In the current Chinese music scene, covers have become a way for many singers to express their own style in music programs. Some singers' covers of songs have made their original songs popular, and have also made their covers popular.

The three most successful cover singers in my opinion are

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"The Wind Rises"

Zhou Shen's "The Wind Rises" "Wind", the pauses and breath control of the song are handled very well.

If you listen to this song carefully, you can hear that "there is a short walk and a stop, but there is also a bit of distance." Zhou Shen's pauses are just right. A short, long sound, and then a stop and go. Also, the sound is heavy and very light. Then a few minutes of distance.

His lyrics are handled very carefully. It can be said that he sang the main song very delicately. The layering of the song is thoroughly polished by Zhou Shen's voice.

Wu Qingfeng also covered this song in his previous "Singer". However, Wu Qingfeng's cover, with its pause and breath control in the previous verse, I personally think is not as listenable as Zhou Shen's verse. Wu Qingfeng sang a very beautiful and soft feeling, while Zhou Shen's "The Wind Rises" was very detailed, and many details were very listenable.

Zhou Shen has fully demonstrated the female voice in this song, and there is also a solo of his own voice in the chorus, with a very nice high note. His high note is really unique. The whole process is true and high-pitched, and the breath singing method makes the chorus ethereal and ethereal. Telling stories through singing is none other than Zhou Shen himself. This song "The Wind Rises" is probably the gentlest version I have ever heard.

Zhou Shen's "The Wind Rises" also received very good listening data after its cover version. When the cover version of the song was first released on the music platform, it remained at the top of the listening list until early October. At that time, the song had been listened to more than 30 million times.

The song "The Wind Rises" itself covers a very wide range of sounds. The version sung by Zhou Shen should be as wide as two octaves. It's listenable and gentle, and has a completely different feel from "The Wind Rises" which I used to use coupons to buy chili peppers. Of course, I personally like to buy chili peppers and sing this song with the coupon tone.

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Angela Chang's "A Diao"

The cover of a not-so-famous song became very famous, and it must be Angela Chang.

This song "A Diao" makes Angela Chang's singing come alive, and of course I don't deny that the original singer is also great.

When Angela Chang sang this song, I still remember the shining smile on her face. She took a song that might have been negative and made it feel radiant and sunny.

This song itself is a folk song, which is not the style Angela Chang is usually good at. After all, the artistic conception of ballads is mainly about narrative. From the silence at the beginning to the high pitch at the end, Angela Chang used a child's voice combined with Tibetan sounds to sing her own feelings in a song, and Angela Chang's processing of this song She didn't show off too many skills, she was just singing herself.

The clear, non-lazy voice, with Angela Chang's true heart, made Angela Chang's "A Diao" a highly played song at the time. Angela Chang sang "A Diao" to life. Another kind of "A Diao" was sung.

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Hua Chenyu "Mountains and Seas"

Hua Chenyu sang a cover of such a song in "Singer 2018". A song that is also not that well-known is called "Mountains and Seas". The original singer of the song is: No Party in Caodong. It is a Taiwanese rock band. This song is their original music.

The style of the song is very SA, and Hua Chenyu also sang that feeling. Hua Chenyu's handling of the entire song, the emotional progression in the chorus, and the "He understands, he understands" that is an octave lower can give many people goosebumps.

The harmony of the song is much richer than before, with more layers and musical color. The harmony highlights the intertwining of Hua Chenyu's high voice and the main melody's voice.

The original harmony and main melody of the song are synchronized, but in the version sung by Hua Chenyu, the harmony and main melody are separated, intertwined and then separated.

Because Hua Chenyu’s voice and arrangement are more gorgeous, Hua Chenyu’s version of “Mountains and Seas” has become a positive version of “Mountains and Seas” in people’s minds.

This song "Mountains and Seas" has also achieved very good results. Currently, the number of plays has exceeded 1 billion, and the song's comments have exceeded 40,000. As a cover song, Hua Chenyu really Bring this song to life.

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Summary

Many years ago, it was rare for cover singers to surpass the original singers. The music scene has undergone tremendous changes in the past ten years, and cover music is not necessarily inferior to the original music, or even better than the original song. There are many singers who are not popular when they sing their own songs, but cover other people's songs and make other people's songs popular under their own name. This is also a phenomenon of progress in the music industry.

Concerning the different performances of two singers on the same song, which one do you prefer, the original singer or the cover singer? What other singers have you heard of good covers?