The development of the Chinese music scene flourished in the 1980s and reached its peak in the 1990s. If I were to choose the most special year among them, I think it was 1993. This is the most brilliant, exciting and heartbreaking year in the Chinese music scene. "Chinese Talk" today will take you to review the people, events and songs of that year.
Four Heavenly Kings stands, the sun, moon, stars are dull
Hong Kong music scene has entered the 1990s. After two or three years of reshuffle, the four Heavenly Kings stand strong and their sharp edges are dazzling, and other singers give in. Several major award ceremony in Hong Kong are basically monopolized by four people. For example, the top ten Chinese golden songs of in 1993, respectively, including Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau, , and one seat for Dawn and Aaron Kwok and , and only two seats left for female singer Faye Wong and band BEYOND. As for the top ten golden songs of 1993, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau each took two seats, and one seat between Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok. The remaining four seats were left to be the turn of singers such as Faye Wong and Sally Yeh .
That year, Andy Lau's " Thank you for your love " "Go alone to have a sneak peek", Jacky Cheung's " Waiting for You until I'm Heartbroken ", " Just Want to Go with You for Your Lifetime ", Aaron Kwok's " Wild City ", and Dawn's "Summer Love" are all popular all over the streets and alleys. Especially Jacky Cheung, the "God of Songs" who released the Mandarin album "Kiss Goodbye", went crazy in the entire Chinese-speaking region, creating an insurmountable sales miracle in the history of the music industry. But behind the glory of this legendary album, the weakness of the Hong Kong music scene actually exposed, laying the groundwork for the later decline. is because of the ten songs of the album, only 3 original innovative songs, and the other 7 are old Cantonese songs, and 4 are second covers of Japanese songs.
In addition to being at its peak in Hong Kong, the four kings have also entered the mainland in a general trend, setting off a crazy star-chasing frenzy among young people. I remember that on the 35th anniversary of CCTV that year, Guo Da , Cai Ming and Zhao Lirong performed a sketch, and Cai Ming posted a poster with four handsome men printed on the head of the bed. And the name of this sketch is "Star Chaser".
How Faye Wong's queen was made
Fai Wong finally gained widespread attention in 1992 for her cover of Japan's " The Woman who is easily injured ". 1993 was the most critical year for Faye Wong's legendary career. This year, she wrote the lyrics and wrote the first song (composed by Yuan Weiren at ) and expressed what she wanted to say to Dou Xianer. This song is the title song of the same name of the album " obsessed with ". This song was selected as one of the top ten golden songs and top ten golden songs in Chinese. In addition, Faye Wong also won the top ten gold songs "The Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer Award" and the "The Gold Award of the Big Ten" Popular Music Festival in the Music Festival.
Fai Wong only took two years from an unknown foreign female singer to a queen of music in Hong Kong. From 1994, she officially gave up her stage name Wang Jingwen and changed back to her real name Faye Wong. She is more authentic and grand, and moves towards the path of the supreme queen of the Chinese music scene.
jealous of talents in the day, and Hong Kong music has lost its color
1993, the highest award in Hong Kong music industry, the "Golden Needle Award", ushered in the first vacancy in ten years. Why? Because this year, the two young people were so popular that the organizers were at a loss and finally chose to vacancies this "Old Man Award" and awarded the two young musicians a special "Endless Memorial Award". These two young musicians are Huang Jiaju and Danny Chan , and they both left us that year. They are as young and talented as they are. They insist on originality in the Hong Kong music scene where covers are popular, but they die young. It is heartbreaking to be said that God is jealous of talents and is heartbreaking!
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Huang An A dream, everything is popular
1993, due to the popularity of the Taiwanese TV series "Bao Qingtian", the theme song " New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream " and singer Huang An became popular. The music album of the same name is said to have sold 6 million copies worldwide, and this singer who has debuted for many years finally soared to the sky. Since then, his albums have been best-selling. As an original singer, his works "Everything Red", " Save Marriage ", "Southeast, West, Northwest, and "Knowing Lovesickness" are widely sung, creating the "neoclassical Chinese style" music genre.
The Moon Princess with countless golden songs: Meng Tingwei
90s first half, in terms of the popularity of the song, Taiwanese female singer Meng Tingwei was the only one who was willing to let her go, and her sweet songs spread across the Taiwan Strait and the three places. She attracted attention from " Look at the Moon's Face " in 1991, to "Hot to Taipei to See the Rain in Winter in 1992, and then in 1993, she released two bombs in a row: one album is "Hot to Who's Tears Flying ", which included many popular songs such as "How Many Good Sisters Do You Have", "Shy Rose Blooms Quietly", and "Who's Tears Flying"; the other album is "The Clouds Made in the Wind", which won the reputation of "Weather Princess" and "Natural Singer" with this album, and also appeared on the stage of the 1995 CCTV Spring Festival Gala with its title song of the same name, and was completely popular all over the country.
The late-achieving " Flowery Heart " singer: Zhou Huajian
Zhou Huajian is a late-achieving singer. He entered the industry in 1984 and experienced many twists and turns. It was not until the album " Make Me Happy Make Me Worry" was released at the end of 1991 that he made a great success and established his position in the music industry. 1993 ushered in an explosive year for Zhou Huajian. First of all, he won the "Best Mandarin Male Singer Award" at the 4th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "Make Me Happy and Worry". In addition, he won the "Best Male Singer Award" on the Taiwan Golden Song Dragon and Tiger List. In the same year, another more popular album, "Flower Heart", was released, with a total annual sales of 4 million copies. The song "Flower Heart" was also a phenomenal hit at that time, and its popularity was even better than Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye". The two singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan are extremely awesome in terms of their singing skills, their singing and sales.
But to be honest, the two songs "Make Me Happy and Me Worry" that put Zhou Huajian on the altar are both cover works from Japan.
Love Song Prince Zhang Xinzhe became popular, Xiaogang lost
Taiwan singer Zhang Xinzhe debuted in 1988 and went to the military service before he became famous. After returning in 1992, he released the album "Know" but did not stir up any splash. At that time, there was another Xiaogang who threatened his existence at all times, forcing him to seek a breakthrough in transformation, but he was suffering from no good works.
1993, a song written by Lee Chong Seng-shen , " Love is like a Tide " was put on hold because he could not find a suitable singer. In the end, he had a try-watch mentality and asked Zhang Xinzhe to sing this song, but he didn't expect it to become popular as soon as he sang it. "Love Like a Tide" became Zhang Xinzhe's first and most important masterpiece, and soon became popular in the music industry. His unique voice seemed to be the one who was born to be the most suitable person to sing this song. At this time, Xiaogang was already rushing to catch up with Zhang Xinzhe. This time he was forced to remove his idol's body, turn behind the scenes, and transform into musician Zhou Chuanxiong.
A girl who doesn’t understand tenderness opens a popular era
1993, a 23-year-old Sichuan girl accidentally broke through the door to the long-shackle mainland pop music scene with the song " Your Tenderness I Never Understand ", marking the beginning of an era. The singer's name is Chen Lin . The song was like a thunder sound on the ground, shocking everyone and quickly became popular in the music industry. The album of the same name sold 1.5 million copies, creating a sales miracle that mainland singers are difficult to replicate. The strong band-like style of this song collides with the sad emotions revealed by the song content. The style is advanced and infectious, touching countless people.
But no one expected that more than ten years later, this continued sadness finally took her out of the world early.
1993: " Xiaofang years" in the mainland music industry
1993, for the mainland music industry, is also called "Xiaofang Nian" and "Li Chunbo Nian". Yes, "Xiaofang" was so popular that year that it has always occupied the championship position of major music rankings in the mainland. Li Chunbo, who created and sang this song, was called the "Godfather of Chinese Folk Songs" many years later.
"Xiaofang" uses simple, light and catchy melody and simple lyrics, which makes people feel the charm of folk songs, inspires a generation of literary and artistic youth, holding the guitar and singing the love and dreams in their hearts, and has become a "small" song with the significance of the times in the Chinese pop music scene.
Sitting on Moonboat Listen to The sound of waves is still , it feels the sweetest
1993 Spring Festival Gala, mainland singer Mao Ning became famous all over the country for singing a song "The sound of waves is still ." This song was written by Chen Xiaoqi and was included in Mao Ning's album "Please Keep My Emotions by Your Side" released by Mao Ning before the New Year. It can be regarded as a classic work in the Chinese pop music industry. The song is inspired by the ancient poem "Night Mooring on Maple Bridge" and creates a distant, affectionate and sad mood. Mao Ning's voice is magnetic and melodious, and it interprets this song impeccably. Good works and good singers jointly push "The Sound of the Waves" to the peak of art in Guangdong's music industry. In addition to "The Sound of the Waves", there is also a song "Blue Night and Blue Dream" in the album, which was also very popular.
When it comes to Mao Ning, we must not mention Yang Yuying . In 1993, Yang Yuying released the album "Moon Ship" after " I Don't Want to Say " and " Wind, Love, Water, Smile ", and was very popular. It ranked first in the Southern Audio and Video Ordering Conference with millions of sales.
After 1993, they both became famous and began to form the "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" group, singing many duet love songs, becoming the most classic male and female duet group in the history of the Chinese music industry. Seeing their happy appearance every time they sing, who would have expected that a few years later they both disappeared from the fans' vision.
Rock and roll heroes have risen together and dreamed of returning to the prosperous Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty band released their first album of the same name in December 1992. As a result, the Tang Dynasty band became the most popular rock band in China in 1993, and "Tang Dynasty" later became a monument in the history of Chinese rock.
Today, this classic work is still the rock bible in the hearts of every rock fan. "The Sun", "Hhtml April Dream ", "H Flying Bird ", "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty"... Every poem carries the dream of the Tang Dynasty band. Its artistic height, its distant artistic conception, and its unique, atmospheric but natural and smooth style are worthy of our constant listening and collection.
1994, the Tang Dynasty band, which was in full swing, was a guest and together with the "Three Heroes of Demon Rocks", shouted for the Chinese rock music forces in the Hong Kong Red Hall, pushing the "rock prosperity" to a new peak. However, who had expected that would fall after the peak. In 1995, Tang Dynasty band bassist Zhang Ju unfortunately passed away. With this as the fuse, not only the Tang Dynasty band suffered heavy blows, but the entire Chinese rock circle also became dull overnight. After the Tang Dynasty declined, the rock and roll prosperity has never returned.
The prince of love song holding a 999 rose in his hand turned out to be a mathematical genius
1993, after Lee Chongsheng made Zhang Xinzhe famous on the Rolling Stone, he made another prince of love songs in the UFO Records. He is the original music talent Tai Zhengxiao . In November 1993, he just graduated not long ago and released his first album "Find a Word to Replace", which was created by him, and it became popular in the music industry as soon as it was released.
Because Tai Zhengxiao's representative works include "Thousand Paper Cranes", " One Thousand and One Nights ", and "Nine Hundred and Nine Nine Roses", it can be inferred that Tai Zhengxiao must have learned mathematics very well when he was studying.
Tai Zhengxiao is also considered a singer who is at his peak when he debuted. After returning to his hometown of Hong Kong from Taiwan when he was popular, his development was much worse than before. A few years later, it gradually faded out of the fans' sight.
Sorry, our three brothers are so popular!
Hong Kong singing group Grasshopper also reached their peak in 1993. From 1990 to 1995, Grasshopper won the "Gold Award" in the commercial radio music industry for six consecutive years, and even bands such as BEYOND, Tai Chi, and Daming were at the bottom.
1993, Grasshopper, who was at its peak, released their most famous work "Sorry Baby". The title song of the same name, "Baby Sorry", is covered by the Thai brainwashing song "Happy No Problem". After lyrics and singing, it was quite nice to say.
The idol group represented by Grasshopper and idol singers represented by the Four Heavenly Kings monopolized the entire Hong Kong music scene at that time. While opened up a prosperous situation, it was actually the beginning of the music scene's prosperity and decline.
Looking back at 1993, there are too many people and things worth remembering carefully, and too many songs worth listening to quietly. This is the most turning point in the Chinese music scene. Too many glory has been shown collectively this year, and many signs of decline have been spoiled in advance... looks back today 26 years later, with excitement, heartache, and various indescribable sighs.
