China's top ten gold medal lyricists

The top ten gold medal lyricists in China include Lin Xi, Yao Qian, Huang Zhan, Qiao Yu, Huang Weiwen, Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Chen Dieyi, Yao Ruolong, and Fang Wenshan.

1. Lin Xi

Lin Xi, born on December 7, 1961, was originally named Liang Weiwen. A ci writer, he and Huang Weiwen are known as the "two great writers" in the ci world.

In 1993, Lin Xi composed the song "Red Beauty and White Hair", which was sung by Leslie Cheung and used as the theme song of the movie "The Legend of the White-haired Witch". The song won the 30th Golden Horse Film Award for Best Original Song. In 2014, the iron triangle of Lin Xi, Faye Wong and producer Zhang Yadong collaborated again after 11 years to create the song "Unreachable", which was also the theme song of the movie "Untouchable" directed by Zhao Baogang.

2. Yao Qian

Yao Qian, born on June 21, 1961, is a lyricist, producer, and music manager. He graduated from Kunshan University of Science and Technology. Yao Qian, who had just entered the record industry, started out in a small company called Haili Records, helping with writing, doing odd jobs, and accompanying singers on recordings. Two years later, he switched jobs to Dianjiang Records, which provided the services for the young Yao Qian. It provided a broader platform and his career began to get on the right track. He has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film Interlude, the Academy Award for Best Original Film Music and other honors.

The representative songs written by Yao Qian include "Lu Binghua", "I Do", "If Love" and so on.

3. James J.S. Wong

James J.S. Wong (March 16, 1941 - November 24, 2004), was born in Guangzhou, formerly known as Huang Zhansen, songwriter, Writer, host, actor. In 1965, he joined the "Lide" TV station as a host and began to work on film soundtracks.

In 1968, Huang Zhan composed his first song "Forget Him". In 1973, Huang Zhan wrote a collection of adult jokes called Bu Wen Ji. In 1974, the self-written and directed movie "Paradise" ranked in the top ten box office rankings of that year. In 1978, "Oath to Enter the Mountain of Swords", "Eternal Dragon Slaying" and "Crocodile Tears" written by Huang Zhan were selected into the radio station's "First Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs".

4. Qiao Yu

Qiao Yu, born on November 16, 1927 in Jining, Shandong, is a lyricist and playwright. He is currently the honorary dean of the Opera Research Institute of Peking University. When I was young, my family had a difficult life, and I relied on my brother as a shop assistant to make ends meet. During high school, he worked as a primary school teacher. In 1946, he entered the Northern University of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region to study, and began to publish poems and novels in newspapers and periodicals, and also wrote Yangge Opera. In 1948, North China United University and Northern University merged to form North China University. He was transferred to the creative studio of the third department of Hua University and began to create professionally.

On April 9, 2010, he served as the Honorary Dean of the Opera Research Institute of Peking University. He once served as the director of the China Opera and Dance Theater, the honorary president of the China Social Music Research Association, and a member of the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Honorary member of the 10th session of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

5. Huang Weiwen

Huang Weiwen (Wyman) was born on May 21, 1969. A famous lyricist and fashion commentator, together with Lin Xi, they are called the "two great writers" in the world of poetry.

He started writing lyrics in 1993 and has composed more than a thousand songs so far. Songs written by him and with high popularity include Eason Chan's "Beautiful", Joey Yung's "My Pride", Miriam Yeung's "Unfortunately I'm an Aquarius". "Block", Lu Qiaoyin's "Good Will Breakup", Twins' "Next Stop Queen", Xie Anqi's "Wedding Invitation Street", etc., and is known as one of the iconic lyricists in the post-Hong Kong music era. In February 2012, "Concert YY Huang Weiwen Works Exhibition Concert 2012" performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum for 6 consecutive times.

6. Luo Dayou

Luo Dayou (Tayu Lo), born on July 20, 1954, is a Hakka. His ancestral home is Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong. He is a singer-songwriter, musician, and writer. He composed his first song "Song" in 1974, and then officially devoted himself to commercial music creation. He has won the Film Awards for Best Original Film Song, the Film Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song, and the VMA Asia Best Video Award. , China Golden Record Award Artistic Achievement Award, Music Chart Lifetime Achievement Award and other honors

. Luo Dayou's representative works include "Pearl of the Orient", "Tomorrow Will Be Better", "Story of Time", "Childhood", "Love Song 1990", etc.

7. Li Zongsheng

Jonathan Lee, born on July 19, 1958, is a singer and music producer. He graduated from Hsinchu Private Mingxin Industrial College. In 1980, Li Zongsheng entered the music scene and joined PolyGram Records as a member of the "Acoustic Guitar Choir" and produced "The Complete Collection of Acoustic Guitar Works".

He won the Golden Melody Award for Best Song of the Year, Best Composer, and Best Lyrics for his song "Song to Myself". He also won the Outstanding Contribution Award on the Music Chart and the China Original Music Chart. Honors such as the Highest Achievement Award and the CCTV-MTV Music Festival Special Music Contribution Award. Li Zongsheng's other representative works include "Mortal Song", "Enlightenment", "Clear My Heart", etc.

8. Chen Dieyi

Chen Dieyi, whose original name is Chen Yuandong, whose pen names are Di Yi, Chen Shi, Chen Diyi, Yu Yuansheng, and Fang Wei, was born in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu, and is a famous publisher in China. Home, writer, lyricist. In 1933, he founded "Star Daily", the first influential entertainment newspaper in my country's history, and planned the first public participation beauty pageant in China's history - the "Movie Queen Selection Convention", which selected China's first beauty pageant. Movie Queen. In June 1941, he founded my country's famous old magazine "Vientiane" and served as its first editor-in-chief.

In 1946, he wrote the lyrics for "Shangri-La", the episode of the movie "The Orioles Fly to the World". He moved to Hong Kong in 1952. In 1961, he wrote the script for the Huangmei-diao movie "A Dream of Red Mansions". In 1988, he won the 10th Tenth National Music Award from the radio station. Golden Needle Award for Chinese Golden Melody.

9. Yao Ruolong

Yao Ruolong, born in 1965, is a Chinese pop music lyricist and musician. He graduated from Soochow University. In 1986, Yao Ruolong, who was in college, wrote lyrics for the song "Cold Summer" sung by singer Wang Zhilei. This was his first musical work and was selected by the record company as the title song of the album "Cold Summer". In his song writing career, he has won the Best Lyricist Award at the 6th Golden Melody Awards, the Best Lyricist Award at the 7th Golden Melody Awards and other awards.

The representative songs written by Yao Ruolong include "The Most Romantic Thing", "Lost Beauty", "Breathing Pain", "Happy Breakup", "Beginning to Understand" and so on.

10. Fang Wenshan

Fang Wenshan, born on January 26, 1969, is a Chinese male lyricist and director, Jay Chou's gold medal lyricist, and is known as the "Sage of Ci". Fang Wenshan is good at dismantling the inertia of language use, re-adding weight to words, and giving them new meanings. He has also written lyrics for famous artists such as Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Jolin Tsai, JJ Lin, etc., and won the Best Lyricist Award at the 13th Golden Melody Awards. , the 19th Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist and other honors.

Fang Wenshan's lyrics and songs include "Blue and White Porcelain", "Lady", "Qili Xiang", "Hair Like Snow", etc.