Today, I try to be side by side with you again
The love of the past, now is to add something new
"The Love of the Year"
In 1989, a lot of far-reaching events happened in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, including Chow Yun-fat 's " God of Gamblers" became the annual box office champion, leading the upsurge of Hong Kong gambling films; Chow Yun-fat also won the third award in 4 years with " Alang's story"_ The span14span actor, coupled with the box office results, has 4 movies in the top 10 at the box office, and has become the first superstar in Hong Kong movie circles for a while, with unlimited popularity.
In fact, the most far-reaching entertainment event that year was Alan Tam , Leslie Cheung and other music superstars, who announced their withdrawal from the music world , which caused a short-lived superstar vacuum period in the Hong Kong music world. .
Then, Jacky Cheung , Andy Lau and the younger Dawn , Aaron Kwok , etc., became the top four singers in 1992 and became the four upstarts together in 1992.Together they dominated the Hong Kong music scene throughout the 1990s.
Therefore, 1989 can be said to be an important watershed in the history of Hong Kong entertainment , which clearly divided the music and film circles into two eras.
Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau were born in 1961, Aaron Kwok was born in 1965, Dawn was born in 1966; Alan Tam was born in 1950, and Leslie Cheung was born in 1956. When he announced his retirement in 1989, he was 40 and 34, both at the peak of their careers.
In terms of age, Alan Tam, the eldest, is 16 years older than the youngest Li Dawn, almost half a generation apart. But Alan Tam's artistic life is very long. He claims to be 25 years old forever, and when he is nearly 70 years old, he can still release new albums and hold concerts.
If Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung did not quit back then, how would the Hong Kong music scene develop in the future, and would there still be the Four Heavenly Kings?
About the six superstars of the Hong Kong music scene, we must talk about the two major awards ceremonies Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs and Top Ten Golden Songs.
Top Ten Chinese Songs is hosted by RTHK ,Founded in 1978, it is more authoritative; Ten Great Golden Songs are hosted by TVB and founded in 1984, which is more entertaining and influential .
Alan Tam has won awards since 1981, and Leslie Cheung since 1984; Alan Tam has obvious advantages in the past few years, not only winning more golden songs, but also being the most popular male in the top ten golden songs for 4 consecutive years Singer, or the winner of the Golden Melody Award in 1984 and 1985.
The Golden Melody Awards in 1986 and 1987 were won by Leslie Cheung, who turned to Leslie Cheung and won the Most Popular Male Singer Award in 1988 and 1989.
It can be said that Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung were basically the two superstars in the Hong Kong music scene in the 1980s.
However, that year's Tan Zhang Zhenghe was not only at the awards ceremony, but also the number of songs on demand, album sales, topic popularity, etc., all-round confrontation.
It was only at the two major music awards ceremonies, where the two appeared at the same time, that this confrontation reached a climax; Fans' war of words, verbal abuse, and even large-scale physical conflicts.
The two awards ceremonies have received a lot of complaints due to the excessive behavior of fans.
Then, Alan Tam announced at the end of 1987 that he would no longer participate in the music awards ceremony with the nature of competition .
Therefore, Alan Tam did not win any awards in 1988, and Leslie Cheung became the biggest winner of the two awards. But he also received the most blame because of this, believing that he forced Alan Tam to quit the music scene.
However, Alan Tam only withdrew from the music awards ceremony, but did not really quit the music world; he was still the first brother of Polygram, and he continued to release albums and give concerts; not only won the 1988 record sales champion, but also Together with the Wenner Band , they won the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor of the top ten Chinese golden songs.
Leslie Cheung really quit the music scene.
He first quit the music awards ceremony with flowers and saliva, and then held 33 "Farewell Music Concerts" in Red Pavilion officially bid farewell to the music world in 1989. In 1995, he signed with the Rolling Stones and made a comeback.
In the 6 years since he quit, he has not released an album or held a concert. Instead, he has focused on being an actor, including spending almost a whole year filming "Overlord" in Beijing. Farewell My Concubine, has created a supreme classic in the Chinese film industry.
If Leslie Cheung didn't quit back then, Leslie Cheung would not necessarily have the time and energy to make such an unsold literary film.
Also,In In 1989, there was also a thousand-year battle between Anita Mui and Chen Huixian .
Anita Mui's " Sunset Song" and Chen Huixian's "Thousand Thousand Que Songs" both cover the same Japanese song; in the end, Anita Mui's "Sunset Song" by the eldest sister in the music world got the The Golden Melody Award has defeated Chen Huixian's "A Thousand Thousand Que Song", which has better sales and a higher degree of singing.
In September 1989, Chen Huixian performed several concerts of "When's Goodbye Concert", announced her retirement from the music scene, and then went abroad to study.
In 1990, Anita Mui, the most popular female singer of the ten most powerful and golden songs for 5 consecutive years, held 30 concerts in a row, and then announced her withdrawal from the competition for music awards on her birthday.
Therefore, in 1990, when the Hong Kong music scene reached its peak, a superstar vacuum suddenly appeared.
The Hong Kong music scene is not short of good singers and songs, but the music scene is incomplete without superstars. It is like a team without a superstar, it is difficult to win the championship; even if it barely wins the championship, it will not have popularity and ratings.
There are more highlights and gimmicks when there is a Uranus superstar award ceremony.There will be better ratings; likewise, record companies with Uranus superstars will have better record sales.
Awards and record companies need superstars.
The music world with superstars is a fight between gods, and the music world without a superstar is a scene of chickens pecking at each other
, this is a scene no one wants to see.
Therefore, after the withdrawal of superstars such as Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Liming rose rapidly. In 1992, they were packaged as the four kings, filling the vacuum of music stars.
The appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings not only continued the prosperity of the music scene in the era of Tan Zhang's hegemony, but also pushed it to the highest peak.
In other words, the birth of the Four Heavenly Kings is to fill the vacuum in the music world where superstars such as Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung have withdrawn.
If Tan Zhang hadn’t quit back then, there would have been no such vacuum, then would the music world still need the Four Heavenly Kings?
Of course.
From the 1970s to the 1990s, with the rapid economic development, Hong Kong's entertainment industry also started a wave of rapid development for decades.
At that time,Hong Kong's films and songs are the most popular cultural export products, and the markets include Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even the entire Chinese-speaking world.
With the expansion of the market, the demand for cultural products is also increasing, and the demand for artistic talents who produce cultural products is also increasing, including excellent actors and singers.
After there are enough talents, the most outstanding ones should be packaged and cultivated into superstars, so that they will become trend leaders; it is like choosing a monitor for a class, the four heavenly kings were the The lucky one selected.
Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui were the old class leaders of the music scene, and their status can be seen in the major awards ceremonies that year.
If they don't quit, they will still be class leaders; however, The Hong Kong Music Academy has expanded its enrollment. With more classes, more class leaders are needed, that is, more Uranus superstars .
As for why Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Liming were chosen to become the new Four Heavenly Kings, apart from personal effort and talent, it is more about the operation and coordination of the leading forces behind the music scene, which is mainly TVB and Polaroid records.
TVB is not only the organizer of the top ten golden songs, but also the martial arts supreme of the entire Hong Kong entertainment arena, and the largest entertainment star maker .It has a wireless artist training class for cultivating actors, a rookie singing contest for cultivating singers, and a Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant for selecting beautiful stars, and so on.
PolyGram was the most powerful record company in Hong Kong music at the time
The joint venture subsidiary has almost seized half of the Hong Kong music market.
Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Jacky Cheung has been under PolyGram since his debut and has never changed his employer; Andy Lau was born in a wireless training class, and his first record company after his debut was Huaxing Records under Wireless; Aaron Kwok also He was born in a wireless training class and had a TVB artist contract at the time; Liming made his debut in a rookie singing contest hosted by TVB, and then filmed many hit dramas in TVB.
Alan Tam is the first brother of Poly Gold, Leslie Cheung signed with Poly Gold after his debut, and was a singer of Xinyibao before he quit; Anita Mui was the champion of the first rookie singing contest, and then she was the first sister of Huaxing Records for many years .
Therefore, who can be the monitor of the music world is actually closely related to the principal and school manager of the music world.
The Hong Kong music scene in the 1990s ruled by the Four Heavenly Kings,
Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Number of winning songs: Jacky Cheung 18, Andy Lau 15, Dawn 10, Aaron Kwok 8, A total of 51 songs;
The number of winning songs in the top ten golden songs: Andy Lau 14,Jacky Cheung 12, Dawn 10, Aaron Kwok 8, a total of 44;
Golden Song Gold Award: Jacky Cheung 4, Dawn 4, a total of 8;
Most Popular Male Singer Award: Andy Lau 5th, Dawn 2, Aaron Kwok 2 sessions, Jacky Cheung 1 session, a total of 10 sessions. Results like
proved that the four heavenly kings were chosen correctly.
Jacky Cheung's appearance is not outstanding, but his singing skills are the best, and his album sales are also the best;
Andy Lau has the strongest comprehensive strength, and has high achievements in the music and film circles;
Aaron Kwok dance skills The best, but also leads the trend of an era in hairstyles;
Dawn is the representative of the traffic idols of the year, with outstanding appearance and the most fanatical fans.
The four kings are unique and irreplaceable.
Therefore, If Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung do not quit back then, the most likely scenario is that the six heavenly kings stand side by side, and there may even be a super-prosperity of eight heavenly kings .
Of course, if there are still only four kings, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Liming,Who will be squeezed out?
This is probably another bigger problem of the century, and it is difficult to solve.
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