project of the label, so for now they "fulfill" the whims of the creator. That also puts an imprint on the work of the group - after all, in fact, these are idols, and the music has a bright color of the pop genre. But this problem concerns most of their market: popular young groups from Asia are most often created as projects of some kind of labels, and it is the labels that contribute to the rapid takeoff of the teams.

But back to N.Flying. Secondly, the group began to gain its popularity, surprisingly, but in Japan. From 2013 to 2015, the group released releases and played concerts mainly for the Japanese audience, but in 2015 the group released their debut album on the Korean scene. However, this option of promotion is quite common. Why was this step taken? Perhaps due to the fact that the rock music market is more developed in Japan, and popularity there guarantees popularity in Korea. But let's say for sure: N. Flying is an ambitious and quite interesting band.

One of the best N.Flying singles - Lonely:

Next up, let's take a look at an easy indie duo lalasweet... This is a female duo formed in 2013. We found them interesting in the manner of presentation of their music and the ease that you feel after listening. The genre in which they work is pop rock. As with the group situation above, they were influenced by their environment. But after watching the video from their concert, we especially liked the atmosphere, which gives off something jazz, chamber and warm. Quite interesting representatives of the Korean scene.

Listening to lalasweet on Yandex.Music:

By the way, you might ask: why did Eatmusic choose on these bands? After all, popular young groups from Asia appear almost constantly, and stylistically you have chosen such different teams! But we will answer: why not? There are many groups, you can consider any. But these groups look more interesting in contrast, showing that there are groups in Korea. different directions and with different energies.

Popular groups in China

As it turned out, finding young Chinese bands turned out to be quite difficult. Because Chinese we do not know, information in English (we are generally silent about the Russian language) is not easy to find. Nevertheless, we coped with the task. As already mentioned once, in China, the protest directions of rock music are more developed, which is associated with a certain rejection of the authorities towards rock music.

A Taiwanese team came into our field of vision 比茲卡西 BIZcashi... What is remarkable about this team is that this is a girlish duet that performs songs in the post-rock genre (although after listening it seems that this is more of post-pop). On this moment they released one EP in 2015, immediately after their formal formation. What they got us hooked on was the genre in which they play. And also vocals: it is very pleasant, calm, it feels like it was created for this kind of music. Since in China, in general, they love post-directions, there are quite a few groups of this segment there.

Watching the live performance of BIZcashi:

On this, today we will focus on viewing young groups from Asia. Next time we will try to find new bands from China, as well as look at other countries - Singapore and Thailand.

Popular Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has sparked outrage among his Chinese fans by taking a photo in front of the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine, considered in China the epitome of Japanese militarism.

Justin posted a photo of the temple in the background on his Twitter, where he has about 51 million subscribers. After that, he immediately received many negative reviews. The singer was forced to remove this photo and apologize to his fans. According to the singer, the photo was taken by accident, he just wanted to be photographed against the background of some Japanese temple, and it so happened that this temple turned out to be the Yasukuni Temple. Justin Bieber said he loves his Chinese fans and didn't want to offend them.
Bieber is one of the most popular singers in the world of pop music, and Asian performers are far from it in popularity. However, the Chinese music scene has its own stars, although not as popular as American and European, but still enjoying great popularity and fame among their Chinese fans. Below are the five most popular Chinese artists.

1. Zhang Minmin.

The popularity of this performer was brought about by the magnificent composition "My Chinese Heart", which the singer performed in 1984 at a gala concert on the occasion of the Spring Festival. This song has become popular with all Chinese people around the world. Another hit by the artist was the song "Chinese Youth, Chinese Heart", which Zhang Minmin wrote on the occasion of the start of the Asian Games in 1992. In 2005, he composed a patriotic song called “All Chinese People Have Common Roots,” which speaks of the unity of the Chinese people. In terms of popularity, Zhang Minmin could not compete with Western stars, but we can say that he became one of the founders of modern Chinese pop music.

2. Cui Jian.

This performer is rightfully considered the most honored Chinese rocker. And his biggest hit is the song "I Have Nothing" - which became the protest anthem in China in the 80s. The musician has Korean roots, but grew up in Beijing in a family of professional artists. He began his music lessons by playing the trumpet and in 1981 joined the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra. The musician began his rock career in 1986 with the performance of the song "I Have Nothing", which was the moment of birth of Chinese rock. After the brutal suppression of student protests in Tiananmen Square, the musician's work was banned, and he was forced to leave for the province. The sanctions were lifted in the early 90s and the musician returned to Beijing. Soon he tried to organize a concert tour in the Middle Kingdom, but that was soon canceled for the performance of political songs. The musician was forced to perform in the west, where he gained some popularity. In 2004, he performed as an opening act for concerts Deep purple... In China, the ban on Cui Jian's performances was lifted only in 2005, after which he organized a big rock concert at the Beijing Stadium. Today the musician is a living icon of Chinese rock music.

3. Zhou Huajian.

The singer was born in 1960 and studied at the University of Taiwan in the 70s. In his free time, he enjoyed performing in restaurants and bars, where he gained musical experience. In 1984 he began working with the Taiwanese music label Rock Records. The singer earned his popularity in China by recording the song "Both fun and sad" in 1991. Over the thirty years of his career as a professional musician, Zhou has recorded thirty full-length albums.

4. On John.

This singer has been called the "evergreen tree" of Chinese pop music. The singer was born in 1967 in Shenyang. She became a professional singer at the age of 16, joining the local song and dance ensemble. Na In began her solo singing career at the age of 21, when she took the 3rd place in the All-China vocal competition "Voices of the Sun". After the competition, the famous Chinese singer and composer Gu Jiangfen took her under her wing. The heyday of the performer's creativity fell on the period from 1998 to 2002, when the singer released 5 albums, which gained immense popularity among fans of popular music. In 2001, Na In won the title of " Best singer" on music festival in Taiwan. After that, the singer actively participated in social life and did not record new albums. She recorded her next album only in 2011.

5. Zhang Xuei.

This popular Chinese singer was born in Xianggang in 1961. Musical career he started by winning first place in a local amateur performing competition. The artist released his debut album in 1986. The album sold 300,000 copies. The most popular work of the musician was the album "Goodbye kiss", released in 1993. After that he received the title of "God of Songs". The hit "Let Me Into Your Heart" became a sensation in Taiwan, selling 1.36 million CDs of the song. In total, more than 4 million discs have been sold worldwide. In 2003 he started composing music. In 2008, Zhang Xueyu participated in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games with his new song.

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