Music of Taiwan

Mandopop or mandapop refers to popular music sung in Standard Mandarin. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences included Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop, and particularly the campus folk song folk movement of the 1970s. "Mandopop" may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. Though mandopop predates cantopop, the English term "mandopop" was coined around 1980 after "cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to

music genre

popular music genre sung in Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan

Music and musical traditions of Taiwan

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Nakasi () or is a traditional popular music form in Japan and Taiwan, most stereotypically associated with elements of working-class culture such as the old tea parlors and drinking bars. One explanation supposes that the word describes the migratory lifestyle of Nakasi musicians, who traditionally travelled from one tea parlor to another. thumb|right|A Nagashi band in a 1953 Japanese drama film Tokyo Story