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Dave Wang (; born 20 October 1962) is a
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ese singer, songwriter and actor.


Life and career

Wang was born in
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,Dave Wang interview on '' Be My Guest'' from TVB-1 on Channel 34 as the son of a former
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actor, Wang Hsieh. He moved to
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
when he was 17. Before landing his first record deal in 1988, Wang wrote songs for other singers under pen-names such as "Little Grass" and "Northern Wind". He worked as a Tae Kwon Do instructor, ice-skating coach, taxi-driver, delivery-man, waiter, bartender, and cook. He also spent three years in the Taiwanese military to obtain a Taiwan ID card, despite holding a Hong Kong British passport. His first marriage ended when his wife at the time left him while he was serving in the military. Wang released his Chinese debut album "A Game A Dream" (), which sold over 500,000-copies in December 1987, which was used as the theme song in the 1988 telemovie ''The Game They Call Sex''. Another of his hits, "Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze" (), released in 1988, shares the same melody to "A Game A Dream" but sung in
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with different lyrics. It was an insert song on '' Looking Back in Anger'' and the music video features Yin Szema. He found success in Hong Kong during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Many of his songs were used as the theme songs of popular
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series. He is one of the few artists from
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to break into the Hong Kong market, with four years of chart-topping record sales. He is likewise successful in other markets such as
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, Singapore and
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. Wang migrated to Canada in 1994, after his second marriage on 1 April 1993. He carried on releasing 2-Chinese albums a year until 1998. On 1 June 1996, It was moved to officially released a new Chinese album under a different label names Pony Canyon Taiwan, which ceased operations in
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
in late 1997 due to the
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. Altogether, he had released a total of five Mandarin albums in just a period of two years at Pony Canyon with notable hits like "''I Love You'' (我愛你)". On 20 December 1999, Wang made a comeback in the Hong Kong music industry and signed a recording contract with
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(EEG). In January 2000, the album ''Giving'' was released with a few new songs as well as remixes of his older classics. Following the success of this album, Wang held a major charity concert in late February of the same year at
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in Hong Kong. Two years later, he released his latest Cantonese album (though called ''L'Amour et le Rêve'' 愛與夢). Around the same time, he participated in various movies including
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's ''
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''. He performed his first Beijing concert on 26 November 2004 and another in
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on 16 September 2006. In January 2007, he released his latest Mandarin album ''Goodbye Madman'' (別了瘋子); like his previous Mandarin album ''Regaining Consciousness'' (甦醒), it was not heavily promoted. After his 10-year contract with EEG expired, Wang held his 'I am Back' Concert on 23 October 2009 at the Hong Kong Coliseum. He held a series of world tour concerts from August to November 2010 in Beijing, Singapore and
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. He stated during a television interview in July 2010 that he would retire from the music industry after the tour. He then clarified in September that it was only song-writing that he would be leaving, after the completion of the album he was working on, and that he will still continue to perform in concerts. On June 10, 2017, he announced he will eventually retire, saying his voice is no longer as good as it should be, as it was damaged due to an unknown offender that drugged him, affecting his voice many years ago. In 2018, Wang released a digital album, ''I know I'm no longer a popular singer'' (), and retired in Canada.


Musical style and output

His music and lyrics can be described as being melancholy and haunting in a blend of rock, ballads and blues, which is attributed to his impoverished and tough upbringing. Wang is also an established songwriter, having written many of his most popular songs but also covers songs by other artists, both from Asia and other continents.E.g. Chang Yu-sheng's "No Smoking Days";
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's " Sometimes When We Touch"
To date, he has recorded 26 studio albums in Mandarin and 11 in Cantonese. In addition, numerous compilations of his popular songs have been released.


Discography


Mandarin albums

; UFO Records (Warner Music) *''A Game A Dream'' () (December 1987) *''Forget You Forget Me'' () (July 1988) *''Do I Really Have Nothing'' () (January 1989) *''Lone Star'' () (June 1989) *''Roared to the Sun'' () (January 1990) *''I Want to Fly'' () (May 1990) *''To Dream of a Lifetime Love'' () (January 1991) *''Forget You Better Forget Myself'' () (April 1991) *''All By Himself'' (January 1992) *''Hero Tears'' () (May 1992) *''Me'' () (January 1993) *''Road'' () (June 1993) *''Just Say You Love Me'' () (January 1994) *''Migratory Birds'' () (June 1994) *''Dream. In the Absence of the Night Dream'' () (February 1995) *''Would Rather not Free'' () (October 1995) ;
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(Forward Music) *''Brotherly love'' () (August 1996) *''Forget All'' () (December 1996) *''I Love You'' () (February 1997) *''Starting Point'' () (August 1997) *''Substitute'' () (August 1998) ;
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*''From Now On'' () (August 2000) * (February 2003) *''Not Alone'' () (February 2004) *''Regaining Consciousness'' () (September 2005) *''Goodbye Madman'' () (January 2007) ;Personal Development *''I Know I'm a Legendary Singer'' () (December 2018)


Cantonese albums

; Warner Music Hong Kong *''The Role of the Story'' () (February 1989) *''Who Can Understand a Loner's Heart?'' () (August 1989) *''Man in the Storm'' () (December 1989) *''Stray Hearts'' () (December 1990) *''Heartbroken Forever'' () (November 1991) *''Blocked in my Life'' () (June 1992) *''She'' () (May 1993) *''Silent Masterpiece'' () (April 1996) ;
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*''Giving'' (January 2000) * ''Hello!'' (December 2000) * (, "Love and Dream") (July 2002)


Compilation albums

* ''Featured this life with no regrets'' () (April 1991) *''Golden Wang Television'' () (October 1992) *''Loner's Heart'' () (1993) * ''Star Dream'' () (1994) *''Wang Jie Rumours – Western Masterpiece'' () (May 1995) * ''Masterpiece – Classic BBC Month'' () (May 1995) *''Classic Wang'' () (May 1995) *''Best of Wang'' () (May 1995) * ''Wang – Best of the 80s Collection'' () (May 1995) *''I Love Wang Classics'' () (May 1995) * Tiehan Tenderness Wang Super Selection ( (1999) *''Masterpiece'' () (1999) *''Outstanding Features – 16'' () (2000) *''21st Century Best Selection'' () (2000) *''Our Wang'' () (2000) *''Wang & Yung Pure Music'' () (2001) * ''Wang Long Live 2001'' () (new song) (2001) *''Extreme Classics'' () (2002) *''Featured Wang SACD Edition'' () (2002) *''Wang Jie 23 Anniversary Collection'' () (2002) *''Lone Star'' () (2003) *''The Most Beautiful... Wang'' () (2004) *''Outstanding Selection 2004'' () (2004) *''Wang Chieh XRCD Special'' () (2005) * ''Wang Number 1s Double CD'' () (2006) *''Most Remarkable Wang'' () (2007) *''Wang Jie'' () (2007)


Remastered albums

*''A Game, a Dream'' () (2011) *''The Role of the Story'' () (1999) *''The Role of the Story'' () (2002) *''The Role of the Story'' () (2009) *''The Role of the Story'' () (2011) *''Return of the Prodigal'' () (1999) *''Return of the Prodigal'' () (2002) *''Return of the Prodigal'' () (2010) *''Featured this life with no regrets'' () (1999) *''Featured this life with no regrets'' () (2002) *''Featured this life with no regrets'' () (2015) *''Featured this life with no regrets'' () (2010) *''Golden Wang Television'' () (1999) *''Giving'' () (2003) *''Giving'' () (2014) *''Our Wang'' () (2008) * ''Love Me, I Love, Wang Jie'' ( ) (2010) * 5-CD box set ''I Love You'' () (2013)


Concert albums

* ''Wang's 2001'' () (2001) *''2014 Live In Beijing'' () (2014)


Concerts

*1989 21–23 July Live in Singapore *1990 22–27 February 'True Feelings' Hong Kong Concert *1990 29 June 'I Want to Fly' Fans' Concert (
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) *1990 20 July 'Care Candidates' Fans' Concert (
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) *1991 August 'Forget Myself' Live Taiwan Tour (Kaohsiung,
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and Taipei) *1991 4 September 'CTS TV Live' Taiwan Concert *1992 January 'You Love Wang Jie Loves You' Taiwan Concert *2000 23 February 'Giving for the Children' Hong Kong Concert *2000 8–9 December Live China Tour (
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) *2000 28 December Live China Tour (
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) *2000 30 December Live China Tour (
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) *2001 4–6 April 'Wang's 2001' Hong Kong Concert *2001 26 April – 1 May Live US Tour *2002 27 April 'Live in Genting' Malaysia Concert *2003 21 March 'Love Me & I Love Charity Concert' (
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) *2003 12 & 14 September 'A Night of Love Songs' US Concert ( Sheraton Convention Centre) *2003 5 October Live in US (
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) *2004 24 October Live in US (Atlantic City) *2004 24 November 'Purple Sky' Beijing Concert *2006 16 September 'Going Home'
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Concert *2007 Dave Wang Live US Tour ( US Caesars Casino Hotel) *2009 20–21 September Live in US ( Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort) *2009 23 October I Am Back!Dave Wang Concert 2009 (Hong Kong) *2010 20–21 February Lunar New Year Live in US (
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) *2010 7 August Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing *2010 23 October Dave Wang World Tour - Singapore (Singapore EXPO – The MAX Pavilion) *2010 6 November Dave Wang World Tour - Tianjin *2011 23 May Dave Wang World Tour - London (HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London) *2012 8 September Dave Wang World Tour - Guangzhou *2012 22 September Dave Wang World Tour - Shenzhen *2012 31 December Dave Wang World Tour - Shanghai *2013 17 May Dave Wang World Tour - Hangzhou *2013 28 September Dave Wang World Tour - Taiyuan *2014 17 May Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing *2014 26 July Dave Wang World Tour - Nanyang *2014 30 August Dave Wang World Tour - Dongguan *2015 24 January Dave Wang World Tour - Shenzhen *2015 8 August Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing *2015 26 September Dave Wang World Tour - Macau *2015 17 October Dave Wang World Tour - Nanning


Filmography


Film

* 1977 '' Executioners from Shaolin'' * 1978 ''Soul of the Sword'' * 1989 ''Seven Wolves'' * 1989 ''Seven Wolves 2'' * 1991 '' Casino Raiders 2'' * 1992 ''Invincible'' * 2000 ''The Legend of the Flying Swordsman'' * 2000 ''A War Named Desire'' * 2000 '' Roaring Wheels'' * 2001 ''Esprit d'Amour'' * 2002 ''Return From The Other World'' * 2002 ''Love is a Butterfly'' * 2002 ''Summer Breeze of Love'' * 2004 ''Heat Team'' * 2004 ''
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Television series

*1989: ''Yang Zi Bu Jiao Shui Zhi Guo'' (, 40 Episodes) - Taiwan CTS series, aired in April *1992: ''Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong'' (, 20 Episodes) - Hong Kong TVB series, aired from 5–30 October *2005: '' Just Love'' (, 20 Episodes) - Hong Kong TVB series, aired from 9 May - June 3 *2011: ''Shanghai Legend'' (, 22 Episodes) - Hong Kong ATV series, aired in October (produced in 2004)


Awards and nominations


Awards

*1988 Golden Horse Film Awards – Best Original Film Score *1989 Hong Kong International Phonograph Record Association Awards – Platinum Phonograph Record *1989 CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Award – Best Newcomer Gold Award *1990
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– Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award *1990
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 s ...
– Most Popular Newcomer *1992 Taiwan Top Ten Idols *1992 Taiwan Best Dream Sweetheart (No 1) *2000 Guangzhou Music Awards – Asian & Pacific area Best Male Singer *2000 Metro Hits Music Awards – Song Award *2000 Original Choice of Chinese Pop Music – Song Award 1999 *2000 Golden TVB8 Top Golden Melody Awards −1999 *2002 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song *2003 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song *2003
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"Hit King Election Season Awards" – Best Mandarin Song *2004
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Music Prize Presentation Ceremony – Best Composer *2004 Metro Hits Chinese Music Awards – Chinese Song Award


Nominations

*1990 1st Taiwan
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– Most Popular Male Singer *1992 3rd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Album *1993 4th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Most Popular Male Singer *1993 1st Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer *1994 5th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Song: ''Going Home''《回家》 *1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer *1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Best Song: ''Road''《路》


References


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