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Meeting Love
''Meeting Love'' (), is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Rainie Yang's () second Mandarin studio album. It was released by Sony Music Taiwan on 17 March 2006. It was available for pre-order and two editions were released including the ''Meeting Love (Lovely Celebration Edition)'', which includes four music videos and 40 minutes of highlight footage of ''Rainie Yang Meeting Love Celebration Concert'' (楊丞琳遇上愛慶功演唱會). The album includes a duet, "甜心咒" (Sweet Curse) with label-mate Evan Yo. Reception The tracks "遇上愛" (Meeting Love) and "慶祝" (Celebration) were nominated for ''Top 10 Gold Songs'' at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2006. The track, "遇上愛" (Meeting Love) won one of the ''Top 10 Songs of the Year'' at the 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM. The album was awarded one of the ''Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year'' at the 2006 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. Early life Yang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, her father's ancestors were from Guangdong, China. She spoke Cantonese at home. By the time she was 13, she had to start working because her father's business failed, which led to her parents being divorced. She attended Hwa Kang Arts School which specialized in performance arts. Career Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of Taiwanese girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name Rainie. The group's popularity in the musical industry achieved limited success. After they disbanded in 2002, Yang continued to pursue her career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the variety show ''Guess''. After playing supporting roles in a series of Taiwanese TV dramas, including the highly popular pan-Asia hit Taiwanese series '' Meteor Garden'' and its supplementary mini-series ''Meteor Rain'', she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Standard Chinese, 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 School campus song, 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 genre, subgenre of commercial Chinese language, Chinese-language music within C-pop. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standardized form of Mandarin Chinese that was first developed during the Republican Era (1912‒1949). It is designated as the official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. Hong Kong written Chinese, used for formal written communication in Hong Kong and Macau, is a form of Standard Chinese that is read aloud with the Cantonese reading of characters. Like other Sinitic languages, Standard Chinese is a tonal language with topic-prominent organization and subject–verb–object (SVO) word order. Compar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Taiwan
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Intuition
''My Intuition'' () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Rainie Yang's () debut Mandarin solo studio album. It was released by Sony Music Taiwan on 9 September 2005. It sold more than 1.5 million copies in East and Southeast Asia. The literal translation of the Chinese title "曖昧" suggests that a man and woman are involved romantically but the status or nature of their relationship has not been clarified to each other or to others, and therefore in an ambiguous state. The album contains ten tracks, two of which are featured in Taiwanese drama, ''Devil Beside You'' (), as well as the Mandarin version of "True Blue", the theme song for ''Astro Boy''. A second edition of the album was released on 11 November 2005 that included a VCD with five music videos. The album was awarded one of the ''Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year'' at the 2005 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI. IFPI Hong Kon2005 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Other Self
''My Other Self'' () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Rainie Yang's () third Mandarin studio album. It was released by Sony Music Taiwan on 7 September 2007. A second edition, ''My Other Self (Special Collectible Edition) (CD+DVD)'' was released on 18 October 2007 with a bonus DVD which contains five music videos. The album features ten tracks, which includes "缺氧" (Lacking Oxygen), the ending theme and "完美比例" (Perfect Example), an insert song of Taiwanese drama, ''Why Why Love'', starring Rainie Yang, Mike He and Kingone Wang. Reception The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly Top 20 Mandarin and Combo Charts; and Five Music Chart at week 36 (7 to 13 September) with a percentage sales of 18.86%, 10.11%, and 18.55% respectively. The track "缺氧" (Lacking Oxygen) is listed at number 64 on Hit Fm Taiwan's ''Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart'' (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2007 and also was nominated for ''Top 10 Gold Songs'' at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese People
Taiwanese people may be generally considered the people of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Taiwanese Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the indigenous peoples of the areas under the control of the Government of the Republic of China since 1945, including Penghu as well as Kinmen and Matsu Islands that collectively form its streamlined Fujian Province (see Taiwan Area). However, the inhabitants of Kinmen and the Matsu themselves may not consider the "Taiwanese" label to be accurate as they are a part of Fujian and not Taiwan. They have a distinctive identity from that of the Taiwanese; viewing themselves as Kinmenese or Matsunese, respectively, or as simply Chinese. At least three competing (occasionally overlapping) paradigms are used to identify someone as a Taiwanese person: nationalist criteria, self-identification (including the concept of "New Taiwanese") criteria and s ... [...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] |
Hit Fm Taiwan
Hit FM is a pop music radio station in Taiwan (Republic of China). It broadcasts in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. Hit FM is owned by Voice of Taipei Broadcasting (台北之音廣播, Pinyin: Táiběi Zhī Yīn Guǎngbō). It is one of the radio stations undeHitoradio.com Hit FM is the highest-rated Top Ten radio station in Taiwan. Features Fresh Release The show, "Fresh Release" broadcast pop music. Hit Fm is one of the Chinese radio stations that broadcasts songs. Their competitor, Kaohsiung-based KISS Radio Taiwan, also broadcasts Mandopop as well as English top 40 songs. Hit DJ Each Weekend, two artists (group) introduce music on air. Many Taiwanese/Mandarin Pop Music Artists, such as Jay Chou, Show Lo, A-Mei, Jolin Tsai, S.H.E, Leehom Wang, Stefanie Sun, F.I.R., etc., have done their time as DJs. Hit FM No.1 Every day, Hit FM introduces the No. 1 song from different music charts throughout the world. * Monday: U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 * Tuesday: Hito Chinese Pop Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1933 by Francesco Braga. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi. Function IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade. Structure IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across the organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Albums In Taiwan
This is the list of best-selling albums in Taiwan. Seven domestic albums and one international album have shipped over a million copies in Taiwan. Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung is the best-selling artist in Taiwan, with three albums sold over one million copies, while Taiwanese singer A-Mei is the best-selling female artist in Taiwan. Taiwan's album sales peaked in the 1990s, but it was adversely affected by the copyright infringement and Internet downloads since the 21st century. Sales certifications in Taiwan are awarded by the Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT) since August 1996. Best-selling albums Best-selling album by year See also * Music of Taiwan References External links *Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan {{Lists of best-selling albums Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
