When it comes to the prosperous Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene in the last century, it must be inseparable from the three words of "Poly Gold". At that time, PolyGram was really a superstar like a cloud, the heavenly king and queen of heaven were piled up, and any record could make you hear ear oil (Cantonese).
I remember that at that time, in addition to some head heavenly queens, there was also the saying of "BaoliJin Seven Small Flowers", they were: Chen Huixian, Zhou Huimin, Guan Shuyi, Liu Xiaohui, Wang Xinping, Tang Baoru and Li Ruien.
There is also a saying that "The Four Little Flowers of Baolijin", namely Liu Xiaohui, Wang Xinping, Tang Baoru and Li Ruien, the first three are excluded. Perhaps relatively speaking, the three flowers of Chen Huixian, Guan Shuyi and Zhou Huimin are slightly "bigger", whether it is age or coffee position.
But in general, these 7 female singers, the development of the Hong Kong music scene has certain limitations, and they have not become the top diva "big flowers" like Xu Xiaofeng, Mei Yanfang, and Faye Wong, but only seven small flowers. Let's review them one by one, why they stop at small flowers.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >1, Chen Huixian</h1>
Born in 1965, Chan is the oldest of the seven (but only 1-2 years older than Kwan And Chow Wai-min), the oldest to become famous and most likely to become one of the top divas.
In 1984, Chen Huixian made her debut, that is, she won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Most Promising Newcomer Award. Kwan and Chow Wai Min received similar awards in 1989. In 1989, Chen Huixian had reached the peak of her career, and the first sister of BaoLijin, who was not allowed to be tolerated, was the only female singer who could compete with Mui Yanfang in the Hong Kong music scene at that time.
However, it was precisely because of the competition with Mei Yanfang, especially the "Thousand Nights Dispute" that was boiling at the time, Chen Huixian finally lost to Mei Yanfang, who was good at dancing with long sleeves. Subsequently, she resolutely bid farewell to the Hong Kong music scene and went to the United States to study.
Chen Huixian also lost to her own youthful vigor, in fact, as long as she endured for a while, she could basically replace Mei Yanfang's glory, because Mei Yanfang announced her withdrawal from the award ceremony in 1990.
When Chen Huixian returned again after 5 years, the music scene had already gone through several rounds of reshuffling, it was difficult for her to find her place again, and the fans were also addicted to her at that time, but they were unwilling to accept the new her. After many years, she retired, came back, retired again, came back again... Over and over again, the glory of the past can never go back, which is sighing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" >2, Guan Shuyi</h1>
Born in 1966, Kwan Shuyi released her debut solo album in 1989 and officially debuted, winning the Top Ten Songs Golden Song Most Popular Newcomer Award in the same year. At the end of the same year, she also released her second album "Rare to Have a Lover", and the eponymous song "Rare Lover" in this album became a popular song, and a song "Lovers Under the Stars" was also widely sung.
When Chen Huixian and Mui Yanfang both left and Hong Kong's top female singers became vacant, Kwan Shuyi quickly became popular. But there are still two big mountains in front of Ye Qianwen and Lin Yilian, and as a newcomer, she can only follow closely behind. After Ye Qianwen retired, another big mountain, Wang Fei, suddenly rose, and Peng Ling, Zheng Xiuwen, etc., were also strong opponents.
In this way, although Guan Shuyi has always been compared with Faye Wong in terms of strength, her influence and status have always been less than those mountains, and later there are few works with the same degree of transmission as "Rare Lovers", so Guan Shuyi has not been in a state of up and down in the Hong Kong music scene, especially in the mainland, this name is even a little strange, not as good as Zheng Xiuwen, Kwong Meiyun and Peng Ling.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" >3, Zhou Huimin</h1>
Born in 1967, Chow wai Man participated in the Hong Kong Rookie Singing Contest in 1985 (without winning an award), stepped into the entertainment industry, and then worked as a DJ and host. In 1988, she starred in her first film and the first EP of the same name, "Zhou Huimin". In 1991, Zhou Huimin joined PolyGram and officially developed her acting career.
In the seven small flowers of Baolijin, if the face value of Zhou Huimin is definitely the first, on the degree of popularity she is also the first, the image of the "jade girl leader" can be described as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, whose bedside in that era has not been pasted a few Zhou Huimin. But when it comes to her singer identity specifically, it should be regarded as "people are not red songs", and the most widely sung one is "Obsessed with Hearts for Deep Feelings". The young boys and girls who have pasted her posters, in fact, few will sing her songs, simply eat her face.
In fact, Zhou Huimin has not been a simple singer, but attaches equal importance to singing and acting. An idol artist like her, the strength is not dominant, and the achievements on the road of singers are not outstanding. In 1997, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry and moved to Canada with Ni Zhen. Therefore, she can only be regarded as the most well-known jade female singer, and she has no chance to be awarded such a title as the diva of the song world.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" >4, Wang Xinping</h1>
Born in Hong Kong in 1969, Wang Xinping is the daughter of the famous martial arts star Wang Yu, her mother Lin Cui and her uncle Zeng Jiang are also famous actors.
In 1993, Wang Xinping signed with PolyGram and released her first Cantonese album, winning the Silver Award for the Top Ten Golden Songs Most Popular Female Newcomer Award. In the same year, she released her first Chinese album "Don't Ask Me Who" in Taiwan, and the title song of the same name reached the top spot in Taiwan's Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger Chart. This song has also swept China ever since.
In fact, Wang Xinping's development at that time was not bad, but for most people, the mention of this name may only think of a song "Don't Ask Me Who I Am". Her development has indeed been maintained in the ranks of "little flowers". She also sang and acted in parallel, and at the same time, she also encountered some unexpected blows in her development process.
First, in 1995, when her career was in the ascendancy period, she intensified the feud between her father Wang Yu and Zhen Ni's superiors, which led to the outbreak of a manager contract dispute between her and Zhen Ni, and finally the two sides terminated the contract. Wang Xinping's career was frustrated, and he barely managed to maintain his appointment with Poly Gold.
Second, after she turned to Taiwan for development, she joined Cannes Records and released the Chinese album "Broken Heart Bottle", but unexpectedly due to the poor management of the company and the emotional scandal of its stepmother, which affected her record promotion, resulting in these albums hitting the street, Wang Xinping was discouraged and bid farewell to the music scene.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" >5, Liu Xiaohui</h1>
Liu Xiaohui was born in July 1971 and ranked fifth among the seven small flowers. Her image is pure and lovely, with the title of "student lover", and she is another popular female singer at that time.
Liu Xiaohui signed with PolyGram in 1991 and left in 1994. During this period, he released several albums, including one song "First Love", which was popular all over the country. But Liu Xiaohui may be more mainly an actor, and her influence in the singing world should be at the bottom in this Poly Gold Seven Little Flowers. I remember watching a postcard that year, it was Aaron Kwok and Liu Xiaohui, and the students didn't know who this girl named Liu Xiaohui was, and guessed that it was probably Guo Tianwang's female fan.
After leaving PolyGram, she joined BMG Records and released several albums, which are also average. In 1997, she married Su Zhiwei of grasshoppers, and she quit the entertainment industry to teach her son.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" >6, Tang Baoru</h1>
Born in October 1971, Tang Baoru stepped into the entertainment industry in 1990 for participating in the rookie singing competition.
In fact, when it comes to Tang Baoru, everyone will think of Jacky Cheung for the first time, and think of a song they sang together, "Acacia in the Wind and Rain". This song of Tang Baoru's first attempt to cry has become the highlight moment of Tang Baoru's entire acting career. As soon as he debuted, he could sing love songs with the god of song, which showed that Tang Baoru's strength was not vulgar.
After a year, Tang Baoru once again collaborated with the god of song a song "Love And Half a Life", and became the royal cooperative female singer of the god of song.
Tang Baoru's representative works include "Absolutely a Dream", "Cold", "The Sky of Fate", "Fine Snow", etc., but it seems that the degree of singing is not very large. In 1998, she faded out of the music scene after her appointment with Poly Gold.
Among the seven small flowers, only Tang Baoru's image is different, with a fresh and capable short hair, but it is still a beautiful little flower.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" >7, Ryan Lee</h1>
Of these seven, "Little Benzi" Lee Ryan was the youngest, in 1973. She signed for BMG in 1990 and switched to PolyGon after singing only one song. It is said that because of her resemblance to Chan Wai-hsien, PolyGon intends to make her the second Chan Wai-hsien.
However, looking back at Li Ryan's singing career, it seems that the only thing that can be remembered is "One Man Has a Dream". In The compilation album of various superstars of PolyGram, this song is always indispensable, just like Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand And One Passes", "Drifting Snow" and "Red Tea House".
But Li Ryan did not become the second Chen Huixian after all. Born in the grassroots, she is simple and kind, cute and generous, and her singing strength is really good, but it also stops at small flowers and has not been able to have greater development. In 2002, she married into a big family and quit the entertainment industry.
The reason why these 7 female artists are called "Seven Little Flowers", I think first of all, is because they are all "flowers", all belong to the pure and lovely jade female artists, especially represented by Zhou Huimin; in addition, their voices belong to clean, clear, sweet and pure female voices. Pleasing to the eye and wonderful and moving, it is indeed the seven flowers that bloom from the vine of Polygram.
Seven of them are "small flowers", so which ones are "big flowers" in Polygon? Of course, it was Xu Xiaofeng, Teresa Teng and Faye Wong. Teresa Teng is from Taiwan, Xu Xiaofeng is a predecessor of different eras, and it is Faye Wong who is really the same generation and suppresses them.
In the Hong Kong music scene in the 90s, in fact, most of the sky belonged to the four kings, and the female singer market was so large, but the number was not small, and the competition was particularly fierce. Those who can climb to the top position are just like Mei Yanfang before 90 years ago, and there are only one or two. So most female singers are destined to be just a small flower.
But compared to the "seven small flowers", I prefer to agree with the "four small flowers", because the first three are different after all.
First of all, Chen Huixian is unique in terms of qualifications, strength or status in the company at that time. Her glory days are different from the other 6. But when she returned in the 90s, she really didn't have any competitive advantage, and even her development was not as good as these sisters. So, there is no comparability.
Secondly, Zhou Huimin may not have an advantage in singing, but her popularity in Asia is beyond the reach of the other 6, and she is the idol representative of the Seven Little Flowers.
Also about Shuyi, who is the only singer among the 7 people with a more different personality, a somewhat dreamy voice, and a not so "jade girl", which is a bit similar to Faye Wong's characteristics, but does not have the same star path as Faye Wong.
These three, some people will call it the Queen of Heaven, but some people say that they are still a little bit away from the "Queen of Heaven", and they belong to the second level of the Queen of Heaven.
The remaining four are relatively close, the real "four small flowers". Although their development in the music world is all small flower level, and the word "Tianhou" has no connection, but each has left a popular masterpiece, so to this day, there are still good memories.
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