The song we focus on here is called Love Confession in English and is from the album Jay Chou’s Bedtime Stories and comes from his 14th and most recent album in 2016. To prove this furthermore, Chou had the “honour” of “breaking the Internet” in 2019 when his release broke sales records with his single, “Won’t Cry” which was downloaded more than eight million times. His list of gongs in music and film are lengthy, so take our word for it, you are dealing with a superstar here! He’s enjoyed success throughout Asia but perhaps more significantly compared to some of the above, Chou has broken through into the US and Australia, in the Asian communities at least. The turn of the new millennium prompted Chou to release his very first album simply titled Jay (2000) at the age of 21. Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, actor, and director Not giving anyone else a chance eh, Jay! Like many of the artists mentioned above, Jay doesn’t just specialise in Music, oh no. His discography and popularity is so incredibly broad that perhaps one song doesn’t do him any justice at all. Jay Chou (周杰伦 Zhōu Jiélún), born in Taiwan, is probably the biggest name in Chinese music since the turn of the millennium. Play Chinese Song #10 – Gàobái qìqiú (告白气球) – Jay Chouįor anyone with even a smidgen of knowledge of Chinese music, you’ll probably be shocked it’s taken until this far to mention the name Jay Chou.įor those of you with zero knowledge of Chinese music this name will probably be unfamiliar. If you are in China, and music is your thing, Zhou is still active and touring, so check out his tour dates and get yourself along! Zhou has also received international acclaim, winning the Best Greater China Act at the MTV Europe awards in 2019. “Zhou’s voice is ethereal and intangible, like mountain spring that refresh people‘s mind. Zhou’s unique angelic voice is something of a rarity in Chinese Music.” High praise has come from many, including Gao Xiaosong who stated the following: Zhou is blessed with a unique, female like voice which actually led to him being too embarrassed to perform in front of people at a younger age. Zhou Shen was born in 1992 with his most popular song, Big Fish released in 2016.īig Fish (the soundtrack to the program Big Fish and the Begonia) made it into the Top 10 Hits Songs of Fresh Asia Music Award in 2016, alongside another song of his also called The Rose and The Deer. Zhou Shen was born after some of the above songs were released! LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR? Check out our five favourite Faye Wong Song’s in this blog. Yes, he’s an actor too! Here’s his title track to that 5th album Won a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor his role in the 1990 film The Swordsman.Received the Best-Selling Asian Artist in 19.Received the Honour of Golden Song 35th Anniversary Award in 2012.The sign of a top class track can sometimes by defined by who and how many artists cover the song, and this one has enjoyed glowing references from Asian superstars including Jay Chou, Anson Hu and Justin Lo.Ĭompliments continue to flow for the Hong Kong native which include: It still holds the record as Taiwan’s second greatest selling album” Reference here “The album sold over 5 million copies in 1993 throughout Asia, including 1,360,000 copies in Taiwan alone. The 10 track album enjoyed huge success, as Wikipedia illustrates here: Wěnbié (吻别) is actually the name of Jacky Cheung’s 5th album, with the first track of the album taking the same name (goodbye kiss in English). We head back to 1993 for the 7th song on our greatest Chinese songs list. Play Chinese Song #7 – Wěnbié (吻别) – Jacky Cheung
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