Around the 1950s
Before the 1950s, Chinese era songs from Shanghai Haipai were popular in Hong Kong, representing singers such as Gong Qiuxia, Zhou Xuan, Yao Li, Li Xianglan, Bai Guang, Wu Yingyin, Zhang Lu and so on. In the 1950s, the stars performed in high-end nightclubs mainly performed Occidental pop songs, accompanied by musicians (mainly Filipinos). At that time, famous local singers were more familiar to Hong Kong people than Joe Junior, Irene Ryder and Teddy Robin. The main reason for the popularity of English songs is that singing such high-end entertainment venues is dominated by foreigners from the upper society, and only a small number of Chinese have more social status and economic ability to afford such high-level consumption.
Exposed to Western pop music, young people in the 1960s liked to form their own bands, mainly singing English songs. Notable bands include Teddy Robin & The Playboys, Sam Hui & Lotus, Joe Chen & Menace, Loosers (the predecessor of Winner), and later New Top Notes and Jade. In the early 1970s, idol singers were still mainly English songs, famous for Chen Meiling and Chen Qiuxia.
In 1974, Hui Guanjie's album "Ghost Horse Double Star" opened the prelude to hong Kong's contemporary pop music scene, and the 1976 classic album "Half a Pound, Eight Two" marked the official formation of the Market for Cantonese pop songs in Hong Kong.
80s
The Hong Kong music scene of the 1980s was the most glorious and colorful period in the history of Hong Kong music. From the music trend led by Xu Guanjie, Luo Wen, Lin Zixiang, Chen Baiqiang, Tan Yonglin, Zhang Guorong, Mei Yanfang, wang Jie to the rise of beyond and Jacky Cheung. A large number of excellent singers have emerged. Hong Kong pop songs in the 1980s refer to many Japanese songs and Western music such as Music and Fury, Blues, and Folk Songs. Because Japanese songs have a more contemporary sense, adapting songs has become a boom. Among them, it is represented by songs such as "The Man Who Catches the Wind", "The Wind Continues to Blow", and "Monica".
90s
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong music scene entered its peak period, first with Wang Jie leading the way, followed by Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Li Ming, Aaron Kwok and Faye Wong, Zheng Xiuwen and other powerful tianhou representatives. Before the 1990s, Hong Kong pop singers did not pay attention to Chinese pop music, before which Most of Hong Kong's Chinese pop songs came from other Greater China regions, until the beginning of the 1990s, the four kings represented by Jacky Cheung Andy Lau began to enter the Taiwan, Singapore and Chinese mainland markets to try to Chinese pop music performances. The most successful of these is also Jacky Cheung, whose Chinese records "Kiss Goodbye" and "True Love New Songs + Selection" have achieved great success, which has made his career reach the peak. During this period, Andy Lau, who is also a member of the Four Heavenly Kings, swept the entire Chinese region with songs such as "Forgetting Love Water" and "If You Are My Legend".
After the financial crisis in the late 1990s, with the gradual fading of the four kings and entering the Hong Kong music scene after the new century, only the glory of Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan appeared.