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
Zhou Xuan, the most notable singing star of the early Shanghai period.
The Seven Great Singing Stars were seven singers of China in the 1940s.
Five of the seven stars. Left to right: Bai Hong (白虹), Yao Lee (姚莉), Zhou Xuan (周璇), Li Xianglan (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) (李香蘭/山口 淑子), Bai Guang (白光). The last one, Qi Zhengyin (祁正音), is not one of the seven stars. Missing in the picture are Wu Yingyin (吳鶯音) and Gong Qiuxia (龔秋霞).