"Preach in the text." --Tang Tears"
No doubt.
The Hong Kong TVB's Top Ten Golden Melodies Awards Ceremony is the strongest promoter to promote the Hong Kong music scene to the peak of prosperity.
Although it is always said that the top ten Chinese golden songs are fair, objective and authoritative.
Some people also said that the award ceremony of the music industry with the statistical standard of the broadcast rate is more valuable.
But in front of the eight-sided mighty wind of the ten golden songs, no one can compete.
This event spanned the 1980s and 1990s.
And one of the awards belongs only to real superstar singers, and after 2000, there are no superstars.
This is the ups and downs of an era.
That, of course, is the "Most Popular Male Singer Award", which has been in the limelight since its birth.
There is only one award that can be equal to it in terms of magnitude, the Golden Melody Gold Award.
The Golden Melody Gold Award comes from one of the top ten golden songs of the year, and is related to the quality of the songwriting and singing skills.
And a comparison of the two awards will reveal.
The most popular male singer award focuses on comprehensive advantages, such as the need for popular songs and better quality, the superior performance of film and television songs and advertisements, concerts and other comprehensive results will be used as a reference standard, while the Golden Melody Gold Award is more technical, and the standard is relatively single.
For example, first take Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong as examples.
From 1984 to 1987, Tan Yonglin won the Most Popular Male Singer Award for four consecutive years, of which 1984 and 1985 won two highest awards at the same time, which is a unique achievement in the history of the top ten golden songs, and when the short "Tan Zhang Competition" came to an end, no singer could reproduce this grand situation.
In 1981, Tan Yonglin won the Golden Horse Film Emperor with "If I Were True".
In 1984, he held the "'84 Asian Peace Concert" in Japan, held six concerts at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, and toured Singapore and Canada.
In 1985, he held 20 consecutive "Tam Wing Lin Super Platinum Concerts" at hung hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, and then held the "Asia Peace Concert" in Hong Kong with Shinji Tanimura and Cho Yung-bi.
In 1986, he held 20 "Fuji Tam Wing Lin Carnival Concerts" at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, and co-starred with Jackie Chan in the action comedy film "Brother Dragon Brother Tiger Brother".
In 1987, he held 17 consecutive solo concerts in Hong Kong's Red Pavilion, the movie "Brother Dragon and Tiger Brother" was released and won the Hong Kong annual crown and box office record, and the interlude was a song "Friend" from Tam Wing Lin's album "Storm Goddess Lorelei" released in 1985.
This is Tan Yonglin's peak four years, records, concerts and movies, unmatched.
Cheung Kwok Wing snatched the Golden Melody Gold Award from Tam Wing Lin in 1986 and 1987.
Tam soon announced in 1988 that she would no longer win the award, and the next two most popular male singer awards fell into the hands of Cheung Kwok Wing.
In 1986, Zhang Guorong starred in the movie "The True Colors of Heroes" and won the annual championship and broke the box office record.
In 1987, Zhang Guorong traveled to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and other places to hold the "American and Canadian Sleepless" North American tour, and then held concerts in Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo and other places, starring in the same year's movies "Hero 2" and "Ghost of Qiannu", and was nominated for the Academy Award for "Hero 2".
In 1988, Cheung became the first Pepsi superstar spokesperson in Asia, and opened 23 concerts in the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong, starring in "Rouge Buckle" and was nominated for the Golden Film Emperor again.
In 1989, Cheung participated in the Asian Pop Music Festival held in the United Kingdom as a representative of Hong Kong singers; in the same year, Cheung Kwok Wing announced his farewell to the music scene and opened 33 consecutive "Farewell Concerts" at the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong, followed by a number of world tour concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, Canada and other countries.
This is the gradual rise of Zhang Guorong's momentum, which is also a record, movie and concert, unmatched.
There should be some hints from the above two examples.
As stated at the beginning, the Golden Melody Gold Award can compete by technical superiority, and the most popular male singer award must be the winner of the comprehensive momentum.
Next, we will enter the eve of the Age of Kings.
In 1990, Andy Lau rose in the song world with "Can You", starring in the movie "Dreamcatcher with Love", Jacky Cheung participated in "Smiling Proud of the River" and won the Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor Award, starring in the movie "Blood Street" nominated for the Academy Award.
In 1991, Andy Lau starred in the movie "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo" and "Supreme Supreme II" and "Supreme Supreme II. Eternal Domination of the World", and opened Tianmu Film Company in the same year, and Jacky Cheung held concert tours in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and other places, starring in "Qiannu Ghost 3: Dao Dao" and "Huang Feihong's Lofty Ambition".
At this stage, Andy Lau's films are better than Jacky Cheung's, but record sales and concerts are not as good.
From 1990 to 1992, the situation analysis of the three years, Jacky Cheung obviously lost in the "idol force", tan Zhang retired after the vacuum period, the music scene needs a singer with enough idol power to support the scene, there is no doubt that Andy Lau is the most suitable candidate.
In 1992, the Four Heavenly Kings were enthroned.
In 1991, Dawn won the top ten Chinese the best album of the year in Hong Kong with "Is Love is Love".
In 1992, Dawn held a 20-concert world tour, and then held her first 10 concerts at the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong, starring in the movie "Divine Calculation".
In 1993, Andy Lau held 20 "True My Own Style Concerts" at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong.
In 1994, Dawn held a Southeast Asian concert tour and starred in the movie "Urban Love".
This may be the reason why Dawn and Andy Lau won this award in the three years of 1993, 1994 and 1995, which is still inseparable from the combination of record sales, concerts and film momentum.
By 1995, Jacky Cheung had held a 100-performance world tour with a total audience of 2 million people, setting a record for the number of concerts held by Asian singers, winning the "World's Highest Selling Asian Pop Singer" and "World's Highest Selling Chinese Singer" award; was selected by Time Magazine as "one of the 50 most influential people in Asia".
So in 1996, wireless pushed the boat along the water, and the god of song also won the only most popular male singer award.
In 1994, 1996 and 1998, Aaron Kwok gradually developed in the Red Pavilion, with 16 concerts, 18 and 25 concerts respectively, and the film road also changed from a large number of commercial film models to reduced production and high quality, especially in 1996's "Romantic Storm" and 1998's "Domination of the World", which attracted attention, and opened a formal cooperation with Pepsi In 1998.
So he set a record for the four kings on the same stage, and even zhuang's most popular male singer award.
Xu Guanjie can be placed in another book, and his status and prestige do not depend on awards.
As far as Tan Zhang and the Four Heavenly Kings are concerned, the general review of the above resume should be able to draw a slight conclusion.
The Golden Melody Gold Award is a reference item for the strength of the singer, but it is not absolute.
The Most Popular Male Singer Award, the symbol of a superstar male singer at the top of the music scene, was terminated in 2000.
This is a one-sided view of the Hong Kong music scene and these two awards.