The most obvious example is our song in 2020.
As the hottest phenomenal variety in recent years, Our Song has left too many classic scenes, such as Na Ying-Shawn's Hate Autumn Wind, Charlie's Wolf, Hacken Lee's Disco, Jiang's Lover, The World, and so on. Among them, "Disco of Wolves" has played more than 7 million times, and there are also more than 6.5438+0 million "Reconstruction after the Disaster".
Many old artists have also been successfully welcomed by young people, such as Hacken Lee and Yu-Ching Fei. Only Richie Jen, despite his numerous appearances, unfortunately did not cause much disturbance.
The degradation of voice is naturally a very important reason, on the other hand, it is also related to the "remoteness" in Richie Jen's peak period. Today's young friends really don't know enough about Richie Jen. They don't know how powerful he is.
Richie Jen was born in Wuchang and grew up in the village. As soon as possible, the village is a very magical place, with too many famous stars, the most famous of which are Brigitte Lin and Teresa Teng. The big shots in the village will sit in a row as soon as possible, and Richie Jen will probably rank third.
Richie Jen is very talented in music. He wrote many songs in high school, including Spring Flower Market, which is popular all over the country. 1987, Richie Jen, 2 1 year-old, was admitted to the Chinese Culture University, where she played the guitar while going to school.
1990, Richie Jen joined Xinge Records, released his first album, Towards the Rainbow, and made his official debut.
At that time, the Chinese music scene was very unfriendly to newcomers, with great gods and superstars. In Hongkong, there are many powerful singers, such as Andy Lau Jacky Cheung, who are called "Musical Gemini", while in Taiwan Province Province, such as Emil Wakin Chau, Wang Jie, Chyi Chin, Tayu Lo and Tong Ange, almost no one buys new records.
Therefore, Richie Jen's debut "Paste" seems to be destiny takes a hand. To make matters worse, in the first year of his debut, Xinge Company went bankrupt and its artists were packaged and sold to Rolling Stone.
At that time, Big Rolling Stone worked in the company, and there were many talents, including Emil Wakin Chau, Sandy Lam, Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, Winnie, Chyi Yu, Bobby Chen, Tayu Lo, Jonathan Lee and Zhao Chuan. Richie Jen's "treatment" is conceivable. To put it mildly, Richie Jen was thrown in the corner like a rag, and no one cared.
At that time, Richie Jen did all kinds of work and suffered all kinds of hardships. Stealing ostrich eggs, touching crocodile heads, eating super spicy noodles and rolling on the ground.
When Richie Jen was down and out, he wore a singing costume all over. The most valuable property is a motorcycle, which can be driven without a key and won't be stolen if it is left on the side of the road.
Richie Jen ate so hard that even the professional comedian Jiu Kong couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Brother Qi, what are you doing? Why are you doing this? " Richie Jen's words let him remember for decades:
Although our chances are not very good now, we must work hard. Efforts may not be successful, but those who don't work hard will never have a chance.
It was in this situation that Richie Jen spent the most precious six years in his life.
1996, the record contract between Richie Jen and Rolling Stone is about to expire, and the darkest period of life seems to be coming soon. However, at this time, a turning point appeared. A small planner of Rolling Stone magazine found the Bug and asked him, "You were optimistic about Richie Jen at first, but now people are leaving. Do you want to hug him? "
Bug just woke up from a rude awakening at this time, and finally remembered Richie Jen. So in June of that year, Bug tailored an album for Richie Jen and went to the United States to record it. This album is "Reliance".
It is no exaggeration to say that dependence is the starting point of Richie Jen's brilliant music career and the most important cornerstone of his music empire. Once the album was released, Reliance, the title song of the same name, immediately exploded in Taiwan Province Province, and the album sales exceeded 6 platinum-about 1.8 million copies.
How impressive is this achievement? In the 1990s, the last platinum sales in Taiwan Province Province was Andy Lau's Stupid Child-5 platinum, and this record was not equaled by Show Lo until 1 1 year later.
The popularity of "faithfulness" is not over yet. Bug made persistent efforts, and at the end of that year, he presented Richie Jen with the top divine comedy-Too Soft-hearted.
"Too soft-hearted" is accidental. 1996, Bug took a gamble in las Vegas and won a lot, but the girls around him looked bad because they lost too much. After returning to the hotel, I couldn't sleep, so I finally decided to go back to the casino and "lose" some to the girl.
As a result, as soon as the bug got on the gambling table, he couldn't stop. He not only lost all the money he won, but also lost a lot. The regretful bug wrote six words on the way home-you are always too soft-hearted!
Three of the words were changed to 1996, the title of Richie Jen's album released on Christmas Day, that is, "Too Soft-hearted". Needless to say, the success of Heart Too Soft is definitely the most important album in Chinese music from 1996 to 1997, and there is no one. Its CD+ cassette sales are said to be as high as 26 million, but its authenticity is open to question-this figure is too exaggerated.
With this album, to be precise, the song "Too Soft-hearted", Richie Jen became popular across the Taiwan Straits. Even Faye Wong admitted defeat, saying, "I'm not the hottest, the hottest is the guy who sang" Too Soft-hearted. "
In the past two years, "too soft-hearted" seems to be everywhere, and the TV broadcasts in the streets seem to be endless.
On the Spring Festival Evening of 1997, although Richie Jen himself was not present, "Too Soft-hearted" appeared twice. One is a sketch performed by Feifei and others, and the other is Zhao Gongfu.
1998, after Hurt's setbacks, Richie Jen finally ushered in the most brilliant album in his life-Love is like the Pacific Ocean. The production team of this album is extremely luxurious, and it is jointly created by six top producers including Bug, Bobby Chen, Liu Siming and Liu Zhihong. Almost all the songs of 13 are classics.
At this time, Richie Jen seems to have secured the throne of "Brother Rolling Stone", and even the MV is a quasi-blockbuster super-high production. With its excellent production, Love as the Pacific created the last miracle of Chinese music in the 1990s-the last album in Taiwan Province Province that broke through the sales of 1 10,000.
The title song "Sad Pacific" successfully captured the popularity of "Too Soft Heart" and became the most popular song in China in the next two years. Compared with Look at the Girl Opposite, it is like a water dragon, comparable to Qi Fei.
1999, Richie Jen stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Evening, marking his official "enthronement" in the music empire.
Richie Jen broke out in 2000. This year, he released three records, including more than 15 classic songs, including Never Die, Tianya, Spray and Spray, You are in tears, Brothers and Light Snow, which are still popular today.
At this time, Richie Jen's popularity has reached the level of "crushing himself", and many good songs have been buried, such as "I can't get rid of it", "Pretty Boy", "Yi Long" and so on.
From 2002 to 2003, although the momentum of Richie Jen declined, it still had a complete dominant position in the music industry. It can be said that from 1996 to 12 to 2003, the whole Chinese music scene was swept by Richie Jen.
At the peak of Richie Jen's career, many singers avoided him, and no more than three people dared to confront him head-on. Among them, Nicholas Tse has the strongest momentum and the highest popularity.
Nicholas Tse 1
1999, Nicholas Tse became an instant hit with the classic album "Thank you for your love 1999", and was the most popular idol with the craziest fans at that time.
Nicholas Tse's peak lasted four years from "1999" to "Jade Butterfly". It can be said that in those four years, Nicholas Tse released his films without looking at anyone's face, and he was no less than Richie Jen.
2. Jay Chou
Although Jay Chou officially ascended the throne in 2004, his popularity was not low when he first debuted. From 2000 to 2003, Jay Chou, Fan Texi, Ye Huimei, Octave Space and many other blockbuster albums were released, which repeatedly created sales miracles.
3. Andy Lau
The most terrible thing about Andy Lau lies in its extraordinary popularity and unparalleled mass base. This unique advantage makes the old king feel at ease in front of any opponent at any time.
Tian is competing with the one who is at his peak. 1997 "Love is unforgettable", the sales volume in Taiwan Province Province alone exceeded 700,000; There are 400,000 silly children in Taiwan Province Province from 65438 to 0998. Although it is far from the love like "Pacific Ocean", the song "Stupid Child" is an annual hit, which almost won the heavyweight awards at major award ceremonies.
Liu Tianwang's endurance is much better than that of Richie Jen. In 2005, the peak of Richie Jen has passed, and Liu Tianwang's Say I Love You Again still sold 6.5438+0.5 million copies, which is simply terrible.
At that time, except these three people, other people in the Chinese music scene had to worry about Richie Jen more or less. After all, he is too powerful.
This is the real strength of Richie Jen, who dominated the Chinese music scene for an era. Today, the so-called divas really lag far behind Richie Jen.