Keith Chan Siu-kei ( zh, t=陳少琪) is a

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song lyricist and record producer from

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. Since 1984, he has written over 3,000

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

and

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songs and won numerous awards from various Internet media in

and

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, including Best Chinese Lyrics Awards and Best Chinese Song Awards. His work can be found in albums released by many Hong Kong singers, including

Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular culture. He ...

Hacken Lee Hacken Lee (), is a Hong Kong singer, television host and actor, active since the 1980s. In 2013, Lee's song "House of Cards" swept multiple awards in many Hong Kong award ceremonies, including "World's Best Song" and "Broadcasting Index" in Metr ...

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah ( zh, order=t,j, t=劉德華, j=Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1 ...

Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor, known as one of Hong Kong's "Four Heavenly Kings". Active since the 1980s, he has released over 30 studio albums in Cantonese and Mandarin, mostly in the danc ...

, and

Gigi Leung Gigi Leung Wing-kei (; born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a child, Leung suf ...

. Chan wrote the lyrics of "The Song of the Sunset" () for

Anita Mui Anita Mui Yim-fong (; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and i ...

as a theme song of the 1989 film, '' A Better Tomorrow III''. The song (besides

Priscilla Chan Priscilla Chan (born February 24, 1985) is an American pediatrician and philanthropist. She and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, established the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in December 2015 with a pledge to ...

's counterpart, "Chin Chin Kuet Gaw" []) is a Cantonese rendition of Kōji Makaino's Japanese song, . Chan, alongside composer Peter Kam Pui-tat, wrote the lyrics of "We Are Ready", the theme song for the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in

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, sung by various singers as an ensemble. Then he and Kam composed "I Can Fly" (), which ''

Film Business Asia ''Film Business Asia'' was a film trade magazine based in Hong Kong. The magazine was created in 2010 by Patrick Frater, former journalist for '' Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and ''Screen International'' and Stephen Cremin, co-founder o ...

'' critic Derek Elley considered "half-memorable" but unsuccessful "at being an , uplifting ballad", for the 2010 Chinese adaptation of ''

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'', ''Disney High School Musical China'' (), which Elley rated three points out of ten. In 2014, he and composer Su Yicheng () wrote "Tears Of Time" () for

's Mandopop album, ''

Wake Up Dreaming ''Wake Up Dreaming'' is a Mandarin studio album by Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung. It was released on December 22, 2014. Background and release The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studi ...

''. In 2017, Chan was nominated the Best Lyricist of the Year () for lyricizing "Dear Leslie", sung by

Leo Ku Leo Ku Kui-kei (born ), founder of ChillGOOD TV, is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Cantopop and Mandopop singer, actor, TV host, model, cartoonist, MV director, and producer and designer. He employs falsetto as a singing technique and was nam ...

but did not win at the 2017

Chinese Music Awards The Chinese Music Awards () is a music awards founded in 2008 to recognize outstanding achievement in the Chinese music industry. Categories * Top 10 Mandarin Albums * Top 10 Cantonese Albums * Top 10 Mandarin Songs * Top 10 Cantonese Songs * Bes ...

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