Jpop or Chinese music more influential in the world??
 

what do you people think??..... I personally dislike chinese music so much and feels that there's no substance in them.... and i prefer Jpop. :)

what are your general opinions??

Well.. Before I discovered Ayu (Who was my start of Jpop), I thought that Japanese were a wierd languages.. But in Jpop it's something totally different. And to be honest.. (Almost) Every other Asian language sounds way to wierd tome XD (No offence! XD)

Korean and Japanese is what I have heard much of. I have found some very talented Chinese singers once too.. But didn't like languages XD

I don't think chinese music is very influential, Japan is the second biggest music market in the world(after America) and theres J-Rock and Visual Kei concerts in Europe all the time, sometimes seeling out grand venues(X-Japan sold 20000 tickets in Paris for example) or on big, really well known festivals Dir en grey and others at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in germany(alongside bands like Metallica), but I never heard of a single chinese band here, so it cant be that influential

JPop
Chinese music is meeeeeeh ok i guess
But i see that Jpop is more popular
Well in my opinion
:D

Yeah.

I think even amongst like...some chinese people overseas, they don't even like chinese music because they feel that it's just bland and ordinary...

which is kinda how some of my chinese friends felt about alan...they said that there was nothing really special about her...that she could be replaced by any other chinese singer that sang in her style.

So I don't know...I really haven't been too exposed to chinese music...so...yeah.

i love chinese music and i listen to it more than japanese, but i think

japanese is more influential cuz many japanese singers are under influence of american music so their kind of music is closer to western people and easier to accept. perfect example > namie amuro.

while chinese singers are mostly for chinese public itself, i rarely recognize some western influence. they have their own style and i love them for it.

i love chinese music, but japanese music is more influential, seem like anime help people get interested in japan and they search for music~

while you don't really get interested about china, unless you're just thinking of the food, and in that case, you won't really want to try the music anyways

though i personally think many of the biggest stars in cpop come from taiwan~

cpop is rather generic, but once in a while, a really amazing album comes *o*

I like both I always loved Shunza, Kelly Chen, eVonne Hsu, Energy

I'm pretty open

I listen few chinese music.
Like: Jolin Tsai, Nan Quan Mama, Kelly Chen and Faye Wong.
Maybe the most famous is Faye Wong.
For Eyes of me for example.

BTW I prefer Jpop and Kpop :yes

^ though i agree with some parts, i don't agree with the ballads, other than jolin, other artists actually have some pretty good ballads

i love the 90s though~ amazing classics there

Yeah C-Pop is :rolleyes really uninspiring, especially the ballads. Except for Fahrenheit. <3 Mo Mo!!!

I like J-Pop better... because they write better lyrics... i've come by so many chinese songs, AND THEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO STOP ON WRITING LYRICS ABOUT HOW COFFEE IS ONE SAD BEVERAGE~!

I certainly think Japanese music is more influential in the world than Chinese music. :)

musically, jpop is more influential.
it sounds better and its a million times more popular. the whole world crazes over jpn pop culture xD
in terms of chinese music, the pop is kinda bad. i love ballads! sorry, but THEYRE more emotional than the jpn at times :P

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cpop is like dominated by hongkong celebs and taiwanese singers O__O

yeah, i noticed that too. i found myself listenin more hong kong music than chinese or taiwanese lately

Btw, shouldn't this thread be in the asian chat section?

Since the General music chat is more geared towards non-asian music discussions, hmm...

Japanese music. The only Chinese artists I know are: Faye Wong, alan, and there's another, she covered Ai Otsuka's Momo no Hanabira Cyndi something. XD

But other than those I don't know any others.

^ It was Cyndi Wang who covered that Ai Otsuka song. :yes

^ That's the one! She also covered a Rimi Natsukawa song. :)

Wow, thanks for all the opinion....

I have a friend who told me that Cpop is more influential and recognise in the world.... And she used to say jpop sucks like crazy.... especially ayumi hamasaki....

I have nothing against that... But i myself think that Cpop lacked substance and quality. How could they be so influential in the world? No offence.

There's alot of chinese singers covering Rimi natsukawa songs too...

Joi chua, a singaporean chinese singer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnIzXVMnd1Y#

Fish leong, a malaysia chinese singer and i think there's more....

I mean the world... Not just a particular region, because different continents have different preference of music. But as a whole, cetain genre can be more influential than another. Coco lee, Elva Hsiao are not too bad... There's substance in their music...

As for Jolin Tsai, not exactly sure why is she even called "the dancing Queen" when her dance moves are not even half of BoA's standard.
There's nothing got to do with the ayuJolin thing, but Jolin alone just don't have the substance.

I like that! Chinese is really pretty. But there's just not enough artists which I can listen to and think "Wow, amazing!"
I like Jolin Tsai a little. But another thing is, I like to know what I'm listening to, and as I'm learning Japanese j-music is easier for me to listen to. But c-music makes me wanna learn Chinese. XD

JPOP, I am not into Chinese music :)

J-Pop is much better than C-Pop... And of course J-pop is more influential.:)

I'm chinese and I don't like chinese music. I hear them a lot on the radio and tv...the songs are really boring...mostly ballads, mid tempo songs or cover songs. Most of the time the lyrics sucks...no substance and lack quality. HK artists like all share the same few composers and lyricists. There are a few singers that can actually sing and have talent but overall Jpop is better for variety and quality.

J-Pop. You never really hear of a Chinese artist/band being invited to an anime convention or asked to join on a big tour like Warped Tour or Family Values or just touring by themselves. A lot of people who listen Asian music listen to J-Pop more than C-Pop, even K-Pop more than C-Pop.

I love JPop more but I love CPop too... my fav. Cpop artists are Nicholas Teo, JJ Lin, BY2 etc...:P

^ :luv2 BY2

but also about the anime conventions~ anime is mostly for japan anyways

^ I am one of those people that agree with ur friends haha. She may have a voice, but she can easily be replaced. Her style is very ordinary and often done in c-pop. I really think she should change styles and be more unique because she probably can do it.

I think its obvious Jpop is more influential around the world, but C-pop has its points too haha. I think C-pop is very underrated because its really nice, it just lacks variety if you compare it to the US and japanese industries.

I used to REALLY like chinese music but after listening to one more chinese album I didn't like it anymore and Ayu took me to the land of J-pop.
I listen to C-pop every now and then but I only listen to the classics like Teresa Teng and Faye Wong. So I think J-pop is more influential.

my DAD agrees too O__O
the unique thing is.. how many cpop singers can wail AND graduate from some extremely competitive music academy, being totally pro at the erhu? shes a very unique musician. i dont really see much c-pop singers playing a stringed instrument for their official songs and singing.. once she writes more music, she'll be even more unique :yes

All of you saying C-Pop is uninspiring and lifeless obviously haven't listened to Faye Wong. Have you heard her 90s albums?! AMAZING!

Whether or not certain singers are "uninspired" or bad doesen't really matter. I think it's pretty safe to say that japan has the most influence on the rest of the far east asian continent both for historical and economical reasons. The country has been the strongest economical force in the area basically since the MEJI restoration.

Wasen't alan the first chinese citizen to get a daily number one on the oricon recently?

^ yeah, she broke faye wong's record

^WOOO!!! go alan! :luv2

In terms of the WORLD, then it's definitely Japanese music. No doubt in that. :P Just Ayu alone has a larger scope than any Chinese pop artist I know in her generation.

However, if you're speaking quantitatively, as in, in terms of how many followers or fans they have in total, I have to say that because China has such a large population, some Chinese musicians are really influential just in China alone. :P There's no real need for them to expand their target audience really.

And the points about mainstream Chinese music being bland and uninspired isn't exactly false. XD There's no real Ayu equivalent in Cpop, a musician that bears his or her soul in their lyrics! Just doesn't exist. IMO, everything feels really fake here, and the mainstream artists only go famous for a while and then fail afterwards. This doesn't apply to everyone as obviously there are some pretty classic artists here like Faye Wong and Teresa Teng... and hmm, Roman Tam, Sam Hui, etc etc. They're all part of the "oldies" though, except Faye Wong, haha.

Even if we're including Taiwan-pop into the equation (which is still Cpop I guess) I still hold my opinion. :P

Jpop is indeed influencial. I started liking Jpop world in late 90's with ZARD, Ozaki Yutaka, Seiko Matsuda etc. when I still haven't discovered ayu. I also like some Cpop and Kpop but I think Jpop really stand out because they managed to have their own name after US pop.

I, personally, much prefer Japanese music
Most of my music library is Japanese

Nevertheless, there are some C-pop artists I like (and Hong Kong/Taiwanese if we're being technical)
Some of my favourites are Jolin Tsai, A-mei, Elva Hsaio, Kary Ng, Stefanie Sun, Karen Mok, Twins and S.H.E

But I do agree that J-pop is so much more influential.

Probably Chinese

agreed! lol! or Teresa Tang : ) ~! C-pop is very underrated unfortunately : (

^ yeah totally, though now some of the music is getting superficial because people mostly only know jolin who usually you hear singing about something not very meaningful~

the 90s were definitely the best! the music was simpler, but the lyrics and vocals were amazing

I HIGHLY disagree with this statement. If anything, most Cpop singers have more stability in their market whereas in Japan many singers are one hit wonders just because their song was for a drama, anime or movie. Many mainstream artists have kept up their popularity/remained in the public eye for years such as Leehom, Jolin, Jay Chou and several several more.

I believe is Japanese music is more influential as even Cpop is influenced by it. With that said, I prefer Chinese music because Jpop has bored me except for a few artists and releases.