Original: C-pop is sometimes used as an umbrella term covering not only Chinese pop but also R&B , ballads , Chinese rock , Chinese hip hop and Chinese ambient music , although Chinese rock branched off as a separate genre during the early 1990s .
Simplified: Most of todays C-pop artists are from Hong Kong , Taiwan and mainland China , as well as from other countries where Mandarin or Cantonese language is used , such as Singapore and Malaysia .