[litoxshortaii]

of course you can't mention quality chinese music without mentioning Jay Chou!

agreed! jay chou's voice and his wide variety of music style are js amazing.
i think penny dai is pretty good too.
one big nay i have to get out there: the twins are absolutely. TERRIBLE.

[webby]

for mandarin music, i like stef sun (she has a very unique voice compared to her female peers), and for the guys, I've always liked jay chou and david tao. No matter how good music of other languages are, i still love their songs. recently, i found out about gary chaw (aka cao ge), i think this guy has a really good voice. I prefer it more when he roughs up a bit rather than singing the perfect way. He sings very well live(on par with Kim taewoo of g.o.d.), a true threat to david tao and leehom i believe, and one of the best chinese singers i've heard. but jay's songs still has his own uniqueness that no one comes close to yet.

[AzNxSwtAngeL]

i find tension's music really good!
david tao, guang liang, and FIR have some good songs as well (:

[drinkoolongtea]

hey.. i like jolin

umm i like wang leehom and jay chou
but i guess a lot of ppl hate them too

sorry

[brownorange]

GARY CHAW GE IS DEFINITELY ONE GOOD QUALITY MUSIC!!!!

I LOVE HIM!!! I ALWAYS GET GOOSEBUMPS WHEN HE STARTS SINGING

[novemberbaby]

Jay Chou -- Okay, so he mumbles. But he's totally capable of creating beautiful music. Enough said.

JJ Lin -- His songs are catchy and his voice is pretty good. And I like it when he sings in English.

David Tao -- I can't begin to tell you how much I adore his music. It's just way toooo good.

Leehom -- Hello, this dude can play like 10 instruments! How can you not like someone like Leehom? He's spreading Asian pride.

Huang YiDa -- Underrated. He needs more attention.

Tank -- Underrated. He should release more albums.

Others: Nicholas Teo, Daniel Zhang, Tension, MayDay.

Christine Fan aka FanFan -- I guess people know her for her dramas and shows, but her songs are pretty good too! And her voice is really deep.

Tanya Chua -- Yay, she writes her own music, and her voice is clear and strong.

S.H.E -- I don't like how they do cover songs, but I think their singing is decent.

AiDi -- I don't know what she's been doing, but she should release new songs. Her voice is mad deep and clear.

Others: Kaira Gong, Liang JingRu, AhSang, Evonne, Elva.

[MizJudge.d]

I'd strongly recommend Leehom's songs, do any of you know when his next album will be out? I haven't been catching up to Chinese/Taiwanese media lately...

[Ayuu~]

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uhm.
im NOT sick of jolin, rainie and SHE..
all three of them happen to be my favez...
goshh....~!

[treeesh]

i so needed this thread!

in my opinion, these guys are really good (i think most people have said it already.. but anyhow, i shall repeat them to show how good they really are).

males: wang lee hom, jay (VERY VERY FEW of his songs are actually good now, but i'll give credit to his older albums), gary cao ge (underrated though), jj lin (he's talented and he's singaporean!!), guang liang, david tao, jeff chang (i love his near feminine voice ), li shengjie and xiao gang (zhou chuan xiong)

females: liang jing ru (she can sing but methinks her songs are becoming a tad bit boring, her new album, nuan nuan was the only good song!), tanya chua (certain songs), fan wei qi

bands: wu yue tian (definitely the BEST!), fir (their latest album is sooo good!), nan quan mama and dreamz fm [meng fei chuan] (an old band from singapore. their songs were so good!)

i really like male singers

[Ladyy]

Oh goshhhhhhh. I HATE all of the new pop singer groups and the ones who try to act all ghetto and rap like crap. They have no vocal talents AT ALL whatsoever. Except for a very selected few like Janice.

[kamui_hime]

recently i've gotten into cherry boom (girl rock band) and fahrenheit, although Fahrenheit is very boy band pop

[Special Ed]

The best for me are probably are:

Jay Chou
Wang Lee Hom
F.I.R. (totally underrated)
Soler (totally ignored)
Edison Chen (yes his singing isn't great but lyrics are, EEG style is dead folks)
Zhang Li Yin (Jang Ri In's chinese versions)

[sj22]

龙宽九段.

I love their songs! Too bad they broke up
My choices
Female-
Stefanie Sun
Mavis Fan (her old OLD songs like Xiao Shi, Snowman)
Elva Tsiao (i love her older songs, like Zui Shu Xi De Mo Sheng Ren, Chuang Wai De Tian Qi, Qiang Wei)
Coco Lee's old songs
Faye Wong (my favourite from her is Hong Dou, and Ren Jian)
Fan Wei Qi/Fanfan
Male-
Xu Wei
David Tao
Some of Jay Chou's songs
Yu Cheng Qing
Leehom Wang (though i don't really enjoy his music..)

Oh and F.I.R.'s okay

There's alot moree, but i haven't really been paying attention to Chinese music these days

[ichigo_no_powder]

zhang liang ying. I absolutely adore her voice. one of the best singers out there, not only for chinese music but internationally. imo anyways.

[idolfan311]

this thread read my mind. hehe... thanks.

[chromatic]

i love this thread.
and i like the title of the thread: QUALITY chinese music.

chinese music has been flooded with all sorts of bubblegum music.

people that i really think produces QUALITY chinese music.
-shawn song: but its a shame, we will not get to hear another album from him.
-f.i.r: they wow me with every new album they have. a mixture of chinese and western music
-steve chou (better known as zhou chuan xiong): king of ballads.
-tanya chua: a very underrated musician. she recorded an english album but it wasn't successful and now, she's ventured into chinese music successfully.
-david tao: i love his music but not the latest album. :x

[mizcarol]

i spotted some mentions of jacky cheung. thank god! i grew up with his music and i still love him to bits. as well as william so- that song, the more we kiss, the sadder we are. and the song he did for the 'Gorgeous' soundtrack with a singaporean singer, kit chan. (lol i almost spelled her name together and called her kitchan)

and of course jay chou. i was listening to his first album and i was struck by how fresh his music still sounds to me. i always love his background effects.

and i like how a lot of taiwanese artistes are incorporating trad music- leehom in heroes of the earth album, jay, tank sang ala chinese opera in the rock song 'three kingdom romance' and i refuse to feel ashamed of loving jj lin to bits!! he and kim junsu are currently my 2 fave asian singers. and the funny thing is that the very reason i love him seems to be the reason why most people dun like him- his voice is so very distinctive to me. i like that!

and of course i totally agree with the first poster- fish leong's silk road. i had my sis translate the whole song for me. oh the song kills me. i didn't know that xin from mayday composed it. wowie! love him by association.

[dreamsicle]

JJ Lin is the only Chinese pop singer I listen to now. Otherwise, it's all American for me.

I cannot stand Jay Chou or Wang Leehom, etc

If I must, Fan Wei Chi and Jasmine/Fish Leong sing well but their music is not appealing to me.

[tis a wonderful life]

leehom and jj is a fave. eh, i don't understand chinese so i don't have to worry about mushy lyrics or whatever. but i think jj's voice is totally hot! so is leehoms. =P f.i.r. is pretty good too. and david tao of course, the other's i haven't really heard their music but most def. will check em out.

[jamba bamba]

and of course i totally agree with the first poster- fish leong's silk road. i had my sis translate the whole song for me. oh the song kills me. i didn't know that xin from mayday composed it. wowie! love him by association.

wang lee hom was the one who composed it, actually. ah xin wrote the lyrics to the song