The latest season of "The Voice of China" is in full swing, and some songs have also been brought to the fire through the program, such as a song "Angel in the Devil" sung by Kang Shulong, a student of Li Jian's team, which has gained super popularity. Before, many people may not be so familiar with this song, it is a song sung by singer Tian Fuzhen in 2011, composed by Chen Xiaoxia and lyrics by Yao Ruolong.
Today we are mainly talking about Chen Xiaoxia, the female composer who created this song. Her representative works, in addition to this song "Angel in the Devil", there are many classic works, but also popular a large number of Chinese singers of the Tianwang Tianhou level, can be called the first female creator of Chinese, and some people call it "Miyuki Nakajima in the Chinese music scene".
Chen Xiaoxia, born in Taiwan in 1954, she began to write songs at the age of 7, a lifetime of creation, high production and high quality, so far 64 years old still insist on writing songs, so strong creative force so that many male creators are also ashamed of themselves. Chen wrote songs, she is also a singer, has released three original albums. But compared to her status as a behind-the-scenes composer, singing seems like playing with tickets.
In 1981, the 27-year-old Chen Xiaoxia debuted with her first song "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter". After that, he wrote songs for liu Wenzheng, Qi Qin, Pan Yueyun, Jiang Yuheng and other well-known singers. But the real attention may be due to the fact that in 1991, she created "You See the Face of the Moon" for the popular female singer Meng Tingwei, as the title song of Meng Tingwei's album of the same name, which was extremely popular. The album sold more than 500,000 copies in Taiwan and 5 million copies in Asia, setting a record for the highest number of albums sold by Taiwanese singers at that time, and Meng Tingwei also won the reputation of "Moon Princess". And all this, the biggest behind-the-scenes hero is none other than Chen Xiaoxia.
Meng Tingwei and Chen Xiaoxia
In 1993, Meng Tingwei released the album "Whose Tears Are Flying", and the title song of the same name was still fully created by Chen Xiaoxia. In the same year, she also wrote "Monsoon Wind" for Faye Wong, which became one of Faye Wong's early masterpieces. She later wrote songs for Meng Tingwei such as "True or False" and "Silent Rain". Chen Xiaoxia became a sought-after composer in the music world, and she and lyricist Yao Ruolong also began a decades-long collaboration.
In 1997, Chen Xiaoxia wrote "The Engagement" for Faye Wong, which became a classic, and was later sung by Zhou Hui into a Chinese version, which was widely circulated. Then he wrote "He Doesn't Love Me" for Karen Mok, which helped Mo Wenwei's singing career in Taiwan become a hit. In 1999, he wrote "Don't Be a Woman in the Next Life" for Mei Yanfang. After 2000, Chen Xiaoxia has successively cooperated with ren Xianqi, Rene Liu, Liang Jingru, Eason Chan, Fan Weiqi, Zhou Huajian, Zhang Shaohan, Tian Fuzhen and other big-name singers to create one popular work after another. Among them, "Ten Years", written for Eason Chan in 2003, has once again become a landmark classic, helping Eason Chan to open up the mainland market in one fell swoop and reach a new peak in his acting career. In 2008, the song "Next Dawn", written for Guo Jing, became popular and was shortlisted for the "Best Song of the Year Award" at the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. In 2010, she composed the song "Singing in the Tree" for Guo Jing again, and won the Best Composition Award at the First Golden Melody Award for this work. After 2010, she has written music for Ren Jiaxuan, Hu Xia, Li Yuchun, Lin Youjia and many other film and television works.
As a gold medal composer in the Chinese music scene, Chen Xiaoxia has composed more than 600 pieces in her lifetime, and in addition to the above-mentioned singers, there are also Zhang Huimei, Zhang Guorong, Xu Ruyun, Qiu Haizheng, Su Rui, Wu Qixian, Zheng Xiuyun, Fei Yuqing, Kwong Meiyun, Gao Shengmei, Zhang Xinzhe, Xin Xiaoqi, Lü Fang, Chen Huixian, Chen Huilin, Yang Qianwei, Ke Yimin, Xu Zhi'an, Li Keqin, S.H.E, Wang Xinling, Yung Zu'er... Covering most of the Chinese music scene. Everyone rushed to invite Chen Xiaoxia to sing, and they took her song as the first main hit. Judging from the market reaction, many times Chen Xiaoxia is indeed a guarantee of sales and singing. In addition to the above-mentioned popular classics, there are Ren Xianqi's "Your Face with Tears", Chen Huixian's "Come Back", Eason Chan's "Long Time No See", Lin Youjia's "Cruel Moonlight", Faye Wong's "Ambiguous", Liang Jingru's "Thin", Fan Weiqi's "Can You Not Be Brave" and so on.
Chen Xiaoxia released her own personal albums in 1991, 1993 and 2005 respectively, the songs she wrote for herself, there is no love song, the melody is not so catchy, but still gained a good reputation, the song is permeated with intriguing humanistic atmosphere, reflecting the mood and perception of being a woman in different periods, worth savoring with heart. For example, the song "No One To Find This Person", some people described it as a female version of "The Hill", which is similar to Li Zongsheng.
Looking back at the Chinese music scene, female creators have always been a rare species, and even if they do, they are mostly niche types. Compared with heavyweight male composers such as Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Xiao Worm, Chen Zhiyuan, Gu Jiahui, Li Xiaotian, Wu Lecheng, etc., it seems that only Chen Xiaoxia is a woman, saying that she is "Miyuki Nakajima in the Chinese music scene", which seems not to be an exaggeration at all.
"Under the pressure of the environment, music is driftwood," Chen Xiaoxia once said. In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiaoxia grabbed the driftwood of music, which has been floating and sinking in Lehai for half a century, leaving so many beautiful notes for us. Let's pay tribute to this Chinese "godmother of music"!