First post by Fanli

Hi, I am Fanli. This is my first post about Asian Pop Music. Three mainstream music genres in Asian today include C-Pop, K-Pop and J-Pop. I am Chinese, so C-Pop is the most familiar to me.

C-pop is an abbreviation for "Chinese popular music ". Most of today's c-pop artists originate from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Among these, Taiwan music is the most representative. I must mention one superstar Jay Chou. His appearance rewrites a whole era of music. Today, he is often regarded as the best Asian male singer and put into the top pop star position among Chinese-speaking community, and the reputation earned him a title of "Little King of R&B". His music spread all Chinese regions and other Asian countries, such as Korea, Japanese, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia. His music deeply influence the younger generation. His fast-paced rapping and word twisting and playing the accompaniment as well as singing at the same time onstage are most impressive. Today, these iconic styles are being imitated by youngsters widely in either KTV or stage of reality show. Jay is an idol of young generation. They imitate his style, his character and support his endorsement of brands.


Jay’s charisma (young, cool, full of vitality and with individuality) is able to influence local youth deeply