For all we know, his preferences are skewed and he loves them all haha

No. I admit they are horrible. Probably only girls like them. They're just selling their faces. I don't have anything against Sun Yan Zi. I guess she can sing but I don't really like her voice. And she has to get a new songwriter.

I love JJ Lin, but I used to be more obsessed with him, this year, not really...though yeah, his singing just kills me sometimes, it's so nice.

I'm quite surprised that Jay Chou isn't on your list, Haha but yeah, he's another great singing...and SO talented.

Eason Chan is the best for Cantonese music...just all his songs, all his songs are just good, so meaningful.

Her voice is definitely an acquired taste. and I agree her newer songs aren't as memorable as her old songs. This is true for Amei too I think

i loveeeee wang lee hom, he's #1 hahaha. he's basically got the whole package.
others would be jay chou, a-mei, angela zhang, sun yan zi, david tao, jj lin, tanya chua, alan kuo, F.I.R., elva hsiao, zhang dong liang, sam li, and tong en (she's not very famous, but i loooveee her voice and songs). and don't kill me for saying this, but i think s.h.e. actually had some pretty catchy songs in their most recent album.
i might have posted in here already. hehe.

agree. i dont think we should have a blanket statement about any music industry. music is truly transnational. chinese, korean, japanese, english, french, spanish - music in any language is music, and is capable of being excellent. thats what this forum is for isnt it.

LEEHOM is my music king------->
FIR is rad

Wang LeeHom's songs are awesome. love every single one of his albums.
any wilber pan lovers here?

Wilber Pan used to be awesome but then he got more commercialized. I mean, I only remember one good song on his new album. I think most of the Taiwanese singers are becoming this way. I'm loving the old songs more and more, and the new ones don't really appeal to me.

for chinese music, Jay Chou will do for me.

i like Leo Ku, his new album is nice, finally a good canto album XD i miss the old days when you could get great HK music... now all i listen to is Mand. <.<

hmm, i think i'll toss in a another recommendation for Mand. Rynn Lin is good and of course Richie Yen. For girls, Jinsha, JJ's ximei is great.

元卫觉醒 anyone?
I think they are quite awesome.
(:

Never heard of it, dude?

I think they're okay. Their songs and voices are quite generic, but Wesley composes nice songs (like Tian Kong). I also like their song Xia Tian De Feng

Does anyone here listen to more indie-ish Taiwanese music or music like 張震嶽's? I need recommendations
I currently listen to Tizzy Bac, Sodagreen(they're not so indie anymore are they), Deserts Chang (張懸), and Europa Huang (黃建為)

what about jay chou???!?!?!?!

Deep White? Not very sure if they're indie or not but they're pretty good. xD

there are a lot of talented singers in mainland china, but they're not popular with the younger generation of people.. who prefer listening to teenybopper boybands who can't sing to save their life. oh, and there's also the fact that taiwanese pop singers (like Jolin, fahrenheit etc. ) are more popular in mainland than mainland artists are..
some talented singers are.. Han Hong (her voice is amazing imo), Na Ying, Faye Wong, Jane Zhang (my favorite 'current' singer from china) and more that I can't remember -__- lol I only know of them because of my mom lol

one thing that irks me about the chinese music industry.. is all those actors/actresses who decide to make albums thinking they can sing (or they wanna make money) when they really can't! like look at zhou xun, she's like one of my fav actresses, but she seriously can't sing..

o.o I concur.
No offence to any Fahrenheit fans, but they can't sing live to save their life. =/ I saw a live performance of them once, and most of them were out of tune on their parts.


o.o ps. Recommendations-
Jay Chou. ;o He actually sings pretty well. <3 His November Chopins CD is awesome.

Besides Wang Lee Hom, I also looooove SAYA but nobody knows her. *lol* Michelle & Vickie is also pretty awesome. They sing really well, and they're talented with instruments too. Hmmmmm. I also like Ariel Lin's few songs, though I'm glad that she's sticking with acting and not moving into singing.

^i agree w/ u for the most part. some of these bands/singers cannot sing, yet their extremely FAMOUS. i hate how the world today seems to mostly look at the face and barely care for the talent. music is not for appearances but rather for sound. so y does everyone judge for appearance? if they want appearance, go to the modeling industry not music. then there are some singers that get waaay too commercialized and just lose their touch. i feel really sad when that happens, the artist may sell more but they're not really showing what they've got. i feel sad for all those great TALENTED singers out there that are barely recognized.

OMG! u like penny dai, too?
i absolutely love her voice. it's so soothing and i think she sings very well. yeah, her most famous song would be the ending song for meteor garden (the 1st one): ni yao de ai, which is how i found out about her . i find that her songs are very unique. they're very relaxing and calm. it mite take some getting use to for some of her songs but they're great! she's probably one of the only female cpop singers i ACTUALLY care to listen to. i wish i could listen to her songs every night 'cuz they could make u fall asleep (not in a bad way, tho ).

any like mc hotdog? i dun like rap music but i love his song wo ai tai mei

I really like his voice. I'm not a fan of his music (except for Wo Ai Tai Mei), but I think he's cool. I like his other collaboration with Zhang Zhen Yue

I still listen to chinese music, but I don't know many groups/solos that match my personal preferences. I love korean music because it sounds NICE =]

I particularly fell for chinese music because of Wang LeeHom. All of his albums Unbelievable and later are awesome. Like everyone else I'd listen to almost anything he sings.

I also listen to some of Jay Chou's songs (Some songs are really good while others are not so pleasant. My fav = Return to the Past)

JJ Lin's new album "West Side"....is awesome, I listen to the entire tracklist.

I love MAYDAY's "Born to Love". Their latest album has two very good tracks, but the rest aren't as great.

Khalil Fong's music is really good, you should try it.

I haven't heard much from TANK, but I like his 2nd album. "keep Fighting".

Shi Kang Jun isn't very well known but his music has a special rock feel to it. Most people who have listened to him wil tell you the same thing.

Wing Luo's album is really nice to listen to!

K-One's album 'Love Story of Romeo and Juliet' isn't bad =]

A couple years ago I listened to Jolin Tsai, but her music eventually gets old. I haven't really listened to her new album. It isn't a big priority,

Some of Wilber Pan's music used to be pretty enjoyable like a year ago, but I don't like it much anymore. His latest album "Play it Cool" doesn't show much improvement.

Artists whom I have not bothered to try yet but heard were decent: Will Liu, David Tao, Nan Quan Mama, Eastyle, StyLe (a band that plays cover Korean songs), Guang Liang, Quincy Tan, Typhoon.
I have listened to a few samples from these artists, but I was not ultimately impressed.

Jay Chou & Nan Quan Mama & David Tao. My favourite chinese artists.


I disagree. Tao Ze's voice is better than Lee Hom.

i really like shi kang jun too, but i think hes only had one album. well at least in taiwan.

others i like:
jay chou, david tao, zhang zhi cheng (z cheng), liang jing ru, guang liang, van fan yi chen, li sheng jie (sam lee), tank, cao ge (gary).

i kno a lot of ppl have mentioned him already but i definitely think nicholas teo sings really well. his latest album ok but his earlier ones are soooo good.

totally agree. it's not to do with the quality of mainland music, it's just that they have shitty publicity ppl, who cannot make them commercially desirable. im totally loving faye wong, and Na Ying. And I've change my mind about the supergirls, Jane Zhang definitely has potential. beautiful voice. she cud work on developing a musical style tho. right now, she's just doing a whole bunch of ballads. sure they sell, but they dont do more than that.



best album of last year: Mayday - Born To Love. It's one of the few albums that I've loved completely. every single song is fabulous. and their new concert cd is also very good. they sound even better live.

Jay Chou is so cool

his music is cool - needless to say, right?

his personality is cool - he's persistent to what he believes and never gets too commercial, yes, he's getting more and more commercial, but he holds his views. He once was the Asian ambassador for DHC, but he quited becuz he didnt feel comfortable with the on and on promotions. he knows that some people criticize that he's not making improvement, but he just sticks to his own style.

his family is cool - he's from a single parent family, he just loves his mum and grandma so much that he uses his mum's name to be album title and dedicate a song 聽媽媽的話(Listen to you mum) to encourage teenagers to love their families. His mum love him very much too, she accompanies him to different functions and gives support to his move making journey.

his friends are cool - jay treats his friends so good that he opens shops and restaurants just for making his friends dreams come true. there is a writer / lyricist call Ah Lang (黃俊郎) he wasn't earning a living, so Jay gives him good songs to write and here it comes the famous 以父之名 and 夜的第七章~ The band NanQuanMaMa (南拳媽媽) is also "raised" by Jay, he just wants the music industry to accommodate more different styles of music.

JJ Lin, 小肥, 林宥嘉 (James Yoga Lin), Nicky Lee 李玖哲 and Sodagreen have pretty good qualities of chinese music...

if i would have to recommend some songs of them, i would say
JJ Lin - 自由不變 Freedom, 西界 West Side (from his West Side album)
小肥 - 寵物 Pet
林宥嘉 - 背影, 那首歌
Nicky Lee - 圍牆, 想太多
Sodagreen - 小情歌

i agree with you 100%. i've never heard someone who can sing so clearly in chinese as well as other languages, she is so amazing.


i'm so glad i found this forum because i was born in china but i moved to the states when i was 5, and i haven't been caught up in chinese music all these years. i keep hearing about all the koreans but never come across any *good* chinese singers these days, and i'm thankful for everyone's suggestions on this board! bless you all!

I don't listen to much cpop but i really like JJ Lin and Guang Liang. My favorite JJ Lin song is 只對你說...and I really like Guang Liang's Fairy Tale (Tong Hua...?)

i think Sodagreen is pretty good. i like their new album

^ i LOVEEE their acapellas!! wo men de gu shi is love~~~ it's sooo good.

i'm not chinese i recently started to listen to chinese music and i think the songs are pretty good i like lee hom's & some of jay chou's.

WOOP. YOU LIKE MAYDAY. <3

FIR/MayDay/Jay Chou are QUALITY.

ah yes, wat happened to Tension?? their songs were awesome.

Sodagreen, Tank, Faye Wong, Na Ying, Anson Hu, Emil Chau, aLin, Kiya Xu, A Do, Amei, 童安格, 游鴻明, Dominique Tsai, Fan Wei Qi, 黃品源, Fish Leong, Nic Teo, 李聖傑 etc... i mean there are loads but the teenybopper generation kinda takes over (i mean i sometimes listen to it too :x)!!!

aka. Awaking.
They are awesome! I love their song - Xiang Ge Xiao Hai.(像個小孩)

It's really nice.

Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WO_di3qeZs

wait a minute,
who is SUPERGIRLS?!
never heard of them .

oh well ,
i love their albums <3
( but not all songs & i prefer 1-5 songs per album though )
jolin, she , JJ ,jay ,FIR,Fish ,Mayday,rainie ,david,leehom

I just started listening to Chinese music, so I don't know that many artists. So far, I like Hedgehog, Hang on the Box, and Carsick Cars.

Nicky Lee! he's the best! Third or first album is his best.. it's kinda hard to decide between the two.

jane zhang

she is from super girls but she's always been underrated imo. i can always hear her singing with her heart in the songs, i love jane <3

Khalil Fong is awesome

really really like his songs

MAYDAY!

Mayday makes really great songs that teenagers can relate to =）
And their concerts are <3

i agree with/recognize three of the artist you have listened and I agree! Leehom, Elva and FIR are t-t-t-the bomb! lol

Evonne Hsu. I love her fresh up tempo songs. Can't wait for her next album.

I really enjoy:

張杰 Jason Zhang
張棟樑 Nicholas Teo
胡彥斌 Anson Hu
陳拍宇 Jason Chan
曹格 Gary Cao
王心凌 Cyndi Wang

I'm all for easy listening (ballads), and happy-sprightly music, so these singers are great :]

Super Girls is the Chinese version American Idol/ X Factor, but only for girls. There were 3 competitions so far, 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2007, there was only a Super Boys competition. They are crazy popular in mainland China. Out of the girls, the main ones are: 2004-Kristy Zhang aka Zhang Han Yun,
2005(best year)-Chris Lee aka Li Yuchun(though she doesn't have the best voice), Bibi aka Zhou Bichang, Jane Zhang(amazing voice), and J He aka He Jie
2006-Laure Shang, Sitar Tan aka Tan Weiwei, Ai Mengmeng, and Jade Liu aka Liu Liyang (she signed with SHE and Fahrenheit's company)
Super Boys:
Jason Zhang aka Zhang Jie (very multi-talented), Vision aka Wei Chen(cutest), Allen Su aka Su Xing (best voice), Chen Chusheng, and Ham aka Yu Haoming

Personally, I really like Bibi, Jane Zhang, J He, Jason Zhang, Vision, and Allen Su out all of them. The other ones aren't bad, neither.

Other than the Super family, I like Leehom, SHE, Jay, FIR, and JJ Lin's songs(but not voice) and sometimes Jolin and Cyndi.

LeeHom is awesome
how he can switch between music styles and languages
:]

I'm looking for something in the same genre as F.I.R. Any suggestions anyone?

I love mayday's song 'perfume'

JJ lin is awesome!!
And of course leehom and jay, david tao, tank, cao ge are too

angela zhang may have an annoying voice (irks you after a while haha) her vocals are pretty good, and she has alot of really good songs
jane zhang ! Has such a nice voice, she's pretty too
I like hejie, zhang jie, weichen

li yu chun is sooo popular but urgh, her voice isn't even good, and she looks like a man

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