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Greg Han (album)
''Greg Han'' is the self-titled debut studio album by Taiwanese singer Greg Han. It was released on December 7, 2021, through Pourquoi Pas Music. Release and promotion ''Greg Han'' was released on December 7, 2021 to digital music. The CD was released on December 17, 2021. Singles "Yesterday No More", Greg Han's debut single, was released on October 27, 2020. Its music video premiered on November 17, 2020. It was directed by DJ Chen and stars Ivy Yin, Greg Han and Hsu Huachien. "Soufflé" was released as the second single on November 5, 2021, along with its music video, directed by Han-soul. The third single, "I Couldn't Care Less", was released on November 19, 2021. Its music video was released on November 23, directed by Kidding Hsu. The fourth single, "One Day at a Time", was released alongside the album on December 7, 2021. The song's music video premiered on the same day at noon. It was directed by Remii Huang and stars Greg Han, Bai Runyi and Derek Chang. The fifth s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hsu
Hsu Kuang-han (; born October 31, 1990), known professionally as Greg Hsu and Greg Han, is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was nominated for two Golden Bell Awards for his roles in the television series ''Have You ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang?'' (2016) and '' Someday or One Day'' (2019–2020). He also appeared in the television series ''Love of Sandstorm'' (2016) and '' Nowhere Man'' (2019), as well as the films ''A Sun'' (2019) and '' My Love'' (2021). In 2020, he entered the ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list for the first time, ranking 69th. Hsu released his debut single "Yesterday No More" in 2020 and the next year he released his self-titled debut studio album. In 2022, he was nominated for Best New Artist at Golden Melody Awards. Career In 2013, Hsu made his television debut in the Malaysian drama series ''Dive into Love''. In 2015, he studied acting at Q Place, a drama academy established by director Wang Shaudi. He followed this appearing in well-received series ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hito Music Awards
The Hito Music Awards ( zh, t=Hito流行音樂獎) is an annual Mandopop music awards show, presented by Hit FM in Taiwan. Unlike the Golden Melody Awards, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the jury, the Hito Music Awards are determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the official website. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ... is one of the most celebrated western artists at the awards ceremony, having won six awards as of 2021. Categories * Top Ten Chinese Songs of the Year * Western Songs of the Year * Best Lyricist * Best Composer * Best Arranger * Best Producer * Best Newcomer * Best TV Theme Song * Best Movie Theme Song * Best Duet Song * Best Female Singer * Best Male Singer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eslite Bookstore
Eslite Bookstore () is one of the largest retail bookstore chains in Taiwan. It also offers one of the largest selections of English-language publications and translation materials in Taiwan. Its headquarters is in Xinyi District, Taipei. Brief history Eslite was established in 1989 by Robert Wu Ching-yu. The first shop was located in Dunhua South Road, Daan District, Taipei, with a focus and emphasis on art and humanities-related books. Since then, the company has expanded and set up more shops and increased its range of titles on offer. Eslite Bookstore was the first to set up a 24-hour bookstore in Taiwan at its Dunhua store, attracting night-time readers. Eslite also expanded into retail, and opened up Eslite Mall. Chronology *1974: established Chen-Jian Corp, importing whole set kitchenware. *1989: established Eslite Corp, first Eslite bookstore built at Taipei Dunhua South Road. *1996: established Eslite Retail Group. *2000: established Eslite Transportation Group, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online Music Stores
A digital music store is a business that sells digital audio files of music recordings over the Internet. Customers gain ownership of a license to use the files, in contrast to a music streaming service, where they listen to recordings without gaining ownership. Customers pay either for each recording or on a subscription basis. Online music stores generally also offer partial streaming previews of songs, with some songs even available for full length listening. They typically show a picture of the album art or of the performer or band for each song. Some online music stores also sell recorded speech files, such as podcasts, and video files of movies. History Early years The first free, high-fidelity online music archive of downloadable songs on the Internet was the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA), which was started by Rob Lord, Jeff Patterson and Jon Luini from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993. Sony Music Entertainment Japan launched the first digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Shops
A record shop or record store is a retail outlet that sells Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music. In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, record shops only sold gramophone records, but over the 20th century, record shops sold the new formats that were developed, such as eight track tapes, Cassette tape, compact cassettes and Compact disc, compact discs (CDs). Today in the 21st century, record stores sell CDs, gramophone record, vinyl records and in some cases, DVDs of Film, movies, Television show, TV shows, animated cartoons, cartoons and concerts. Some record stores also sell music-related items such as posters of bands or singers, -related clothing items and even Merchandising, merchandise such as bags and coffee mugs. Even when CDs became popular during the 1990s, people in English-speaking countries still used the term "record shop" to describe a shop selling sound recordings such as CDs. With the vinyl revival of the 21st century, often generating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Yo
Tsai Min-you (born 12 November 1986), better known as Evan Yo, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter. He was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released four albums and was nominated for ''Best New Artist'' in 2007 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan. Sina.co18th Golden Melody Awards nomination list5 June 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2011 Tsai graduated from the Music Department of National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and .... He majored in the violin. Filmography Television series Commercials * (2004) La New Freshmen Air Shoes * (2006) KFC French Salmon Roll * (2008) "A Sa Mu" Milk Tea Discography Studio albums Soundtrack Contributions Awards and nominations Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wei
Wei Li-an (; born 5 March 1987), known professionally as WeiBird, is a Taiwanese Mandopop and folk-rock singer-songwriter. He has released six studio albums, one live album and two EPs. Wei won the Golden Melody Award for Best New Singer in 2011 and Best Composer in 2015. Wei gained media attention as the winner of the first season of the reality television singing competition ''Happy Sunday'' in 2007. He released his eponymous debut album ''William Wei'' in 2010, which received 4 nominations at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards and subsequently won him the Best New Artist award. His third studio album Journey into The Night received 2 nominations at the 26th Golden Melody Awards and the lead single "Wolves" (狼) won him the Best Composer award. In 2021, Wei was nominated in four categories at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards for the album Sounds of My Life. Wei also received a nomination at the 58th Golden Horse Awards for 'Best Original Film Song' with 'Red Scarf' (如 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JerryC
JerryC (; born 31 August 1981), also known by his English name Jerry Chang, is a Taiwanese guitarist and composer. He is known for arranging and playing "Canon Rock", a rock arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D. He began playing the guitar at the age of 17, and the piano before age 15. His style is influenced by classical music, neoclassical guitarists, as well as metal bands such as Helloween and Metallica and Japanese rock bands such as B'z and L'Arc-en-Ciel. Canon Rock His most famous work, "Canon Rock", was made popular only after South Korean guitarist Lim Jeong-hyun, also known as funtwo, performed a cover version in 2005. The song has garnered much media attention; both renditions have been featured on newspapers such as ''The New York Times'', blogs, television shows and radios worldwide. Chang was featured in the profiles section of the January 2007 issue of ''Guitar World'' magazine, along with a tab transcription of "Canon Rock" in the featured songs section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liner Notes
Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for cassettes. Origin Liner notes are descended from the program notes for musical concerts, and developed into notes that were printed on the inner sleeve used to protect a traditional 12-inch vinyl record, i.e., long playing or gramophone record album. The term descends from the name "record liner" or "album liner". Album liner notes survived format changes from vinyl LP to cassette to CD. These notes can be sources of information about the contents of the recording as well as broader cultural topics. Contents Common material Such notes often contained a mix of factual and anecdotal material, and occasionally a discography for the artist or the issuing record label. Liner notes were also an occasion for thoughtful signed essays on the artist by another party, often a sympathetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Melody Awards
The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music industry. The GMAs are awarded on the basis of votes by members of jury, and it has constantly been recognized as the equivalent to the Grammy Awards in Chinese-speaking world. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Golden Bell Awards (television) and the Golden Horse Awards (motion pictures). The 1st Golden Melody Awards was held on January 6, 1990, to honor the popular music production by performers. Following the 1996 ceremony, the Ministry of Culture overhauled many Golden Melody Award categories for 1997. In 1997, the awards were split into separate honors for popular music and traditional music. The two awards became distinct ceremonies in 2007. Starting in 2014, the Golden Melo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Wang
Joanna Wang () is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, daughter of renowned music producer Wang Zhi-ping (王治平). Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles, California, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her debut album, ''Start from Here'', was released in January 2008 as a double-disc set, one in English and the other in Chinese. The album reached No.1 in Taiwan and has been popular throughout Southeast Asia. In June 2008, it was released in Japan. Her second album, ''Joanna & Wang Ruo-lin'', which includes her all-original endeavor, ''The Adult Storybook'', was released in January 2009. Career As she was raised in the United States, Wang was exposed to many classic pop music acts, including but not limited to: The Beatles, Queen, and Oingo Boingo. Among her major influences are Danny Elfman, Yoeko Kurahashi (倉橋ヨエコ), Paul McCartney, and video game soundtracks, most notably those from the Castlevania, Zelda, and Mario series. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei City
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City neighbours Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest, and completely encloses the city of Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area. Before the Spanish and Dutch started arriving in Taiwan and set up small outposts in Tamsui in 1626, the area of present-day New Taipei City was mostly inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples, mainly the Ketagalan people. From the late Qing era, the port of Tamsui was opened up to foreign traders as one of the treaty ports after the Qing dynasty of China signed the Treaty of Tianjin in June 1858. By the 1890s, the port of Tamsui accounted for 63 percent of the overall trade for entire Taiwan, po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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