Cantopop () is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop. Cantopop draws its influence not only from other forms of Chinese music, but from a variety of international styles, including jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, electronic music, Western pop music and others. Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed in Cantonese. Boasting a multinational fanbase especially in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, and in the Guangdong province of mainland China, Hong Kong remains the most significant hub of the genre.

History

1920s: Shanghai origins

Western-influenced music first came to the Republic of China in the 1920s, specifically to Shanghai. Artists like Zhou Xuan (周璇) acted in films and recorded popular songs, and was possibly the first Chinese pop star.

In 1949 when the People's Republic of China was established by the Communist Party, one of the first actions taken by the government was to denounce pop music as pornography. Beginning in the 1950s, massive waves of immigrants fled Shanghai to destinations like North Point in Hong Kong. As a result, many first generation Cantopop artists and composers hail from Shanghai.

1960s: Cultural acceptance

By the 1960s, Cantonese music in Hong Kong was still limited largely to traditional Cantonese opera and comic renditions of western music. Tang Kee-chan (鄧寄塵), Cheng Kuan-min (鄭君綿), and Tam Ping-man (譚炳文) were among the earliest artists releasing Cantonese records.

The baby boomer generation at the time preferred British and American exports, as well as Mandarin music. Western culture was at the time equated with education and sophistication, and Elvis, Johnny Mathis and The Beatles were popular.

Conversely, those who preferred Cantonese music were considered old-fashioned or uneducated. Cheng Kum-cheung and Chan Chai-chung (陳齊頌) were two popular Cantonese singers who specifically targeted the younger generation. Connie Chan Po-chu is generally considered to be Hong Kong's first teen idol, mostly due to her career longevity. Josephine Siao is also another artist of the era.

1970s: Rise of television and the modern industry

The previous decade laid the ground for the creation of Hong Kong's new pop music. Many local bands mimicked British and American bands. Two types of local Cantonese music appeared in the market nearly concurrently in 1973: one type cashed in on the popularity of TVB's drama series based on the more traditional lyrical styles. The other was more western style music largely from Polydor Hong Kong. Notable singers from the era include Liza Wang and Paula Tsui.

Television was a new technological marvel, available mostly to the rich, and on-air content was highly valued and respected. Soap operas were needed to fill air time, and many popular Cantonese songs became TV theme songs. Around 1971, Sandra Lang, a minor singer who had never sung Cantopop before, was invited to sing the first Cantonese TV theme song "The Yuanfen of a Wedding that Cries and Laughs" (啼笑姻緣). This song was a collaboration between songwriters Yip Siu-dak (葉紹德) and the legendary Joseph Koo. It was ground-breaking and topped local charts. Other groups that profited from TV promotion included the Four Golden Flowers.

Samuel Hui, the lead singer of the band Lotus formed in the late 1960s, signed onto Polydor in 1972. The song that made him famous was the theme song to the movie ''Games Gamblers Play'', also starring Hui.

The star of TV theme tunes was Roman Tam, whose singing earned much praise. Three of the most famous TV soap opera singers were Jenny Tseng, Liza Wang and Adam Cheng. The Wynners and George Lam also amassed a big fan base with their new style. Samuel Hui continued to dominate the charts and won the Centennial Best Sales Award in the first and second IFPI Gold Disc Presentations twice in a row in 1977 and 1978. Polydor became PolyGram in 1978.

1980s: Beginning of the Golden age

During the 1980s, Cantopop soared to great heights with artists, producers and record companies working in harmony. Cantopop stars such as Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Sally Yeh, Priscilla Chan and Danny Chan quickly became household names. The industry effectively used Cantopop songs in TV dramas and movies, with some of the biggest soundtracks coming from timeless film such as ''A Better Tomorrow''. In part, the success came from progressive economical development. Sponsors and record companies became comfortable with the idea of lucrative contracts and million-dollar signings. There are also Japanese songs with Cantonese lyrics.

The most successful Chinese female recording artist, "Queen of Mandarin songs" Teresa Teng also crossed over to Cantopop. She achieved in both artistic strides and great commercial success by her original Cantonese Hits under the Polygram Label in the early '80s. Jenny Tseng was also a notable addition from Macau.

As Cantopop gained large followings in Chinese communities worldwide, Hong Kong entrepreneurs' ingenious use of the then new Laserdisc technology prompted yet another explosion in the market.

1990s: Four Heavenly Kings era

In the early 90s, the Cantopop stars Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Samuel Hui, Priscilla Chan, the songwriter Joseph Koo, and others either retired or lessened their activity. Chan left Hong Kong to pursue her studies at Syracuse University while the rest left Hong Kong amid the uncertainty surrounding the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

The "Four Heavenly Kings" (四大天王), namely Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai dominated music, and coverage in magazines, TV, advertisements and cinema.

New talents such as Beyond also emerged as contenders. Divas that should be mentioned are Sammi Cheng and Faye Wong, whose popularity are, arguably comparable to the Four Heavenly Kings. Shirley Kwan also made her mark with 難得有情人

The tension and economic instability from the 1997 sovereignty handover also created a culturally challenging atmosphere for the industry. Establishment of Basic Law and language ordinances made the adoption of Mandarin official.

2000s

At the turn of the century, Cantonese was still dominant in the domain of C-pop. The deaths of stars Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui in 2003 rocked the industry. A transitional phase also took place with many overseas-raised Chinese artists such as Nicholas Tse and Coco Lee gaining recognition. As a result Cantopop is no longer restricted to Hong Kong, but has become part of a larger Pan-Chinese music movement.

In 2005 Cantopop began a new upswing. Major companies that drove much of the HK segment included Gold Typhoon Music Entertainment (EMI, Gold Label), Universal Music Group, East Asia Entertainment & Amusic and Emperor Entertainment Group. Some of the most successful performers of the era include Joey Yung, Twins, Eason Chan, Miriam Yeung, Leo Ku, Janice Vidal. The new era also saw an explosion of groups such as at17, Soler, Sunboy'z, Hotcha. In a new trend in promoting groups, many artists later end up going solo such as Stephy Tang, Kary Ng or Kenny Kwan. The decade have also been dubbed a People's singer era (親民歌星), as most performers promote frequently in public and are highly approachable. This is as opposed to the 90s and previous era Big-card singers (大牌歌星), who were impossible to approach.

A number of media-buzz incidents also took place. The largest was the Edison Chen photo scandal involving Edison Chen and a number of high-profile female celebrities like Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan and Cecilia Cheung caught in sexual acts with explicit photos uploaded online. The scandal garnered the attention of international media including CNN and MSNBC. and The Guardian. The scandal raised a number of questions regarding legal issues and netizen's online rights that went far beyond the usual music discussion. Other events include the street fight between Gary Chaw and Justin Lo. As well as Jill Vidal and Kelvin Kwan drug-trafficking to Japan.

2010s

The first major award of the decade 09 JSG award was a highly controversial one with the on-going HKRIA tax case. Afterwards ATV launched the show Asia Millionstar (亞洲星光大道), and despite the channel usually struggling to compete with TVB ratings, the show was largely a success. It managed to launch a concert for the Asia Millionstar family. TVB also launched a competitor show The Voice, and then copied on the concert idea.

Characteristics

Instruments and setups

Early Cantopop was developed from cantonese opera music hybridized with western pop. The musicians soon gave up traditional Chinese musical instruments like zheng and erhu fiddle in favor of western style arrangements. Cantopop songs are usually sung by one singer, sometimes with a band, accompanied by piano, synthesizer, drum set, guitar, and bass guitar. They are composed under verse-chorus form and are generally monophonic. Practically all early Cantopop songs feature a descending bassline.

Lyrics

Cantonese is a pitch sensitive tonal language. The word carries a different meaning when sung in a different relative pitch. Matching Cantonese lyrics to Western music was particularly difficult because the Western musical scale has 12 semi-tones. Through the work of pioneers like Sam Hui, James Wong and Lo Kwok Jim, those that followed have more stock phrases for reference. Cantonese lyricists play a great part in advancing Canto Pop.

Such a tonal constraint has been particularly blamed for the decline of Cantopop in the late 1990s, for source of creativity being "mined out". Its ramification includes interpretive constraint, where singers have less room for ad-lib change of pitch without sacrificing intelligibility. As a result, pitch change often encountered in western pop music becomes foreign to most of Hong Kong's singers.

Classical Chinese lyrics

The first type is the poetic lyrics written in literary or classical Wenyan Chinese. In the past, Cantopop maintained the Cantonese Opera tradition of matching the musical notes with tones of the language. Relatively few Cantopop songs use truly colloquial Cantonese terms, and fewer songs contain lyrics. Songs written in this style are usually reserved for TV shows about ancient China. Since the 1980s, increasing numbers of singers have departed from this traditional, though some big names like Roman Tam stayed true to traditional techniques.

Modern Chinese lyrics

The second type is less formal. The lyrics written in colloquial Cantonese make up the majority with compositions done in modern written Chinese. TV shows filmed under modern contexts will utilize songs written with these lyrics. Most songs share an overriding characteristic, in which every last word of a phrase is rhymed.

The following is an example from the song ''"Impression"'' (印象) by Samuel Hui. The last word of every phrase ends with '–oeng'. {|class="wikitable" ! width=50% | Chinese Original lyrics ! width=50% | Lyrics Romanized in Jyutping |-valign=top | #誰令我當晚舉止失常 #難自禁望君你能見諒 #但覺萬分緊張　皆因跟你遇上 #誰令我突然充滿幻想 || #seoi4 ling6 ngo5 dong1 maan5 geoi2 zi2 sat1 soeng4 #naan4 zi6 gam1 mong6 gwan1 nei5 nang4 gin3 loeng6 #daan6 gok3 maan6 fan1 gan2 zoeng1 gaai1 jan1 gan1 nei5 jyu6 soeng5 #seoi4 ling6 ngo5 dat6 jin4 cung1 mun5 waan6 soeng2 |-

Covers of foreign compositions

Since the 1970s, Chinese cover versions of many Western music and Japanese traditional and pop compositions have been made. Historically the practice is done for business reasons of filling up albums and re-capitalizing on songs with a proven record. By definition hybrids are still considered Cantonese songs due to Cantonese lyrics, though the rights borrowed varies country to country. Songs like "Tomorrow sounds like today" (明日話今天) by Jenny Tseng, "Life to seek" (一生何求) by Danny Chan, "Snowing" (飄雪) by Priscilla Chan, and "Can't afford" (負擔不起) by Jade Kwan were originally composed outside of Hong Kong. Many critics disapprove this practice of covering foreign music as lack of originality, and many albums glory themselves as "cover-free".

Industry

Cantopop stars

From the inception of Cantopop to the late '80s, Hong Kong had seen many original talents develop into super stars, each with a unique singing style and an easily recognisable voice. Usually talent is secondary to the success of a Cantopop singer in Hong Kong. Most of the time, the image sells the albums, as it is one of the characteristic of mainstream music similarly mirrored in the United States and Japan. Publicity is vital to an idol's career, as one piece of news could make or break one's future. Almost all modern Cantopop stars go into the movie business regardless of their ability to act. They immediately expand to the Mandarin market once their fame is established, hence pure Cantopop stars are almost nonexistent. Outside of the music sales, their success can also be gauged by their income from various sources. For example, according to some reports, Sammi Cheng earned HK$46M (around US$6M) from advertisement and merchandise endorsements in one month alone. Many artists however begin with financial hardships. For example Yumiko Cheng owed her company thousands of dollars. Others include Elanne Kong crying in public with only HK$58 left.

Labels

PolyGram, EMI, Sony, Warner and BMG were established in Hong Kong since the 1970s. Local record companies such as Crown Records (娛樂唱片), Wing Hang Records (永恆), Manchi Records (文志) and Capital Artists in the past have each invested heavily and became successful local labels that competed well in the market. As TV drama themes lost favor in the mid-80s, market power soon drifted to the multi-national labels. Sales are tracked at the IFPI HK Annual Sales Chart.

Criticism

Unoriginality

Cantopop has been criticised as being bland and unoriginal, since most stars tend to sing songs with similar topics with emphasis on "maudlin love ballads". Even in its early form, Cantopop featured many songs edited or inspired by English or Cantonese opera songs, which persisted during the 1980s golden era.

In the late 1990s, there was a shortage of creative talent due to the rising demand for Chinese songs; meanwhile, China and Taiwan had nurtured their own local industries posing serious competition to Cantopop. Renowned local lyricist Wong Jim wrote his 2003 thesis on the subject.

One critic portrays the Cantopop industry in this period as "favoring smiling saccharine pap over actual substance" while Chinese academic Stephen Cheung described Cantopop as 'the worst thing to have come out of China since the plague'.

However, there are still many sideline musicians like Beyond (who emerged from the "band fever" of the 1960s) and Tat Ming Pair whose songs reflect the darker, less-expressed side of society.

Artists

Male

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Albert Au

Kenny Bee

Danny Chan

Daniel Chan

Eason Chan

Jackie Chan

Jaycee Chan

Jordan Chan

Jason Chan

Sammul Chan

William Chan

Pak Ho Chau

Wakin (Emil) Chau

Edison Chen

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Adam Cheng

Ekin Cheng

Kevin Cheng

Ronald Cheng

Hins Cheung

Julian Cheung

Ryan Lau

Alfred Hui

Jacky Cheung

Leslie Cheung

Louis Cheung

Steven Cheung

Benji Chiang

Endy Chow

Alex Fong

Khalil Fong

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Andy Hui

Ken Hung

Kelvin Kwan

Kenny Kwan

Michael Kwan

Leo Ku

Aaron Kwok

Roger Kwok

Leon Lai

Bowie Lam

Chet Lam

George Lam

Raymond Lam

Jan Lamb

Andy Lau

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Wilfred Lau

Gene Lee

Hacken Lee

Edmond Leung

Tony Leung

Don Li

Gallen Lo

Justin Lo

Lowell Lo

Douglas Low

Juno Mak

Dennis Mak

Pong Nan

Deep Ng

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Edwin Siu

William So

Alan Tam

Roman Tam

Patrick Tang

Alex To

Nicholas Tse

Wong Cho Lam

Deric Wan

Dave Wang

Paul Wong

Bosco Wong

Anthony Wong

James Wong

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Charles Ying

Shawn Yue

Samuel Hui

Yip Sai Wing

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Female

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Bobo Chan

Connie Chan

Chelsia Chan

Flora Chan

Kit Chan

Priscilla Chan

Vincy Chan

Kelly Chen

Sammi Cheng

Stephanie Cheng

Yumiko Cheng

Cecilia Cheung

Teresa Cheung

Lesley Chiang

Mandy Chiang

Maggie Fu

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Charlene Choi

Gillian Chung

Rachelle Chung

Sherman Chung

Linda Chung

Niki Chow

Vivian Chow

Renee Dai

Theresa Fu

Fiona Fung

G.E.M.

Cherry Ho

Denise Ho

Paisley Hu

Deanie Ip

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Grace Ip

Elanne Kong

Ella Koon

Kellyjackie

Jade Kwan

Shirley Kwan

Susanna Kwan

Gigi Lai

Vivian Lai

Mag Lam

Sandy Lam

Winnie Lau

Coco Lee

Annabelle Louie

Eunix Lee

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Tiffany Lee

Isabella Leong

Cathy Leung

Gigi Leung

Toby Leung

Rain Li

Prudence Liew

Candy Lo

Mimi Lo

Karen Morris

Anita Mui

Kary Ng

Yan Ng

Cass Phang

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Fiona Sit

June Tang

Stephy Tang

Vangie Tang

Teresa Teng

Kay Tse

Jenny Tseng

Kate Tsui

Paula Tsui

Janice Vidal

Jill Vidal

Liza Wang

Emme Wong

Faye Wong

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Ivana Wong

Linda Wong

Bianca Wu

Myolie Wu

Sally Yeh

Charlie Yeung

Miriam Yeung

Frances Yip

Joey Yung

Ivana Wong

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Groups

2R

4ando(son)

AMK

At17

Benji and Lesley

Beyond

Bliss

C AllStar

Cookies

Cream

Dear Jane

Dry

E-Kids

Echo

EO2

Fama

Freeze

Grasshopper

HotCha

Krusty

I Love You Boy'z

The Jade Band

LMF

Mister (Mr)

MP4

Online

Ping Pung

PixelToy

Purple Nine

Raidas

Rubberband

Royals

Shine

Sky

Softhard

SohBim

Soler

Square

Sun Boy'z

Swing

Taichi

Tat Ming Pair

Twins

The Pancakes

The Raiders

The Wynners

VEGA

YLK Organization

Zarahn

Zen

Major awards

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Cantopop radio stations

{|class="wikitable" ! width=20% | Station ! width=20% | Location ! width=50% | Frequencies and Platform |- | CRHK Radio 2 || Hong Kong || 90.3 FM |- | RTHK Radio 2 || Hong Kong || 94.8 FM, 95.3 FM, 95.6 FM, 96.0 FM, 96.3 FM, 96.4 FM, 96.9 FM, and Internet live streaming (channel 2) |- | Chinese Radio New York || New York ||1480AM |- | WNWR || Philadelphia || when it is not doing the news and talkshows |- | KEST || San Francisco || 1450 AM |- | KMRB || Los Angeles || 1430 AM |- | KVTO || San Francisco || 1400 AM |- | CHMB || Vancouver || 1320 AM |- | Fairchild Radio || Vancouver || 1470 AM, 96.1 FM |- | Fairchild Radio || Toronto || 1430 AM, 88.9 FM |- | Fairchild Radio || Calgary || 94.7 FM |- | Music FM Radio Guangdong || Guangdong || 93.9 FM, 99.3 FM and internet stream media |- | SYN FM || Melbourne || 90.7 FM - Cantopop show as part of Asian Pop Night. |- | 2AC 澳洲華人電台 || Sydney || (proprietary receivers) |- | 2CR || Sydney Melbourne || (proprietary receivers) |- |}

See also

Music of Hong Kong

Hong Kong musical tongue twister

Hong Kong English pop

Chinese hip hop

J-pop

References

External links

C-Pop Fantasie - Online resource for c-pop, providing lyrics, downloads, video shows, and more.

Pop Saves Hong Kong, in Tofu Magazine #2

Hong Kong Vintage Pop Radio

www.hkmusic.cn: Cantopop song listings (in chinese)

www.mysongspage.com, lyrics and chords for Cantonese, English & Mandarin songs.

香港50-80年代粵語流行曲唱片目錄 Disc index

Come back to love blog

Lee HC's 黑膠樂園 Disc index

香港樂壇25年的發展 article

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name	Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing
tradchinesename	張國榮
simpchinesename	张国荣
hakkachinesename	Zong Gwet Win
pinyinchinesename	Zhāng Guóróng
jyutpingchinesename	Zoeng1 Gwok3wing4
birth name	張發宗 (Traditional)张发宗 (Simplified)Zhāng Fāzòng (Mandarin)Zoeng1 Faat3zung1 (Cantonese)
ancestry	Mei, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
birth date	September 12, 1956
birth place	Hong Kong
death date	April 01, 2003 (Suicide)
death place	Hong Kong
othername	哥哥 (Go4go1; ''lit.'' Big Brother)
origin	Hong Kong
occupation	Singer, actor, director, songwriter
genre	Cantopop
instrument	Singing
label	Polydor, Capital Artists, Cinepoly, Rock, Apex Music, Universal
yearsactive	1977–2003
parents	Cheung Wut Hoi
hongkongfilmwards	Best Actor1991 ''Days of Being Wild''Best Original Film Song1995 ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' The Most Favorite Actor in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema2005Silver Jubilee Best Actor 2006
hkfcsawards	Best Actor1994 ''Ashes of Time''
goldenhorseawards	Best Original Song1993 ''The Bride with White Hair''
awards	Golden Phoenix Awards1993 Special Contribution Award Japanese Critic SocietyBest Actor 1993 ''Farewell My Concubine'' Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award1999 Golden Needle AwardChinese Pop Music Media Awards 2001 Best Male Singer AwardCCTV-MTV Music Awards2000 Biggest Asian Artist Award }}

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003), nicknamed elder brother (哥哥), was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".

In 2000, Cheung was named ''Asian Biggest Superstar'' by China Central Television, and voted/ranked the 1st as ''The Most Favorite Actor in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema'' in 2005. Recently, he was voted the third of the CNN's "top five most iconic musician of all time" placing behind Michael Jackson and The Beatles.

Childhood and education

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. His birth name was Cheung Fat-chung (張發宗), which was later changed to Cheung Kwok-Wing. Cheung was the youngest of ten children in a middle-class Hakka family. Cheung Wut Hoi, his father, was a fairly well known tailor, whose customers included the American actors William Holden and Cary Grant. His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Cheung attended Rosaryhill School (Stubbs Road, Hong Kong).

At the age of 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at Eccles Hall School. After completing his secondary education, he obtained a scholarship for undergraduate course of studies in Textiles at University of Leeds. He worked as a bartender at his relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around this period that he chose his name, "Leslie". According to Cheung, he chose this name because "I love the film ''Gone with the Wind''. And I like Leslie Howard. The name can be a man's or woman's, it's very unisex, so I like it."

In several of his interviews, Cheung stated that he had had a fairly unhappy childhood. "I didn't have a happy childhood. Arguments, fights and we didn't live together; I was brought up by my granny." "What I would say most affected me as a child, was that my parents were not at home with me. As a young kid, one could not always understand why his parents weren't at home. This made me depressed sometimes."

Cheung attended the University of Leeds in northern England, where he studied textile management. He dropped out of university at the end of his first year, when his father fell ill. After his father's recovery, Cheung did not return to England to complete his studies.

Career

Early career

In 1977, Cheung won second prize by singing Don McLean's "American Pie" at the Asian Music Contest held by Rediffusion Television (RTV). He signed a contract with RTV, which subsequently became Asia Television Limited (ATV) and began his career in the entertainment industry. He also signed a music contract with Polydor Records, releasing ''Day Dreaming'' (1977) and ''Lover's Arrow'' (1979).

The early days of his career were not easy. He was once booed off the stage during a public performance, and his first two albums were not welcomed by the public. He left Polydor Records at the end of his contract. Cheung's first film, ''The Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber'' (紅樓春上春) in 1978 was a soft porn film. Cheung later stated that he was unaware of the sexual nature of the film when he signed the contract.

During the 1970s and 1980s, he appeared in a number of TV dramas such as ''The Young Concubine'' (我家的女人), ''Agency 24'' (甜甜廿四味), ''Pairing'' (對對糊), and ''The Spirit Of The Sword'' (浣花洗劍錄). These TV dramas helped turn him into a household name in South East Asia.

Ascent to fame

In 1982, Cheung joined Capital Artists upon the end of his contract with RTV. It was at Capital Artists that Florence Chan became his music agent and remained as such through his entire career. While at Capital Artists, he also met Anita Mui, another Hong Kong Cantopop idol, starting a long lasting friendship. In 1983, Cheung released his first hit song, "The Wind Blows On" (風繼續吹). In 1984, he released his first top ten hit song "Monica", which became the first so-called "fast" song that won the ''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award''. "Monica" became representative of a new genre of Hong Kong music in the mid 1980s. Fans began to demand fast and energetic Cantopop songs that would be suitable for both dancing and listening. Other ''Top Ten Gold Songs'' released by Cheung through Capital Artists included "Wild Wind" (不羈的風) (album, ''For Your Love Only'', 1985); "Who Can Be With Me" (有誰共鳴) (album, ''Leslie Cheung: Allure Me'', 1986) and "Love in Those Years" (當年情) (theme song for ''A Better Tomorrow'', album ''Leslie Cheung: Allure Me'', 1986). "Who Can Be With Me" became the ''Gold of the Gold Songs'' (Best Song) of the Year for 1986.

Cheung's movie career was a little slower to take off. He appeared in supporting roles in his second and third movies ''Encore'' (1980) and ''On Trial'' (1981). However, his acting talent was soon recognized with his nomination for the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''On Trial''. Subsequent to this nomination, he played the leading role in ''Teenage Dreamers'' (1982) and held the lead role in almost every movie he was in from then on. From the early 1980s through 1986, most of the movies in which he had starred were teenage movies. Among them, ''Nomad'' (1982, directed by Patrick Tam Kar-ming) is widely considered by film critics as representative of Hong Kong "New Wave" films. Cheung's role as Louis in ''Nomad'' won him his first Best Actor nomination of the Hong Kong Film Awards. Later, Cheung stated that he considers ''Nomad'' as his first "real" movie. During this period, Cheung continued to act in a number of Television Broadcasts (TVB) dramas, such as ''Once Upon an Ordinary Girl'' (儂本多情) and ''The Fallen Family'' (武林世家).

Stardom and retirement

In 1986, he joined Cinepoly Records Hong Kong and released the album ''Summer Romance'' in 1987. ''Summer Romance'' became the ''Best Selling CD of the Year'' and ''IFPI Best Selling Album'' in Hong Kong. The success of ''Summer Romance'' made him one of the top two Cantopop idols at the time (the other was Alan Tam). In 1988, he composed one of his most famous songs "Silence is Golden" (沉默是金). Other popular albums published by Cheung through Cinepoly Records included ''Hot Summer'' (1988), ''Virgin Snow'' (1988), ''Leslie '89'' (''Side face'', IFPI Best Album of the Year, 1989), ''Final Encounter'' (1989), and ''Salute'' (1990). ''Salute'' was the first non-profit album released by a superstar in Hong Kong music history that would only compile songs originally performed by other singers. According to Cheung, ''Salute'' is his homage to music. He donated all the proceeds from the sales of ''Salute'' to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (香港演藝學院), which was named the ''Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship'' after his death.

With the popularity of Cheung and Tam, fans of these two stars became increasingly hostile to each other, starting a long-standing conflict that soon put heavy pressure on both singers. In 1988, Alan Tam publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies. In 1989, Cheung announced his intention to retire from his music career as a singer. Cheung then set a record by being the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series (''Final Encounter of the Legend''), which ran for 33 consecutive nights (he was 33 at the time) at Hong Kong Coliseum. In 1990, he left Hong Kong at the peak of his music career and emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he reportedly "found peace and tranquility." Cheung gained Canadian citizenship in 1992 and returned to Asia full-time in 1995 for his re-emergence in Chinese-language popular music.

From 1986 to 1989, Cheung acted in a number of movies that are considered as Hong Kong classics by film critics and Asian movie fans. In 1986, Cheung co-starred with Chow Yun-fat in ''A Better Tomorrow'' (directed by John Woo), which was widely considered as a trend starter for Hong Kong triad movies in the 1980s. Cheung played Kit, a righteous and idealistic young cop. Cheung's role in the movie was widely considered his debut as a serious actor. He also starred in the sequel, ''A Better Tomorrow II'' (1987). Also in 1987, Cheung starred in Stanley Kwan's ''Rouge'' where he played Chen-Pang Chan, an infatuated, opium-smoking playboy and doomed lover of a beautiful prostitute, Fleur (played by Anita Mui). Further, in the same year (1987), he appeared in Tsui Hark's ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' (directed by Ching Siu-tung). Cheung played ''Ling Choi Sin'', a well-meaning but cowardly debt collector who had fallen in love with a beautiful ghost (played by Joey Wong). His performance in these movies won him two Best Actor nomination from Hong Kong Film Awards. The success of ''A Better Tomorrow'' and ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' made his name known in the Japanese and South Korea film markets.

Golden age in film

The mid-80s to mid-90s was a golden age in Hong Kong's film industry, which coincided with Cheung's film career. In 1990, Cheung acted as Yuddy, a handsome, ruthless bad boy, philanderer and narcissist in Wong Kar-wai's movie ''Days of Being Wild''. His performance in ''Days of Being Wild'' won him the ''Best Actor Award'' at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1991 and his first nomination of ''Best Actor'' at the Golden Horse Film Festival (Taiwan). He also acted in two other Wong Kar-wai movies. In the 1994 martial arts film, ''Ashes of Time'', he starred as Ouyang Feng, a swordsman and assassin who spent his days in a desert. His role as Ouyang won him the ''Best Actor Award'' at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. In 1997's movie ''Happy Together'' which centrally depicts a complex relationship between two gay lovers (although Wong insists that it isn't essentially a "gay" film), he played the capricious Ho Po-wing, who goes to Argentina with his lover Lai Yiu-fai (played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai).

In 1992's historical masterpiece ''Farewell My Concubine'' (directed by Chen Kaige), Cheung acted as the Peking opera star Dieyi Cheng, a Beijing opera artist who reaches fame with his exquisite performances of female roles. ''Farewell My Concubine'' is the first Chinese film to have won the ''Golden Palm'' award at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won more than twenty other film awards including a Golden Globe for ''Best Foreign Film'' and Oscar nominations for ''Best Foreign Film'' and ''Best Cinematography''. Cheung's performance in the film won him international fame as a film star and set his steps in the mainland China film industry. In 1996, he worked again with Chen Kaige, playing the role of a misty gigolo, Zhongliang Yu, in ''Temptress Moon''. In 1998's ''A Time to Remember'' (directed by Yip Ying), he acted as Jin, an underground Chinese Communist leader. His Hong Kong background caused a heated debate at the time, but the film still achieved box office success in mainland China and in 2004 won a "Most Popular Foreign Film" Award at the Pyongyang Film Festival.

Other important movies Cheung starred in during this period include ''The Bride with White Hair'' (with Brigitte Lin, 1993), ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' (with Anita Yuen, 1994), ''The Phantom Lover'' (1995), and ''Viva Erotica'' (with Shu Qi, 1996). His performance in these movies won him three Best Actor Award nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three Best Actor Award nominations at the Golden Horse Film Festival from 1990 to 1998.

As a versatile actor, Cheung also acted in many comedies. In 1991, teamed again with Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung, Cheung played a skillful and charming thief in John Woo's ''Once A Thief''. In 1992's ''All's Well, Ends Well'', he acted as an effeminate brother who would later realize the meaning of true love. Other well-known comedies included ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes'', ''It's a Wonderful Life'', and ''The Chinese Feast''. Cheung was also a box office attraction in Hong Kong; from 1990 to 1998, 13 out of 39 movies in which he starred were listed as yearly top ten box office movies.

Although Cheung quit his career as a pop singer from 1989 to 1995, he continued his music career as a composer. He composed more than ten songs during that time. In 1993, he won ''Best Original Movie Song Award'' from Golden Horse Film Festival for the theme song ''Red Cheek, White Hair'' to the movie ''The Bride with White Hair'' (as a composer). In 1995, he composed all three theme songs for the film ''The Phantom Lover''. As a composer, Cheung won four nominations for ''Best Original Movie Song Award'' at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards and two nominations for ''Best Original Film Song'' at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Return to music

In 1995, Cheung signed a contract with Rock Records, returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, ''Beloved''. ''Beloved'' achieved large market success with the award of ''IFPI Best Selling Album'', but it did not receive much acclaim from music critics as it is a collection of Cheung's movie theme songs from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, Cheung released possibly his most highly acclaimed album, ''Red''. ''Red'' was a fusion album, mixing smooth jazz, R&B;, trip hop, etc., into Cantopop, forming a consistent unique style. Cheung worked since then on cutting-edge music as well as Cantopop, his new music style being markedly different from before his earlier retirement. In this album, Cheung also composed another important song in his music career, ''Red''. In 1998, Cheung released his first album in Mandarin (and also the only one originally in the language), ''Printemps''.

In 1997, Cheung held his first post-retirement concert series: ''World Tour 97'', which lasted from 12 December 1996 to 17 June 1997. Like with the refinements to his musical style, Cheung introduced a new image to his audience. The most daring part possibly was the closing dance "Red" where Cheung did a tango duet in a pair of red high-heels with a macho dancer. ''World Tour 97'' included 55 concerts: 24 concerts were held in Hong Kong Coliseum and 31 concerts were held in the cities around the world. Among them, six concerts were held in Japan and mainland China respectively. ''World Tour 97'' was the first concert series that Cheung held in these two areas.

In 1999, Cheung started a music company, Apex Music, signing a distribution contract with Universal Music Group(UMG). Important albums released via UMG includes ''Count Down With You'' (1999), ''Big Heat'' (2000), and ''Untitled'' (2000). The hit songs released by him during this period include "Passing-by Dragonfly", the top one hit song, "Big Heat", and "Left Right Hands", Top Ten Gold Song of the Year (1999). He also composed the song ''I'' (first released in album ''Big Heat''), which was considered by him as a song of self-statement. In 1999, Cheung was awarded the Golden Needle award (lifetime achievement award in Cantopop music). In 2000, Cheung had been assigned as the "Music Ambassador" of Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH) until his death. Cheung also composed the theme song "Noah's Ark" for the ''CASH Golden Sail Award''.

The later years

In 2000, Cheung held his last concert series, ''Passion Tour''. ''Passion Tour'' included 43 concerts, lasting from 31 July 2000 to 16 April 2001. Cheung worked at the first time as the art director as well as the singer for the concert. He invited Jean-Paul Gaultier to design all eight costumes for the concert. However, the costumes, together with his long wig and beard, were criticized bitterly by Hong Kong media at the early stage of the concerts. Cheung later disclosed that Gaultier was very angry about the criticism and claimed in an email (sent to Cheung) that he would never design costumes again for any Asian performer. Despite the early criticisms from the media, ''Passion Tour'' achieved huge success. ''Passion Tour'' was highly welcomed in Japan and made Cheung hold 10 concerts there. Together with ''World Tour 97'' concerts, Cheung set a record of foreign artists of holding 16 concerts in Japan. In China, Cheung set a record yet to be broken by holding two consecutive night concerts in Shanghai Stadium (capacity of 80,000). He was also awarded the "Grand Salute Award" (2000) by ''Mingpao Weekly'' (Hong Kong) and "Music Salute Award" (2000) from Chinese Pop Music Media Association (mainland China) for his work in ''Passion Tour''.

By the end of the 1990s, Cheung had begun to focus on acting in non-romance roles. In ''The Kid'' (1999, directed by Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung), he starred as a poor single father who fostered an abandoned baby boy. In the action thriller ''Double Tap'' (2000, directed by Lo Chi Leung), he played a psycho killer, Rick. In the 2002 psycho thriller ''Inner Senses'' (directed by Lo Chi Leung), he played psychologist Dr. Law, who discovered his own emotional issues when he tried to treat his patient Yan (Kar Yan Lam). His performance in these films earned him another ''Best Actor'' nomination from the Hong Kong Film Awards. He also garnered another two ''Best Actor Award'' nominations from Taiwan Film Festival. During this period, Cheung began to try his hand at film direction. In 2000, he directed his first movie, the 45 minutes ''From Ashes to Ashes''. In 2002, he began to film his first regular length movie ''Stealing Heart''. The film was not completed due to the deterioration of his health.

Sexual orientation

Cheung was bisexual and once said in an interview in ''Time'' magazine: "It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend Teresa Mo (his colleague in ATV of the time) to marry me."

Despite numerous tabloid rumors, he denied his homosexual/bi-sexual orientation for the first half of his career, until his stance relaxed considerably after emigrating to Vancouver. In the early 1990s he became one of the few Hong Kong actors who dared to play gay characters onscreen.

Cheung's first gay role was ''Cheng Dieyi'' in ''Farewell My Concubine'' (1993). ''Cheng Dieyi'' was a Beijing opera singer or ''Dan'' (male actor who plays female roles) who had fallen in love with his male singing partner. In Wong Kar-wai's ''Happy Together'' (1997), Cheung played another gay role, Ho Po-wing. He was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in ''Happy Together''.

In 1995 a Hong Kong tabloid published a photo of Cheung with another man, Daffy Tong Hok-Tak (唐鶴德). In a 1997 concert, Cheung openly revealed that Tong was his "most beloved" after his mother. The Hong Kong media eventually accepted the two men's relationship and the tabloid gave Tong the nickname ''Tong Tong'' (in the style of ''Gor Gor''). After Cheung's death, Cheung's family published a full-page obituary in a Hong Kong newspaper, in which Tong was listed as a surviving spouse (未亡人). Tong, together with Cheung's eldest sister, was also designated as the executor of Cheung's estate.

Death

Cheung committed suicide on 1 April 2003 at 6:41 pm (HKT). He leapt from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel, located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island. He left a suicide note saying that he had been suffering from depression. He was 46 years old.

As one of the most popular performers in Asia, Cheung's death shocked the Asian entertainment industry and Chinese community worldwide. Rumors about the cause of his death spread so fast that his family urged tabloids to let Cheung rest in peace, and not to sensationalize his sexual orientation and reasons for suicide. The day after Leslie's death, his longtime partner, Tong, confirmed that Cheung suffered from (clinical) depression and had been seeing psychiatrists for treatment for almost a year. He also revealed that Cheung had attempted suicide in 2002. Later at his funeral, Cheung's niece disclosed that her uncle had severe clinical depression and suffered much over the past year (2003).

Despite the risk of infection from SARS and the WHO's warning on travels to Hong Kong, tens of thousands attended Cheung's memorial service, which was held for the public, on 7 April 2003, including celebrities and other fans, many from other parts of the world such as mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada. Cheung's funeral was on 8 April 2003. For almost one month, Cheung's death dominated newspaper headlines in Hong Kong and his songs were constantly on the air.

Cheung's last album ''Everything Follows the Wind'' (一切隨風) was released three months after his death.

Cheung's suicide note (translation): "Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor Felice Lieh-Mak (Cheung's last psychiatrist, 麥列菲菲). This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to Fei-Fei (Lydia Shum Din-ha). In my life I did nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?"

Cheung's suicide note (Chinese): "Depression! 多謝各位朋友，多謝麥列菲菲教授，這一年很辛苦，不能再忍受， 多謝唐先生，多謝家人，多謝肥姐. 我一生沒做壞事 為何這樣?"

Achievement lists

Selected awards

''RTV Asian Song Contest'' Runners-up with the song "American Pie" 1977

''Overseas Chinese Daily News'' The Best Newcomer Award 1977

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with the song "Monica" 1984

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song "Monica" 1984

''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1984

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Wild Wind'' 1985

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Wild Wind'' 1985

''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1967

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Who Can Be With Me'' 1986

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with songs ''Who Can Be With Me and'', ''Love in Those Years'' 1986

''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1986

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Sleepless Night'', Summer Romance is also the Best Selling CD of the year and IFPI Best Selling Album in 1987

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Sleepless Night''

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with songs ''Silence is Golden'' and ''Up Close'' 1988

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' Most Popular Male Singer 1988

''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Best Male Singer 1988

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Start From Zero'', and also winner of the Most Popular Male Singer 1989

''Commercial Radio Ultimate Song Chart Male Gold Award 1989'' winner LESLIE, album is also the IFPI Best Album of the Year

''IFPI Best Selling Album'' winner with ''Fondness'' 1999

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' Millennium Gold Song Award for "Monica" 1999

''RTHK Golden Needle Award'' (lifetime achievement award in Cantopop) 1999

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Left Right Hand'' 1999

''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Top Ten Albums for Countdown With You 1999

''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Best Song Award for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999

''Metro Radio Hit Music Awards'' Best Song Award for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999

''Metro Radio Hit Music Awards'' Top Ten Best Hits for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999

''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Awards'' Music Salute Award 2000

''Mingpao Weekly'' Outstanding Male Singer Award 2000

''Ming Pao Weekly'' Grand Salute Award for Passion Tour 2000

''Joint Award by RTHK, CR, TVB & Metro Radio for the Best Album of the Year'' winner with album ''Untitled'' 2001

''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Best Male Singer Award 2001

''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Best Concert Award for Passion Tour 2001

''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Top Ten Chinese Songs for ''Passing Dragonfly'' 2001

''"Sprite My Choice" China Original Music Pop Chart Awards'' Golden Song Award for ''Fever'' 2001

''"Sprite My Choice" China Original Music Pop Chart Awards'' Millennium Outstanding Achievement Award 2001

''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards'' Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence 2002

''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Lifetime Achievement Award 2003

''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Top Ten Chinese Songs for ''So Far So Close'' 2003

''CASH'' My All-time Favorite Song for ''I'' 2003

''CASH Golden Sail Music Awards'' Best Alternative Composition for ''So Far So Close'' 2003

''Hong Kong Film Awards'' winner Best Actor for ''Days of Being Wild'' 1991

''Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival'' winner Best Original Movie Song for ''White-haired Beauty'' 1993

''Chinese Performance Art Association'' Special Achievement Award for ''Farewell My Concubine'' 1993

''Japanese Critic Society Best Actor Award (Foreign Movie)'' for ''Farewell My Concubine'' 1994

''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Best Original Film Song Award for ''Chase'' 1995

''Winner of HK Film Critics Society Best Actor Award'' for ''Ashes of Time'' 1994

''Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Udn, Phoenix TV, and World Journal'' Global Top Ten Chinese Movie Stars Award 1996

''Ming Pao Weekly Performing Arts Awards'' Most Outstanding Actor for ''Inner Senses'' 2002

''Nikkei Entertainment Japan'' Top Ten Best Actors in Asia 2004

''NHK Japan'' Top Ten Favorite Movie Stars 2006

''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Eternal Glory Performing Arts Award 2004

''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Most Favorite Actor Award in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema 2005

''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Silver Jubilee Best Actor Award 2006

''Standard Chartered Hong Kong'' Platinum Multi-Talented Award 2000

''CCTV-MTV Music Awards'' Biggest Asian Artist Award 2000

''Sina China'' Top 10 Cultural Idols of the 20th Century 2003

''Sina China'' Most Missed Artist 2007

''Sohu China "Remembering My 1997"'' Most Memorable Celebrity 2007

''CNNGO'' Asia's 25 greatest actors of all time 2010

''CNNGO'' Top 5 Global Music Icon No.3 2010

''CNNGO'' 19 most beautiful men from Hong Kong cinema No. 1 2010

Discography

''I Like Dreamin''' (白版碟) 1977

''Day Dreamin''' 1977

情人箭 (''Lover's Arrow'') 1979

風繼續吹 (''The Wind Blows On'') 1983

一片痴 (''Craziness'') 1983

張國榮 Leslie ("Monica") 1984

夏日精選 - 全賴有你 (''Summer Best Collection - All Because of You'') 1985

為你鍾情 (''For Your Love Only'') 1985

張國榮(迷惑我) Leslie Cheung (''Allure me'') 1986

''Stand Up'' 1986

張國榮 (當年情) (''The Past Love'') 1986

愛慕 (國語) (''Admire'') 1987

''Summer Romance'87 '' 1987

''Hot Summer'' 1988

''Virgin Snow'' 1988

''Leslie '89'' 張國榮 (側面) (''Side Face'' or ''Profile'') 1989

''Salute'89'' 1989

''Final Encounter'' 1989

''Dreaming'' 1990

寵愛 (''Beloved'') 1995

紅 (''Red'') 1996

''FROM NOW ON'' (single) 1996

''Printemps'' 1998

這些年來 (EP) (''All These Years'') 1998

陪你倒數 ''(Count Down With You)'' 1999

''Big Heat'' (大熱) 2000

''Leslie Untitled (EP)'' 2000

''Leslie Forever'' 2001

''Crossover'' 2002

一切隨風 (''Everything Follows the Wind'') 2003

Filmography

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See also

Cinema of Hong Kong

References

Further reading

Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, ''World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific'', BBC Radio, 2000, ISBN 1-85828-636-0

Klein, A. (2003). Farewell, Leslie Cheung. ''Los Angeles City Beat''. Retrieved 17 December 2005, from .

Kei Mori, "夢想之欠片 (Broken pieces of dreams)", Renga Shyobo Shinshya Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, 2004, ISBN 4-902603-55-1

Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", ''All About Leslie'', p25–40, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3

Chitose Shima, ''Time of Leslie Cheung'', Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2004, ISBN 4-916199-59-6

City Entertainment Editor Committee, ''Leslie Cheung's Movie World 2 (1991–1995)'', City Entertainment, Hong Kong, 2006, ISBN 962-8114-98-0

De Hui, ''Leslie Cheung's Movie Life'' I, II, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, Shanghai, 2006, ISBN 7-80678-557-4.

External links

レスリー・チャン（張國榮）スマイル

In Memory Of Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung Cyberworld Official website of Red Mission, providing material on Cheung's music, movies, interviews, photos, etc.

Leslie Cheung Fan Club of China Official website of Leslie Cheung Fan Club of China, providing material on Cheung's music, movies, interviews, photos, radio, forum, etc.

Watch the documentary film "Leslie Cheung - Hong Kong Star", shown by German - French TV channel Arte on 30 August 2007.

Leslie Cheung Internet Fan Club Official website of the Leslie Cheung Internet Fan Club

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name	Anita Mui
tradchinesename	梅艷芳
simpchinesename	梅艳芳
pinyinchinesename	Méi Yànfāng
jyutpingchinesename	mui4 jim6 fong1
ancestry	Hepu, Guangxi
origin	Hong Kong
birth date	October 10, 1963
birth place	Hong Kong
death date	December 30, 2003
death place	Hong Kong
restingplace	Tian Tan Buddha, Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
othername	阿梅 (Ah Mui)梅姐 (Mui Je; ''lit.'' Big Sister Mui)何加男 (Karen Ho)
occupation	Singer, actress
genre	Cantopop
voicetype	Contralto
Parents	Tam Mei-kam (mother)
Influenced	Grasshopper (band), Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Patrick Tam, Edmond Leung, Eason Chan, William So
partner	Michael MiuMasahiko KondōVincent Zhao
label	Capital Artists (1982–2002) Music Nation Group (2002–2004)
yearsactive	1982–1992 1994–2003
hongkongfilmwards	Best Actress1988 ''Rouge'' Best Supporting Actress1984 ''Behind the Yellow Line''1997 ''Eighteen Springs'' Best Original Film Song1988 ''Rouge''1991 ''The Twin Bracelets''1993 ''Eastern Three Heroes''
goldenbauhiniaawards	Best Supporting Actress1998 ''Eighteen Springs''
goldenhorseawards	Best Actress1987 ''Rouge''
mtvasiaawards	Inspiration Award2004
ntsawards	1982 Winner
awards	Best Actress (Asia Pacific Film Festival)1988 ''Rouge'' Golden Needle Award1998 Golden Deer Awards for Best Actress2002 ''July Rhapsody'' }}

Anita Mui Yim-fong (10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva. Mui once held a sell-out concert at Hammersmith, London, England, where she was dubbed the "Madonna of Asia". That title has stayed with her throughout her career, and has been used as a comparison for both Eastern and Western media.

In the 1980s the gangtai style of music was revolutionised by her wild dancing and femininity on stage. She was famous for having outrageous costumes and also high powered performances. That is combined with her contralto vocals, which is low for a female artist. Her fanbase reached far beyond Hong Kong, and into many parts of Asia including Taiwan, Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia as well as the overseas market. In the Hong Kong entertainment industry where stars often come and go, Mui was able to remain a major star in the spotlight for 20 years. Her career only came to a stop in 2003 when she was suddenly diagnosed with cervical cancer, dying at the early age of 40. Even so, her music and film legacy continues to live on. Her success reached well beyond that of the entertainment circle with humanitarian work, donations and charities that played a major role in helping society even well into the present day.

Career

Early years

Anita Mui experienced much hardship and difficulty in her childhood. She was the youngest daughter in a family of five children. Her older sister, Ann Mui, was also a singer. Their father died when Anita was only five years old, thus the children were raised in a single parent family. At an early age she had to help provide for her siblings, dropping out of school to do so. More hardship followed the family when the bar her mother ran was destroyed by fire. To make a living, Anita herself first entered show business at the age of five. She performed Chinese operas and pop songs in theatres and the streets. Both Anita and her older sister Ann Mui basically performed in any night club that offered them a chance to make a living.

Music

In 1982 the first New Talent Singing Awards was held. Mui got a big break by winning the contest with the song "The Windy Season" (風的季節), beating over 3,000 contestants. Despite her title as "new talent" at that time, she had already been a singer for more than 10 years from street and club performances during her childhood.

As an award to winning the New Talent contest at the time, Mui's first album was released with the local record company Capital Artists. Her debut drew a lukewarm response from the audience. But subsequent albums fared much better, as she developed her personal style and image. In 1983 and 1984, she won the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs award back to back. Her winning streak continued as she won another major award in 1985, her first top 10 Jade Solid Gold Best Female Singer award. For the next four years, she won the award consecutively every year until 1989.

Mui released 50 albums in total. Her best selling album was the 1985 "Bad Girl" (壞女孩), which sold over 400,000 copies (platinum 8x by Hong Kong's standards). In her career she sold 10 million albums. It should be noted that the population of Hong Kong in the 1980s was only about 5 million.

In terms of live performances, her first concert was held in 1985 lasting 15 nights. Beginning in late 1987, a series of 28 consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum were held through early 1988. This established a record at the time and dubbed Mui the title of "Ever Changing Anita Mui" (百變梅艷芳), which had become her trademark. Her popularity was also gaining prominence outside of Hong Kong. As she was invited to sing at the 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul, Korea on the same stage with Janet Jackson. She performed in 300 concerts in her career.

In 1990, Mui announced that she would put an end to receiving music awards to give a chance to newcomers. She held farewell concerts for 33 consecutive nights before retiring from the stage. At the age of 28 she stepped down from the industry, only to return from retirement in 1994. Anita mentored several Hong Kong newcomer singers who have since become successful, most notably Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Edmond Leung and the band Grasshopper. As a lifetime achievement award in music, Mui was awarded the RTHK Golden Needle Award in 1998.

Acting

Mui was also well-known as an actress across the Asian region. As she starred in more than 40 movies over a 20 year period. Her films were mainly of the action-thriller and kung fu variety, but she had also taken comedic and dramatic roles. Her first acting award as a supporting actress was won at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie ''Fate'' in 1984. Three years later in 1987, the film ''Rouge'' won her Best Actress at Golden Horse Award. She won the award again in 1989 at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 1993, she starred in ''The Heroic Trio'' with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1995, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in ''Rumble in the Bronx''.

Later on in 1997, she also won another best supporting actress at Hong Kong Film Award with the movie ''Eighteen Springs''. In 2002, she won Best actress at Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Awards for Best Actress with her performance in ''July Rhapsody''. Her ability to successfully play a wide range of roles from comedy to tragedy, allowed her to take part in many lead roles.

Anita was originally cast for Zhang Yimou's 2004 movie ''House of Flying Daggers''. She resigned from her role in the movie only two weeks before her death. Zhang had held her parts of filming to the last due to her poor health. Out of respect for Mui, Zhang did not cast another actress in the role and the character was removed from the screenplay. She received a dedication during the closing credits.

Throughout her career, the tabloid magazines were unforgiving. Rumours never ceased to plague Mui, who was accused of being addicted to drugs, plastic surgery, being suicidal, being linked to the death of a triad leader. Rumours of affairs with leading actors also circulated.

Community work

Mui was actively involved in charitable projects throughout her career. The Tibetan red-crown Shamar Rinpoche once said "She had a true heart. She was an unconventional woman and brought happiness to lots of people during her life." Her establishment of a nursing home in San Francisco, prompted the mayor of the city in 1992 to name 18 April as "Anita Mui Day". In 1993, she established the "Anita Mui True Heart Charity Foundation" (梅艷芳四海一心基金會). That same year, she was also one of the founders of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild. 23 October 1993 was also announced to be "Anita Mui Day" in Toronto, Canada.

During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, she initiated a fund raising concert titled the 1:99 Concert to raise money for SARS-affected families. She was also awarded the "Fighting Against SARS Award" from RTHK and Ming pao newspaper.

In 2003, she wrote and published the book ''The Heart of the Modern Woman'' (現代女人心). Profits from the book went to the ''"Children's Cancer Foundation"''.

On 23 September 2004, the "Anita Mui True Heart Digital Multimedia Studio" was opened at The University of Hong Kong. It included state of the art equipment for digital audio and video editing. In Causeway Bay, an Anita-mui themed cafe called "Happiness Moon" (囍月) is also dedicated to her legacy.

Death and legacy

In early September 2003, Mui made the public announcement that she had cervical cancer. It was widely believed that she had received treatment instead of surgery because she wanted to preserve the possibility to conceive. Knowing that she would not make it past the illness, she had a final series of shows entitled the "Anita Classic Moment Live Concert". The series consisted of eight shows held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 2003. It was her last concert series before her death. Musical guests included Jacky Cheung, Sandy Lam, David Tao, Eason Chan, Andy Hui, Alan Tam, Hacken Lee and Kelly Chen. Her final symbolic act was to "marry the stage", which was accompanied by her hit "Sunset Melody" (夕陽之歌) as she exited the stage for the final time. Her very last song performed on stage was "Cherish When We Meet Again" (珍惜再會時), a rendition of The Manhattans' "Let's Just Kiss And Say Goodbye". Mui eventually lost her battle to cervical cancer and died of respiratory complications leading to a lung failure at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on 30 December 2003 at 02:50 (HK local time). She was 40 years old. Thousands of fans turned out for her funeral in North Point in January 2004.

In 1998 an ATV TV series Forever Love Song told a story of a character that was loosely based on the story of Anita Mui, but the character names were purposely changed. In 2007 a TV series was produced in China titled "Anita Mui Fei" (梅艷芳菲) to tell the many dramas in her life. The 42 episode series was broadcast by China Education Television. Fellow actors Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung were also portrayed in the series, though some of the sensitive subjects such as her suffering of cancer, Leslie's suicide and her mother's real estate dilemma were avoided. Actress Alice Chan (陳煒) plays the role of Mui in the series.

On 11 October 2008, a show on TVB was dedicated to her titled "Our Anita Mui" (我們的梅艷芳). Many off-stage fans and personnel who worked with her got a chance to talk about their personal experiences with Mui. Singers who participated in the show included Andy Hui, Edmond Leung and Stephanie Cheng.

Her ashes are interred at the Po Lin Monastery's mausoleum on Lantau Island.

Will

In her will, she bequeathed two properties to her fashion designer, and the remainder to the Karen Trust – a trust she had set up and looked after by HSBC International Trustees. Its beneficiaries included her mother, Tam Mei-kam, and four nieces and nephews. The Karen Trust provided Tam with a life tenancy of HK$70,000 per month; upon Tam's death, the estate would go to the New Horizon Buddhist Association absolutely.

In 2005, Tam received a HK$705,000 lump-sum payment from the trust in May. She applied for and obtained a hardship grant to pay for medical expenditure of $50,000 in December; her application for funds from the estate to challenge the will was denied. In 2008, Anita Mui's estate was estimated to be worth HK$100 million. Tam Mei-kam contested the will, arguing that Anita was mentally unfit when she executed her will in 2003, weeks before her death. The High Court ruled that Mui was of sound mind when she signed the will, and that Mui simply did not trust her mother with money. Through the years, Tam mounted several legal challenges to the will, and succeeded in having the life tenancy varied to $120,000. Tam was reportedly still owing $2 million in legal costs. A fresh appeal by Tam and elder brother Peter Mui failed at the Court of Final Appeal in May 2011.

Incidents

Citizenship

Mui moved to Canada in the 1990s where she lived for two years and was granted landed immigrant status. However, her constant absence from Canada resulted in her status being revoked. She never gained Canadian citizenship.

Censorship

In 1995 Mui performed the song "Bad Girl" (壞女孩) in Guangzhou, China where the song was banned at the time. It was considered wild and pornographic in nature. Government authorities were infuriated when she chose to sing the song on the last day of her concert.

Tour setlists

#留住你今晚 #點起你欲望 #魅力的散發 #心債 #赤的疑惑 #交出我的心 #24小時之吻 (梅艷芳、草蜢 合唱) #歌衫淚影 #殘月碎春風 #Medley: ##再共舞 ##紗籠女郎 ##再共舞 Reprise #IQ 博士 #夢伴 #冰山大火 #蔓珠莎華 #夢幻的擁抱 #抱你十個世紀 #似水流年 #Medley: ##不了情 ##逝去的愛 #壞女孩 #顛多一千晚

#Medley: ##冰山大火 ##征服他 ##心魔 ##冰山大火 (reprise) #痴痴愛一次 #緋聞中的女人 #妖女 #將冰山劈開 #愛將 (梅艷芳、草蜢 合唱) #飛躍千個夢 (草蜢 主唱) #Medley: ##戀之火 ##殘月醉春風 #Medley: ##夢 ##莎蘢女郎 #Medley: ##嘆息 ##歌衫淚影 ##千枝針刺在心 #胭脂扣 #夢伴 #壞女孩 #放鬆 #暫時厭倦 #蔓珠莎華 #她的前半生 #烈燄紅唇 #尋愛 #Oh No! Oh Yes! #裝飾的眼淚 #無淚之女 #似火探戈 #魅力的天橋 #最後一次 #傷心教堂 #似水流年 #珍惜再會時

#愛我便說愛我吧 #正歌 #第四十夜 #Video Introduction #一舞傾情 #難得有情人 #愛情基本法 #心窩已瘋 #心仍是冷 #明天你是否依然愛我 #Stand By Me #Dancing Boy #玫瑰、玫瑰、我愛你 #不如不見 #最愛是誰 #倦 #夢裡共醉 (音樂) #焚心以火 #脂胭扣 #黑夜的豹 #Medley: ##壞女孩 ##妖女 ##烈燄紅唇 ##淑女 #封面女郎 #她的前半生 #孤身走我路 #龍的傳人 #血染的風采 #蔓珠莎華 #夕陽之歌 #耶利亞

#蔓珠莎華 #Faithfully #夢幻的擁抱 #夢姬 #妖女 #緋聞中的女人 #假如我是男人 #Touch #似火探戈 #不信愛有罪 #這一個夜 #Jungle Medley: ##黑夜的豹 ##慾望野獸街 ##夜貓夫人 ##慾望野獸街 Reprise #教父的女人 #壞女孩 #胭脂扣 #似是故人來 #幾多 #逝去的愛 #赤的疑惑 #夕陽之歌 #親密愛人 #IQ博士 #似水流年 #心肝寶貝 #孤身走我路 #夢伴 #Stand By Me #珍惜再會時 #回頭已是百年身

#封面女郎 Introduction #Medley: ##淑女 ##壞女孩 ##夢伴 ##妖女 #親密愛人 #Medley: ##新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢 ##只羡鴛鴦不羡仙 #女人心 #激光中 #黑夜的豹 #放開你的頭腦 #感激 #珍惜再會時

#Overture #夢伴 #We'll Be Together #Faithfully #愛是沒餘地 #傳說 Interlude #莫問一生 #烈女 #耶利亞 #夢姬 #等著你回來 Interlude #得不到的愛情 #Medley: ##何日 ##李香蘭 ##何日 Reprise #願今宵一起醉死 #Interlude #Stand By Me #是這樣的 #Medley: ##愛是個傳奇 ##粉紅色的一生 #明星 #女人心 #Medley: (梅艷芳、倫永亮 合唱) ##分分鐘需要你 ##浪子心聲 ##胭脂扣 ##情人 ##明天我要嫁給你 ##憑著愛 ##心仍是冷 ##分分鐘需要你 Reprise #情歸何處 #感激 #Touch #疾風 #愛我便說愛我吧 #歌之女 #似水流年

#是這樣的 #艷舞台 #淑女 #抱緊眼前人 #愛上狼的羊 #女人心 #愛的感覺 #緋聞中的女人 #Touch #壞女孩 #似水流年 #Medley: ##似是故人來 ##心肝寶貝 ##胭脂扣 ##緣份 ##有心人 ##路...始終告一段 ##何日 ##夕陽之歌 #夜蛇 #烈艷紅唇 #抱你十個世紀 #眼中釘 #一生何求 #似夢迷離 #但願人長久 #不快不吐 #Medley: ##你真美麗 ##第二春 ##夢 ##戀之火 ##今宵多珍重 ##我要 ##給我一個吻 ##玫瑰、玫瑰、我愛你 #情歸何處 #你留我在此 #將冰山劈開 #床前明月光 #心窩已瘋 #Big Bad Girl #夢伴

#Opening #Stand By Me #將冰山劈開 #愛我便說愛我吧 #長藤掛銅鈴 #Medley: ##艷舞台 ##烈焰紅唇 #Medley: ##憑甚麼 ##假如我是男人 ##黑夜的豹 #蔓珠莎華 #Oh No! Oh Yes! #Wonderful Night #Faithfully #是這樣的 #夢幻的擁抱 #夢姬 #烈女 #心債 #一舞傾情 #約會 #胭脂扣 #床前明月光 #心窩已瘋 #芳華絕代 #床呀！床！ #似水流年 #似是故人來 #抱緊眼前人 #親密愛人 #Medley: ##孤身走我路 ##夕陽之歌　 #Medley: ##愛將 ##壞女孩 ##淑女 ##妖女 ##放開你的頭腦 ##夢伴 ##冰山大火

#Overture #夢裡共醉 #是這樣的 #抱緊眼前人 #心肝寶貝 #Medley: ##何日 ##李香蘭 ##何日 Reprise #心債 #第四十夜 #夏日戀人 #'O Sole Mio #親密愛人 #Medley: ##愛情的代價 ##我願意 ##似夢迷離 ##今生今世 ##深愛著你 #孤身走我路 #胭脂扣 #似是故人來 #似水流年 #Sukiyaki #花月佳期 #夕陽之歌

Awards

New Talent Singing Awards winner 1982

Top 10 Jade Solid Gold Best Female Singer Award 1985—1989

Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1985 for ''Behind the Yellow Line''

Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress 1988 for ''Rouge''

Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards for Best Actress 1989 for ''Rouge''

Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress 1989 for ''Rouge''

Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1998 for ''Eighteen Springs''

Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1998 for ''Eighteen Springs''

RTHK Golden Needle Award 1998

Golden Deer Awards for Best Actress 2002 for ''July Rhapsody''

Concert Tours/Specials

百變梅艷芳再展光華演唱會 百變梅艷芳夏日耀光華演唱會 百變梅艷芳告別舞台演唱會 情歸何處II梅艷芳感激歌迷演唱會 梅艷芳一個美麗的回嚮演唱會 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999 / 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999延續篇 梅艷芳 Mui Music Show 梅艷芳極夢幻演唱會 梅艷芳經典金曲演唱會

Year	! Native name	! English Name	!Released Formats
1985–1986	梅艷芳盡顯光華演唱會	Anita Mui in Concert '85
1987–1988	|	Anita Mui in Concert 87–88	LD/CD/VHS
1990	|	Anita Mui in Concert '90	LD/CD
1991–1992	|	Anita Mui Final Concert	VHS (limited edition)/DVD/VCD
1994	|	Anita Mui Appreciating the Fans Concert	TV broadcast only
1995	|	Anita Mui in Concert '95	LD/CD/VCD
1999	|	Anita Mui in Concert 1999 / Anita Mui in Concert 1999 Part 2	Not released
2001	|	Anita Mui Mui Music Show	Radio / TV broadcast only
2002	|	Anita Mui Fantasy Gig 2002	CD/DVD/VCD
2003	|	Anita Classic Moment Live	CD/DVD/VCD

See also

Music of Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong

References

External links

Anita Mui at the Internet Movie Database

Time Magazine, Essay, Farewell to Hong Kong's Sour Beauty, 12 Jan 2004

Goodbye, Anita Mui, Funeral photos

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name	Bobo Chan
tradchinesename	陳文媛
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origin	Hong Kong
birth date	September 18, 1979
birth place	Hong Kong
occupation	Singer
genre	Pop
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Bobo Chan Man-Woon is a former Hong Kong singer and model. She was also an actress in several movies and TV-series.

Career

Bobo's first movie role was in 1999's ''Tempting Heart''. In 2001, she debut her first CD, titled ''Shine''. Between 2003-2005, she joined TVB and was featured in four of their dramas before parting ways. In between 2005-2008, Bobo reduced her involvement with acting and focused on other projects until the infamous leak of Edison Chen's photos scarred her career.

Photo scandal

In January and February 2008, explicit photos were found online involving Chan and Edison Chen. Compromising photos of Chan skillfully fellating Chen were leaked over the internet. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung, and others. The photos badly affected Bobo's career. Faced with strong public scrutiny and cancellations of contracts, Bobo went into seclusion along with those involved in the photos. While Gillian, Cecilia, and Edison has since returned to the entertainment industry, Bobo has yet to return and her career remains moot.

Discography

Shine (2001)

bounce (2002)

Graceful (2002)

BoBo Chan - Phase 1 The Retrospect (2003)

Fantasia (2005)

Filmography

''I Do'' (2000)

''Shadow ''(2001)

''Women from Mars'' (2002) [cameo]

''The Park'' (2003)

''It Had to Be You!'' (2005)

''Cocktail''(2006)

Television series

''Aqua Heroes'' (2003)

''Hearts Of Fencing'' (2003)

''Sunshine Heartbeat'' (2004)

''The Gâteau Affairs'' (2005)

References

External links

Bobo in pinkwork (sound & video)

Bobo Chan at HKMDB

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Name	Lawrence Leung
Birth date	1978
Birth place	Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Known for	''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure''''Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable''
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Comedian, writer
Website	http://www.lawrenceleung.com/
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Lawrence Leung (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer and director from Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his television series ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'' based on his one man shows that tell stories around his obsessions such as breakdancing, ghosts, the Rubik's Cube and his family. The son of Leo and Doris Leung, he grew up in Box Hill, Melbourne.

Comedian/Writer

Leung has performed in shows in London's West End, at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, as well as having toured Australia extensively. In 2001, his show ''Sucker'' won Best Solo Show at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, while in 2007, his show 'Lawrence Leung Learns to Breakdance' won the Age Critic's Award for best Australian show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Best Local (Australian) Show at the 2008 Sydney Comedy Festival. His other shows included ''Skeptic'', ''The Marvellous Misadventures of Puzzle Boy'' and ''Lawrence Leung Wants A Jetpack''. He has also written pranks for the satirical comedy TV show The Chaser's War on Everything.

Lawrence often performs with Andrew McClelland; the pair have been friends since school and started in comedy together in an improvised comedy group called the Improbables, which also featured other young Melbourne comedians including Nick Caddaye (from sketch troupe Anarchist Guild Social Committee), Adam McKenzie (from comedy trio The Hounds) and UK-based comic Yianni Agislaou. Their most recent collaboration was ''The Paradoxical Adventures of Lawrence Leung and Andrew McClelland: Time Ninjas'',, which both parodied their usual comedy styles and explores their youth together. Time Ninjas won the Jury Award at the 2009 Sydney Comedy Festival.

TV series

Lawrence Leung was the writer and star of ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'', which aired on ABC1 and ABC2 in 2009. The show revolves around Leung attempting to re-live childhood ambitions and is described as "an imaginative documentary/comedy/adventure series where the innocence of childhood ambition clashes with the realities of adulthood, resulting in unexpected consequences that are hair-raising, heart-warming and hilarious." In April, he released a soundtrack EP from the show called ''Choose Your Own Adventure: Music from the ABC TV Series'', consisting of six tracks, mostly from the 'Be a Rock Star' and 'Find Love' episodes. The 2-disc complete series DVD of ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'' was released on 7 May 2009. Extras include deleted scenes, music videos and a 57min tutorial taught by Lawrence Leung entitled "How To Solve The Rubik's Cube".

The series was nominated for a 2009 AFI Award (Australian Film Institute) in the category of Best Television Comedy.

Lawrence returns to ABC1 in 2011 with a new series titled ''Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable''.

Radio & TV appearances

Lawrence has been a regular guest on breakfast radio (3RRR Breakfasters) and appeared on Tony Martin & Ed Kavalee's Get This (3MMM) and Loose Ends (BBC).

He also co-hosted the Sunday morning breakfast show on Melbourne’s FOX Fm in 2005 and 2006 with Courteney Hocking and Andrew McClelland.

Lawrence wrote and presented regular off-beat mini-documentaries for Steve “The Sandman” Abbott’s variety show In Siberia Tonight (SBS TV, 2004).

He was a writer of pranks for two seasons of ABC TV’s The Chaser's War On Everything and has appeared on a variety of television shows including The Today Show (Nine Network), Stand Up Australia (The Comedy Channel), The Edinburgh Show (BBC2), Open House (RTÉ).

On 4 April 2009, Leung was guest programmer on ABC1's popular and long running overnight music video show Rage.

On 26 May 2009, Leung appeared as a guest on Australian Game Show ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation''.

Trivia

Leung's GenX team won episode 1.4 of ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation''. The trophy Shaun Micallef awarded him was Micaleff's own Silver Logie.

Leung has appeared in an uncredited role on ''The Chaser's War on Everything'' inside a purple Teletubby costume. Video clip

Lawrence Leung has a Star Wars character named after him (Lar Le'ung, a Jedi Knight) in the latest Star Wars comic book series Star Wars: Invasion (2009), written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Colin Wilson.

He also won GQ (Australia) Magazine's Man of the Year 2009, in the category of Comedic Talent of the Year.

References

External links

Lawrence's Official Website

Lawrence Leung's Official Facebook group

Lawrence's MySpace Page

Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure TV site

Lawrence Leung's Twitter

Lawrence Leung's talks about Unbelievable with Maynard

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