From 65438 to 0927, Li Jinhui composed songs such as Rain in Mao Mao and Sister I Love You, which marked the birth of popular songs in China. This opened the first course of China's pop song creation. Li Jinhui became the founder of pop music in China.

At that time, China's song creation was roughly divided into two major trends: one was the popular progressive songs represented by Nie Er and Xian Xinghai. The second is the commercial pop songs in cities represented by Li Jinhui.

Generally speaking, China's early popular songs were narrow in theme and artificial in singing. With the requirements of the anti-Japanese national salvation era and the rise of national salvation songs, the popular songs at that time quickly withdrew from the historical stage.

The period of regenerative imitation (early 1980s)

After the reform and opening up, pop songs quietly returned to China's music life, and "lyric songs" quickly replaced "queue mass songs" as the main genre of contemporary songs. The musical language of songs is gradually approaching people's hearts. 1980, "singer" became a special name. Represented by Li Guyi, Zheng Xulan and Cheng Fangyuan, their singing forms a new style of lyric songs, popular folk songs or artistic pop songs.

During this period, the massive input of songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan became the most important musical and cultural phenomenon. First of all, Teresa Teng's songs produced a huge shock wave, which had a wide and profound impact on the development of popular songs in mainland China. A number of Taiwanese campus songs in the form of popular folk songs became popular in Chinese mainland.

Independent development period (mid-1980s-late 1980s)

1986 is an important year in the history of pop music development in China, marking the rise of pop songs in Chinese mainland. There are two most prominent signs: one is the iconic work "Let the world be full of love". Second, the "northwest wind" of Chinese style prevails.

The second TV Grand Prix for Young Singers sponsored by CCTV established a single popular singing method for the first time, which formally established the status of popular singing method and pop songs in the music field and made pop songs have their own world.

Exploration and deepening period (the first half of 1990s)

First, rock music has made great progress in Beijing;

Secondly, TV drama music has become a special creative field;

Thirdly, TV evening has become the most influential form of popular song promotion after large-scale song concerts and singer competitions;

Fourthly, the song-soliciting activities of the Asian Games have achieved certain results.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) The influence of Hong Kong and Taiwan songs and the rise of idolatry among young people in Chinese mainland.

Open differentiation period (1996 to present)

Mainland pop songs are increasingly influenced by European and American pop music circles. Fade the melody and strengthen the rhythm. More exotic, fashionable and advanced. The trend of diversification of pop song styles and consumer tastes is becoming more and more obvious. In the performance mode, various singing combinations have become a highlight. The development space of pop songs is getting bigger and bigger, and the communication with international pop music circles is becoming more and more frequent.

Definition of pop songs:

Generally speaking, it refers to those music singing methods with natural voice full of personality as the lead singer, which are mainly used to express the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people and reflect their daily lives. The melody is relatively relaxed, the structure is short and concise, the rhythm is modern, and it is generally accompanied by electro-acoustic instruments, and most of them are free exaggeration.

Film and television music

Film and television drama is the most popular and socially influential art style in modern cultural life. Due to the needs of plot development and emotional communication of characters, film and television dramas often rely on music, especially pop music, to enhance artistic appeal and mobilize the emotions of modern audiences. Film and television songs can better express the feelings of characters in film and television, set off the artistic conception and atmosphere of the picture, and strengthen the visual image effect of the picture. Therefore, TV dramas have become a place where pop songs can show their talents. Some excellent songs in film and television dramas reflect life and are close to the public. They are popular and easy to sing, and they glow with touching artistic brilliance. Many famous songwriters, such as Qiao Yu, Gu Jianfen, Xu Peidong and Sambo, have created a lot of excellent works for film and television dramas.

campus song

The word "campus songs" first appeared in the magazine of Taiwan Province Province in April 1978. It is written for low-level and filthy pop songs and foreign songs. This kind of songs with healthy content, fresh ideas, beautiful tunes and simple forms spread all over the campus as soon as they appeared. The content is to write more scenery, borrow scenery to express feelings, or patriotism to miss the old days. Such as childhood, olive trees, country roads. Because of the natural and fresh temperament and elegant style of campus songs in Taiwan Province Province, they have been recognized by relevant personnel. Composer Gu Jianfen wrote campus songs with mainland characteristics, such as "Early in the morning we set foot on the path", "Footprints" and "Morning on campus". Following 1994, the second campus song composed and sung by college students, represented by Gao and Gao, reached its climax. Campus songs at this time are called "campus folk songs". His main works are You at the Same Table, My brother sleeps in my upper bunk, An afternoon for liberal arts students, etc.

Effects of Green Leaves on Root System

1987 The 4th Belgrade International Music Festival Pop Song Grand Prix was a great success, composed by Wang Jian, composed by composer Gu Jianfen and sung by Mao Amin. Song won the fourth prize for his works, and Mao Amin won the third prize for singing and audience. This is the first time that China pop songs and singers have achieved a higher ranking in international competitions. This song was published in 1989. It has been many years, but it still sounds very attractive and has become a classic that can stand the test of time in professional creation.

Hong kong and Taiwan pop songs

In the early 1980s, a large number of songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan were introduced. First of all, Teresa Teng's songs have a far-reaching impact on popular songs in mainland China. Many mainland female singers imitate Teresa Teng's singing style. Meanwhile, Paula Tsui, Chyi Yu, Cai Qin, Tam, etc. It has also entered the mainland pop song market. Hong Kong TV dramas have also entered the mainland market, and the theme songs of TV dramas such as Huo Yuanjia, Shanghai Beach and Wan Shui Qian Shan are always in love have become the hottest songs of that era.