Songs by Japanese girls group AKB48; Korean pop groups Tiara+Supernova and singer Ivy; and Taiwanese artist Angela Chang.
AKB48 – River
New song by AKB48, the group’s first Oricon weekly chart topper. And in case you missed my very old post, there’s 48 members in the group indeed… amazed lol?
Chinese song by Taiwanese singer Wilber Pan & Korean diva Lee Hyori, another one from Chinese-Korean combo group Suju-M; Japanese song by Yuki Kimura; and a Korean song by Clazziquai…
Lee Hyori & Wilber Pan – As Long As I Love You
K-pop diva Lee Hyori singing in Chinese for Hyundai i30 commercial, featuring Taiwanese star Wilber Pan. The MV style seriously reminds me of the Anycall commercials; same production team perhaps. Weird accent, but decent song…
Chinese song by Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao; Japanese song by SMAP; and Korean songs by Drunken Tiger and Tiara.
Jam Hsiao – Princess
“Princess” (王妃; prince’s wife to be precise) by Jam Hsiao from his same-title album, released in July 2009. Not a bad song, love his voice as always…
Chinese songs by Taiwanese singer Lala Hsu and Hong Kong singer Kay Tse; Korean songs by G-Dragon and Baek Ji-young (ft. Taecyeon).
Lala Hsu – Riding a White Horse
“Riding a White Horse” (身骑白马) by singer-songwriter Lala Hsu, from her debut album released in May 2009; a mix of pop music with traditional folk song…
English song from Korean pop star BoA; Korean songs from MC Mong and Kara; and Chinese song from Taiwanese actress-singer Vivian Hsu…
BoA – Energetic
Third MV from BoA’s self-titled American album, released in March 2009…
Music videos from some of the winners at the 20th Golden Melody Awards…
Jay Chou – Fragrance of Rice [song of the year & best male singer]
Winners of the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards…
Song of the Year: Jay Chou, “Fragrant of Rice”
Best album: Eason Chan, “Don’t Want to Let Go”
Best Mandarin male singer: Jay Chou, “Capricorn”
Best Mandarin female singer: Sandee Chan, “If There’s One Important Thing”
Best band: Mayday, “Poems of Post-Adolescence”
Best producer: Purdur, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best composer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
Best lyricist: Wu Yu-Hsuan, “Inside the Tram”
Best music video: Jay Chou, “Mr Magic”
Best performing group: Nanwan Sisters, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best newcomer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
[incomplete list, only the pop categories are listed; via Cfensi]
Music video of “I Love You”, an English song by Taiwanese singer Joanna Wang from her debut album “Start From Here”, released in early 2008. It’s a cover of David Tao’s mandarin song, “Love is Simple”…
Joanna’s unique voice has been a revolution to Chinese music market; the album was quite a hit and if not mistaken, among the top five best selling albums of the year in both Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Despite the success, the singer has in a few occasions mentioned that she’s not a fan of the album, because it was not showing her true self.
Her subsequent album, “Joanna & Wang Ruo Lin”, which was released in January 2009 is supposedly showing more of her capability not just as a singer, but also a songwriter with her own ideas; will share something about in future.
