Jay Chou poses with his trophies at the pop charts gala held by China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group at Shanghai Grand Stage on Sunday, January 13, 2008.
Pop star Jay Chou is the most popular voice for mobile phone ringtones and ring-back tones as he received the Most Downloaded Male Singer award on Sunday at a pop charts gala jointly held by China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group.
Unlike other music awards, the pop gala, running in its second year, honors Chinese singers based on the number of paid downloads of their songs by China Mobile users. The company is the world's most subscribed-to mobile phone operator.
Jay Chou won the title with 26,315,089 downloads, almost twice that of the Most Downloaded Female Singer, Jolin Tsai. Tsai's songs were downloaded 14,841,653 times last year, according to China Mobile rankings.
Among the most popular ringtone songs were Chou's "Secret," from the soundtrack of his directorial debut of the same name, Tsai's "36 Tricks of Love," Eason Chan's "Love Transfer" and S.H.E's "Chinese."
Other honorees for the night included Wilber Pan, Lee-Hom Wang, and Chang Chen Yue.
Jolin Tsai performs at the pop charts gala held by China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group at Shanghai Grand Stage on Sunday, January 13, 2008.
Members of S.H.E pose with their trophies at the pop charts gala held by China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group at Shanghai Grand Stage on Sunday, January 13, 2008.
(CRI January 14, 2008)
