C-pop
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C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music, a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. This also includes countries where Chinese
Li Jinhui, known as the father of Chinese pop
Buck Clayton, the American who helped bring Jazz influence to Shanghai.
Mandopop
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Mandopop or mandapop refers to popular music sung in Standard Mandarin, primarily songs from Mainland China and Taiwan. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai kn
C-pop
…hop and Chinese ambient music, although Chinese rock diverged during the early 1990s. There are currently three main subgenres within C-pop: Cantopop, Mandopop and Hokkien pop. The gap between Cantopop and Mandopop has been narrowing in the new millennium. Hokkien pop, initially strongly influenced by Japanese…
Zhou Xuan, the most notable singing star of the early Shanghai period.