im not sick of their music but i like to try something different too.
i agree with Wang Lee HOm and FIR on ur list. they are totally awesome and talented!
Stephanie Sun is quite good too, she has powerful vocals.
i think Guang Liang and Anson Hu should be added to the list too =)

They are not fading away, just away to compose more music.
I believe they have a CD coming out end of this month or in Jan (Not sure)

^ if you are talking about mayday. their album is gonna be out soon.

hm. im kinda disappointed with the current mandopop music industry. those really talented ones are usually underrated. i hate the way they are now going for those that LOOK talented, but are not even close to being so or they go for those CUTESY music. for example, they think singers that can compose or hold a guitar are good. it's so annoying.

but i kinda disagree that s.h.e is under the non-quality chinese music category.
yeah, they can't compose for nuts or w/e. but their vocals are strongest among any band vocal groups. they have such good harmony. i think it's wrong to categorise them like that.
h/e i think rainie yang can't really sing. she may sound good for a while on her cd. but i start to get sick of her voice after awhile. and her live is ok only.

IMO, jolin is good. check out her live performances. her stage presence is WOAH.

agree that s.h.e's harmony is good, but can u imagine them in 5 years time? to me, their music and their maturity hasnt changed since when they first started out. neither have they made an effort to become better musically than they currently are. so despite their voice, i lack respect for them.

imo jolin's live is terrible - i watched one of her concerts on tv the other day, and found the vocals weak, costumes shocking, and the dancing so-so. not intending to offend jolin fans.

they had one new song from the movie sheng xia guang nian and i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the song =]
n they are coming out wit new album BORN TO LOVE
cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n yes got sick of SHE like 2 years ago..hate them now =="
but ella & hebe are kute though xD selina is just ... arg

hmm lately i havent been listening to much chinese music lol...I loovvveee listening to david tao's songs tho..so good ^___^..I also like jolin's jgame album..really catchy XD..her song "attraction of sexy lips" is good too...jay chou is OK...iono i never really liked his songs that much...my favorite from him would be "broken wind.."...also did anybody mension gigi leung??? I think her songs are reallly good ...shes the only female singer I listen to from hk

薛之谦. i love him, his voice. ahhhh, my favorite song by him is 认真的雪. realllly goood song.

I like all of the ones you listed, especially (Lee Hom, JJ Lin, Fish Leong, Elva, Stephanie, and F.I.R.). I listen to them all the time. I have a couple more:

Guang Liang
Nan Quan Mama
Tank
蔡旻佑
Gigi 梁咏琪
Wilber Pan
Jay Chou
张靓颖
Angela Zhang 張韶涵
范玮琪

maybe i'm too "americanized" but i really dislike the chinese music industry. i haven't found one single artist i like. not one. their pop songs are hella annoying. music is an art and when you create something like music, there's suppose to be some feeling to it. i can not relate to it on an emotional level. i can understand an occasional catchy song. but it strongly lacks creativity. i'm so sick and tired of hearing all these cute poppy chinese songs. i think i've lost hope for learning to at least like their music. this is the only thing my parents agree with me on. and we never agree on anything. their most popular singers aren't even singers. i can't believe they got a job with their kind of voice. i'm sure there is talent somewhere but i just haven't found anything i liked yet.

JAY <33 only chinese singer i listen too.haha shall try tanya chua.she's my countrywoman (:

People, check out JANE ZHANG.

She became famous after the Supergirl competition

Her voice and range are amazing!!

yeah. i used to like gigi leung. then again, her style is kind of getting too stale for me. not that a artiste can't keep to his/her style. but i think, even so, they have to move along with times. listening to her songs now and in the past, i hear no improvement.

JJ Lin aint that bad... i like him, i like his voice... he is pretty talented

I agree that F.I.R. is great to listen to.
They're music is pretty cool.

Leehom, David Tao, and Jay Chou are really fantastic composers, and
their music they write themselves are all pretty good.

I would say although Jay doesn't sing THAT well, his songs are really SUPER. (x
Who doesn't like his music?
And plus his amazing ability to play the piano is a PLUS. xDD

And there's this new-ish singer, his name is Evan Yo, and he was produced by this
experienced old guy who's said to be as good or even surpass Jay Chou in four years.
He majors in violin (awesome at it) and minors in piano.
Pretty cute, too (x

So there it is. And Ah Mei Zhang is a really great singer too. :D

This topic is really old But if you haven't listened to Huang Yida, you should check him out ^^ His songs are pretty nice (:

Two words: Ho Xian aka Ho Ho. My fav so far.

i dont listens to mandarin
but i like jay chow. some of his songs are pretty good.

thanks to whoever recommended khalil fong. even though i adore jj, leehom, and david...i have to admit that khalil's voice is 10x better than theirs and 20x better than jay's. OK...maybe not 10x...but his voice, in my opinion, is the best i've heard so far. very smooth...WOW...his adlibs...WOW...his arrangements...WOW (i think you can tell what i'm getting at, right? haha) he also writes his own songs, which i love. his style is more R&B than the people who are touted as R&B.

give him a go. he's not as popular as a lot of other singers yet...probably because he doesn't look like a model, but his voice, his voice. please support khalil by buying his cds, not downloading.

i listen to track number 7 on constant replay. haha.

this love
and
soulboy

no offense to people who like the other people (since i like them, too)

i'm a fan of fish leong, fanfan, shun zi and janice wei lan.
lol, i guess the trend there is that they all pretty much sing ballads.

wth alot of them are famous, wang, tao, jjlin ....

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm Chinese but right now I'm completely staying away from Chinese music because of artists like Twinz, Sammie, Jolin Tsai because they're either too cute (Twinz) or their voices aren't appealing at all. For asian music, I usually listen to Japanese and Korean nowadays. The only Chinese singer that has captured my attention is Kelly Chen and maybe she's not regarded as quality Chinese music by most people but I still like her. I like Faye Wong, too but I've only heard her sing in English so far which is not bad. Usually Asian singers have this accent when they sing English (and I know they can't help it) but it's not pleasant to listen to. I also like some random singers whose songs are the opening theme songs to Hong Kong dramas but I have no idea who the artists are.

Lately, I've been listening to Elva Hsiao, F.I.R., Gary Cao(strongly recommed, has such an awesome voice).

Anyone ever hear of the group Long Kuan Jiu Duan? I don't think they made it that big, but I love their songs! It's a male-female duo and they've got this electro-pop type of music.

Here's a pic of them:


This a pic of their CD:


There's more info about them here.

david tao, jj lin, FIR, and jay chou are definately up there on my list for chinese music gary and elva are good too! i'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this band yet, but NAN QUAN MAMA is also pretty good... a little rockish-pop.

i haven't heard of any decent chinese music outside of these artists though, in my opinion :/

hmm i agree. chinese music is kinda limited to the ones mentioned. there arent any really good singer/songwriters in the chinese music industry apart from wang/tao
not a fan of jay chou. he's not very diverse as an artist, all his songs sound the same
and nan quan mama's music doesnt appeal to me either, they're kinda like the band version of jay chou. nothing terribly original, just a whole lot of songs about break up.
im particularly disappointed with female singers, there are some good voices, like elva, and fish/jasmine, but no one with talent (hehehe, dont try and convince me that jolin has "talent", she's fairly mediocre in everything she does, but thats just my opinion )
faye wong is great tho.

and as for bands, as mentioned, mayday and fir seems to be the good ones. i dont follow the indie scene (dun think there's a huge indie scene in tw/cn anyways) so i dont kno who's good there. s.h.e has okay voices, but they really need to grow up and start developing their music a little bit. right now all i can say about them is tht they dont go off tune.

chinese music is boring, im chinese myself, and mini cooper, these singers are all old and are trash, IMO, sorry if it offended u guys. haaha nothing been as good as the LMF days

MC Yan rocks

My favs are none other than Taiwan's 3 Music Kings
Lee Hom, David Tao & Jay Chou

These artists are seriously talented and they're bringing Asian pride !

I love twins and no comment

Don't forget Nicholas Teo!

omg i just found out that nicholas teo is from kuching, malaysia, hahaha thats where my mum grew up, its such a small city in malaysia.

Angela Zhang
Fan Wei Qi
Zhang Zhi Cheng but I think he's not singing anymore...

Jay Chou would totally make the list too.

Jay Chou
Wang Lee Hom
Zhao Wei

and a singer that I don't know. =P
Anyone know him?
He sang a song about a mouse?
His music vid showed a blind girl
and a fat delivery guy
and the guy fell for the girl
but somehow the girl got into
an accident and he turned into a mouse.

anyone?

i have pretty much the same taste as you except i like SHE
omg i hate rainie with a passion......i cannot believe she's signed to a good record label
jolin can't sing....tho i do think she's a good dancer and i really like her song dancing diva...but that's about it....

hmmmmmm where's jay chou and tank?? you can't forget them ^^

i'd have to say Michael Wong/Guang Liang - his songs r just so beautiful and meaningful, JJ Lin, Wang Lee Hom

atm i've been listening to a fair bit of nicholas teo, stefanie sun and genie zhuo

my faves are:
stanley huang
jay chou
david tao
wang lee hom
amei
elva
nicky lee

currently loving songs from

*gary cao ge (strongly recommended!!!)
*genie zhuo
*tank
*kenji wu
*amei zhang
*elva hsiao

Yeh that song is hell gooooooood!!!!! ^____^ First song and first time i have heard of him was on tv. He is not very well know tho is he? Maybe coz he is from china and i dun realli listen to mainland songs......



Wat u say is sooooooooooooooooooooo true! Saw his video clip like months and months back on MTV China and was like WOAH!! His music and style is soo wikid!!! Hahaha funny wat u sed abt his looks coz my fren was saying she didnt like him coz he looked funny BUT its abt the MUSIC and his music is absolutely awesome!

My two absolute favorite songs on his "This Love" album is 愛愛愛 and 蘇麗珍 !!!!!!!!! Both are soooooooooooooooooooooooo addictive! For months ive had these two songs on replay! and im still not yet bored of them!

Others i would recommend are:
LEEHOM!!!!!!!!!!!! --> i need not say more do i?
Jay Chou
Luo Zhi Xiang
Tank
JJ Lin

u cant really say tat sum1's bad jus cus u dun lik dem, I mean every1 have different taste in music, right? n isnt there a rule tat said u cant bash artists?
anyway, there r alot of gud HK singers, but I dun c any1 mentioning any HK artists, so I suppose every1 here listen to Mandarin music? I lik Jay Chou, Alan Luo, SHE, JJ, cant remember any1 right now.

Been currently addicted to these singer and their music are superb!

~ TANK
~ S.H.E
~ SISTER GARDEN

Tank I love tank now. I love his voice and his song. So headbanging!!!!

hehe can't wait to see wats on the new S.H.E album

Yes! I think TANK is amazing also :]

Singers who I really think are amazing singers:
Gary Cao Ge (Really good voice)
TANK
Mayday (SO. GOOD.)
Hins Cheung
Lee HOm
Kay Tse
Ivana Wong..

list goes on!

definitely gary chaw~~~~~~~~~~highly recommended!!!!I love his new album~~!!

I absolutely love Leehom Wang, David Tao, and Jay Chou. There's also a singer named Tank. He's said to be the next Leehom or Jay. His songs are pretty good.

now i like

evan yo - wo ke yi
gary cao - you are my baby, the life that angels envy, bei pan
tank - fei ni mo shu, my personal angel

DEFINATELY LEEHOM!!!!!!

and newcomers in industry which r quite good: Evan You, Tank..

any1 heard nicholas teo's new album prince?

^ aaaah its on my comp still =]

hehe dled but not listened to yet ><;; tho ive nvr been thaat much of a fan of nicholas...his songs r a bit boring ><

^^ yeah some of the songs are pretty good. Theres one that sounds exactly the same as JT's 'what goes around comes around...'....or 'cry me a river'. i cant remember.

right now, i love love love love love khalil fong's album and also vincy chan's. rare talent!!