Taiwanese pop

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Taiwanese Pop is a popular music genre sung in the Taiwanese language (Min Nan). It is referred to as Tai-pop and sometimes Hokkien pop. The genre is not the same as Mandarin pop music from Taiwan.

Contents 1 Terminology 2 History 2.1 Origin 2.2 1950s: Political interference 2.3 1960s: Censorship 2.4 1980s: Lifting of martial law 2.5 1990s: Re-Integrate 3 Present 3.1 2000s 4 Artists 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Terminology

While Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese are all derived from the same Sino-Tibetan languages family, Taiwanese pop is not classified within c-pop. The historical origin of Taiwanese pop comes from a Japanese enka base instead of a Chinese shidaiqu base^[1][2]. Music of this category are sometimes called "Aboriginal Taiwanese pop" to distinguish it from Mandarin pop music in Taiwan^[3].

[edit] History

[edit] Origin

While Taiwan music have existed before the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, the "father of Taiwanese pop" or "New Music" is considered to be Chang Fu-hsing in the 1930s^[1].

[edit] 1950s: Political interference

After the Kuomintang relocated from mainland China to Taiwan, the phase of White Terror would began. The process started in 1949 with the proposal of a martial law. All facets of Taiwanese culture that were not of Han Chinese origin were under scrutiny. In particular, the KMT government discouraged use of the Taiwanese language^[1], See here. As a result, native Taiwanese pop music was no longer in development.

[edit] 1960s: Censorship

In the 1960s, Taiwan Television station for example could air no more than 2 Taiwanese pop songs a day^[1].

[edit] 1980s: Lifting of martial law

The Republic of China would lift martial law in 1987 and allow native Taiwanese culture to reintegrate into society. When Taiwanese music was no longer restricted, the gap between old enka-style Taiwanese pop and modern 1980s mandopop songs was tremendous. Because of this, Taiwanese pop was thought of as music for the older generations^[1][2]. This is unusual since popular music is almost globally associated with youth.

Blacklist Studio would release the first native Taiwanese album in a mandopop-dominant market in 1989.

[edit] 1990s: Re-Integrate

In 1990 Lin Qiang launched the first successful Taiwanese album under Rock Records. It also broke away the tradition by having a new-ballad style instead of the old-enka style^[2].

In 1993, Taiwan's government opened up the broadcasting of TV or radio programs to languages other than mandarin^[4]. Chang Yu-Sheng would also discover A-mei.

[edit] Present

[edit] 2000s

Recently, native Taiwanese pop have been re-integrating into c-pop. A-mei would be labeled an Asian hero worldwide for promoting cross-trait pop music representing aboriginal Taiwanese pop with mandopop success. Her popularity however was criticized by the Communist Party of China for promoting any sort of Taiwan independence^[5].

[edit] Artists

• Jay Chou
• A-mei
• Eric Moo
• Blacklist Studio
• Jolin Tsai
• 黑 澀 會 美 眉- http://blackie.channelv.com/blackie/gallery/index.htm?action=main

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Music of Taiwan

[edit] External links

• History of Taiwanese pop
• msnbc taiwan history

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