Mao Amin
Mao Amin | |
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Mao a mẫn | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Shanghai |
Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
Occupation | Singer |
Mao Amin(Chinese:Mao a mẫn;pinyin:Máo Āmǐnborn 1962)[1]is a Chinese singer known by the "honorific title"of Dajieda (" Big Sister ")," was one of China's most famous and senior female pop stars "by" the mid-1990s. "[2]In 2001, she was one of 36 Chinese athletes and entertainers who were depicted on a series of postage stamps issued "in support of Beijing's bid for hosting the2008 Olympic Games."[3]
Musical background in the mid-1980s[edit]
Mao along with fellow singerLiu Huan,"both household names among Chinese around the world," were "disciples" of "renowned vocal educator"Deng Zaijun.[4]
Popularity in the late 1980s[edit]
While Nimrod Baranovitch writes that Mao became famous because of her "powerful and uninhibited" voice,[5]All China Women's Federation contends that she "became famous after winning third place in the Yugoslavian International MusicalEisteddfodwith Green Leaf and the Root. It was the highest honor a Chinese pop singer had ever been given in an international competition. But Mao became even more well known by singing in theSpring Festival Gala."[6]Moreover, her performance in 1988 for the Chinese New Year TV Celebration "made both song and singer extremely popular in Mainland China."[1]By the late 1980s, Mao "earned two thousand yuan for a single performance as China's biggest pop star..."[7]TheNew Straits Timesdescribed her as "China's most popular singer," who "retains a nationalistic flavour in her songs," and "China's top pop singer for the past four years" before 1990.[8]
Legal troubles in 1989[edit]
In 1989, "Mao, China's biggest pop star, was caught lying to theBeijing Evening Newsabout under-the-table payments for performances inHarbin.In the ensuing scandal, she was fined 34,000 yuan and forced to pay 15,000 yuan in back taxes. "[9]
Transformation in 1990s[edit]
Following her legal troubles, Mao underwent a transformation towards seemingly feminist music, such as her 1994 single "Real Woman" off of her self-titled album. These mid-1990s efforts received criticism as lacking the spirit and power of her 1980s work.[2]
Filmography[edit]
- Love on the Cloud(2014)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abZu-yan Chen, Robert Daly, and Hong Zhang,Chinese Through Song(2001),1994.
- ^abNimrod Baranovitch,China's new voices: popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978–1997(2003),146
- ^"Chinese Stars to Be on Stamps to Support Olympic Bid,"People's Daily(4 June 2001).
- ^Lin Shujuan, "SWEET NEW SINGERArchived2011-06-06 at theWayback Machine,"China Daily(22 July 2005): 6.
- ^Nimrod Baranovitch,China's new voices: popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978–1997(2003),145
- ^10 Epoch-making Women Singers in China over the Past Three Decades[permanent dead link],"All-China Women's Federation(14 November 2008).
- ^Richard Curt Kraus,The party and the arty in China: the new politics of culture(2004),195.
- ^ST, "China's Best Artistes,"New Straits Times(8 February 1990):10.
- ^Deborah Davis,Urban spaces in contemporary China: the potential for autonomy and community(1995),186.