Seven Great Singing Stars

The Seven Great Singing Stars (Chinese: 七大歌星; pinyin: qī dà gēxīng; Wade–Giles: chʻi1 ta4 kê1hsing1) were seven singers of China in the 1940s.

They dominated the Chinese pop music industry in the 1930s and 1940s, which was centered in Shanghai, and often performed in a genre known as Shidaiqu (時代曲).

[1] Amongst the earliest of the stars to emerge in the 1930s were Zhou Xuan, Gong Qiuxia, Yao Lee, and Bai Hong.

In the 40s, Bai Guang, Li Xianglan (Yoshiko Yamaguchi), and Wu Yingyin also became popular, and these seven were grouped as the seven great singing stars of the period.

[1] While some of the seven continued to perform for many years, Zhou Xuan died in 1957, Yoshiko retired from entertainment in 1958, and Bai Guang stopped recording in 1959.