From July 8th to 9th, the 2023 TMEA Tencent Music Entertainment Festival (hereinafter referred to as "TMEA" or "Grand Ceremony") hosted by Tencent Music Entertainment Group was grandly held in Macau, China. With the new theme of "Music For Fun", this year's TMEA brings together an international lineup of performers, better and more diverse stage performance designs, and a newly upgraded two-day and four-session music ceremony and music festival carnival, creating a music journey that is twice as happy for thousands of music fans.
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.
Not only that, this year's TMEA also joined hands with global music partners to demonstrate the continuous improvement of the high level and inclusiveness of the Chinese music industry. While bringing high-quality experience to users and crowning industry honors, it also provided more new opportunities for domestic and foreign high-quality artists and their works with both international influence and national attention, jointly creating a new benchmark for the global high-quality stage of the Chinese music market.
Go in both directions to witness glorious moments with outstanding musicians from around the world
Re-engrave the youth of the times and record the growth of the industry. This year, TMEA's international lineup can be called "the most ever", including not only Jolin Tsai, Chen Zhuoxuan, Deng Dian, Faye Zhan Wenting, Guo Guanting, Huang Guanzhong, Hu Yan Bin, JJ Lin, Li Jiawei, Liu Xijun, Liu Yuxin, Meng Jia, MIKA, Pan Yunqi, Wang Jingwen, Shang Wenjie, Su Xing, Xu Jiaying, Xianzi, Yuan Yawei, Zhang Dongliang, Zhang Jie, Zhang Liangying, Zhou Shen and other outstanding singers from different generations in the Chinese music scene, as well as Cui Zige, Deng Yujun (Waiting for Who?), Pharaoh, Gao Wuren, Liu Shuang, Man Shuke, Su Yuyang, TizzyT, Wang Yinuo and other representative musicians of different music styles, as well as Aimer, Greyson Chance, Hanazawa Kana, milet, Uesugi Noboru and other overseas musicians who are loved by music fans around the world have joined the band. It not only realizes a two-way journey between singers, musicians and music fans, but also conveys the Chinese music market's tolerance for diverse music, and demonstrates the increasing attention and respect that overseas musicians have for the Chinese music market.
Aiming to create a chronicle of the Chinese music industry, TMEA will continue to reward practitioners, singers and musicians who have contributed to music creation, stage performances, user love and the development of various fields of the music industry in the past year. Among the high-profile winners, the Best Mainland Male and Female Singer of the Year, Best Chinese Group of the Year and Popular Physical Album of the Year awards were respectively won by Zhang Jie, Jane Zhang, Gao Wuren and Wang Yuan's "Living Room Carnival" Secret Greenhouse Series Vinyl, in recognition of these musicians in front of and behind the scenes. People and creators have set benchmarks for the development of the Chinese music scene; the announcement of the annual best rapper, Chinese style singer, electronic music DJ, rock band and other music category awards also demonstrates the strong and diverse vitality of the Chinese music market in the past year.
In addition, the "Top Ten Hot Songs" that attracted much attention in the last session will also continue to be presented as the choices of netizens, recording the real development and evolution of the Chinese music scene. The "Top Ten Hot Songs" and the "Top Ten Golden Songs" together show different aspects of the diverse development of the Chinese music scene.
TMEA also presented important awards to overseas singers and musicians such as the Most Influential Overseas Singer of the Year and the Most Influential Overseas Group of the Year. Through an honorary stage that focuses global attention, TMEA allows the world to see the professionalism and high standards of the Chinese music industry, as well as the huge market potential.
Music Festival + Music Ceremony, a global music event worthy of everyone
As another highlight of this year's TMEA, the newly upgraded music ceremony and music festival gathers thousands of music fans on the "most wanted stage of the year". Based on the links and themes of different chapters of the performance, it creates a collision between the world's top singer lineup and trendy culture. To care for music fans through super musical aesthetics, on the one hand, national-level singers in the Chinese music scene gathered together, while living up to the expectations of music fans, and constantly conveying the theme of "singing for happiness"; at the same time, international musicians who exceeded expectations also led online and offline audiences to experience the borderless charm of music culture.
From Jolin Tsai's 30-minute super long medley and gorgeous stage singing and dancing performance, medley of JJ Lin's nearly 10 golden songs, medley of many Jianghu heroic songs by Zhang Jie, to "OST King" Zhou Shen's soulful performance of "Brilliant Adventurer", Jane Zhang's appearance with the "beautiful love song" "One Circle", Shang Wenjie's "Follow your" The premiere of the new song "Love with My Heart", Yuan Yawei's hit medley "Dancing on the Moon (EMO WHISKEY)" and "God's Prophecy", and then Liu Yuxin's powerful naked-eye 3D lava stage "Boom Tick" Boom", powerful singer Li Jiawei tells a touching and profound regret with a song "That Moment", Tencent musician Liu Shuang creates an immersive audio-visual experience with "Rose Thief" with elements of inverted city and petal rain… These singers who have accompanied the youth of music fans from different circles gathered together to bring a "memory killing". They have always insisted on devoting all their love to the music scene, adding a mellowness that has accumulated over time to the happy atmosphere of this ceremony.
In addition to "national" singers, singers such as Deng Yujun (Waiting for You), Wang Jingwen and others who are "by your side" also performed the Beijing Winter Olympics support songs "Treading on the Snow", "Be Careful" and "A Good Marriage", "Fifty Years Later", "Once You Said" and "Dive In" Familiar songs such as "Small Town Summer" reflect the vast love for music among music fans. The real user listening behavior behind them and the different musical lives reflected behind the songs are also the kind of happiness that this TMEA Music Ceremony wants to present.
It is worth mentioning that, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the founding of Beyond, TMEA also created a special tribute segment and invited Huang Guanzhong to sing the classic songs "Glory Days", "No More Hesitation" and "Broader Seas and Sky". The classic songs "Lonely Warrior", "Light Wrapped in the Heart" and "Ke", reinterpreted in a new style by Chen Zhuoxuan and Mika, and "Until the End of the World" sung by Noboru Uesugi, who came to the TMEA stage for the second time, also reminded everyone of the songs in time and the people who were remembered in the familiar melody.
On the first day of the music ceremony, the TMEA ceremony set up a special tribute session to commemorate the treasure singer CoCo in the Chinese music scene. At the scene, two singers, Jane Zhang and Yuan Yawei, gave introductory speeches and sang CoCo's masterpiece "365 Days of Missing You" together, expressing their love and memory for CoCo with the most sincere emotions.
In addition, as a new upgrade of TMEA, the two-day TMEA Music Festival, supported by all walks of life in Macau, also uses Tencent Music's ecological integration capabilities to use the ultimate stage and unprecedented close-up experience to bring a dizzying "shock wave" of global trend music culture. It also allows many music fans to meet their favorite singers and idols for the first time, and experience first-hand the annual debut of musicians from around the world and different cultural charms.
The industry works together to tell the story of the influence of Chinese music
Committed to creating its own pinnacle event for China's digital music entertainment industry, TMEA has continued to write records for the development of Chinese music culture since the first event, and actively builds a bridge for cooperation and interaction between artists at home and abroad, providing users at home and abroad with more diverse and high-quality entertainment content.
At present, thanks to the continuous value creation and international exploration of enterprises and creators in all aspects of the domestic music industry, the global ranking of China's music market has jumped to fifth place in the world this year. Under this trend of "global attention", as a representative of China's high-level music events, TMEA is based on its continuous in-depth development of industry services and deep insights into the emotions and needs of users. With the purpose of creating high-quality happy experiences for users, it joins hands with the entire industry in front of and behind the scenes to tell the influential story of Chinese music. While creating a shocking stage visual effects experience at a high level and setting a new benchmark for global high-quality stages, it also further assists the internationalization process of the Chinese music industry.
Responding to global respect with continued strengthening of influence building, this two-day, four-event 2023TMEA builds a Chinese music culture scene where the entire industry prospers together. It not only creates a happy experience for users, but also achieves the continuous release of the influence of quality music in various fields. As China's music industry continues to develop, I also look forward to seeing TMEA again with music fans with richer achievements in building global influence.
