Chinese Music Favorites 2014
Well, more like Chinese, Taiwanese, and Cantonese (that’s music from Hong Kong…right?). This playlist is at nearly 100, but that is mainly because I actually put in a lot of songs from whole albums because I loved the albums as a whole (and I loved the artists, too of course).
If you find something you enjoy, don’t forget to support the artists!
Best Collaborations
Gillian Chung has a gorgeous voice and her duet with Adason Lo is beautiful and addicting! If you watched the drama In a Good Way, you should know Adrian who sang the opening theme “Good Morning, Hard City” which was amazing. His duet with Freya Lim is just awesome. The combo of Andrew, Bii, Ian, and Dino made for an awesome song (sung in very decent English!) and later in 2014 both Ian and Dino made their solo debuts. Aaron Yan’s and G.Na’s collaboration was a total and happy surprise in 2014 as was Yoga Lin’s rock collaboration with the band Elephant Gym. I love Ian Chen and he’s the real reason behind me adding the duet with Miu Chu.
- Gillian Chung featuring Adason Lo (星星的眼淚) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Freya Lim featuring Adrian Fu (Free Spirit) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Andrew Tan, Bii, Dino, Ian Chen (Everything Changes) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Aaron Yan featuring G.Na (1/2) – iTunes; Google Play; Amazon MP3 :: YouTube
- Weibird Wei featuring MATZKA (Treasure Island) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Yoga Lin featuring Elephant Gym (Speaking in Tongues) – iTunes; Google Play; Amazon MP3 :: YouTube
- Miu Chu featuring Ian Chen (Same Frequency) – iTunes :: YouTube
Best Male Artists
I have no idea if I’d listened to any of Roger Yang’s songs before, but I’m definitely keeping my ears peeled for more from him. His latest album Beast in the Dark is full of great songs—great ballads. I’m in love with his music! I’ve enjoyed Bii since his debut and thanks to their collaboration, I was turned onto the newly debuted Ian Chen who is awesome! And Weibird/William Wei! He’s just…yeah. He’s great. His was the second of album that I thoroughly enjoyed last year enough to gush about it. Then there’s the discovery of Silence Wang whose album I cannot find in the US, which is sad. And the baby of Fahrenheit is keeping busy with solo albums and back-to-back acting projects. Aaron is all grown up now and his music has matured as well.
- Roger Yang (Beast in the Dark) – iTunes
- Sean Li (流浪記) – YesAsia :: YouTube
William Wei/Weibird (Journey into the Night)
- Zhang He Xuan (夢裡的淚) – YouTube
- Li Jian Qing (The World For You) – iTunes; YesAsia :: YouTube
- Ken Hung (相識以後) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Bii (Imperative 2: Everything Changes; Action Bii)
- Hsiao Hung Jen
- Adason Lo (The Inventions)
- Silence Wang (傳世樂章)
- Waterman (TO YOU) – YouTube
- Sean Pang (琥珀) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Nylon Chen (說愛你以後) – YouTube
- Ian Chen (Yun Wen Yun Wu)
- Justin Lo (I Miss Love) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Adrian Fu (妳要我愛什麼) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Aaron Yan (Drama, Cut)
- Calvin Chen (How Has Love Been) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Alien Huang (Love Song) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Show Lo (Pleasure from Love) – YouTube
- Hu Ge (Take Over) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Hins Cheung (Moprh)
- Dino Lee (搖滾小日子)
Hu Ge
Best Bands/Groups
Magic Power has been around since 2009. I haven’t heard of them until now. Mayday remains a favorite. They haven’t had much in Taiwanese releases in 2014, but they did release an album with a few Japanese songs, one which was the theme for a Sato Takeru drama! And I can’t tell if Fun4 actually released anything in 2014 because I can find a new album from them…but I do love them! I hadn’t heard of katncandix2 before. It’s a male-female duo and this song is great. It starts slow and builds up to an addictive beat and melody.
- Magic Power (Secretly) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Mr. (Love & Peace) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Mayday
- C AllStar (家書) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- RubberBand (We Are One) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Fun4樂團 (Time Train) – YouTube
- EXO-M (Overdose) – iTunes :: YouTube
- katncandix2 (Everything is Made from a Dream) – iTunes :: YouTube
- 831 (The Great Escape) – iTunes :: YouTube
Best Female Artists
Della Wu’s contributions to OSTs are generally good. I really fell hard for her Sound of the Desert songs. Claire Kuo is a female artist whom I follow quite often. I love her music! And Jia Jia! She does have an amazing voice and her English song is done very well. I fell in love with Pets Tseng song and realized she actually contributed to the OST of the KO series. Who knew? I’d never heard of Shennio Lin before, but see she’s contributed the Frozen soundtrack.
- Della Wu (Sound of the Desert OST)
- Freya Lim (Time Doesn’t Heal) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Stefanie Sun (Kepler) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Wen Yin (住在心裡的過客) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Zhang Yi Lin
- Jia Jia (Once the Night Comes) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Angela Zhang (Angela Zhang)
- Selina (Lost and Found) – Google Play; Amazon :: YouTube
- Pets Tseng (Just Lose It (Hurt So Much)) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Claire Kuo (Until We Meet)
- Shiny (牆) – YesAsia :: YouTube
- Shennio Lin (Deng Yigeren) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Vivian Chow (Coffee Waiting for a Man) – iTunes :: YouTube
- Yumiko Cheng (花與嫁紗) – iTunes :: YouTube
