Mandopop

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'''Mandopop''' or '''mandapop''' refers to [[popular music]] sung in [[Standard Mandarin]], primarily [[song]]s 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 [[Japan]]ese ''[[enka]]'', [[music of Hong Kong]], Taiwanese [[Hokkien pop]], and particularly the [[campus folk song]] movement of the 1970s.{{cite journal |title= In Mandopop under siege: culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music |first=Marc L. |last=Moskowitz |journal=Popular Music |date=2009|volume= 28/1|pages= 69–83 |doi=10.1017/S026114300800161X |s2cid=35402405 }} Although mandopop predates [[cantopop]],{{cite web |url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/c-pop-music-guide |website=masterclass.com |date=September 11, 2021 |title=C-Pop Music: A Look at the History of Chinese Pop}} the English term "mandopop" was coined around 1980 after "cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in [[Cantonese]], particularly those from [[Hong Kong]]. "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.{{cite web|url=http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/|title=Tian Ci – Faye Wong and English Songs in the Cantopop and Mandapop Repertoire|author=Tony Mitchell|work=Local Noise|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803181700/http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/|archive-date=2012-08-03}}

'''Mandopop''' or '''mandapop''' refers to [[popular music]] sung in [[Standard Mandarin]], primarily [[song]]s 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 [[Japan]]ese ''[[enka]]'', Hong Kong's [[Cantopop]], Taiwanese [[Hokkien pop]], and particularly the [[campus folk song]] movement of the 1970s.{{cite journal |title= In Mandopop under siege: culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music |first=Marc L. |last=Moskowitz |journal=Popular Music |date=2009|volume= 28/1|pages= 69–83 |doi=10.1017/S026114300800161X |s2cid=35402405 }} Although mandopop predates [[cantopop]],{{cite web |url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/c-pop-music-guide |website=masterclass.com |date=September 11, 2021 |title=C-Pop Music: A Look at the History of Chinese Pop}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/|title=Tian Ci – Faye Wong and English Songs in the Cantopop and Mandapop Repertoire|author=Tony Mitchell|work=Local Noise|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803181700/http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/tian-ci-%E2%80%93-faye-wong-and-english-songs-in-the-cantopop-and-mandapop-repertoire/|archive-date=2012-08-03}}

Mandopop is categorized as a [[genre|subgenre]] of commercial [[Chinese language]] music within [[C-pop]]. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable [[music industry|industry]]. It originated in [[Shanghai]]; later, [[Hong Kong]], [[Taipei]] and [[Beijing]] also emerged as important centers of the mandopop music industry.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKolvnUOHegC&pg=PA1 |title=Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations |author= Marc L. Moskowitz |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=1 |year= 2009 |isbn=978-0824834227 }} Among the regions and countries where mandopop is most popular are [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Singapore]].

Mandopop is categorized as a [[genre|subgenre]] of commercial [[Chinese language]] music within [[C-pop]]. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable [[music industry|industry]]. It originated in [[Shanghai]]; later, [[Hong Kong]], [[Taipei]] and [[Beijing]] also emerged as important centers of the mandopop music industry.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKolvnUOHegC&pg=PA1 |title=Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations |author= Marc L. Moskowitz |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=1 |year= 2009 |isbn=978-0824834227 }} Among the regions and countries where mandopop is most popular are [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Singapore]].