The rise of Cantopop attracted some of the aforementioned artistes or band members moved to/went solo in Cantopop in 1980s, such as Rowena Cortes, Kenny Bee and Alan Tam of Wynners, Roman Tam of Roman and the Four Steps. Beyond, formed in 1983 and later achieved decades long unparalleled success in Hong Kong, released some of their early works in English, such as their "Longway without a Friend" and "Myth". The Citybeat was formed in the 80s and achieved brief moderate success before moving to Cantopop.

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21st Century

Today, pop music in English language remains popular among audience of all age in Hong Kong^{[citation needed]}, second only to C-pop. While most Hong Kong artists now sing primarily in Cantonese, it is still very common for Hong Kong artists to include English tracks in their albums. Some artists produces more English based works then others, artists who produced substantial works in English include Wakin Chau, Chet Lam, Janice Vidal, The Pancakes, Ketchup, Ghost Style, etc.

Faye Wong released the English language single Eyes on Me in Japan and later North America as the theme song of Final Fantasy VIII which received globe exposure and positive critical response. Jacky Cheung released English album Touch of Love in 2000. Teresa Carpio collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 2003 and performed series of concerts and released a double disk English album.

Other artists who have native fluency in English include Janice Vidal, Jill Vidal, Karen Joy Morris, Fiona Sit, Edison Chen, Justin Lo, Bernice Liu, Julio Acconic and Dino Acconci of Soler^{[citation needed]}

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See also

• Music of Hong Kong
• Cantopop

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