Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the

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region, Cheung is widely regarded as a

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of Cantopop music and an icon of

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. He is often dubbed as the " God of Songs" for his vocal delivery and live performances. Cheung debuted in 1985 with his first studio album ''Smile'', which sold over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong. His subsequent albums experienced commercial success as well, with fourteen of his albums becoming platinum certified by the

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Hong Kong. ''The Goodbye Kiss'' (1993) is one of the best-selling albums in multiple countries in Asia, while three of his albums have sold over 1 million copies in Taiwan, the most out of any artist. His various accolades include the World Music Award (1996) for the World's Best-Selling Asian Artist, the ''Billboard'' Music Award (1994) for Most Popular Asian Singer, and a ''Guinness World Record'' for the largest combined audience for a live act in twelve months, with 2,048,553 audience members in 2012. In 1999, Cheung was honored by Junior Chamber International as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in the World.Changsha digital online.
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" ''Jacky Cheung to visit Beijing fans.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009. Cheung is the best-selling music artist of all time in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and has sold an estimated total of 25 to 60 million albums worldwide. Cheung has embarked on ten concert tours during his 40-year career, including A Classic Tour (2016–2019), which ranks as one of the most-attended concert tours of all time with a total attendance of more than 4.5 million people. In 2000, he was inducted into the Superstars Hall of Fame of the 1990s by

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, and has been named by ''

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'' as one of the 50 most influential people in Asia.

Early life

Cheung was born and grew up in Quarry Bay in the eastern part of

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. His father is from

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and his mother is from

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. As a child, he lived with his parents and two siblings in a 100 square feet apartment which they simultaneously shared with at least fifteen other relatives. He attended North Point Government Primary School from 1967 to 1973, and graduated from Literary College in 1978. In 2007, Cheung revealed that the paternal side of his family are mostly seamen, including his father, paternal cousin, and older brother. His first language is

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, but he also speaks

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and English. He sings Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and modern English pop songs. Cheung is known for his rich

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voice, but also his dramatic

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by rapidly moving his pronounced

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Musical career

1985–1992: Career beginnings and early breakthrough

Cheung originally started working as a reservation officer for the airline

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. His music career started when he won the Amateur 18-Hong Kong district singing contest in 1984 with the song "Fatherland" () by Michael Kwan.Sina.com.
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" ''资料：张学友--永恒的歌神不朽的传奇.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009. He outcompeted more than 10,000 other contestants. After winning the contest, he was signed by the then Polygram Records, now

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. Although encouraged by a bright start, he did not achieve immediate supremacy in

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, then dominated by

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (born Cheung Fat-chung; 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone, Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanor, flamb ...

, Alan Tam,

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and

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. In 1985, he won his first two major awards together with the 1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards and the 1985 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards. From 1985 to 1998, he won the Top 10 Songs award from Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards every year, except in 1988. In 1991, he released the song "Loving You More Every Day" (), a translated version of the Japanese

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hit "Midsummer's Fruit" (). The album ''True Love Expression'' () in 1992, as well as the subsequent release, ''Love Sparks'' () in 1992, achieved sales of over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong alone.

1993–1998: Commercial success and on-stage musical

His subsequent albums included 1993 ''Me and You'' () and 1994 ''Born to be Wild'' (). In 1994,

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named him the most popular singer in Asia. He received numerous music awards both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including the best-selling Asian artist in the

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for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996 held at Monaco.Universal music.
Umusic
" ''Jacky Cheung extends long relationship with Universal Music.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009. Amongst his hit songs, some of his most famous were "Amour", "Just want to spend my life with you" () and "Goodbye Kiss" (). The 1993 album '' The Goodbye Kiss'' () is one of the best-selling Chinese music albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia than ever attained before, with more than 5 million copies sold in 1993, making him one of PolyGram's top 10 artists worldwide that year. It made him the first singer with non-Taiwanese citizenship to win Taiwan's

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. The album was also instrumental in helping Cheung break into the mandopop market. Due to these great songs and albums, Cheung is generally considered to be the pre-eminent member of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. He is regarded by some sources as the best singer of the four. In 1995, Cheung staged his record-breaking 100-show world tour titled "Yau Hok Yau" (), literally a pun of "friendship Jacky Cheung" reusing the same Chinese characters found in his name.Sina.com.tw.
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." ''專輯：張學友《學友光年世界巡回演唱會07》.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009. The tour started with 34 shows from 8 April to 9 June at the

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. Then the tour continued in

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and

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, Australia and returned to

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and

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.Hangzhou.com.cn.
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" ''1991–1999张学友演唱会纪录.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009. It then expanded to

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in the US, different parts of Europe, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Japan. In 1997, Cheung was named best-selling Chinese singer in the world by ''

'', which reported record sales of more than 25 million worldwide. In 1997, his work on the groundbreaking

Broadway-style musical '' Snow.Wolf.Lake'' was enthusiastically received by both audiences and critics.Xinhuanet.
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" ''四大天王蓦然回首十五年.'' Cheung not only played the male lead, he was also the artistic director for this production. The first female leads were played by Sandy Lam in Hong Kong and Nadia Chan in Singapore. Kit Chan played the second female lead. They achieved 42 consecutive full-house performances at the gigantic Hung Hom

which remains the record today.Gofuntaiwan.net.
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" ''華人最大型經典音樂劇－ (雪狼湖).'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009. In November 2004, Cheung and his concert manager, Florence Chan Suk-fan, worked on a revised

version of ''Snow.Wolf.Lake'' so as to bring it to a wider audience. The female leads this time were Evonne Hsu and Nadia Chan respectively. The market budget alone exceeded HK$15 million. The estimated budget for this revised production was HK$100 million and the show premiered on 24 December 2004 in Beijing.

1999–2008: Widespread recognition

In 1999, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World by JCI (Junior Chamber International), a worldwide federation of young professionals and entrepreneurs. In 2000 he was awarded the Golden Needle Award by

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. This award, the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award, recognised outstanding contributions to the music industry. He expressed his astonishment upon receiving the award, as he was the least experienced living recipient at only 16 years, and this award was awarded to singers, producers and lyricists that are late in their careers or are semi-retired, in which he was not, but to quash any negative publicity, he clarified that according to his research, there was no stipulation of this sort. In 2004, Cheung released '' Life Is Like A Dream'', an album in which Jacky co-produced with long-time collaborative partner Michael Au, and Jacky composed the melody for all songs, and penned the lyrics for 3 of the songs. Cheung won the Best Selling Cantonese Album Award at the Hong Kong IFPI Awards in 2005 with his live album, ''Jacky Live Performance'', which he accepted in person for the first time in years. This is despite poor ticket sales for the reason that the concert was meant to be a one-night-only charity concert in nature, and Jacky attempted to sing a song by other artists for the first time. In the fast-changing scene of canto-pop, Cheung has maintained his popularity and sales power for more than 20 years after his debut, an incredible feat in Hong Kong pop music.

In 2007, Cheung staged his Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour 2007. The tour started on 18 February 2007 at

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. When the tour ended in Hong Kong on 3 February 2008 after touring 58 cities around the world, a total of 105 shows had been given, attracting more than 2 million fans. 105 became the highest number of shows in a tour by a Chinese artist, breaking the previous record of 100, which was also set by Cheung previously.Hollywoodindustry.dig.
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" ''Hard Rock International World's First Chinese Memorabilia Displayed at City of Dreams.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009. In that same year, he also released a Mandopop album, ''By Your Side'', in which he was the sole executive producer of the album for the first time after Michael Au suddenly left to further his career in Beijing.

2009–2017: Touring and jazz efforts

In 2009, Cheung recorded ''

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'', his first jazz album for which he coined the phrase "Canto-jazz". The album was produced by Andrew Tuason. " Everyday Is Christmas", " Which Way, Robert Frost?", "

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", " Lucky in Love" and " Double Trouble" were co-written by

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in collaboration with Tuason, tailor-made for Cheung. " Lucky in Love" is the end-credit song of " Crossing Hennessy", Hong Kong movie starring Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei, produced by Bill Kong. Nokia's music download service website (Ovi.com) announced that "Everyday Is Christmas" was the 10th most downloaded Christmas song in the world in 2010, joining classic hits such as Wham's "Last Christmas" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You". Cheung is the only Chinese language singer to make it into the Top Ten. In 2010, Cheung started his Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour. This tour started on 30 December 2010 at Shanghai, and ended in Hong Kong on 30 May 2012. For 1 year and 5 months, his tour included 5 countries 77 cities, overall 146 shows, more than 2,800,000 audiences. 146 became the highest number of shows in a one tour by Chinese artist. Previous record of 105 was also made by Jacky Cheung on his 2007–2008 World Tour. Both 2007 and 2010 World tour was led by Andrew Tuason as Cheung's Musical Director. At the beginning of that year, he also attempted new musical styles. His new album, ''

'', became his first ever Jazz album in Cantopop history, it also featured other non-mainstream Cantopop styles such as strings quartet, Waltz and Hymn. The special edition also featured a special glass-CD, also a first in Chinese pop history. " Double Trouble" from ''Private Corner'' was a featured produced number in the Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour. For the Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour, he set a

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for the largest combined audience for a live act in 12 months, with 2,048,553 audience members. During the first 12 months of the tour, which ran from 30 December 2010 to 29 December 2011, there were 105 live concerts in 61 cities across China, USA, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.
" ''Jacky Cheung performs for largest combined audience.'' Retrieved on 12 June 2012. Cheung won the 35th Anniversary Golden Song Award at the 2012

Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, as he has the greatest number of RTHK Golden Songs since the award has been started.

2018–present: Continued success in touring

In 2018, he earned a new nickname of "Fugitive Bait" or "Fugitives' Krytonite" in China as his concerts attracted wanted criminals in China to purchase tickets to watch his concerts in China. He helped to bring 4 wanted criminals to be captured between April and June 2018 during Cheung's Chinese leg of the world tour. In June, two ticket scalpers were also captured. This was also part of his 233-show, " Jacky Cheung A Classic Tour" world tour, which eclipses the previous tour record. The entire tour, which lasted for 27 months with performances in 97 cities, ended on 29 January 2019 after a series of 15 concerts in Hong Kong. The Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour opened at The Venetian Macau Cotai Arena in Macau, China on June 9, 2023. Cheung performs, singing and dancing with a dance troupe of 20 members with new choreography and dazzling production sets. The tour schedule includes arena-size shows in Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Ningbo and additional venues across China in to 2024.

Acting career

Cheung made his film debut in 1986 starring in movies such as '' Devoted to You'' and '' Where's Officer Tuba?''. He received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards for his work in '' As Tears Go By'' (1988) as well as the Best Supporting Actor Golden Horse Award for '' The Swordsman'' (1990). That same year, he also collaborated with

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and Tony Leung in the action film ''

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''. He also received the Best Actor Award at the

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for his work in '' July Rhapsody'' (2002). His song ''Perhaps Love'', which serves as the theme song for the 2005 award-winning film of the same name, also won the ''Best Song Award'' at the 2005

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and the CASH Best Song Award at the 2006 CASH Gold Sail Music Awards. In 2002, he appeared in Taiwanese mini-series ''Love Scar'' (2002) with F4 member Jerry Yan and

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, where he played Jerry Yan's older brother. In the 2004 drama film '' Jiang Hu'' directed by Wong Ching-po, Cheung plays Lefty, the best friend and right-hand man of crime boss Hung Yan Chau (

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). The film includes several other actors from ''

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''.Jacky cheung in Jiang Hu (2004)
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Ceremonies and spokesperson

Cheung was named the spokesperson for Hong Kong Disneyland in 2004. He took part in a number of large-scale marketing events organised by

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and

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, beginning with the hosting of a TV program, ''Magical World of Disneyland''. He recorded a multi-lingual song for Hong Kong Disneyland, entitled ''One.'' The music video for ''One'' was filmed at Hong Kong Disneyland. He also recorded for '' Hong Kong Disneyland: The Grand Opening Celebration Album''. In December 2006, Cheung performed live the theme song "Together Now" at the

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of the 15th Asian Games in

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, Qatar. He was introduced as "the most popular Asian performer in the world". In 2010, Cheung and Jane Zhang sang the Mandarin version of the

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Celebration Mix of K'naan's " Wavin' Flag", which was the brand's promotional anthem for the

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. In 2012, Cheung sang "", the cheering song of China for the 2012 London Olympics.

Personal life

On 15 February 1996 in

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, Cheung married Hong Kong former actress May Lo Mei-wei. They met during the filming of Devoted to You in 1986. The couple have two daughters, Zoe, b. 2000, and Zia, b. 2005. He is a Buddhist and a vegetarian.

Community work

In March 2009 he became the first

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artist to contribute items to the

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franchise memorabilia collection.CBS.
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" ''Jacky Cheung Donates Memorabilia To Hard Rock.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009. Items are to be exhibited at the Hard Rock hotel in

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. A joint donation is also made to donate HK$600,000 to the Children's Cancer Foundation and ORBIS Macau. In September 2009, Cheung, was one of the super ambassadors of End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation (ECSAF) founded by Josephine Siao; he attended the charity fundraising event for ECSAF's 10th anniversary in Hong Kong.

Discography

Cantonese studio albums * ''Smile'' (1985) * ''Amour'' (1986) * ''Fall in Love'' (1986) * ''Jacky'' (1987) * ''In My Dream Last Night'' (1988) * ''For My Dearest'' (1989) * ''I Only Want to Love One Person in My Life'' (1989) * ''Dreamed of You'' (1990) * ''Can't Help You'' (情不禁) (1991) * ''An Unchanging Heart'' (1991) * ''True Feelings Revealed'' (1992) * ''Love Spark'' (1992) * ''You & I'' (1993) * ''Hungry Wolf'' (饿狼传说) (1994) * ''A Warm Winter'' (1994) * ''Guo Min Shi Jie'' (过敏世界) (1995) * ''Legend of Never Aging'' (1997) * ''Release Yourself'' (1998) * ''Someone'' (1999) * ''The First'' (2001) * '' Life Is Like a Dream'' (2004) * ''

'' (2010) Mandarin studio albums * ''Homeless Love'' (1996) * ''Zai Wo Xin Shen Chu'' (1997) * ''Yì Luàn Qíng Mí'' (1988) * ''Sì Céng Xiāng Shí'' (1989) * '' The Goodbye Kiss'' (1993) * ''Blessings'' (1993) * ''Tou Xin'' (1994) * ''Yong You'' (1995) * ''How Could I Forget You?'' (1996) * ''Want to Feel the Breeze With You'' (1997) * ''No Regret'' (1988) * ''Walk By 1999'' (1999) * ''Jacky Fever'' (2001) * ''By Your Side'' (2007) * '' Wake Up Dreaming'' (2014)

Concert tours

*Jacky Cheung 87 Concert (1987) *Love You More Every Day Tour (1991) *School & Friends World Tour (1993–1994) *Jacky Cheung 95 World Tour (1995–1996) *Friends World Tour (1999) *Music Odyssey Tour (2002–2003) *The Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour (2007–2008) * Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour (2010–2012) * A Classic Tour (2016–2019) * Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour (2023–2026)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

IFPI Gold Disc Award * 1989 87' Polygram * 1990 Polygram IFPI Platinum Disc Award * 1985 Smile Polygram * 1986 Polygram * 1987 Polygram * 1987 Jacky Polygram * 1988 Polygram * 1990 Polygram * 1990 Polygram Golden Melody Award for Best Male Mandarin Singer * 1998 Polygram IFPI Top 10 Sales Album * 2003 Where is he What's Music * 2004 Black & White What's Music * 2005 Live What's Music IFPI Top 10 Sales Artist * 2005 IFPI Top Sales Album * 2005 Live What's Music

References

Sources

"MTV Top 10 Christmas Songs 2010""Ovi Music Trends Top 10 Downloaded Festive Songs"

External links

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