Cantopop is a popular music genre that originated in Hong Kong in the 1970s. It is characterized by a fusion of Western and Chinese music elements, with lyrics sung primarily in Cantonese. Classic Cantopop songs often feature emotional and romantic themes, and are known for their catchy melodies and memorable choruses. The genre reached its peak in the 1980s and 1990s, with many iconic artists emerging during this time. Today, Cantopop continues to be a beloved genre in Hong Kong and beyond.
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List of classic cantopop artists
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 54 | 0 | 56 | 59 | 41 | 47 | 131 | 453366 | |
2 | 52 | 0 | 57 | 36 | 59 | 30 | 118 | 339589 | |
3 | 49 | 1 | 59 | 53 | 41 | 45 | 127 | 168170 | |
4 | 49 | 0 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 46 | 123 | 167745 | |
5 | 48 | 0 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 44 | 120 | 83897 | |
6 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 59 | 34 | 67 | 114 | 189399 | |
7 | 48 | 0 | 68 | 42 | 27 | 62 | 118 | 163059 | |
8 | 48 | 0 | 66 | 76 | 27 | 60 | 125 | 120475 | |
9 | 47 | 0 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 47 | 115 | 165908 | |
10 | 47 | 1 | 58 | 56 | 38 | 48 | 119 | 110016 | |
11 | 47 | 0 | 56 | 58 | 39 | 54 | 134 | 191321 | |
12 | 46 | 0 | 55 | 47 | 72 | 37 | 136 | 84052 | |
13 | 45 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 34 | 63 | 110 | 42645 | |
14 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 48 | 60 | 41 | 118 | 87665 | |
15 | 43 | 0 | 55 | 44 | 58 | 33 | 120 | 68612 | |
16 | 43 | 0 | 59 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 108 | 107766 | |
17 | 43 | 0 | 60 | 48 | 73 | 36 | 107 | 67629 | |
18 | 42 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 64 | 48 | 113 | 29079 | |
19 | 42 | 0 | 63 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 110 | 51011 | |
20 | 41 | 0 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 47 | 112 | 39768 | |
21 | 41 | 0 | 55 | 56 | 36 | 37 | 119 | 38878 | |
22 | 40 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 36 | 41 | 118 | 52313 | |
23 | 40 | 0 | 57 | 44 | 49 | 38 | 107 | 40422 | |
24 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 37 | 57 | 42 | 103 | 63869 | |
25 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 42 | 81 | 32 | 140 | 27474 | |
26 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 42 | 58 | 80 | 129 | 28124 | |
27 | 38 | 0 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 36 | 125 | 45346 | |
28 | 36 | 0 | 58 | 49 | 47 | 29 | 103 | 29334 | |
29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11461 | |
30 | 36 | 0 | 69 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 125 | 22224 | |
31 | 36 | 0 | 50 | 39 | 53 | 26 | 104 | 9612 | |
32 | 35 | 0 | 59 | 45 | 60 | 26 | 138 | 6578 | |
33 | 35 | 1 | 53 | 36 | 53 | 28 | 123 | 21416 | |
34 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14210 | |
35 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 76 | 25 | 88 | 8225 | |
36 | 34 | 0 | 57 | 56 | 32 | 35 | 106 | 11402 | |
37 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 64 | 42 | 131 | 16465 | |
38 | 34 | 0 | 57 | 59 | 50 | 57 | 114 | 44139 | |
39 | 33 | 0 | 56 | 47 | 64 | 31 | 93 | 9710 | |
40 | 33 | 0 | 50 | 47 | 50 | 21 | 137 | 9399 | |
41 | 32 | 1 | 47 | 34 | 86 | 31 | 95 | 12352 | |
42 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23366 | |
43 | 32 | 0 | 60 | 45 | 58 | 30 | 128 | 6846 | |
44 | 32 | 0 | 58 | 40 | 55 | 49 | 100 | 5751 | |
45 | 32 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 58 | 46 | 114 | 9133 | |
46 | 32 | 0 | 62 | 54 | 45 | 68 | 127 | 18114 | |
47 | 32 | 0 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 51 | 118 | 13887 | |
48 | 31 | 0 | 60 | 68 | 22 | 35 | 112 | 9924 | |
49 | 31 | 0 | 64 | 60 | 53 | 49 | 133 | 5743 | |
50 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2066 | |
51 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 36 | 56 | 36 | 107 | 6431 | |
52 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5848 | |
53 | 30 | 0 | 58 | 43 | 55 | 28 | 114 | 3271 | |
54 | 30 | 2 | 57 | 73 | 23 | 57 | 131 | 4233 | |
55 | 29 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 92 | 11617 | |
56 | 29 | 0 | 57 | 36 | 64 | 28 | 130 | 3396 | |
57 | 28 | 0 | 67 | 54 | 33 | 63 | 130 | 15785 | |
58 | 28 | 0 | 56 | 46 | 47 | 36 | 139 | 3891 | |
59 | 28 | 0 | 61 | 48 | 71 | 34 | 102 | 14964 | |
60 | 28 | 0 | 54 | 45 | 58 | 33 | 114 | 8610 | |
61 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 42 | 76 | 36 | 174 | 6091 | |
62 | 28 | 0 | 58 | 60 | 26 | 44 | 83 | 4911 | |
63 | 28 | 0 | 57 | 68 | 7 | 25 | 141 | 18477 | |
64 | 27 | 0 | 47 | 34 | 56 | 41 | 90 | 1369 | |
65 | 27 | 0 | 60 | 41 | 54 | 36 | 118 | 1308 | |
66 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 59 | 52 | 42 | 124 | 6961 | |
67 | 27 | 0 | 47 | 51 | 30 | 45 | 117 | 13670 | |
68 | 27 | 0 | 65 | 65 | 31 | 69 | 130 | 4801 | |
69 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | |
70 | 26 | 0 | 80 | 74 | 41 | 90 | 111 | 1298 | |
71 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 58 | 30 | 116 | 9042 | |
72 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 48 | 60 | 37 | 94 | 7755 | |
73 | 26 | 0 | 43 | 29 | 69 | 29 | 129 | 2954 | |
74 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 44 | 45 | 95 | 8350 | |
75 | 26 | 0 | 72 | 79 | 33 | 66 | 132 | 9410 | |
76 | 26 | 0 | 61 | 55 | 44 | 58 | 120 | 5641 | |
77 | 26 | 0 | 57 | 52 | 22 | 59 | 95 | 4066 | |
78 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 60 | 38 | 172 | 7491 | |
79 | 25 | 0 | 68 | 43 | 30 | 38 | 112 | 2969 | |
80 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 35 | 70 | 23 | 118 | 16317 | |
81 | 25 | 0 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 41 | 108 | 8495 | |
82 | 24 | 0 | 54 | 61 | 43 | 47 | 121 | 2608 | |
83 | 24 | 1 | 60 | 47 | 42 | 52 | 115 | 7835 | |
84 | 24 | 0 | 62 | 36 | 46 | 38 | 128 | 4188 | |
85 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5602 | |
86 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2072 | |
87 | 24 | 0 | 50 | 51 | 37 | 38 | 100 | 4363 | |
88 | 23 | 0 | 69 | 84 | 10 | 71 | 148 | 10644 | |
89 | 23 | 1 | 66 | 83 | 22 | 63 | 144 | 6476 | |
90 | 23 | 0 | 59 | 23 | 87 | 27 | 106 | 3127 | |
91 | 23 | 0 | 66 | 52 | 37 | 38 | 123 | 3228 | |
92 | 23 | 0 | 56 | 68 | 49 | 43 | 117 | 2044 | |
93 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 33 | 61 | 33 | 103 | 1907 | |
94 | 22 | 0 | 47 | 38 | 57 | 41 | 121 | 670 | |
95 | 22 | 0 | 72 | 70 | 20 | 66 | 113 | 4011 | |
96 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 38 | 52 | 30 | 119 | 3267 | |
97 | 22 | 0 | 57 | 39 | 64 | 34 | 115 | 3425 | |
98 | 21 | 0 | 61 | 48 | 45 | 54 | 78 | 4976 | |
99 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6766 | |
100 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 786 | |
101 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5086 | |
102 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2731 | |
103 | 21 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 88 | 52 | 88 | 2008 | |
104 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 41 | 68 | 45 | 118 | 4218 | |
105 | 20 | 1 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 54 | 122 | 5745 | |
106 | 20 | 0 | 61 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 98 | 1278 | |
107 | 20 | 0 | 52 | 30 | 50 | 32 | 90 | 1119 | |
108 | 20 | 0 | 65 | 54 | 49 | 27 | 110 | 1408 | |
109 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 56 | 41 | 59 | 94 | 421 | |
110 | 19 | 0 | 47 | 38 | 56 | 35 | 118 | 780 | |
111 | 18 | 0 | 53 | 40 | 58 | 25 | 94 | 1446 | |
112 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4518 | |
113 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 772 | |
114 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | |
115 | 18 | 0 | 57 | 77 | 36 | 53 | 122 | 2130 | |
116 | 18 | 0 | 60 | 28 | 67 | 75 | 119 | 1278 | |
117 | 17 | 5 | 61 | 32 | 77 | 31 | 123 | 489 | |
118 | 17 | 0 | 60 | 44 | 61 | 24 | 117 | 2208 | |
119 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 43 | 55 | 43 | 111 | 1155 | |
120 | 16 | 0 | 65 | 52 | 53 | 46 | 126 | 1645 | |
121 | 16 | 0 | 49 | 54 | 73 | 64 | 114 | 3278 | |
122 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1773 | |
123 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 60 | 60 | 92 | 121 | 992 | |
124 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 45 | 55 | 22 | 125 | 1261 | |
125 | 16 | 0 | 72 | 58 | 13 | 53 | 127 | 2900 | |
126 | 15 | 1 | 57 | 41 | 42 | 37 | 145 | 2311 | |
127 | 15 | 0 | 45 | 61 | 57 | 71 | 140 | 1200 | |
128 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 69 | 46 | 69 | 149 | 335 | |
129 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1237 | |
130 | 14 | 0 | 51 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 142 | 1376 | |
131 | 14 | 0 | 69 | 47 | 42 | 50 | 110 | 3514 | |
132 | 14 | 0 | 65 | 88 | 2 | 90 | 144 | 802 | |
133 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1342 | |
134 | 13 | 0 | 65 | 33 | 56 | 25 | 130 | 387 | |
135 | 13 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 66 | 47 | 127 | 3394 | |
136 | 13 | 0 | 70 | 55 | 62 | 78 | 102 | 686 | |
137 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 737 | |
138 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 47 | 41 | 184 | 890 | |
139 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 46 | 76 | 51 | 118 | 433 | |
140 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 553 | |
141 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 47 | 54 | 34 | 137 | 672 | |
142 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 80 | 7 | 45 | 143 | 901 | |
143 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 40 | 148 | 1480 | |
144 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 33 | 56 | 37 | 97 | 227 | |
145 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 42 | 64 | 31 | 140 | 476 | |
146 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 31 | 38 | 25 | 93 | 128 | |
147 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 45 | 71 | 50 | 76 | 43 | |
148 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
149 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | |
150 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358 | |
151 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 315 | |
152 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 959 | |
153 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 47 | 35 | 135 | 583 | |
154 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 |