Sunday, January 06, 2008

Asian Celebrity Titles

This is a very interesting phenomenon (culture) that only happens in Asian countries. More specifically in Taiwan. In the western world, no matter how popular a celebrity gets, the highest "rank" he'll attain is probably a "Superstar".

But in the Asian world, we tend to give them all sorts of ranks and salutations to further personalize them. I'll name some off the top of my head... most of them should be quite well-known. For more entertainment value, I'll attempt to translate them...

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Titles of Asian Singers

[Four Heavenly Kings] 四大天王 - 刘德华,张学友,郭富城,黎明
[Heavenly King Killer] 天王杀手 - 周华健
[Frog Prince] 青蛙王子 - 高凌峰
[Hat Queen] 帽子歌后 - 风飞飞
[Cute Cult Leader] 可爱教主 - 杨承琳
[Sweet Cult Leader] 甜蜜教主 - 王心凌
[Prince of Ballads] 情歌王子 - 张信哲
[The Grinning Prince] 微笑王子 - 张冻梁
[Musical Sweetheart] 音乐甜心 - 卓文萱
[Queen of Recovery] 疗伤歌后 - 辛晓琪/ 梁静茹
[King of Rocks] 摇滚天王 - 伍佰
[Young Boys Assassin] 少男杀手 - 蔡依林
[Local King] 本土天王 - 吴宗宪
[Dancing King] 舞王 - 罗志祥
[Handsome Pan] 潘帅 - 潘玮柏
[Music Pastor] 音乐教父 - 罗大佑 / 李宗盛
[King of Sorrowful Songs] 沧桑歌王- 王杰 / 阿杜
[R&B Pastor] R&B教父 - 陶吉吉
[R&B Heavenly King] R&B天王- 王力宏
[Director Chou/R&B Prince] 周董 / R&B王子 - 周杰伦
[Pop Song Heavenly Queen] 劲歌天后 - 张惠妹
[Heavenly Queen of Transformations] 百变天后 - 郑秀文 / 张韶函
[Asia No.1 Male Heavenly Group (Self Proclaimed)] 亚洲第一男子天团 - 5566
[Most Terrifying Male Group In History] 史上最杀男孩团体 - ENERGY


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Do you know of any more singers with other unique titles? Let me know~

Those I listed above are the "official titles" granted to those singers, what they are actually known as. But I thought it could be extremely interesting to "bestow" some really unique titles to those celebrities. One that is more fitting for them...

Here are some I manage to come up with...

[Song King of Constipation Healing] 通便歌王 - 阿杜
[Local Bird King] 本土鸟王 -
吴宗宪
[
Asia No 1 Arrogant Group] 亚洲第一"好脸"天团 - 5566
[Most Suicidal Group In History] 史上第一自杀团体 - ENERGY

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