For some people born in the 80s and 90s, 2019 is worth remembering. Whether you admit it or not, these people are indeed getting older. One of the signs of getting old is that there are no more new songs in the playlist, and the understanding of traffic is limited. When I go to KTV to sing, the MV picture quality is not that clear.
For this reason, 2019 is worth remembering. During this year, countless people who said their youth was gone returned to social platforms to promote Jay Chou . At the same time, the long-lost Stefanie Sun participated in the resident variety show " Tomorrow's Son " for the first time, Liang Jingru, who had not released a film in 7 years, released a new album, and Elva Hsiao, who had not released a film in 5 years and disappeared, returned with a new boyfriend. Even and Wu Kequn’s have started to make a new start with cross-border short videos.
It’s like the singers we liked when we were young have reappeared this year as if they had arranged to do so, although the situation is different from what it was years ago. It is precisely for this reason that it is necessary for us to review the 20 years they have gone through, and use this to gain a glimpse of the tremendous changes in the Chinese music scene under the changing times. Let’s talk about , the four queens of in Taiwan, China.
At the beginning of the century, the old and the new alternated, and there was a certain destiny. Around 2000, Taiwan's music scene was almost at its peak, and it was prosperous. Zhang Huimei html was at its peak when she debuted in 1996. One person could sell millions of records and ascend to the throne of the Queen of Heaven. But the good times did not last long, and they began to face the "fighting" of the younger generations.
At that time, Coco Lee failed in her attempt to enter the United States, with little success. When she came back, the back wave was already gaining momentum. After the diva Faye Wong took over Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, her interest in making records seemed to be waning. After the release of "Love" in 2003, she never made another film. As for , Na Ying, and , they just broke into the Taiwanese music scene at the turn of the millennium.
The rest are Xin Xiaoqi and his ilk. They have been singing in sorrow for a long time and become weaker and weaker. It is against this background that the older generation each has its own bottlenecks or choices, that Taiwan's new generation of female singers have been able to come forward. There are four representative figures, Stefanie Sun, Jolin Tsai , Elva Hsiao, and Liang Jingru. They are now known as the four queens of Taiwan.
At that time, the four of them were tied as Taiwan's Four Little Diva. It is worth mentioning that among the first four little queens, there was no Liang Jingru. They were originally Zhou Hui , but were later ruthlessly overtaken by Liang Jingru and replaced by her.
At present, the four of them are in different situations. Some are always active, while others have been quiet for a long time. In the eyes of the public, each of the four people has their own differences, but 20 years ago, their "fighting" and alternating between high and low could be described as endless changes. The first battle of
started in 1999. In 1999, all the four major queens except Stefanie Sun made their debut. This year, Jolin Tsai participated in Taiwan's singing competition "Freshman Card Competition" and won the championship, so Jolin Tsai can also be regarded as a talent show singer. At that time, Jolin Tsai was not so specialized in dance music and could sing Whitney Houston.
Leung Jingru had a much smoother journey. During the Malaysia Rolling Stones, her song demo was spotted by Lee Chung Sheng and she was taken to Taiwan. As for Elva Hsiao, her family is well off. Her mother is the chairman of an electronics company. She originally studied fashion design in Canada and participated in the Chinese singing competition at the University of Southern California. She was spotted by Yao Qian and took her to debut.
At this time, Stefanie Sun was still in Singapore . Stefanie Sun was originally spotted by Warner in 1998, but she insisted on completing her marketing degree at Nanyang Technological University, so Warner waited for her for two years.
So speaking of it, the four queens, Elva Hsiao and Jolin Tsai, are all drafted. This confirms the truth that drafts are everywhere and stars are produced through drafts. Back in 1999, the three of them debuted, but their development status was very different.
The best one is Hsiao Hsiao, who reached the peak of his career when he debuted. His first album became popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in three places. His starting point is so high that it is difficult for the younger generation to match him. "'s most familiar stranger ", " suddenly thinks of you " and "cappuccino", three popular songs in one album, which is almost impossible to achieve in the current music market. The unique timbre, fashion, and music style made Elva Hsiao the most popular new singer of the year.
Next is Jolin Tsai. In her early years, Jolin Tsai followed the path of a boy killer, sweet and cute. The sales of her first album were quite satisfactory, not as good as Elva Hsiao, and she did not open up the mainland market. But as a new singer, she is also good.
The worst thing is that Liang Jingru’s first album was hit by the 921 earthquake in Taiwan, and almost nothing was harvested. I was discouraged and wanted to go back to Malaysia, but in the end I persevered.
In 1999, 20 years ago, among the three of them, except for Elva Hsiao, the other two were still little sisters. Very young and with an unknown future.
20 years is a long time, but to be honest, I interviewed Jolin Tsai and Jingru Liang last year and this year respectively. Four words, still bright and young. All we can say is that celebrities never age.
In 2000, at the turn of the century, it was often at this time that shocking figures appeared. This year, two new singers debuted, which gave Taiwan's music scene a blow. Although it brought a new atmosphere, it also wiped out the future of many old singers. That is Jay Chou and Stefanie Sun.
Since Jay Chou’s debut, he has excelled in his career and has become a god, capable of competing with older superstars. Stefanie Sun's momentum when she debuted was not weaker than Elva Hsiao, and even more so to some extent.
's first album "Stefanie" was released and became popular across the Taiwan Strait and three places. It was shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award and won the Best New Artist. In this year, Stefanie Sun and Elva Hsiao are neck and neck, and they are definitely the top two in the four days.
At the same time, Jolin Tsai and Liang Jingru continued to release films. The former continued the princess route and rose steadily, while the latter survived in the cracks and finally found a place in the music world with " courage ". At that time, it was profitable to produce records, and piracy was not that rampant. Therefore, the above-mentioned singers can be regarded as cash cows in various companies.
At that time, the status of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers had always been higher than that of mainland singers. This was of course due to the greater diversity of music in Hong Kong and Taiwan, so Hong Kong and Taiwan singers had unparalleled performance fees in the mainland.
Of course, Taiwan’s album production was indeed excellent at that time. For example, the two most popular albums, Stefanie Sun and Elva Hsiao, their album production teams now seem to be a combination of gods.
Stefanie Sun has two sets of twin producers, Li Sisong, Li Weisong, includes Xiaobai, includes Xiaosong. Elva Hsiao and Yao Qian, one is worth five. From song selection, to singer positioning, to song polishing, it’s all knowledge. Today's young singers, if they hire one of the above for album production, they have to issue a press release, which shows how sophisticated the production team was at that time.
For this reason, when we listened to music in the early years, we would find that every song in an album is good to listen to, and every song can be the main song. But in today's albums, it is good to listen to only one song. This is also due to the times. People are impetuous, ingenuity is lacking, and there are naturally few good works.
Waited until 2001. Four days later, Stefanie Sun and Elva Hsiao were still leading by a large margin. The former has been recognized in terms of awards, sales volume and quality of works. The latter is slightly inferior, but not inferior.
How popular these two people were at that time, taking Elva Hsiao as an example, they held a ticketed concert after releasing their second album, and then went to Hung Hom to sing. This was simply unthinkable around 2001.
Of course, many traffic now can even do it and hold concerts without releasing an album, but the concept is different. At that time, there was no developed Internet, so concerts relied purely on works and personality charm. Moreover, Hung Hom is harder to break into than imagined. I am afraid that now, among the new generation, only Hua Chenyu and Deng Ziqi can do it, but these two have been in the industry for a long time.
In a word, Stefanie Sun and Elva Hsiao back then were top-notch women. It is precisely because of this that the "fights" between these two people continued one after another. Just like today's top celebrities, their sales volume and endorsements are torn apart. Any fan who has experienced that era has participated in the struggle between the two of them.
After becoming famous in her debut, Elva Hsiao endorsed Motorola mobile phones. It didn't take long for her to be replaced by Stefanie Sun. Similarly, the McDonald's theme song that Elva Hsiao was going to sing was replaced by Stefanie Sun. The same was true for a clothing endorser named Gozo.
Of course, a certain Shanghai cosmetics up2u spokesperson, Elva Hsiao robbed Stefanie Sun.Anyway, they were snatching it up, the media was stirring up dissension, and the fans were yelling at each other. Nowadays, many young people say that the older generation of divas have no endorsements and no commercial value. In fact, the older generation of divas also had too many endorsements to count when they were young.
Not only that, if the endorsement is torn, the coffee position will naturally be torn as well. In a variety show, a host recalled that back then, these singers went to campus to sing. Stefanie Sun was originally scheduled to be the finale, but a female singer from the same period was unexpectedly late. She was forced to appear and perform the finale herself.
The rumor is that this female singer may be one of the other three, but I don’t know which one. So there is an interesting phenomenon that in the past two years, except Elva Hsiao, the other three have participated in various variety shows.
Another major event in 2001 was the termination of Jolin Tsai's contract with her original record company. The reason is naturally that the company is squeezing Jolin Tsai and requires a film to be released every six months. Once every half a year, the tablets are basically available all year round. This album is being promoted, and the next one is being produced. There is no Internet, and there is no self-media promotion at all. It is purely running on radio stations and campuses, and spreading it with real physical strength.
At this point, we must admire Jolin Tsai. After so many years, she is still active on the front line and can truly endure hardships.
Litigation sounds easier than doing it. The record company was naturally unwilling to give up the cash cow, Jolin Tsai, and was dragging it on, but the artist couldn't afford it. In the end, Jolin Tsai compensated the company NT$10 million to end the matter. But what brought Jolin Tsai was fatal damage. The copyright belongs to the record company. Jolin Tsai went out to perform commercially, so it was very serious that she could not use accompaniment.
02 and 2003 were watershed years for the four of them. Although Jolin Tsai's contract was terminated and her vitality was severely damaged, she still managed to survive. In 2003, she underwent a major transformation. Based on Jay Chou's protection, she jumped up and changed at 72.
Hsiao Yaxuan comes from a good family and comes to sing purely as a hobby, and her boss Yao Qian is also a very strict person. She couldn't choose any of the songs chosen for the route set for her. For a rich second generation, this is simply a prison. Coupled with the love for falling in love, Elva Hsiao was a little unwilling to fight and began to gradually decline.
Because of this, Jolin Tsai has completely surpassed Elva Hsiao and can compete for the top two.
Stefanie Sun has been at the top, and the release of " meets " in 2003 only made the situation even more popular. She is the representative among the four who has basically no shortcomings, and she is also very popular in the mainland. But 2003 was also a hurdle for her, that is, she was too tired.
At that time, she was at Warner Bros. She was the first sister and the biggest cash cow of the company. The company used her to make money so much that they allowed her to release 7 albums within 3 years of her debut. Jolin Tsai had previously terminated her contract due to releasing one movie every six months, and Stefanie Sun had to leave the music industry temporarily because she was tired of releasing 7 movies in 3 years.
The reason why she dared to do this was because she had a strong family background and a good background. Her father is a professor at Nanyang Technological University, and the good education she received since childhood gave her obviously more choices than others. Therefore, Stefanie Sun and Elva Hsiao are both more willful. This is really because they both have their own bargaining chips and are not very short of money.
compared Jolin Tsai, who comes from an ordinary family, and Liang Jingru, who has a mother and younger siblings to support, and found that children without background are destined to work harder.
Stefanie Hsiao and Jolin Tsai both had their own turning points in 2003, only Liang Jingru remained stable. But for this kind of player who has been rising steadily, if you don't pay attention, she will rise to a level that will shock you.
html In 2003, Liang Jingru released "Beautiful Life" and "The Power of Love New Songs + Selections". She was nominated for the Golden Melody Award for the former, and the sales of the latter reached 300,000 in Taiwan.
And before you know it, there are already so many classic songs sung by Liang Jingru. "Courage", " if one day ", "loving you does not last two or three days", "happy breakup"... Therefore, people with good works will definitely be seen.
2003 was a small watershed in the record market. Starting from this year, rampant piracy and the raging SARS epidemic caused a great depression in the entire record market. As a result, the Taiwanese music scene can no longer sell albums with sales exceeding 400,000.The Taiwan sales annual list of that year showed that the top five were Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, SHE, Stefanie Sun, and 566.
Yes, Mayday was not competitive at that time. Whenever they met the boy band 5566, they were suppressed, but 5566 disappeared after a few years.
As for the singers of the older generation, few can make it to the top five on the list. A new generation replaces the old. And the four of them began to take their own divergent paths. In 2004, Stefanie Sun took a break for more than half a year, and Elva Hsiao also took a long break from dating. Only Jolin Tsai and Liang Jingru are still working hard to release films.
When Stefanie Sun returned at the end of the year, and Elva Hsiao returned soon, I realized that they were still resting, fading out, and had no intention of fighting, but the situation was different after all. After Stefanie Sun's return, her sales and influence were still astonishing, and her comeback album even won a golden song. However, Elva Hsiao never returned to her peak.
Hsiao Yaxuan, who parted ways with Yao Qian, began to embark on a long road of stable development. This situation continues to this day.
As for the other three, Stefanie Sun and Jolin Tsai each had their own victory or defeat. The former ranks first in the mainland market, while the latter has unbreakable sales of female singers in the Taiwan market. Liang Jingru rose steadily and did not reach the peak, but she also crushed many others.
During this period, SHE rose, and 5566 and Feier Band experienced their peak, but disappeared within two years. JJ Lin Kenji Wu, Wilber Pan and others are starting to exert their strength, but there is still a gap between them and those at the top of the pyramid.
At that time, it could be roughly divided into several levels according to sales volume. Jay Chou is the most popular, Jolin Tsai and Stefanie SHE are in the second place, Liang Jingru Elva Hsiao Angela Chang Wang Cyndi and JJ Lin are in the third place, and the rest automatically move down the list.
This has led to an interesting discussion now, that is, how far is the distance between JJ Lin and Eason Chan and Jay Chou. To be honest, it's still a bit far away. JJ Lin and Eason Chan were at their peak in the past ten years, while Jay Chou has always been at his peak.
In the three years from 2005 to 2007, the Chinese music scene experienced tremendous changes. The first manifestation of the great change is that the mainland music scene has begun to rise. "Super Girl" has created three superstars. This is the first time that the mainland has created idols that have swept the Chinese-speaking region.
has changed the myth that idols only come from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although among the three who can truly be called superstars now, only and Li Yuchun can barely be considered one. The second manifestation of the great change is that the sales of physical records are getting worse and worse. The influence of
on the four queens is also very obvious. Stefanie Sun released " perfect day ". Sales in Taiwan were dismal and it was relegated to about ten places on the list. Although it still suppressed a group of people, it was down compared to the past. It was also starting from this album that Stefanie Sun never released an album a year again.
Hsiao Elva was hidden in the ice. It was not until 2006 that she released the album "087", which also announced that she would never be able to reach the top again. Jolin Tsai is the most popular. She released " Dancer " and won a golden song. However, she was deeply involved in rumors of buying charts, and she was in trouble all the way. Liang Jingru is the most stable. She seems to have accepted the fate of not being popular as a singer, and she is also beginning to face the curse of running for the Golden Melody Award.
Regarding the last scene of the Chinese music scene, it is generally believed that it was around 2007.
After this, due to the rise of the Internet and the popularity of MP3, albums could no longer be sold. It’s getting harder and harder for singers to get their releases published, and it’s getting harder and harder to get a hit song. For the four of them, 2007 was really a hill. In response to the phrase sung by Li Zongsheng, "When you cross the hills, you find that no one is waiting."
Stefanie Sun experienced the hype of the Warner Egypt incident in 2007, and since then she has quietly withdrawn from the entertainment industry. After four years of separation, she has spent all her time with Warner contract.
Jolin Tsai is the most popular, and she seems to be the most popular, but in fact, like Stefanie Sun, she is facing a dilemma, that is, the two of them have never had a bad song become popular since 2007. They ended with " I miss " and " never sets " respectively.
On the contrary, Hsiao Hsiao, who has never reached her peak, became popular after 2007 with " Chic Miss ", " Similar to Love ", " Wrong Person ", and Liang Jingru became popular with " No If ".After 2007, the four of them all made the same appointment. The release cycle became longer and longer, and they learned to disappear.
Many young people have not experienced their era and do not know that the most energy-dense part of their lives is actually condensed in those short seven or eight years. However, the blooming of these seven or eight years is enough to bring them invincible strength. status.
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