(English: Capital Artists) is a record company in Hong Kong, and now it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fengdeli Holdings Limited. Since its official establishment in 1971, many superstars of the Emperor have been affiliated to it, such as Tam, Jenny Tseng, Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. In the 197s and 198s, the all-powerful Huaxing Records had dozens of singers at its peak. In the 198s, the music scene was even neck and neck with Polaroid (now Universal Records). Huaxing Records was originally a subsidiary of TVBI, and was acquired by South China Morning Post Group in 1996. On October 2, 21, the remaining dozen employees were dispersed and the company was announced to stop operating, but the company brand, trademark and copyright of all songs were retained until it was acquired by Feng Deli, a subsidiary of businessman Lin Jianyue, and became a brand of East Asia Records (Group) in 28. After the reorganization, the singers who signed the contract include: Miriam Yeung, Su Yongkang and Liu Haolong.
In 197s and 198s, Huaxing Records Company had dozens of singers at its peak, and in 198s, the music scene kept pace with Polaroid Records Company (now Universal Records).
Huaxing History
Huaxing Records Company was formally established in p>1971. At the beginning, it mainly held concerts and distributed records for TVB, and no Hong Kong singers joined in and released albums.
in p>1982, Chen Meiling moved from entertainment records to join, became the first Hong Kong singer under Huaxing Records and released Huaxing's second record "Lijiang Song" (CAL-1-12).
Leslie Cheung joined in p>1982 (died on April 1st, 23) and became the first male singer of Huaxing Records.
In p>1982, Anita Mui (who died on December 3th, 23) won the first rookie singing contest jointly with TVB and signed Huaxing Records. In addition, Tam (who died on October 18th, 22), Leslie Cheung, Chen Jieling and Jenny Tseng were also with the same company, which made Huaxing Records a unique record company with many superstars in the 198s.
In p>1983, Tam transferred from EMI Records and performed many famous songs in Huaxing within six years.
In p>1983, Hong Kong released its first Cantonese record in the form of Compact disc. "Huaxing Laser's First Choice Disc I" (CD-2-11).
In p>1986, Dawn won the bronze medal in the Fifth Rookie Singing Contest, and signed a contract with Huaxing, but the development was flat, and it was not taken seriously until she switched to Polaroid Records.
In p>1987, Leslie Cheung left the nest to work for Xinyibao Record Company.
In p>1995, in order to increase the sales of records, Huaxing took the lead in reducing the sales price of records to HK$88.
it was officially acquired by SCMP group in p>1996, and then it was reported that Huaxing was sold, but general manager Wu Yu immediately denied it.
In p>1997, Sammi Cheng and Xu Zhian's "Couples' Doubles" album was released, which attracted the dissatisfaction of two parties, and Huaxing began to decline. In the same year, the "Rookie Singing Contest" was renamed as "Global Chinese Rookie Singing Contest". Later, this competition was jointly organized by King Entertainment and TVB.
In p>1998, Anita Mui, an old courtier of Huaxing at that time, publicly bombarded Huaxing and released her album without notice.
In p>21, Stephanie Che publicly expressed her disappointment with Huaxing because she only released one record during her stay in Huaxing. In the same year, Miriam Yeung and Deng Jianhong, who were born as rookies, left Huaxing one after another and signed up for Xinyibao and Zhengdong Record Company respectively.
Fifteen employees were laid off on October 2, 21, and only two employees stayed at their posts until the end of the month. The remaining singer contracts were not explained.
in November p>23, Jacqueline, who worked for EMI, BMG, Warner and other record companies, joined Huaxing Records as the copyright manager. Before joining Huaxing Records, she was the brand manager of Zhouli Film and Television, in charge of Shaw film brand.
During p>24-5, Huaxing Records released Children's Songs for Adults, Records of Mei Yi, Red Sound of Film and Television, The Classic Play of Chu Fengming Troupe-Li Houzhu/Qiao Pan An, Leslie Cheung History-His Story and DSD Digital Reproduction Series, etc. Mei Yi Lu won one of the top ten best-selling Guangdong records of IFPI. Part of the income of Mei Yi Lu and Leslie Cheung History-His Story were raised for the AIDS and Childhood Cancer Fund respectively.
In p>25, according to the annual report of South China Morning Post Group, Huaxing Record Publishing Co., Ltd. recorded a net profit of 9.4 million yuan in 24.
In p>26, according to the annual report of South China Morning Post Group, Huaxing Record Publishing Co., Ltd. recorded a net profit of 1.5 million yuan in 25. In the same year, Hong Kong's music industry was affected by illegal downloading and piracy, and many record companies recorded losses.
In p>28, it was announced that Lin Jianyue's Feng Deli bought Huaxing Records, and it was known that the purchase price reached 88 million yuan, which became a part of East Asia Records. Later, East Asia began to reissue some records for former singers in the name of "East Asia+Huaxing".
On May 14th, 21, Miriam Yeung, the queen of Hong Kong music, officially switched from A Music, a sister company of East Asia, to Huaxing Records, a subsidiary brand of East Asia Records, becoming the first female singer under Huaxing's banner to return. On October 7th, the new album "Home" EP was released after returning to Huaxing.
On October 18th, 21, male singer Liu Haolong was officially transferred from East Asia to its affiliated brand Huaxing Records, becoming the first male singer to return to China. And launched the first song after the transfer, "Nothing, Intention". Later, East Asian female singer Han Hong was transferred to Huaxing.
On January 7th, 211, male singer Su Yongkang officially joined Huaxing Records, becoming the second male singer to return to Huaxing after Liu Haolong.