Chapter 402: The Triwizard Fights
The time has come to January 1984, and January every year in Hong Kong is a month that is very much looked forward to for both major celebrities and ordinary citizens.
Because January is not only the Spring Festival of movies in full swing, attracting countless fans, but also the second of the three major awards ceremonies in the Hong Kong music scene every year, the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony and the Commercial Radio Chinese Song Competition Award Ceremony.
However, 1984 was different from the past, because TVB's Top 10 Golden Songs Awards Ceremony will also be held at the end of January.
Although the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony was only held for the first time, it attracted much attention because it was hosted by TVB, the media with the strongest exposure and star-making ability at this stage, and countless star artists from TVB and Shaw Brothers.
Because everyone knows that winning this most popular male and female singer award is the king and queen recognized by the music world and the public.
The older generation of singers wants to prove that their status in the music industry is still solid, and the new generation of singers wants to prove that they are already superstars, so the competition for the most popular singers of the top ten golden songs is extremely fierce.
There are currently five major awards ceremonies in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and in terms of film, there is the Hong Kong Film Awards, which has just been established.
In terms of music, there are currently four large-scale and authoritative award ceremonies, namely the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award Ceremony, the Golden Record Award Ceremony, the Commercial Radio Chinese Song Competition Award Ceremony and the newly established Top Ten Golden Melody Award Ceremony.
While the Golden Disc Awards are usually held in the summer, the Hong Kong Film Awards are mostly held in April, and the other three major music festivals gather in January.
The music awards ceremony is not only a grand ceremony for singers and musicians, but also for the organizers to show the style and grandeur of the ceremony, and often invite film and television stars, Miss Hong Kong, cultural talents and business celebrities to raise the level and popularity of the award ceremony.
The biggest names in the film and television industry are also willing to serve as award presenters in order to brush up their presence and increase exposure, and talented and beautiful people, business celebrities, etc. will also come to participate because of favors or for other reasons, so the awards ceremony has become a grand party with bright stars and elites from all walks of life.
Because elites from all walks of life, especially popular movie stars and singers, will naturally attract the attention of countless citizen fans, in order to be able to take a look at the idols and goddesses in their hearts, or to understand the star strength and popularity of the entertainment industry, almost everyone is looking forward to and focusing on the three major award ceremonies in January.
On January 10th, the Commercial Radio Chinese Song Competition Award Ceremony kicked off the January Awards Ceremony.
On January 18, the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony followed.
On January 28th, the first but high-profile Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony will come to a successful end to the fiery and festive January.
The time is now January 5th, and in order to welcome the upcoming awards ceremony, major newspapers and media are not only paying attention to the hot and abnormal film market, but also frantically promoting and predicting the awards of the awards ceremony.
The most popular thing at the awards ceremony is naturally the highlight of each award ceremony "Top Ten Golden Songs", of course, this year, the most popular male and female singer awards set up in the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony will probably attract everyone's attention.
In order to warm up for the awards ceremony, and for the sales of newspapers, major newspapers have reported from time to time that according to insiders, which song has been booked for the top ten golden songs, or who risked death to steal the list of winners, and who has won the most popular male and female singer awards.
For a while, all kinds of news and speculations sprung up everywhere, and fans who cared about the awards ceremony and their idols were excited for a while, and sad for a while.
In the end, after most fans found out about the urine sex of the media, they were no longer deceived, and the increasingly violent gossip slowly subsided.
Then all the media began to look for major musicians to predict the attribution of the awards, which won the hearts of fans and fans, whether the guess is right or not, at least the experts' words can make some sense and are more convincing.
Among the many media predictions, Ming Pao's "Triwizard Tournament" won the approval of the majority.
"The three major awards ceremonies are coming, and countless singers and fans in Hong Kong are looking forward to it.
What are the top 10 high-profile hits? Does it match the ten songs in your heart?
Who can win the best lyrics and best composition? Is it still a strong Huihuang Ersheng?
Who will end up with the most popular male and female singers with the most fierce competition?
Everything is so exciting.
1983 was still a year of rapid development for the Hong Kong music scene, with total sales of more than 700,000 albums in Hong Kong compared to 1982, 2 more platinum and 3 more platinum and gold albums respectively, and the number of record companies also increased to 15.
For Hong Kong, with a total population of just over 5 million, this growth rate is staggering.
During the year, dozens of singers have dedicated countless classic songs to us, and if you want to say that the singers who performed the best last year, there are four who have left a deep impression on us.
The first is Asian singer Teresa Teng, in 1983, Teresa Teng launched a total of four albums: "Walking on the Road of Life", "Teresa Teng's Fifteenth Anniversary", "Faint Love" and "Teresa Teng's Selected Third Collection".
The four albums have all reached platinum sales, which is only a step short of the five platinum albums in 1982, and among them, "Teresa Teng's Fifteenth Anniversary", "Teresa Teng's Selected Third Series" and "Faint Love" are all Chinese songs, which can make Chinese songs sell platinum records in Hong Kong, and three at a time, I am afraid that only Asian singers can do it.
As for Teresa Teng's second album "Walking on the Road of Life", it is even more popular in Xiangjiang, and the sales of seven platinum are the best proof.
Whether it is a Chinese song or a Cantonese song, Teresa Teng's strength and popularity have made everyone recognize this intoxicating Asian singer.
The second is the veteran superstar Xu Guanjie, Ah Sam is not only a music superstar, but also a film superstar, whose salary has reached 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which can be called terrifying.
The film of the same name released by him "Best Partner: The Great Miracle", with Ah Sam's influence in the music and film industry, finally won five platinum sales.
He jumped from Polygram, the most powerful international record company in Hong Kong, and released his first album "New Beginning" after switching to Kangyi Chengyin, which also achieved four platinum sales.
The two records brought Sam nine platinum sales, won four weeks of champions in the Hong Kong album chart, two championships in the commercial radio arena, three championships in the RTHK Chinese Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger Chart, and two songs were shortlisted for the top ten golden songs in the season.
Ah Sam has proved his strength and appeal, and at the same time, in the eyes of many fans, Ah Sam will always be the pioneer of Cantonese songs in that memory.
The third place is our all-round genius Chen Lang, Chen Lang released a total of two records in 1983, namely "Lang Cai Girl" released in March and "Moon Lang Xingxi" released in August.
Lang Lang's strength and popularity, no amount of praise can be expressed, let's take a look at a set of data, so that everyone can feel Chen Lang's horror.
"Lang Cai Girl" sold six platinum, "Moonlight Star" sold eight platinum, "Moonlight Star" is currently the first single record sales champion in Hong Kong, and the two records sold a total of 14 platinum, helping Chen Lang become the total personal record sales champion in 1983.
What's even more terrifying is that the two records have achieved total sales of 2.74 million and 3.51 million respectively in Asia, which is definitely the first sales in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Speaking of the number of champions, on the Hong Kong album list, "Lang Cai Girl" won three consecutive championships, and "Moonlight Stars" won five consecutive championships, and the two records teamed up to bring Chen Lang eight championships on the Hong Kong album list, making Chen Lang the singer who won the most championships in 1983.
In the commercial radio arena, "Lang Cai Girl" won three championships, and "Moonlight Stars" won four championships, adding up to seven championships, which also made Chen Lang the singer with the largest number of champions on the list.
RTHK Chinese Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger List, "Lang Cai Female Appearance" also won three championships, "Moon Lang Xingxi" also won four championships, a total of seven championships, Chen Lang won the championship again.
At the same time, seven songs in the two albums were shortlisted for the top ten golden songs in the season, making Chen Lang the biggest winner of the top ten golden songs in the season.
Chen Lang's records are not only amazingly sold, but also the quality of the songs is also amazing, such a genius Chen Lang is definitely a rare genius in the history of Hong Kong music.
Being able to witness the rise of such a genius is believed to be a blessing for countless people, as for Chen Lang's future, I believe that no one can estimate it, and it can only be described in one word: limitless!
The fourth is Chen Baiqiang, the melancholy prince who is known as the new generation of twin stars with Chen Lang, and in the past year, Danny has also released two albums "I Like You" and "Talk".
The two albums won five platinum and six platinum respectively, with a total of eleven platinum sales, becoming the third place in total record sales in 1983, second only to Chen Lang and Teresa Teng.
On the Hong Kong album list, "Talking" won two consecutive championships, "I Like You" was six consecutive championships, and the six consecutive championships also created a record of consecutive championships on the Hong Kong album list, and the two records brought Chen Baiqiang eight championships on the Hong Kong album list, and the number of champions tied with Chen Lang for the first place in 1983.
In the commercial radio arena, "Talking" won two championships, and "I Like You" was one champion, adding up to three championships.
RTHK's Chinese Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger List, "Talking" won one championship, and "I Like You" won three championships, for a total of four championships.
At the same time, three songs from the two records were shortlisted for the top ten golden songs of the season.
Chen Lang's strength is unrivaled, only Chen Baixiang can barely be regarded as Chen Lang's opponent, and the two can be regarded as a momentary Yuliang.
Finally, let's analyze with you the top ten most watched golden songs, the most popular male and female singers, and the possibility of winning awards.
In terms of female singers, whether it is the performance in 1983 or from all the past achievements, Teresa Teng is a well-deserved first place.
Zhen Ni and Xu Xiaofeng have also been famous for a long time, and they are also Hong Kong singers, but they are still a little worse in terms of heritage, and Liana is even worse, so the suspense of the most popular female singer is small, and Teresa Teng has a great chance of winning.
The competition for male singers is very fierce, if you only look at the performance in 1983, then Chen Lang is the best male singer who deserves it, but as the top ten golden songs held for the first time, it is inevitable that there will be some meaning of summarizing history, in addition to last year's performance, you also have to look at the results of the entire singer's career.
Judging from the total results of the singer's career, Xu Guanjie is undoubtedly better than the two new generation singers, and Sam's record sales and honors are no male singer can compare, but in terms of the results in 1983, Xu Guanjie is obviously behind Shuangchen.
In terms of performance in 1983 alone, Chen Lang is definitely the biggest winner, but because he has the shortest debut time, in terms of the overall achievements of his singer career, Chen Lang's background is still too shallow.
And Chen Baiqiang is just in the middle, in terms of overall results, Chen Baiqiang cannot be compared with Xu Guanjie, but Chen Baiqiang, who debuted earlier, has more than Chen Lang in terms of the number of golden songs and platinum records.
Judging from the performance in 1983, although Chen Baiqiang is not as good as Chen Lang, he is stronger than Xu Guanjie, and he has a terrifying six consecutive championships, so Chen Baiqiang is weak in both aspects, but on the whole, he is not much weaker.
The most popular male singer, in addition to being popular with fans, must also be affirmed by industry insiders, so in terms of comprehensive evaluation, Xu Guanjie's probability is greater than Chen Lang, and the gap between Chen Baiqiang and Chen Lang is also very small, and it is not surprising who wins the most popular male singer.
In short, the chances of the three are not much different, and each of them has the strength and popularity to win the championship, and the competition for this award will surely become the most high-profile focus of the entire awards season.
This is how the awards ceremony will be more interesting, more thrilling, and more exciting before the final announcement.
That's the most touching and fascinating part of the awards ceremony. ”