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2003 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards
The 2003 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation () was held in January 2004. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong. Corruption incident In 2003 Hong Kong's anti-corruption unit ICAC launched an investigation on TVB as a number of people have been bribing the music industry to win awards. Some of the individuals arrested include Juno Mak, and his father, Clement Mak, who was the chairman of CCT Telecom. Probes were launched after murmurings that TV execs, music company bosses & a singer & his father were involved in backroom dealings that gave music awards not according to merit but on personal connections. Juno was booed by the public when accepting the award. Juno, his father and other industry figures including EEG chairman Albert Yeung Albert Yeung Sau-shing (; born 3 March 1943) is a Hong Kong businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Emperor Group. He is also as the founder and Chairman of Spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
The Jade Solid Gold Awards (; also known as J.S.G. Awards Presentation) is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong based on the ''Jade Solid Gold'' TVB television show. The award began with the 1984 ceremonial season after the 1983 music season.1983 award.Tvcity.tvb.com." ''1983年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮 (十大勁歌金曲獎).'' Retrieved on 21 January 2008. Historically the ceremony is held in January following the end of the previous music season at the Hong Kong Coliseum located in Hung Hom. The show is televised on TVB station annually, and has remained to be one of the headline topics for entertainment news in the region. The other notable award is the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. Award format The top 10 songs of the year is the key award given out, hence the name of the award. Each year there are a number of standard awards such as "most popular male artist", "most popular female artist". Occasionally new awards are added or awards are changed. 1980s aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Ng
Deep Ng is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. He is the winner of the 21st annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals. Deep was well received by the viewers since the New Talent Singing Awards in 2002. His first EP ''Deep'' was released in 2003 with the hit debut single "先入為主". His second album, ''Nowhere'' (pronounced as Now-here) was released in September 2005. In May 2007 he released his ''New and Best Selection'' album which contains 3 new songs accompanied with a selection of songs from his previous EP and albums. In 2008 he released his follow up album titled ''Reality Co. Ltd''. This album was a commentary and reflection on the rise of reality stars and television shows. In 2009 he released ''Break It''. The album contained ten brand new tracks and an additional 7 live tracks. The lead single "火" (fire) is a Cantonese remake of Terri Walker's "Whoopsie Daisy". Thai Boxing bout Deep participated in a Thai boxing bout on 11 December 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse Ting-fung (born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, songwriter, martial artist, entrepreneur and TV chef.EEGmusic.EEGmusic." ''Nicolas Tse profile.'' Retrieved on 22 April 2008. Tse debuted as a singer in 1996 before shifting his career focus to acting. He is best known for starring in the films '' Metade Fumaca'' (1999), ''New Police Story'' (2004), '' Bodyguards and Assassins'' (2009), '' The Viral Factor'' (2012), and '' Raging Fire'' (2021), as well as the television series '' The Proud Twins'' (2005). For his role in '' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010), Tse won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, making him the first actor to have won in the three major acting categories, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best New Performer, at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Tse is the founder of Post Production Office, a Hong Kong–based special effects company. The company was acquired by Digital Domain in 2016, with Tse becoming chairman of Digital Domain in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephy Tang
Stephanie Tang Lai-yan (; born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in ''The Empty Hands'', and was nominated twice for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Early life Tang is a Hakka of Dongguan ancestry, and is able to speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education's Department of Fashion Design. She represented Hong Kong in volleyball since Form 1 mainly as a left wing spiker or libero, but gave up to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. In March 2015, Tang, who became a fashion label founder/owner (Loey), got sponsorship from the shop to reassemble a women's volleyball team, with herself being a left wing spiker as well as the captain and founder of the team (she cannot become a captain as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fong (singer)
Alexaus Fong Lik-sun (方力申, born 26 February 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. Until 2021, Fong held several Hong Kong swimming records (and some youth-grade records). He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Hong Kong. Fong caught the attention of record executives with his popularity amongst teenage girls and became a singer in 2001. He had been assigned to work with Stephy Tang of former pop-group Cookies/Mini Cookies for a number of years. Together, they have eight duets: 好心好報, 好好戀愛, 十・分愛 (winner of the 2006 Jade Solid Gold 'Best Duet Gold Award'), 我的最愛, 重爱 (Mandarin version of 我的最愛), 七年, 同屋主 and 危城. Fong was also one of the hosts of TVB's hit cooking comedy show, Beautiful Cooking, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Siu
Edwin Siu Ching Nam (; born 23 March 1977) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Siu started his career as an idol singer and was formerly managed by Music Nation Group. In 2002, Siu left the Hong Kong entertainment industry to start his career in mainland China. In 2008, he returned to Hong Kong and signed an artiste contract with TVB. Early life and career Siu became popular in high school as a singer. In 2001, he distinguished himself in a singing contest and was signed by Music Nation Group as a singer and found early success. After a fierce competition with new singers including Juno Mak and Shawn Yue, he won the Rookie of the Year award. However, Siu's initial success ended abruptly in 2002 after he made the controversial statement “the good will always prevail” at the party after 2002 JSG award . The following day his comment was taken out of context with news reports claiming that Siu's comments were made towards fellow singer Juno Mak, who was known for his wealthy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Kwan
Kwan Wai-Man (born July 31, 1979), better known professionally as Jade Kwan Sum-Yin (), is a Hong Kong and Canadian singer and philanthropist. Originally from Vancouver, she entered the music industry after winning the 1999 New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals and the Best Potential Newcomer Award at the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals of the same year. She debuted under BMA Records in July 2002 with the album ''Jade-1,'' winning multiple best new artist awards and has since released more than 13 albums and extended plays. Kwan is known for her philanthropic work and has been awarded the 2012 Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection and the Hong Kong Volunteer Award in 2011. She is the founder and chairperson of charitable organization Shining Life Limited 妍亮生命慈善基金. Life and career 1979–1999: Early life and career beginnings Kwan was born in Hong Kong on July 31, 1979. She has an older brother. After her parents' divorce when she was eight yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hins Cheung
Cheung King Hin (; born February 1, 1981), commonly known as Hins Cheung, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, chef, and businessman based in Hong Kong. He made his debut in 2001 with the studio album ''Hins' First.'' He has since released 17 studio albums and EPs. Among his various accolades, he has won the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Best Male Singer Gold prize six times, Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation , Jade Solid Gold Most Popular Male Singer four times, and Best Pop Male Singer at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. Besides his music career, Cheung also owns Avon Recording Studios, bridal brand Sennet Frères, and also invested into restaurants of his own design, including Junon and The Crown, both in Wan Chai. Early life and education Cheung was born in Guangzhou, China, and raised in Guangdong Province, with ancestry from Beijing. He graduated from Dongshan Peizheng Primary School, Guangzhou Seventh Middle School and Guangzhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Mok
Karen Joy Morris (; born 2 June 1970), better known as Karen Mok, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is considered one of the leading East Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. Mok is the first female Hong Kong singer to win the Golden Melody Award, and to date has won it three times. Mok has released 18 solo studio albums, starred in over 40 movies, and has over 15 million followers on leading Chinese social media site Weibo. The Lhasa concert during The Ultimate Karen Mok Show (2018–2021) set the Guinness World Record for the Highest Altitude Mass-Attended Music Concert. In 2024, Mok was the first female singer to do a solo concert in Beijing National Stadium, the Bird's Nest. Early life Karen Mok was born on 2 June 1970 as Karen Joy Morris in Hong Kong. She is of mixed ancestry: her mother is half Chinese, quarter German and quarter Persian, while her father is half Welsh and half Chinese. Her grandfather was Alfred Morris, the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookies (Hong Kong Band)
Cookies were a music group in Hong Kong created by Chan Chi Kwong under the giant record label EMI Hong Kong and later managed by Paco Wong of then Gold Label Entertainment (now known as Gold Typhoon). History The group was formed with nine members in 2002 and was considered an emulation of the Japanese group Morning Musume.That same year the group released their debut album '' Happy Birthday''. This helped the group become one of the best selling new groups of 2002 in Hong Kong. However, in 2003, the management contract of Cookies was passed over to Gold Label Entertainment. Once Paco Wong took over the management of Cookies, he made the decision to reduce the number of group members to four. The successfully remaining members were announced on 27 April 2003, and the four members consisted of Stephy Tang, Kary Ng, Theresa Fu, and Miki Yeung (most often referred by the media of Hong Kong as ''Mini Cookies''); on the same day, the debut song of Mini Cookies, 「貪你可� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Lo
Candy Lo Hau-yam is a Canto-rock singer-songwriter and film actress from Hong Kong. Formerly the lead vocalist of the band Black and Blue, Lo launched her solo career in 1998 and is best known for the singles, "Trash" () and "Please Break Up" (). Career 1995-1996: Black & Blue Prior to going solo, Lo was the lead vocalist in the Hong Kong indie rock band Black & Blue. The band released two albums: ''Hope in Just One Day'' (1995) containing songs mostly sung in English; and ''Black & Blue'' (1996) sung completely in Cantonese, a decision made with their record label to make themselves more understandable to fans. Lo wrote all the lyrics on both albums. 1998-2005: Solo Career with Sony Music In 1998, Lo signed with Sony Music Hong Kong to launch a career as a solo artist. Her first release under Sony was the EP ''Don't Have to be...Too Perfect'' () which contained the breakthrough radio-hit "Trash" (), considered one of her signature songs. Although "Trash" was a fairly mains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine (Hong Kong Group)
Shine is a Hong Kong Cantopop duo consisting of Chui Tien-you (徐天佑) and Wong You-nam (黃又南). They first signed with EMI and later with Warner Music Hong Kong. The band was Fruit Chan's answer to the male version of the group Twins Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of Twin Last Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two e .... In 2008, both members took roles in the movie '' La Lingerie''. Discography *2002 **Boys On Film **Favorites *2003 **Semi-Matured Boy **Natural Shine *2004 **Shine **The Best Of Shine (New + Best Selection) *2006 **Shine On *2013 **Essentials (New + Best Selection) References Cantopop musical groups Cantonese-language singers {{HongKong-band-stub Hong Kong idols Hong Kong boy bands Musical groups established in 2002 Musical groups disestablished in 2021 Pop music duos Male m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
