On July 8, the 2023 TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival (hereinafter referred to as "TMEA" and "Grand Ceremony") organized by Tencent Music Entertainment Group opened in Macau, China. This year's TMEA carries the expectations of thousands of music fans. With the theme of "Music For Fun", it has been newly upgraded to four "ultra-long standby" music ceremonies and music festival carnivals over two days, hoping to create a happy music journey for music fans.
2023TMEA has gathered a lineup of popular international artists to create a high-quality performance stage. With the support of Tongcheng Travel, the general sponsor of this event, TMEA will work with Tongcheng Travel to accompany music fans to explore the music world and experience the joy of travel, making every gathering meaningful. In order to allow more music fans to experience the live spectacle of the music ceremony, Tencent Music Entertainment Group's four major platforms, QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and National Karaoke, will be presented online.
On the first day of the ceremony, more than 20 groups of singers and musicians, including Jolin Tsai, Faye Zhan Wenting, Hu Yanbin, Huang Guanzhong, Uesugi Noboru, Xu Jiaying, Yuan Yawei, Zhang Dongliang, Zhang Liangying, Zhou Shen, etc., worked together to create the "Annual Stage" to bring an entertainment feast to the audience and music fans. In addition to the hearty performance, a number of major awards were announced on the first day of the ceremony to reward every musician for their efforts.
Come for music fans, international performance lineup exceeds expectations
This year's TMEA has a super-strong lineup of top performers. Influential guests from the Chinese music scene and well-known singers and musicians from Asia, Europe and the United States share the stage, accompanying music fans to explore the music world and create a happy music journey.
This year's TMEA has been newly upgraded to a music ceremony + music festival. On the first day of the TMEA music ceremony, Jolin Tsai, Faye Zhan Wenting, Hu Yanbin, Huang Guanzhong, Su Xing, Yuan Yawei, Zhang Dongliang, Zhang Liangying, Zhou Shen… two The most national artist lineup in the Chinese music scene in Taiwan and Taiwan has brought classic and charming stages; powerful singers Hu Yanbin and Xu Jiaying, musicians Guanting Guo, Man Shuke, Su Xing, etc. use their own music to express musical attitudes.
The "New Force" limited band composed of Tencent musicians Li Changgeng, Pan Yunqi, Su Yuyang, and Wang Yinuo used an original work "The Boy Who Strides the Wind" to show the vitality and style of the new generation of musicians. As potential musicians who have stood out from Tencent Musician's "New Force Project", they have all-round professional abilities such as creation, production, and singing, and are working hard to grow into a "new force" in the Chinese music scene.
In addition to the music ceremony, this year's TMEA Ceremony brought a new upgrade to the music festival. Not only did young singers such as Mika, Yao Bonan, and Zhao Pinlin bring energetic stage performances, but there was also an international performance lineup that exceeded expectations, bringing music fans a dizzying "shock wave" of global trend music culture.
It’s not easy to get together, but the singers on the TMEA stage gave not only a performance, but also a response to the music fans reunited after a long absence, making every wait exceed expectations.
Singing for happiness, diverse stages show thousands of love
This year's TMEA hopes that the joyful factor in music can bring extraordinary happiness to thousands of music fans, so that every gathering will be happy and return with joy.
In the performance that night, many singers and musicians used their singing to show their love for life and music, leading everyone on a passionate and happy journey. Jolin Tsai brought her usual meticulous stage design and gorgeous singing and dancing performances, and used a medley of nearly 10 golden songs on the stage including "The Sun Never Sets", "Say I Love You", "Rewind" and "Rose Boy" to let happy emotions permeate the scene. Yuan Yawei sang "Dancing on the Moon (EMO WHISKEY)" and "God's Prophecy". Her attempts at diverse music also encouraged music fans to continue to explore the unknown areas of life. Jane Zhang uses "beautiful love songs" to evoke the feelings, longings and memories of love among those born in the 80s and 90s. Zhou Shen sang "Brilliant Adventurer", and his clear and story-telling and penetrating voice took us through every time-related story.
At the same time, TMEA also carefully presented songs from time and remembered people on the stage, allowing music fans to hear the memories of youth in the music. Huang Guanzhong sang three Beyond band classic songs, "Glory Days", "No More Hesitation" and "Broader Seas and Sky" to pay tribute to Beyond's 40th anniversary. It was Noboru Uesugi's second time to participate in the TMEA music ceremony. When the melody of "Until the End of the World" sounded, every audience at the scene dreamed back to their passionate youth. Faye Zhan Wenting and Zhang Dongliang also brought familiar melodies to bring a "collective memory killing" to music fans.
In addition, Wang Jingwen's "Be Careful", the most played song by music fans in the past year, also appeared on the stage of the TMEA music ceremony. These different styles of music not only condense the thousands of lives around everyone, but also project their endless love for music.
TMEA hopes to use music to show the thousands of passions and different lives of music fans, and also hopes to spread the joy of music to further places.
Crowning love, honorary awards focus global attention
In the past year, music industry practitioners, singers, and musicians have made their own contributions to music creation, stage performances, user love, and the development of various fields in the music industry. On the evening of July 8, at TMEA's heavyweight music ceremony, they also received honors because of their love.
On the first day of the music ceremony, the first round of Singer of the Year, Music, Performance, Platform and other awards were awarded. Among them, among the high-profile Singer of the Year awards, the Most Influential Mainland Male Singer of the Year was won by Zhou Shen, the Most Influential Hong Kong and Taiwan Female Singer of the Year was won by Jolin Tsai, the Best Mainland Female Singer of the Year and the Best Hong Kong and Taiwan Female Singer of the Year were won by Jane Zhang and Xu Jiaying respectively, and Yuan Yawei won the honor of Quality Singer of the Year. On July 9, the TMEA Music Ceremony will continue to announce the second round of awards.
On the one hand, the awards focus on singers, teams and creators behind the scenes, and reward them for setting a benchmark for the development of the Chinese music scene. On the other hand, the awards for overseas artists and songs have been specially added to fully demonstrate the Chinese music market's diverse tolerance for international music content and the huge potential of the Chinese music market.
As China's leading online music and audio entertainment platform, Tencent Music Entertainment Group holds the TMEA Ceremony, joins hands with outstanding singers and musicians at home and abroad, and creates top-notch stage choreography and performance design. While bringing unique experiences to users and crowning industry honors, it also creates a new benchmark for the global high-gloss stage in the Chinese music market.
There may be shadows behind the sunshine, but the warmth and love that music brings to this world will be preserved forever. This year's TMEA festival specially set up a tribute session to remember CoCo, the treasured singer in the Chinese music scene. Jane Zhang and Yuan Yawei sang "365 Days of Missing You" together with the fans at the venue to sing their love and longing for CoCo. They remembered her deeply rooted singing voice and smile that could melt everything, and also remembered the Chinese light that bloomed with her songs on the world stage.
On July 9, the TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival will enter its second day. There will still be an international artist lineup that exceeds expectations, outstanding singers and independent musicians will continue to bring exciting live performances. The powerful singer Li Jiawei will tell a touching and profound regret with a song "That Moment"; Tencent musician Liu Shuang will also sing about the romance in life with "The Rose Thief"; the charming female singer Chen Zhuoxuan and the new generation singer Mika will not only have their own stage, but also jointly present the annual golden song for the first time to pay tribute to the golden song winner; electronic singer-songwriter Shang Wenjie will present a new song "Follow Your" after five years. Heart" will turn the TMEA festival stage into a new song premiere concert; "Walking CD" JJ Lin will also bring a medley of many golden songs such as "Cao Cao", "Drunk Red Cliff", "No Trends Don't Spend Money", etc., creating a top-notch live that responds to the expectations of many music fans; in addition, the "Top Ten Hot Songs" that attracted much attention in the last session will also continue to be presented in the selection of netizens, recording the true development and evolution of the Chinese music scene… Please continue to look forward to music fans.
