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Fable (album)
''Fable'''', EMI Japan. Retrieved 2012-01-07. (alternatively ''Legend'' ) is a 2000 Mandarin album by Beijing-based C-pop singer Faye Wong. The album can be considered in three sections. The first five tracks deal with certain aspects of Buddhism, incorporating motifs from fairy tales, especially Cinderella. The next three are radio-friendly pop songs. The next two, "Farewell Firefly" and "Book of Laughter and Forgetting," are somewhat more complex musically; they are sung in Mandarin and are followed by alternate versions in Cantonese, "Firefly" and "Love Letters to Myself." The first five songs form a song cycle and were composed by Faye Wong herself, marking her further development as a songwriter. Three of them featured as the final segment of every performance in Wong's 2010–2012 Comeback Tour. All the lyrics on the album are by Lin Xi, and tracks 1–5 were produced by Zhang Yadong, both of whom were regularly collaborating with Wong during this period of her career. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong
Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; born Xia Lin on 8 August 1969) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and her debut album '' Shirley Wong'' (1989) came to public attention in the early 1990s by singing in Cantonese, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. Since 1994, she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin. In 2000, she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the "Best Selling Canto-Pop Female". Following her second marriage in 2005, she withdrew from the limelight, but returned to the stage in 2010. Hugely popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Singapore, she has also gained a large following in Japan. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films ''Chungking Express'' (1994) and ''2046'' (2004). While she has collaborated with international artists such as Cocteau Twins, Wong recorded only a few songs in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong's Comeback Tour 2010–2012
__NOTOC__ Faye may refer to: Places * Faye, Loir-et-Cher, France, a village * Faye-d'Anjou, France, a village * La Faye, France, a village * Faye, Kentucky, Elliott County, Kentucky, United States * Faye (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon People and fictional characters * Faye (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Faye (surname), including a list of people * Faye (musician), stage name of Swedish singer, songwriter, and model Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin (born 1987) * Faye (Taiwanese singer), member of the Taiwanese band F.I.R. Other uses * Hurricane Faye (1975) * 4P/Faye, a periodic comet discovered in 1843 by Hervé Faye See also * Fay (other) * Fey (other) Fey may refer to: Places * Féy, Moselle, France * Fey, Switzerland People * Fey (name), and persons with the name * Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fey (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMI Records Albums
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the "Big Four" record companies (now the " Big Three"). Its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies. EMI was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was also once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but faced financial problems and US$4 billion in debt, leading to its acquisition by Citigroup in February 2011. Citigroup's ownership was temporary, as EMI announced in November 2011 that it would sell its music arm to Vivendi's Universal Music Group for $1.9 billion and its publishing business to a Sony/ATV consortium for around $2.2 billi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandopop Albums
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop, and in particular the Campus Song folk movement of the 1970s. 'Mandopop' may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. Though Mandopop predates Cantopop, the English term was coined around 1980 after "Cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to describe Mandarin-language popular songs of that time, some of which were versions of Cantopop songs sung by the same singers with different lyrics to suit the different rhyme and tonal patterns of Mandarin. Mandopop is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong Albums
__NOTOC__ Faye may refer to: Places * Faye, Loir-et-Cher, France, a village * Faye-d'Anjou, France, a village * La Faye, France, a village * Faye, Kentucky, Elliott County, Kentucky, United States * Faye (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon People and fictional characters * Faye (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Faye (surname), including a list of people * Faye (musician), stage name of Swedish singer, songwriter, and model Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin (born 1987) * Faye (Taiwanese singer), member of the Taiwanese band F.I.R. Other uses * Hurricane Faye (1975) * 4P/Faye, a periodic comet discovered in 1843 by Hervé Faye See also * Fay (other) * Fey (other) Fey may refer to: Places * Féy, Moselle, France * Fey, Switzerland People * Fey (name), and persons with the name * Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fey (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina
Sina may refer to: Relating to China * Chin (China), or Sina (), old Chinese form of the Sanskrit name Cina () ** Shina (word), or Sina ( ja, 支那, links=no), archaic Japanese word for China ** Sinae, Latin name for China Places * Sina, Albania, or Sinë, village in Dibër County, Albania * Sina, Iran ( fa, سينا, links=no), a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Sena, Iran (), also romanized as Sina, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Sina Rural District, in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Sina District, in San Antonio de Putina Province, Peru People * Ali Sina (activist), pseudonym of the founder of several anti-Islam and anti-Muslim websites * Sina Ashouri (born 1988), an Iranian soccer-player * Ibn Sīnā (c. 980 – 1037), Avicenna, a Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist * Elvis Sina (born 1978), an Albanian soccer-player * Jaren Sina (born 1994), Portugal-born American basketball player of Kosovar origin * Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948), Turkish reti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head & Shoulders
Head & Shoulders (H&S) is an American brand of anti-dandruff and non-dandruff shampoo produced by parent company Procter & Gamble. It was introduced in the United States on 1 January 1961 based in Manhattan and used the slogan THE AMERICA AND WORLD's NO. 1 SHAMPOO. The active anti-fungal ingredient in Head & Shoulders is piroctone olamine, with some "clinical strength" varieties also containing selenium disulfide. It was "The America and World's Number One Anti-Dandruff and Non-Dandruff Shampoo Brand" of shampoo, and it was noted that " one hair care brand gets so many ad dollars as Head & Shoulders, a twenty year old brand, and no other brand matches its sales", despite it being a "medicated" shampoo. The brand has long been marketed under the tagline, "You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression", which has been identified as an example of "anxiety marketing" commonly used by Procter & Gamble to drive sales by inducing fears of social consequences associated with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asura (Buddhism)
An asura (Sanskrit: असुर, Pali: Asura) in Buddhism is a demigod or titan of the Kāmadhātu. They are described as having three heads with three faces each and either four or six arms. Origins and etymology The Buddhist ''asuras'' have a few distinctive myths than the ''asuras'' of Hinduism, which are only found in Buddhist texts. In its Buddhist context, the word is sometimes translated " titan", "demigod", or "antigod". Buddhaghosa explains that their name derives from the myth of their defeat at the hands of the god Śakra. According to the story, the asura were dispossessed of their state in Trāyastriṃśa because they became drunk and were thrown down Mount Sumeru. After this incident, they vowed never to drink sura again. Character While all the gods of the Kāmadhātu are subject to passions to some degree, the asuras above all are addicted to them, especially wrath, pride, envy, insincerity, falseness, boasting, and bellicosity. The Great Calm-Observat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanel
Chanel ( , ) is a French high-end luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. Chanel specializes in women's ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. Chanel is well known for its Chanel No. 5, No. 5 perfume and "Chanel Suit". Chanel is credited for revolutionizing ''haute couture'' and ready-to-wear by replacing structured, Corset, corseted silhouettes with more functional garments that women still found flattering. History Coco Chanel Era ;Establishment and recognition (1909–1920s) The House of Chanel originated in 1909 when Gabrielle Chanel opened a millinery shop at 160 Boulevard Malesherbes, the ground floor of the Parisian flat of the socialite and textile businessman Étienne Balsan, of whom she was the mistress. Because the Balsan flat also was a Salon (gathering), salon for the French hunting and sporting élite, Chanel had the opportunity to meet their ''Demimonde, demi-mondaine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Ordovician Period mya. Its subdivisions, and its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established as "Cambrian series" by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for 'Cymru' (Wales), where Britain's Cambrian rocks are best exposed. Sedgwick identified the layer as part of his task, along with Roderick Murchison, to subdivide the large "Transition Series", although the two geologists disagreed for a while on the appropriate categorization. The Cambrian is unique in its unusually high proportion of sedimentary deposits, sites of exceptional preservation where "soft" parts of organisms are preserved as well as their more resistant shells. As a result, our understanding of the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Leong
Alvin may refer to: Places Canada *Alvin, British Columbia United States *Alvin, Colorado *Alvin, Georgia *Alvin, Illinois * Alvin, Michigan *Alvin, Texas *Alvin, Wisconsin, a town *Alvin (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Other uses * Alvin (given name) * Alvin (crater), a crater on Mars * Alvin (digital cultural heritage platform), a Swedish platform for digitised cultural heritage * Alvin (horse), a Canadian Standardbred racehorse * 13677 Alvin, an asteroid * DSV ''Alvin'', a deep-submergence vehicle * Alvin, a fictional planet on ''ALF'' (TV series) * Alvin Seville, of the fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks * "Alvin", by James from the album ''Girl at the End of the World'' * Tropical Storm Alvin See also * Alvin Community College * Alvin High School * Aylwin (other) Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016) was a Chilean politician. Aylwin may also refer to: *Andrés Aylwin (1925–2018), Chilean politician * Guy Maxwell Aylwin (1889– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
