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Enjoy the best Cantonese songs from different eras and genres with this playlist of Cantopop classics. Discover the charm and diversity of Hong Kong's music culture.
Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade.
- Beyond - Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies 海闊天空 (1993) The song that brought Beyond’s journey to stardom. Written by band member Wong Ka Kui, this song was an epic rock ballad and the last huge hit of the band before his tragic death in 1993 due to an accident while filming a Japanese game show in Japan.
- Hacken Lee - Red Sun 紅日 (1992) A catchy and rhythmic song, Red Sun is the Cantonese cover of the Japanese megahit song, Sore Ga Daiji, sung by the Daijiman Brothers back in 1991.
- Beyond - Glorious Years 光輝歲月 (1990) Another cult favourite by Beyond, Glorious Years pays tribute to the revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela – and his struggles against apartheid in South Africa.
- Sam Hui - From the Heart of a Loafer 浪子心聲 (1976） Widely considered as the ‘God of Songs’, legendary Cantopop singer Sam Hui’s From the Heart of a Loafer is a song about the philosophy of life.
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Written in Chinese and sung in Cantonese, Cantopop is a melting pot of global influences much like the city of Hong Kong itself. A direct product of Hong Kong popular culture, Cantopop — or HK-pop (short for Hong Kong pop music) — is inspired by Western pop, rock, jazz, disco and ballads.
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