Hokkien pop / Taiwanese Hokkien pop / Taiwanese pop | |
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Cultural origins | 1930s Taiwan |
Typical instruments | Chinese musical instruments, western musical instruments |
Regional scenes | |
Music of Taiwan | |
Other topics | |
Cantopop • J-pop • K-pop • Chinese rock |
Taiwanese pop | |
Hàn-jī | 臺灣歌 |
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Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Tâi-oân-koa |
Tâi-lô | Tâi-uân-kua |
Common name | |
Hàn-jī | 臺語流行音樂 |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Tâi-gí liû-hêng im-ga̍k |
Tâi-lô | Tâi-gí liû-hîng im-ga̍k |
Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (Chinese: 臺語流行音樂), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese folk (Chinese: 臺語歌), is a popular music genre sung in Hokkien, especially Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan and sometimes in Fujian in Mainland China or Hong Kong or even Singapore in Southeast Asia. Hokkien pop is most popular amongst Hoklo people in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the Overseas Chinese and Overseas Taiwanese in Southeast Asia, such as Chinese Singaporeans, Chinese Malaysians, Chinese Filipinos, Chinese Indonesians, etc.