There is no doubt that the 90s were the pinnacle of the Chinese pop music scene. Whether it is Hong Kong, Taiwan or the mainland, they have shown unprecedented prosperity. The prosperity of Hong Kong and Taiwan may not be unusual, after all, they are more open and better at packaging operations;
However, the most impressive thing is that the mainland music scene in the 90s was also full of flowers, and it seemed to have surpassed Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although it is just as prosperous, there is still a difference in the mainland music scene, that is, it does not have such a strong monopoly, unlike the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scenes, basically those kings and queens sing the protagonists, and others are difficult to get ahead; the mainland is really a hundred schools of thought, and every year many new people and new songs come out and become very popular.
However, in this way, it is decided that the replacement speed is particularly fast, as if it is a marquee. As soon as many newcomers appeared on the scene, they sang a song to the streets and alleys, thinking that the future was immeasurable, but when the song boom passed, they disappeared into the torrent of the song world and there was no news. Today we're going to review some of these singers.
Note that according to this standard, many singers who have been active for a long time and have more than two or three masterpieces are not included in the discussion (such as Xie Xiaodong, Lin Yilun, Li Chunbo, Man Wenjun, etc.).
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > Gao Linsheng - "The Person Who Cares About You Is Me"</h1>
Gao Linsheng is a Guangdong singer who graduated from Xinghai Conservatory of Music. At the end of 1993, less than half a year into the industry, he released his debut album, with the title song of the same name "The Person Who Cares About You Is Me" became a hit. The album not only sold platinum, but also won numerous awards nationwide.
In June 1994, Gao Linsheng joined CCTV's "Variety Show" as a guest and sang "The Person Who Cares About You Is Me", which once again caused a warm sensation. This is not to mention, Gao Linsheng also appeared on the stage of the 95 Spring Festival Gala with this song, and the degree of popularity can be seen.
This song was just the beginning of Gao Linsheng's musical career, and when he really broke into the music scene after graduation, he never had that sound again. Today, more than 20 years later, he still insists on making music, but few people have heard his second song.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Xie Dong - Smiley Face</h1>
This "Smiley Face", people who have experienced it know that it was very popular at that time; and before hearing this song, they basically did not know who Xie Dong was.
Xie Dongben was a staff member of CCTV, engaged in videography and recording. In 1993, one of his friends, named Chen Xiangyu, wrote a song called "Smiley Face" for Xie Dong to sing. Later, after the song was launched through CCTV "Oriental Time and Space", it was quickly sung throughout the country. In January 1994, he took advantage of the situation to release his personal album "Smiley Face Waiting All the Way", officially transforming into a singer.
But when he actually started to be a singer, he released three albums in succession, but no song was ever popular. He lost his presence in the music scene. No way, after 1998, he quit the music scene and went to Beijing Film to study film courses.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > Sun Hao - Chinese Folk Songs</h1>
When "Chinese Folk Songs" became popular, it was also a trend that swept the north and south of the river. In 1994, Sun Hao won the Bronze Award for Popular Singing at the Sixth Youth Song Competition with this song, and later sang it on the stage of the 95 Spring Festival Gala.
Sun Hao was originally an actor when he debuted, and a song "Chinese Folk Song" made him a singer overnight. By the time he officially released his first solo album in 1997, few people in the music world remembered Sun Hao, and there was no second song that became popular. There was no way, Sun Hao had to go acting again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > Huang Hexiang - "Nine Sisters"</h1>
In 1996, a song "Nine Sisters" became popular throughout China, and the singer was named Huang Hexiang.
About Huang Hexiang, the encyclopedia information is introduced as follows: Chinese pop singer, national first-class actor, China Golden Disc Award winner, graduated from Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China's first bachelor's degree in popular singing, the first pop male artist to hold a solo concert in Vienna's Golden Hall, once served as the deputy head of the Song and Dance Troupe of the China Coal Mine Literary troupe, and in 2010 led Zhang Jie Zhang Liangying Chinese singing will enter the international music scene...
It seems that it is a person who will whitewash himself, but then Niu X, he also sang a song of "Nine Sisters", and at most added a song of "You Can't Live Without You". The heroine of the "Nine Sisters" MV was Xie Na, and a few years later, Xie Na became a host and became popular, and Huang Hexiang also said that he originally wanted to be a host, because he did not want to compete with Xie Na for a job and gave up this dream.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" > Li Jin - "Are You Okay Elsewhere"</h1>
At the end of 1993, a song "Are You Okay in aNother Country" came out and quickly became popular in the streets. The singer of the song is called "Bald Head Li Jin".
He is bald, named Li Jin, a native of Sichuan, who developed in Guangzhou, and "Are You Okay in Other Places" was also his debut album, which won the 1994 China Top Ten Golden Melody Award. Perhaps the work sings the kind of emotion that people have in other places, Li Jin became famous with this song in one fell swoop, but then there was no song like this with such a popularity, the only impression was a song "The Sun Shines on My Torn Clothes".
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="06" > Jiangshan - "Dream Water Town"</h1>
From 1994 to 1995, the song "Water Town in Dreams" was like a clear stream, injecting a fresh breath into the Chinese music scene. The singer is Jiang Shan, an actor who has just become popular with the TV series "Addiction". After singing the ending song "Confused Love" with the male protagonist Wang Zhiwen in the play, she signed a contract with Wang Xiaojing's Star Disc Company and began to develop her singing career.
The title song in the first album is "Dream Water Town", which is very widely sung and very good. But this also became the only representative work of Jiang Shan's singing career, and then she went back to acting.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="07" > Prince Ming - "Sad Rain"</h1>
Remember this singer named Wang Ziming? At that time, a song "Sad Rain" was also very popular, known as the prince of love songs.
Wang Ziming is also a southern singer and graduated from Xinghai Conservatory of Music. In 1994, he signed a contract with the "Heaven and Earth People" studio, and the first single released was "Sad Rain", which sold more than 300,000 copies, and immediately became a fire, and won several Golden Melody Awards and Newcomer Awards.
And then, there's no then. Although he released many albums in the future, there was no longer any sound, and "Sad Rain" became his only masterpiece.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="08" > Dai Jun's "Ah Lian"</h1>
In 1995, a catchy love song "Ah Lian" was widely circulated, sung by singer Dai Jun.
Dai Jun, a native of Shanghai, has been singing in a Shenzhen bar since he was 20 years old. After singing for several years, he came to Beijing in 1994 to develop, signed a contract with a company, and then launched his debut album "A Lian Bride", in which the song "A Lian" was sung to the whole country through CCTV's "Oriental Time and Space 95 Golden Song", thus becoming popular overnight.
The same fate, after singing "Ah Lian", Dai Jun basically disappeared from the music scene. Later, he transformed into a host and partnered with Li Jing to host "Super Visit" before he gained attention again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="09" > Zhou Bingqian - "Really Miss You"</h1>
A song "Really Miss You" has pinned on the true love of countless people, which can be called a Chinese classic. The song was sung by mainland artist Zhou Bingqian and sung throughout China through the 1996 CCTV Lantern Festival.
Zhou Bingqian's representative work in the music world is only this one, she was not originally a singer, but a professional erhu and gaohu player. Later, Zhou Bingqian has released albums one after another, but there is no longer a well-known work like "Really Miss You".
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="10" > Jinggangshan - "Only You in My Eyes"</h1>
Jing Gangshan is a mainland singer who debuted in 1986, and there was no big hit until 1995, when he released a song "Only You in My Eyes", which was all the rage. This song is also an advertising song for Wahaha Pure Water. Yes, Jinggangshan was the first spokesperson before Wang Lihong.
After this song, Jinggangshan also did not have any representative works, and then basically faded out of the song world and turned to filming.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="11" > Fangfang- "Shake the Sun"</h1>
Speaking of singer Fang Fang, few people may remember this name, but they must remember that there was a popular song "Shake the Sun" that year.
Fang Fang, a mainland female singer from Jiangsu Province, won the Bronze Award for Popular Singing in 1994 for her song "Shake the Sun" in the Youth Song Competition. The next year, she signed a contract with China Singing Guangzhou Company and published her personal album "Shake the Sun", and she sang a song "Shake the Sun" to the whole of China.
But after a song "Shake the Sun", there was no news of Fang Fang on the song world.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="12" > Zhou Liang - "Is It Snowing There?"</h1>
Remember the song "Did You Snow There"?
In 1995, the song became popular for a while, and I still remember the clear and warm female voice, especially the recitation in the song. At that time, although the song was hot, the singer Zhou Liang did not seem to be popular.
In addition to this song, Zhou Liang actually had a song "Girl's Mind You Don't Guess" that was also popular for a while at that time. But not long after, Zhou Liang left the music scene and was not heard from.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="13" > Diao Han - "Flower Good Full Moon"</h1>
Diao Han was an original musician in the 90s, who sang songs for many singers such as Sun Yue, Dai Jun, Sun Hao, Wu Qiong, Chen Hong, etc. He was also a singer himself, and his representative work was the once popular "Flower Good Moon", from his debut solo album "Spring Water Like a Year" in 1995.
In addition, in 1996, there was a single "Picking Flowers", which was also popular. Later, I stopped hearing his singing.
There are many singers like the above who suddenly become popular with a song and then quickly disappear. They perfectly interpret the meaning of the five words "debut is the peak", and if you look closely, you will find that the time is basically concentrated in the period from 1994 to 1995. Why? Of course, there is a reason, because in the past two years, the mainland music scene is experiencing an unprecedented boom. In the next article, I will analyze the reasons for this, so stay tuned.