Describe your favourite singer or band

　　喜欢的歌手

　　Describe your favourite singer or band You should say:

　　Who the singer/band is

　　What personality/characteristics the singer/band has What kind of genre his/her music belongs to

　　And explain why the singer/band is your favourite

　　我最喜欢的歌手是周杰伦，一个台湾流行歌手。我觉得他有很强烈的个人主义性格，很热忱理想化。他 的歌属于流行乐，但融合了多种其它音乐体裁。他还喜欢结合中西音乐风格。我喜欢这位歌手包括他的词 曲。他的歌词很有意义画面感。另外他的歌旋律很好，有他自成一体的曲风，我很喜欢那种中西结合的中 国风曲风。

　　Speaking of my favourite singer, I would definitely say Jay Chou. Jay Chou is the most popular Mandopop artist of the millennium age, my generation. He is a Taiwanese singer, but his songs are widely loved and spread in Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, even Malaysia and Singapore. I feel that Jay has a very strong individualistic personality. He stays true (忠于) to his personality and continues to insist on making music that he himself likes. From all his songs, I guess he is also emotionally rich (情感丰富). For the world, he must have great compassion and idealism. 

       His compositions can be categorized as pop music while many of his works also fall into the contemporary R&B, rap and rock categories (属于哪一类) or a fusion of these genres. He also likes to combine Chinese and Western music styles. I admire him for many reasons. He’s a multi- talented singer-songwriter. He can compose songs and write lyrics. The use of meaningful and imaginative lyrics, covering a diverse range of topics and ideas, distinguishes his songs from (区别 于) most pop songs. Besides, he has a very unique style, "Chou Style", which is his cross-cultural music. As mentioned, he regularly fuses traditional Chinese instruments and styles with modern pop to bring a unique flavour to his music. Jay has a handful of(很多) really good songs. I feel lucky to have grown up with his songs during my school days. Jay has found widespread success(巨大成功) for years until now and continues to touch people with his music.