Isn't that normal? A person's origin is not the only factor that determines his future achievements. High academic qualifications do not mean great achievements, Wang Lihong's influence in the chinese and even Asian music scene is indeed not as great as Jay Chou's, but it does not mean that his musical achievements are not as good as Jay Chou's.
Academic qualifications do not represent competence
The reason why Jay Chou is popular with everyone is that his creative ability is stronger and more in line with the preferences of young people. Even in terms of the number of creative performances, it is more than Wang Lihong of the Berklee School of Music.
In addition, whether a singer is famous or not is not only the level of singing, but also the environment, packaging and other aspects have a lot to do with it. For example, how many students who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in 2005 were comparable to Li Yuchun, who graduated from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music? Is the Central Conservatory of Music inferior to the Sichuan Conservatory of Music?
Artistic achievement is mainly based on talent
This should be well known to many people, the famous cross-talk actor Yu Qian also said that engaging in art 70% to see talent, especially in the field of music, and later people who have achieved high achievements have shown extremely high talent in their teens or even six or seven years old, reaching the peak of art in their twenties, while ordinary people have just graduated from college in their twenties.
Whether it is family or education, There is a big gap between Jay Chou and Wang Lihong, but Jay Chou has a good musical talent and a keen sense of art. It grasped the needs of the development of the times at that time and the resonance of the cultural dissemination of the Chinese people.
Wang Lihong was greatly influenced by the West
Jay Chou is a revolutionary and iconic original singer in the pop music market, and also a musician with a deep influence on the Chinese music scene. Jay Chou is also unique in that while pursuing Chinese style music, he injects literary beauty and artistic beauty into music, so that he can be an idol without losing cultural taste.
Since he was influenced by Chinese and Western music culture since he was a child, Wang Lihong's music has irreplaceable diversity, and songs of various styles have appeared on his albums. While experimenting with different styles, he also tried to absorb excellent musical elements as much as possible. In the early days of his debut, he sang a love song with a strong commercial flavor, thus leaving the impression of an idol singer in the minds of listeners.
epilogue
Wang Lihong's musical quality is certainly good, but this is only the basic quality such as our various common sense or professional knowledge, but there are also non-basic quality factors such as talent and practical ability. The basic qualities are what you know, and the ability is what can be made.
We can't choose our own origins, as well as the environment in which we grew up, but we can change our lives through our own efforts.