Hello everyone, I am Ma Gangzhen, a Cantonese named Ma.

Yesterday I suddenly thought of a question: Do Nicholas Tse's musical works surpass Eason Chan?

This seems completely incomparable, and even a bit eye-catching. How can a "food" blogger be compared with the singer!

But if you are a reader who has read a magazine called "Contemporary Music Circle" or listened to tapes and CDs, you will think about the importance of this issue just like me.

Let’s talk about age first.

Nicholas Tse was born in 1980, and Eason Chan was born in 1974.

Although there is a 6-year age difference between the two, they both released their first albums around 1996.

To be precise, Nicholas Tse was earlier.

In 1995, when he was 15 years old, he went to Japan to study music. It was common for him to be homeless, sleep on the streets, and be looked down upon by others.

Of course, this is not because of poverty. You must know that he is the son of the fourth brother.

This "reality show" was fully filmed by TVB to prepare for his debut.

While studying in Japan, he composed his first musical work "Miscalculation".

Songs are like wine, they need some time to settle.

The criterion for judging whether a song is a good song is simple: listen to it after a while.

For example, there are many brainwashing songs that are very exciting to listen to at the moment, but become boring after a few months. Then they are not good songs.

For example, if some songs are still remembered after listening to them ten or twenty years later, they are classics.

Although this song "Error of Estimate" cannot reach the classic level, the solo in the opening 27 seconds can smell like the beyond band.

The following information is collected about the musical transformation of Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan from 1996 to 2002, and a little PK.

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In 1996, Eason Chan won

Eason Chan made his debut by winning the singing competition held by TVB.

In 1996, the first album "Eason Chan" was released.

But in fact, this album is not very "Eason Chan". After all, for a newly debuted singer, the record company has not yet figured out what his positioning is.

We can only keep trying songs of various styles to see if the popularity of this "champion" can increase sales.

The songs on the entire album did not become popular.

It can only be said that it is a little treasure for die-hard fans of Eason Chan, because there are such interesting works as "The Song of the Times" and "Broken Letter".

Both of these songs belong to the type of love songs that are slightly regretful and sad, exaggerating the inner monologue of the male protagonist after a breakup.

However, Eason Chan was only 22 years old that year. Let a young man sing a sad love song. He only had singing skills, but it was not particularly "heartbreaking".

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That year, Nicholas Tse officially signed a contract with Emperor Entertainment. The boss was present and Jackie Chan was there to support him.

It can be seen from here that the two are not on the same starting line.

Although Eason Chan is a champion, his family background is also good. But compared to Nicholas Tse's background, he still lost.

At the same time, in terms of appearance, it is also slightly inferior.

Since Nicholas Tse did not release any films in 1996, Eason Chan won this year.

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Nicholas Tse won in 1997

In this year, Eason Chan released his first Mandarin album "A Drop of Tears".

In fact, this is a street album, with the purpose of singing in Mandarin in order to capture the Taiwan and mainland markets.

The songs in it are still in the style of moderate slow love songs. Although the title songs "A Drop of Tears" and "Visit" are good songs, when Eason Chan sings them, I always feel that he uses too much force.

It sounds like a martial arts master doing a set of tricks.

Fortunately, that year Eason Chan released another Cantonese album called "Always Be With Me".

With the title song of the same name in this album, he finally recovered from his previous decline.

"Always Be With Me" is a landmark work for Eason Chan's style. This song sings about the resentment of a lovelorn man.

I am so kind to you and think about everything for you, but you still want to leave me.

This sentence talks about a lovelorn man looking in the mirror and touching himself. He thinks that his love for the heroine is overwhelming.

Only when the heroine can think from his perspective can she understand his hard-won success.

In fact, this song has a bit of "careful", "thoughtful" and "weird" elements.

But this is the most suitable style for Eason Chan. It became popular throughout Hong Kong and put the first label on Eason Chan's works.

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Unfortunately, Nicholas Tse released his first album "My Attitude" that year.

That year, he was only 17 years old, and his debut as a minor was partly due to repaying his father's debt.

And the record company also took a fancy to Nicholas Tse, a cash cow, because of his exposure and good looks.

Nicholas Tse did not participate in the production of the songs in this album. The lyrics and compositions were all written by well-known musicians.

But in fact, the record company has made it very clear about Nicholas Tse's positioning as a somewhat naughty and rebellious young boy.

The songs "Swarm of Bees", "Bad Habits", "Gravity", "Newborn Calf" and "Bad Habits" all have that flavor.

To use an inappropriate metaphor,

Nicholas Tse’s early music and Han Han’s literary works are of the same kind, the roar of a boy who doesn’t know the heights of the world and how high the world is.

Due to its clear positioning and excellent production, this album ranked third in sales that year.

With this album, Nicholas Tse won the Gold Award for the Most Promising New Male Singer, the Most Promising New Artist, the Most Popular New Artist, and the Silver Award for the Most Powerful Male Singer in the Music Industry.

In December of the same year, a Cantonese song called "Silent Imitation Sound" was released.

I have to say that this is an extremely shocking piece of work, especially at the climax where it starts with shouting, then questioning, and then roaring, which is handled perfectly.

The most representative music works of the two at that time were "Silent Imitating Sound" and "Always Be With Me". This was the first PK between the two little singer kings.

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Nicholas Tse won in 1998

Eason Chan released "My Happy Era"

This was his first time in the album He added his own opinions during the production and negotiated with the company, saying that he wanted to appoint Liu Zhongyan as his musician.

Liu Zhongyan lived up to expectations and composed "The Unparalleled World", which is like "Red Beans" and tells the story of lovers holding hands and growing old.

Just like the movie "Sweetie", it reflects the "Golden Age" of young lovers in a big era.

The two songs were both well-received and well-received.

At the same time, Eason Chan personally composed the song "Anti-Climax", hoping to use an ups and downs melody to show his extremely dissatisfied attitude towards the media.

It is worth mentioning that the cover and inner pages of this album were taken in the elementary school Eason Chan attended, because the elementary school years were his happiest era.

This is a very "Eason Chan" music album.

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In that year, Nicholas Tse released the "Horizons" album, which translated into Chinese means horizon, limit, and scope.

He continues to try more rebellious elements in his music.

"Open Day" and "Back, Back, Left, Right, Right" come from the movie "Gu Hazi: The Fierce Fighting of Boys" starring him, with a youthful and unruly feel.

"I Had Knew." is like a boy falling out of love for the first time, his emotions are amplified and he is so sad that he cannot get out of it.

"If Only One Week" is like young people's speculation on "What is love really like?" After this song was changed into Mandarin "Together with You in This Life", it appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

At the end of that year, "The Voice of the End of the Century", written and composed by Nicholas Tse, was released.

This song is a reflection of his personal inner self.

When he was 15 years old, his parents suddenly divorced, and he went to Japan alone to study music, living in the open air.

All this happened to a child who was not yet a minor, and others thought he was the "prince".

Everything he has is his own hard work, so there is the following in the lyrics:

The music works of the two people this year actually have their own characteristics, and it is difficult to distinguish them. High or low.

But in terms of the richness of his works and the prominence of his label style, Nicholas Tse is slightly better.

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Nicholas Tse won in 1999

This year, Eason Chan made a complete comeback.

He has released two Cantonese albums, "God Bless My Lover" and "Happiness".

In terms of popularity, only "Happiness Ferris Wheel" and "Twenty Years Back in Time" are well-known. But in the final analysis, these two songs are just nice little love songs, without deep shocking power.

And he also covered two songs by Nicholas Tse in the "Happiness" album.

As a singer like Eason Chan, it is inevitable that everything he sings will sound good, but the "soul" fit is very important. What a good singer fears most is not meeting a unique song that belongs to him. Song.

And this year, Nicholas Tse’s victory is beyond doubt.

His first solo Mandarin album "Thank You for Your Love 1999" won the first place in Taiwan's record sales chart, with total genuine sales exceeding 1 million copies.

The Cantonese collection "Believe" was a hit, and a song called "Must Go" played an important role.

The lyrics and melody of this song are like a "wandering love poem", which suits Nicholas Tse, who is naturally melancholy and lonely. It is a good song that meets the right person.

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Evenly divided in 2000

This year was the most important year for Eason Chan's career as a singer.

Joined a new record company and released the album "Fire", in which the song "King of Karaoke" established his unique position in the music world.

As mentioned above, Eason Chan's music style is weird and alternative.

He is not suitable for mediocre love songs, but for the murmurs of lonely patients who are a little weird and a little "sophisticated".

"The King of Karaoke" was something that only he could control and no one else could, and the same was true for the later "Exaggerated".

A touch of evil charm and deep affection, the audience was addicted to it, and he became famous too.

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But this year Nicholas Tse performed equally well.

He released three albums in one go: "Zero Distance", "Understanding" and "Viva".

"Those who think too much will never understand" in "Love Because of Love"

"Living Viva" "You should be as straightforward as a wafer when you are young" < /p>

Nicholas Tse's music has attitude and is not popular, a bit like Pu Shu and Han Han.

Many of his songs, such as the two mentioned above, were also composed by himself, so he is more controllable in "attitude" music.

In other words, Eason Chan needs to rely on the output of Lin Meng, Huang Weiwen and others to sing the song of the masterpiece.

Although Nicholas Tse can fight alone, his style is determined by his own personality. You can only go into a niche, a specific genre of rock.

At this time, the music of the two has already reached a climax.

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Evenly divided in 2001

Eason Chan released the album "Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk!", and with "Shall We Talk", he took the road Wider.

His songs are no longer an area where love songs are common, but instead add to the in-depth thinking about life.

It has depth and is more heart-breaking, which completely distances him from other singers.

Nicholas Tse continued to be himself and produced two albums, "Jade Butterfly" and "Century Prophecy".

Due to his high popularity, he won the award for the world's highest sales volume and Asia's best-selling singer at the "World Music Awards" (Chinese name: World Music Awards).

He is also a Chinese singer The youngest record holder to win such an award.

At this point, two groups of singers in the Hong Kong music scene were established. They each have their own styles, one can sing grand songs, and the other can give music the most. Cool and true attitude.

Unfortunately, 2002 happened.

Eason Chan won in 2002.

In that year, Nicholas Tse was surrounded by negative news and announced his retirement from the entertainment industry due to the "top package case".

Although he made a comeback a year later,

But he started to come back. , his music has entered a bottleneck period.

The main reason is that his music has become very complicated. On the one hand, he is influenced by his on-again, off-again girlfriend Faye Wong, and his songs have a strong Beijing flavor.

Secondly, he has grown up. He is 22 years old and has become more involved in the world. The record company helps him make a comeback. He has to listen to the record company and has to be careful in his creation.

In addition, His talents are actually comprehensive. In addition to music, he also made good movies.

At that time, the record industry was hit by piracy and the financial tsunami, and there was no work, so he simply acted in a few more movies and TV series.

"New Police Story" and "Little Fish and Flowers" gradually became a movie star

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And Eason Chan continued to sing steadily. Singing.

"Your Backpack" from the "Special Thanks to" album expanded the popularity of Mandarin.

"Today Next Year" and "People Come and Go" from the album "The Line-up".

Once he completely nailed the "big mainstream love songs", no one could beat him.

Since 2002, Eason Chan has gradually become the king of singers in the Hong Kong music scene, and Nicholas Tse has become the best actor.

Throughout the "first seven" years of their development, Nicholas Tse has always been in the leading position.

In terms of appearance and specialness of music, Nicholas Tse has always had advantages.

"Silent Is Sound", "Must Go", "Love Because of Love" and "Live VIVA".

Eason Chan met top lyricists and composers, and with the input of many martial arts masters, he reached the top.

He can sing anything, and he is lucky enough to come across his own unique songs along the way.

"The King of Karaoke", "Exaggerated", "Shall We Talk", "Today Next Year", "The Best Bad Friend" and "Under Mount Fuji".

These songs have a wide audience. Everyone who listens to them has a buzz. There are many people who like them, and everyone has fallen in love with Eason Chan.

Of course, Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan are equally successful today.

Talent and luck are indeed two things that are frustrating and unenviable.