About Mandopop
Mandopop is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of C-pop.
Artists closely associated with the genre include Jackie Chan, Jolin Tsai, Teresa Teng, Andy Lau, Zhao Wei and Jacky Cheung.
Mandopop has given rise to 1 subgenre on this site, such as French mandopop.
From Wikipedia
Mandopop or mandapop refers to popular music sung in Standard Mandarin, primarily songs from Mainland China and Taiwan. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu ("period music"); later influences included Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwanese Hokkien pop, and particularly the campus folk song movement of the 1970s. Although pop music in Mandarin predates cantopop, the English term "mandopop" was coined around 1980 after "cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to describe Mandarin-language popular songs of that time, some of which were versions of cantopop songs sung by the same singers with different lyrics to suit the different rhyme and tonal patterns of Mandarin.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Mandopop.
Key artists
- Jackie Chan
- Jolin Tsai
- Teresa Teng
- Andy Lau
- Zhao Wei
- Jacky Cheung
- Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Ruby Lin
- S.H.E
- Leehom Wang
Related genres
Frequently asked questions
What is Mandopop?
Mandopop is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of C-pop.
Who are famous Mandopop artists?
Jackie Chan, Jolin Tsai, Teresa Teng, Andy Lau, Zhao Wei and Jacky Cheung.