Edmond Leung Hon-man (; born 5 November 1971) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and television host.

Background

Born in

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on 5 November 1971, he was a youth development

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and coach until 17. At age 17, Leung became a finalist in the eighth annual

New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards ( zh, t=新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals ( zh, t=全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 or ''NTSA International Finals'' for short), and most curr ...

(新秀歌唱大賽) in 1989, which won him a contract with Capital Artists. He made his recording debut in 1990 with the release of ''Listen to the Edge'' (細聽鋒芒). He propelled to

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stardom in the mid-1990s and was famous for his rather feminine look, in which many of his songs portray the life of timid men dumped by their lovers. He was suspended and barred from performing or appearing on variety shows by

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

for three months after he uttered

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during a live broadcast of the Tung Wah Charity Show in 1995. In 2001, Capital Artists failed in the market, and Leung was left contract-less for over a year. During this time, Leung began composing music and was the leader of

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's concert band, while also learning to play the piano. Under the guidance of Paco Wong, he signed to

Gold Typhoon Gold Typhoon Group is a Chinese entertainment company founded in Hong Kong as Gold Label in 2004 with the support of EMI. It acquired EMI Music Taiwan / EMI Music China (Typhoon Records) in 2008 to adopt its current name. On 1 January 2011, it ...

in 2003, being marketed as a singer-songwriter. That same year, he released his first album under Gold Typhoon, ''Number 10'', which won Best Album of the Year at the ''Ultimate Song Chart'' awards. Some of his hits include "Thinking Too Much" (自作聰明), "Get Lost/Cheating" (滾, duet with

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), "Hey June", "Battleship Team" (艦隊), "8 Mile Highway" (八里公路), "Blooming Flowers in 3000 Years" (三千年開花), "Female News Presenter" (新聞女郎), "Beatles" (披頭四), "501", "Seven Friends" (七友), "Fresh Start" (重新做人), "Madam! Madam!" (太太！太太！), "Big Excitement" (大激想, with

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and Miriam Yeung), "Best Friend" (好朋友), "A Man in the Closet" (衣櫃裡的男人), "Three Wounded Hearts" (傷了三個心), "Love and Emotions" (愛與情), "Lingering Game" (纏綿遊戲), and "Don't Want To Be Alone" (不願一個人). In 2008, he performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Charity Gala at

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, British Columbia, Canada with many other artists. He was a co-host of the popular variety show, ''

Beautiful Cooking ''Beautiful Cooking'' (Traditional Chinese: 美女廚房, literally: Beautiful Girl's Kitchen) is a Hong Kong variety show broadcast on TVB. The show began broadcasting on May 28, 2006 hosted by Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong and Edmond Leung. The seco ...

'' with

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and Alex Fong.

Discography

Capital Artists releases (1990–2001)

Gold Label releases(2003–2013)

Capital Artists releases (since 2013)

Filmography

TV series

*1997: ''The Disappearance'' (隱形怪傑) *1999: ''Street Fighters'' (廟街·媽·兄弟) as Wong Man-Dik *2002: '' The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra'' (齊天大聖孫悟空) as Tong Sam-Chong *2003: ''

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'' (當四葉草碰上劍尖時) as Chiu Chui-Shuet (Mr. Sword) *2007: ''ICAC 2007'' (廉政行動2007之沙丘城堡) as Leung Chi-Kit *2008: ''

Dressage to Win ''Dressage To Win'' (盛裝舞步愛作戰) is a nine-episode Hong Kong television series created by TVB in celebration of the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing. The series revolves around 12 students attending horse-riding school in the hopes to ge ...

'' (盛裝舞步愛作戰) as himself *2008: ''Taste of Happiness'' (幸福的味道) as Ray *2018:

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(蝕日風暴) 裴天成 *2023: From Hong Kong to Beijing (香港人在北京）

Variety shows

*2006: ''

'' (美女廚房) *2009: ''Beautiful Cooking II'' (美女廚房2) *2021: ''

Call Me By Fire ''Call Me by Fire'' () is a 2021 China, Chinese singing reality television show broadcast on Mango TV. It features 33 male celebrities who have been in the entertainment industry for close to ten years or more competing to form a 17-member perform ...

'' (披荆斩棘的哥哥)

Films

*1996: 金枝玉葉II *1996: 正牌香蕉俱樂部 *1996: 運財至叻星 *1996: 金田一手稿之奇異檔案 *1996: '' Mongkok Story'' (旺角風雲) *1996: 假男假女 *1997: '' Legend of the Wolf'' (戰狼傳說) *1997: 蘭桂坊七公主 *1997: 我有我瘋狂 *1998: 戇豆豆追女仔 *1998: 對不起，隊林你 *1998: 烈火青春 *1999: 有時跳舞 *2000: 藍煙火 *2002: 飄忽男女 *2002: 夏日冬蔭功 *2002: 心跳 *2002: '' Troublesome Night 15'' (陰陽路十五之客似魂來) *2002: 橫財就手 *2003: 新收數王之貴利王 *2003: 魅醒時份 *2003: 超級特警 *2003: 現代古惑仔 *2003: I級暗殺令 *2003: 午夜出租 *2003: 鬼味人間II：鬼屋幻影 *2003: 旺角風雲 *2003: 我愛一碌葛 *2004: 甜絲絲 *2004: 噩夢 *2006: 春田花花同學會 *2012: ''I Love Hong Kong 2012'' *2015: ''

Full Strike ''Full Strike'' () is a 2015 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Derek Kwok and Henri Wong. The film was released on 7 May 2015. Cast * Josie Ho as Ng Kau-sau (aka Beast Ng) * Ekin Cheng as Lau Dan * Ronald Cheng as Ng Kau-cheung (aka Su ...

'' *2019: ''The Calling of a Bus Driver''

References

External links

Media Asia Music
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