With her mother (published in Time Magazine)
In the 1980s, when mainland China was just beginning to reform and open up, the young Zhang Qiang was studying violin with her mother, who was working in a symphony orchestra, but at the time she seemed to be more interested in pop music. So at the age of 16, she started singing pop songs instead.
Zhang Qiang's solid fundamentals and sensitivity to music set the stage for the smooth development of her singing career. In the mid-eighties, China's pop music was in the enlightenment stage, and Zhang Qiang, like all Chinese singers, mainly covered pop songs from Europe, America, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In 1985, at the age of only 18, Zhang Qiang released her first solo album Tokyo Night, which sold millions of copies nationwide and quickly became a hit. In just two years, Zhang Qiang issued 30 solo albums, with cumulative sales of more than 20 million. By the famous music critic Jin Zhaojun as: Chinese pop music 84, 85 representative figures.
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From 1985 to 1987, Zhang Qiang's influence on the Chinese singing scene could be described as far-reaching. However, apart from releasing records, Zhang Qiang did not appear on radio, television, newspapers and other media, a far cry from the party route of Chinese singers. The mainstream media's cold shoulder has not affected the development of Chinese pop music, which does not mean that Zhang Qiang's singing has limitations, but on the contrary, it has laid the foundation for her status as a recording artist
Zhang Qiang's recordings have a large number of fans, in addition to the former "hard-core fans", there is also a new generation of young people in their twenties. Listening to her songs, it is clear that she is absolutely confident.
Zhang Qiang said: "Over the past 20 years, I have recorded 30 albums, and my voice has not changed much from years ago, so I'm very confident in this regard, but I have very little stage experience. At first, I don't know what the reason, I don't know who annoyed, the music industry almost completely shut me down, what concert ah, television ah, it is impossible to go on. In addition to the studio for my fans like my album recording, it is very difficult for me to appear in front of the public, and even many of my fans to this day only through the tape cover to recognize me, do not know what I really look like in life."
It was that kind of suppression that led the singer, who to this day ranks at the top of China's record sales charts, to quit singing a couple of years later and leave for Australia. When she reappeared in front of her fans, she was already a mother of two. It's no wonder that some fans said, "After 20 years of waiting, Zhang Qiang's comeback concert is a fair return to our fans and herself." Zhang Qiang said, "I can stand on the stage to sing for the fans has been very difficult, I think, why not use the time to talk to sing more songs, repay the audience who love me, after all, they have been quietly supporting, waiting for me for more than 20 years ...... "Zhang Qiang to her fans feel some apologetic.
Just in mid-January 2008, CCTV's "Witness" program aired a feature on "Wind Up Zhang Qiang," saying her album sales were much higher than Teresa Teng's -- the first time a national TV station recognized her pivotal position in China's pop music.
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Zhang Qiang was one of the earliest singers in mainland China at the beginning of the reform and opening up of the Chinese mainland, and the "disco queen" of the 1980s, sweet voice; a golden song that people can't stop listening to ...... an avant-garde girl-next-door; a talented superstar who takes the streets by storm; an alternative and exhilarating jaw-dropping legend. Zhang Qiang gave the era its symbolic iconography.
Touching the most popular singers and songs of an era seems to be a shortcut to the memories of a generation's mind, and to grasp the pulse of a generation's heart. Zhang Qiang and her songs, as well as her fabulous and amazing achievements back then, are something that the young people who grew up in the 80s still can't forget and still enjoy. The taboos and rebelliousness of that era, the restlessness and fervor of youth at that time, were all in the flamboyant dress and unique voice of a 16 or 17 year old girl. As time passes, it seems to be written only in the history of the golden years, as a reliving of memories. But when Zhang Qiang with a bright smile, once again appeared in front of people realized that even without that kind of history, Zhang Qiang very penetrating and shocking unique voice can still in the new era once again wake up people's ears and hearts, ignite young, shining eyes, so that the dance of youth in her song to fly.
Zhang Qiang is the representative figure of Chinese mainland pop music industry, the "disco queen" in the 1980s, the legendary genius superstar who took the streets by storm, giving the symbolic sign of the times. Zhang Qiang tone and singing style are unique, the first of its kind. Zhang Qiang is also a singer with international influence, April 7, 1986, as an influential international singing star by the U.S. "Time" weekly interview, Zhang Qiang by the U.S. "Time" weekly rated "the world's most popular female singer", the total of **** selected 6 world singers, the only Chinese pop star, global sales ranked third, ranked the Chinese pop star. Sales ranked third, ranked in the Chinese music industry "Queen of Song" Teresa Teng before. At that time, she was only a 17-year-old girl, she made albums at a rate of two records per month, and each album was able to sell millions of copies on the market. She had 30 albums, **** sold more than 20 million copies, becoming a record that no one can break in the Chinese music industry so far.