2016 in Chinese music

The following is an overview of 2016 in Chinese music. It lists events and Chinese music released publicly in mainland China. Music in the Chinese language (Mandarin and Cantonese) and artists from Chinese-speaking countries (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore) will be included.

TV shows

• I Am a Singer (season 4) (January 15 – April 15)
• Sing! China (season 1) (July 15 – October 7)
• Sing My Song (season 3) (January 29 – April 8)

Awards

• 2016 China Music Awards
• 2016 Chinese Music Awards
• 2016 Chinese Top Ten Music Awards
• 2016 Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards
• 2016 Global Chinese Music Awards
• 2016 Ku Music Asian Music Awards
• 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Chinese & Hong Kong Act: G.E.M.
• 2016 Music Pioneer Awards
• 2016 Music Radio China Top Chart Awards
• 2016 QQ Music Awards
• 2016 Top Chinese Music Awards
• The 4th V Chart Awards

Releases

First quarter

January

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Label	Ref.
7	Dong Nan Mei VuVu Reggae	Matzka	Reggae Hip hop Folk Rock		[1][2]
13	Ying Xiang Ru Ge(Chinese:影像如歌）	Sean He(Chinese:和汇慧)	Pop	Tone Lead	[3]
14	There's Only You Between Me And The World	Zheng Yuan		Peacock Records	[4]
15	Subtropical	Hands Up Band	Jazz	Bei Jing Yashen	[5]
19	Dream Is The Only Place Where I Can Find You	Dan Seling	Electronic R&B Hiphop		[6]
22	An Ideal	Li Ronghao	Pop	Warner Music Group	[7][8]
	Mr.Tree	Jason Hong			[9]
29	Your Boy	TT	Rap	Yo Nation	[10]
30	Undercurrent(Chinese:暗流）	YAKSA	Metal	Modern Sky	[11]

February

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Ref.
2	Yeshanming Yezi	Zhang Yuhui	TBA	[12]
16	Reloaded +	Lu Han	TBA	[13]
26		Li Yundi	Classical	[14]

March

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Label	Ref.
9	Wild Heart	Queen Sea Big Shark			[15][16]
11	REBOR	Zhang Xinyi		Bravo Music	[17][18][19]
15	Music Cloud	Wu Tong	Instrumental	Yu Yue Dong Fang	[20]
	Singing Soul
22	Liangzhu's inheritors	Lin Yihua	Musical		[21]
23	My love	Bai Ruoxi	Indie Pop		[22][23]
30	Ling Cun Ji Mo	Debbie(Chinese:黄荻钧)	Pop	Ocean Butterflies Music Co. Ltd.	[24]
31	Perfect World	Plastic Chocolate	Rock, Metal	Zhu Lu He Feng	[25]

Second quarter

April

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Label	Ref.
April 15	Butterflies Fly in Pairs	A Bu	Jazz	Zhu Lu He Feng	[26]
April 22	Stone Café	Leah Dou	Pop	Grey Waters Ltd	[27]
April 22	T.O.B	T.O.B	Rap	Cao Tai Hui Sheng	[28]

May

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Ref.
TBA		Lilith	Visual Kei	[29]

October

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Ref.
21	Xperience	Lu Han	Pop RnB	[30][31]

December

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Ref.
27	Xplore	Lu Han	Pop RnB Electro	[32][33]

Unscheduled albums

Artist	Album	Genre	Ref.
Alan Dawa Dolma			[34]
Casino Demon	Purple Haze From The Orient		[35]
Dingdang			[36]
Nerve Resistance	The Masked Man		[37]
Shay			[38]
Sun nan			[39]
Zuoxiao Zuzhou			[40]

See also

• China portal
• Music portal

• 2016 in China
• ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
• List of Billboard China V Chart number-one songs of 2016
• List of C-pop artists