Recently, netizens released a video of singer Chen Ming performing at the wedding,
She wears a green suit and large earrings full of personality,
The complexion looks very good, the face is very rosy,
Also performing at the same time was Hong Kong veteran singer Lin Zixiang,
It seems that the owner of the wedding is either rich or expensive or a good friend in the music world.
Chen Ming has faded out of the music scene for many years, and the audience's recent impression of her is still "I Am a Singer" a few years ago.
Unfortunately, it was eliminated prematurely, and there were not many surprises,
And her masterpiece "Happy Hometown" is still a childhood memory of the post-80s generation.
How did this singer, who was once as famous as Na Ying, disappear now?
Chen Ming was born in Shanghai in 1968 to both workers.
There was also an older brother in the family, when she was about five years old.
His parents were transferred to Luoyang, Henan Province, to support the construction of the Dongfanghong Tractor Factory.
At that time, Chen Ming's father was an engineer in a tractor factory.
In the 1960s and 1970s, tractors were an indispensable large-scale tool in economic construction.
Therefore, his father's status in the factory is very high, and Chen Ming is also full of admiration for his father.
So When Chen Ming was in college, he chose to major in machinery.
After graduation, he was also assigned to the workshop of the tractor factory and was responsible for steel heat treatment.
Chen Ming is the first female worker in the workshop, and the only one,
When she came, the teacher was muttering behind her back, what a female worker can do.
Therefore, Chen Ming has not been able to find his place in the workshop,
She also began to doubt her own direction, when her brother, who worked in the cabaret troupe, inspired her.
The two brothers and sisters in the family have completely gone in opposite directions,
The brother who was supposed to enter the factory was singing with a guitar in the song and dance troupe,
My sister, who grew up singing well and could sing once, went into the factory as a female worker.
The brother encouraged Chen Ming to come out and sing, and told her that she could go to Guangzhou to see the opportunity.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Hong Kong music scene was at its peak.
As an import and export trade center, Guangzhou has access to a large number of foreign things through Hong Kong.
Including new wave ideas, there are also a large number of Cantonese songs flowing to the mainland.
At that time, the singers in the mainland performed in the form of song and dance troupes, and there was no record company.
There are not too many pop songs, Guangzhou can be regarded as a relatively fast-growing area,
Whenever a Hong Kong singer releases a new cassette, the resident singer in the bar immediately learns and covers the song.
Every night the bar can order songs, and some singers record cover tapes.
In 1990, Chen Ming also came to Guangzhou to apply for a resident singer, but she could only sing a Cantonese song "Shanghai Beach".
At that time, the guests basically only ordered Cantonese songs.
Chen Ming quickly bought a large number of Cantonese tapes and locked up at home every day to learn Cantonese songs.
Fortunately, su rui and Pan Meichen soon began to be popular,
Many Mandarin songs were also ordered, and Chen Ming successfully became a resident singer in the bar.
At that time, the bar culture was very popular, and there were Lin Yilun, Mao Ning, Yang Yuying in Guangzhou,
There are Manjiang, Huang Bo, Wu Xiubo here in Beijing, all of whom are very well-known singers in the bar.
And the bar of that year was not like today's guitar and a wheat, at most there is a band,
At that time, the competition was very fierce, and the singers had to make their own tricks, like a large-scale party.
There are also dance teams performing in intervals.
It is also during the period of singing in the bar that Chen Ming's good voice is trained,
Sometimes she sang from six o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning, and she could not ask for leave without interruption.
He developed a pair of iron mulberries, so that he later became a professional singer who could withstand high-intensity recording work.
And the singers sang in more than just one bar in order to make money.
At night, I often have to rush to the field, and some rush two or three fields,
At most, it takes four or five fields, and Chen Ming once wore a wedding dress and rode a bicycle to rush the field.
Sometimes Chen Ming's voice is really uncomfortable and you have to sing,
She sang Mei Yanfang's songs, and the comfortable bass allowed her vocal cords to rest.
After three years as a resident singer, Chen Ming ushered in his own opportunity,
She participated in the first song and dance hall singer competition in Guangdong Province and won the championship.
He was signed by China Singing Records and became a professional singer.
At that time, China began in Guangdong and ushered in the era of record companies.
Chen Ming, Mao Ning, Yang Yuying, etc. can be counted as the first batch of singers to sign,
At that time, the development of the north was a little later, and many singers still did not get professional packaging in the song and dance troupe.
China Singing Company also took Chen Ming to Beijing to publicize the signing system.
After Chen Ming signed the contract, he released his first record "I believe you will always be touched by me".
Unfortunately, the response to this record was mediocre, and there was no splash.
In the same period, Yang Yuying and Mao Ning have sold millions of sales and began to tour.
The following year, Chen Ming participated in the popular singing competition of the professional group of the Youth Song Competition.
That year's contestants also included Lin Yilun and Gan Ping,
In the end, Lin Yilun won the silver award, and Gan Ping won the bronze award.
Chen Ming only won an award for excellence, but the competition gave her a song.
At that time, the composer Liu Tong wrote a song "Loneliness Makes Me So Beautiful",
The lyricist was none other than his wife, Ninan, and the couple did not want to sing the song to others.
Coupled with the fact that Chen Ming wore a white T-shirt and a ponytail when he went to visit the two,
Like a college student, without the fashion temperament of a singer,
Liu Tong and his wife did not want to give her this song.
Chen Ming had already participated in the Youth Song Contest at that time, so he said to the two,
The Green Song Contest is about to be finalized, so it is better for the two of you to listen to my singing,
Let's see if you want to sing this song to me.
As a result, after Liu Tong and his wife watched the Qingge Song Competition, they immediately gave this song to Chen Ming.
Soon after, she released her self-titled album "Loneliness Makes Me So Beautiful".
This is Chen Ming's second album, and it is also the album that determines her fate.
If two consecutive albums are not popular, I am afraid that she will be hidden by the record company.
So she began to go to great lengths to promote the new album.
At that time, the records were mainly promoted through the radio, and Chen Ming flew to Shanghai to record radio programs.
From eight o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the evening, as soon as she turned on the radio station, she was all recommending her record.
The high-intensity work of the continuous rotation made Chen Ming fall asleep several times during the recording process.
Later, the radio station received complaints from listeners, because all the radio stations were playing Chen Ming's songs.
So there was a rule that a singer could only appear on a maximum of three radio stations to promote works.
But this album "Loneliness Makes Me So Beautiful" is really hot,
It became Chen Ming's first masterpiece, this song is high-level and artistic,
Chen Ming's singing is graceful and beautiful, and has been unanimously recognized by the industry.
Chen Ming, who has been chasing dreams for four years, finally ushered in his own explosion,
At that time, the mainland music scene was divided into two camps, the north and the south, so it had the title of Southern Chen Ming and Northern Na Ying.
Later, the rise of folk songs had the title of Southern Chen Ming And Northern Zhu Hua.
Yang Yuying, the southern female singer who was originally the first to catch fire, was busy in love during the most prosperous period.
And announced his retirement from the music scene, and when he returned to the music scene a year later, he was already full of scandals.
Missed the opportunity to compete with Chen Ming.
However, the record company soon found that "Loneliness Makes Me So Beautiful" was too difficult to sing.
A bit of a high and low, it is difficult to be sung, especially at the major galas that represented the status of singers at that time,
The tone of this song is very inconsistent with the atmosphere of family fun,
So the record company decided to create another cheerful and high-profile song for her.
In 1997, Chen Ming successively released two popular songs, "For You" and "Happy Hometown".
These two songs are lighthearted and catchy, and have been sung to this day.
At that time, almost all the streets and alleys were playing these two songs.
'All the way for you' 'Follow me, and we'll go at dawn'.
At the same time, these two songs are very suitable for singing at the party, so Chen Ming has received a lot of commercial performances.
She also appeared at the galas of each David TV, and every time she appeared, she could set off a wave of climax.
At this time, Chen Ming has become popular all over the country, but her contract with China Singing Company has also expired.
The millennium is approaching, and the domestic music scene has ushered in a new era.
Sony, Warner and other major international record companies have settled in,
New local record labels such as Taihe Wheat Field came into being.
Under the expectation of all, Chen Ming signed a contract under sony,
This company also has such powerful singers as Liu Huan and Han Lei, who have just signed newcomer Jin Haixin.
At that time, Chen Ming, who was on fire, also starred in a TV series across borders.
It is also known as the first idol drama in the mainland, "Carry Love to the End",
Although her role is not much, she has an opponent scene with Wang Xuebing shortly after filming.
And it was very intimate, which made her very embarrassed.
In this drama, all the students who graduated from the class, Xu Jinglei and Li Yapeng were not popular at that time.
Chen Ming is the biggest wrist in it, but this cross-border experience made her decide to continue to sing well.
Chen Ming also sang the interlude "Wait for You to Love Me" for this drama,
It is also a song with a high degree of popularity, and it has become one of the signs of the IP that will love.
But after coming to Sony Records, Chen Ming failed to continue the highlight of his career.
This company did its best to win the first female singer, Jin Haixin,
Her records were written by some of the best musicians in the industry.
It took half a year to launch "Wake Up the Ears", which became a hit.
Chen Ming's album was ranked behind, and it was also created by the Hong Kong and Taiwan teams.
At that time, the direction wanted to create Chen Ming according to Lin Yilian's style,
However, it was not successful, and her new album "Happiness" received a mediocre response.
After that, Sony Music began to change personnel, and the development of its singers was all affected.
Jin Haixin, who is in the limelight, chose to run away, and Chen Ming did not wait for his second album.
At this time, the newcomer singer is vigorously impacting the music scene,
Taiwan's Jay Chou and Sun Yanzi brought the Chinese music scene to a new era.
Hu Yanbin in the mainland also introduced a refreshing musical style.
Chen Ming, Na Ying, Mao Ning and other singers of the older generation began to be slowly forgotten.
Talent shows are on the rise, and the era of idol singers is coming.
The singers of the nineties, except for Na Ying, have been constantly standing at the center of public opinion.
At the same time, it also continues to launch new works, maintaining the status of a first-line singer,
The rest of the singers are basically all slowly being replaced.
Chen Ming never thought that the hype topic would attract attention.
Or cross-border acting, change careers, she just wants to sing steadily,
Even quietly married and had a daughter during the flat period of the career.
Chen Ming met her future husband at an event, a Japanese businessman.
The two soon entered the palace of marriage and gave birth to a daughter in 2004.
When getting married and pregnant, Chen Ming did not consider the impact on his career.
She just thinks family and career are just as important.
And she was 36 years old at the time.
Chen Ming is very protective of his private life and has never revealed information about his family.
In the year of her daughter's birth, she also signed a new record label and released a new album, "Let Love Come First".
Unfortunately, this album still hasn't received much attention.
Chen Ming spends most of his energy with his family.
The daughter is very well-behaved and cute, but she does not inherit her talent for singing.
Chen Ming remembers that when he was a child, he would learn any song as soon as he learned it.
And the daughter babbled but couldn't sing any tune,
On the contrary, her daughter's comedic talent brings her a lot of joy,
Not only do I like to watch jokes, but I also like to tell jokes and perform them.
The occasional Chen Ming photographed by entertainment reporters is no different from that of ordinary mothers.
Dressed simply, without makeup and hair, he picked up his daughter to and from school.
Just when the music industry gradually forgot about this powerful singer,
She appeared on the stage of Hunan Satellite TV's "I Am a Singer".
It was the first season of "I Am a Singer", and a group of well-known singers were invited to compete.
At first, the audience was not optimistic about the show, thinking that it was fried cold rice.
Unexpectedly, after the program was broadcast, it gained unprecedented heat, high-quality scene,
The head-on competition of powerful singers made the audience very enjoyable.
Every guest who participated in "I Am a Singer" was under great pressure,
After all, all are singers with masterpieces and musical status,
Chen Ming was no exception, and she lost eight pounds during the game.
She came on this stage because she had seen the original show.
In the foreign version, many old singers sang hard for the stage to make her cry,
And "I Am a Singer" does provide the best stage, band, sound.
This show has made many singers such as Yu Quan and Huang Qishan popular.
However, Chen Ming was eliminated early.
When she got home, her daughter asked her how many places she had, and she replied that she was seventh.
The daughter asked her how many people there were, and she said seven,
The daughter understood that the mother had the last place,
Ben Tong really gave his mother a hug to comfort her, which made Chen Ming very warm.
This show did indeed allow Chen Ming to gain a long-lost heat,
She held a concert for the 20th anniversary of her debut at the Poly Theater.
In the same year, it also appeared on CCTV's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala and sang the song "Happy Hometown" again.
After that, Chen Ming released several albums and singles,
Unfortunately, it has not received much attention, in the mainland entertainment circle where the heat is fleeting,
Almost all popular singers are active in both the music chart and the topic list,
Singers like Chen Ming are all too easy to forget.
"I Am a Singer" has seen a sharp decline in ratings after several consecutive years of high popularity,
Has slowly lost the original intention of polishing the strength of the singer,
Music competition has once again become the product of hype and topics, and powerful old singers are no longer popular.
In the past few years, Chen Ming has once again had no news,
Now she is 53 years old and her daughter is 17 years old.
As long as there is a good stage, it will not give up,
It's just that the singers of the nineties were eventually drowned in the times.
| Nancy
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