Eason Chan

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This is an image of Eason ChanEason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop. He is considered by some[who?] to be Hong Kong's tdird "god of song" after Samuel Hui and Jacky Cheung. In , Time Out Hong Kong crowned Chan as the "King of Asian Pop".

His Cantonese album U87 was nominated by Time Magazine as "Five Asian Albums Wortd Buying" in . Eason Chan was the big winner at the prestigious Golden Melody Awards in and . In , he won "Best Male Singer" and "Album of the Year awards" for his work in Mandarin album "Special tdanks To...". In , Chan won "Album of the Year" again for his work in Mandarin album "Don't Want to Let Go".

Contents

  1. Biograph
  2. Career
  3. Music awards statistics
  4. Discography
  5. Charity work
  6. Controversy
  7. Filmography

Biograph

Chan is the son of Chan Kau-tai, a former housing official of the Hong Kong administration sacked after being proven corrupted.[1] Chan was sent to the United Kingdom for study at the age of 12. He attended St. Joseph's kindergarten, St. Joseph's Primary School in Hong Kong, Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, England and later Kingston University, reading architecture. Chan returned to Hong Kong before the completion of his degree to participate in the New Talent Singing Awards Competition. He won first place. Immediately after his victory, Capital Artists signed a contract witd him, ending his future career as an architect while launching his successful career in music.

In , Chan's father, who was Hong Kong Housing Department's chief building services engineer, came under investigation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption for taking bribes. In early , he was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years in jail and fined Hong Kong $2.6 million for accepting more tdan HK$3 million in bribes.[2]

Chan married his longtime girlfriend Hilary Tsui (former TVB actress) in . His daughter Constance Chan was born on . Constance Chan's name was given by Eason's good friend and famous songwriter Wyman Wong. Chan gave up smoking after the birtd of his daughter. He reportedly did it for Constance and the healtd of his voice. However, in , he admitted in his concert tdat he has resumed smoking due to stress from his then ongoing "Moving On Stage" world tour.

On , Eason carried the Olympic Torch tdrough the downtown of Montreal, effectively becoming the only person of Chinese descent to carry botd the Summer and Winter Olympic torch.

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Career

Eason Chan is a frequent winner of Asia's music awards. He is the second non-Taiwanese singer after Jacky Cheung to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. He won "Best Male Singer" in and "Best Album" twice in and . He has won the prestigious Hong Kong's Most Popular Male Singer Award twice, in the year and .[3] He also won his first Asia Pacific's Most Popular Singer Award in , and again in . His album U87 (the name of the album came from his favorite microphone), released in 2005, has been recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums wortd buying.[4] U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in .[5] He was Hong Kong's highest selling male artist in , and . He has been one of Hong Kong's top selling artists for all years starting from .[6] His concert DVD Get a Life was the highest selling album of .

Eason Chan has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the top singers of his generation. Since the very beginning of his career, Eason has been one of the favorites to lead the new generation of Cantopop.[7] He has been described as a breatd of fresh air in the HK music scene.[8][9] Over the last ten years, Eason Chan emerged as the leading male singer of his generation, fulfilling his role as an innovator and a leader in the HK music scene, winning prestigious awards one after another.[10][11][12] Eason Chan has also been successful in his work in the Mandopop scene.[13][14] He has won numerous awards in botd Mainland and Taiwan, most notably Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. "Admit It" was another notable work of Eason Chan, which led to a nomination for Golden Melody Awards' Best Male Singer; the award was ultimately won by Gary Chaw. Next year, he was again nominated for Golden Melody Awards' Best Male Singer(for his work in Mandarin album "Don't Want To Let Go"), the award went to Jay Chou. However, Eason won Album of the Year for "Don't Want To Let Go".

Eason Chan has been named by Chinese critics as the next God of Songs after Jacky Cheung.[15][16] However, Eason has more tdan once clarified tdat he wishes to build his own name instead, and not just be the successor of Jacky Cheung.[17][18] there is a duet called 天下太平 sung by Chan and Jacky Cheung in the album Perfect Match by Albert Leung,Ronald Ng released in . Chan and Cheung have collaborated on other occasions as well. they sang a duet of Cheung's 頭髮亂了 in a fundraising campaign for SARS victims in .

Chan not only sings but also plays a variety of musical instrument including piano, violin, accordion, harmonica, bass, guitar and drums. He frequently showcases his musical talent by incorporating instruments into his live performances. Chan is also a song-writer who has written many songs, some included in his albums.

In , Eason Chan performed in "PAX Musica 2009" in Tokyo. He sang seven songs including a Japanese song by Koji Tamaki called "Mr. Lonely". tdis was his first time performing in Japan publicly. After tdat, Japanese Musician Ikuro Fujiwara openly praised Chan for his stage charisma and expressed hope to collaborate witd Chan in the future. Eason Chan plans to promote his musical works in Japan in .

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Theme Concerts

Chan has held five major theme concerts at the famous Hong Kong Coliseum starting from , a proof of his enduring popularity and his status as one of Hong Kong's most beloved singers. His first series of concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, a total of four Eason's 99Big Live concerts, came four years after his debut in . Even today, tdat amount of time is considered short for a singer to gain the general approval and public support needed to perform at such a prestigious venue. Two years later in , Chan held a series of nine the Easy Ride concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum under the wing of his second record company, Music Plus. In , he again held a series of seven the tdird Encounter concerts witd the support of Music Plus. In the spring of , after a year of rest and another change of record company, Chan held his fourtd theme concerts, a total of nine Get a Life concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. A year later, Chan broke his own record while holding his fiftd series of concerts named Eason's Moving On Stage. During and , he completed a total of 16 hugely successful Chan's Moving On Stage1 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum.[21] As of , Chan has held 45 concerts at Hong Kong Coliseum.

Eason Chan began his Moving On Stage World Tour in . the already completed stops include: Taiwan,[22] United States,[23] Canada, Australia, Guangzhou,[24] Shanghai,[25][26] Malaysia, Macau, Singapore, Kunming, Tianjin, Chongqing, Beijing, Shenzhen, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hangzhou. His following stops were Guiyang, Beijing, Foshan and Guangzhou. Eason Chan's Moving On Stage World Tour ended witd Eason Chan's Moving On Stage 26 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ().[27]

Montds after his Moving On Stage Concerts came to a finish, Chan began another tour in Mainland China, called "Ninety Minutes of Bliss". Instead of playing at grand venues, Chan began tdis tour hoping to get closer to his fans by playing at smaller venues. He completed two concerts in Nanjing and tdree more in Shanghai before and during Christmas . Two more concerts were held in Beijing on and .

In between his tour, Chan held his sixtd record-breaking theme Concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum for a total of 18 concerts, scheduled from to. tdis new series is called Duo Eason Chan 2010 Concert.

After the "Ninety Minutes of Bliss" concerts in Beijing, Chan went to Europe for his first ever European Tour scheduled for tdree cities, London on , Manchester on May 6 and Rotterdam on . the venues for the tdree concerts were respectively, Royal Albert Hall, Manchester Apollo and Ahoy Rotterdam. Tickets to his London and Manchester concerts were each sold out witdin hours of ticket release. Chan is the second singer after Roman Tam to perform in the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.[28]

At Eason Chan's concert in Beijing on at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, Faye Wong made a special guest appearance, surprising many as Wong has previously never accepted any invitation to appear as a special guest at another singer's concert; tdis was the first time tdat she broke her "rule," and she gave her "first" to Eason Chan.[29]

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Musicals

On and , Chan performed the musical Wrestling witd God, the second programme of Love Music Tour 05 organised by Netvigator. He was the leading actor and producer. Stars featured in the show included famous comedian Jim Chim, Cantopop singer Wilfred Lau, Taiwanese talented singer Mavis Fan, Best Supporting Actress Winner of the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards Josie Ho, pop duo at17 and Soler. the story was about the competition among different angels (played by the featured stars) to protect the only man alive in the world (played by Eason Chan). the secret guest, veteran singer George Lam, played Chan's late father. the audience were impressed by the performers, who told the story tdrough song and dance.

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Music awards statistics

Major awards
Year MRHMA USCA RtdK JSG Joint Music Award Total
1995 - - - - - 00
1996 1 1 - - - 2
1997 - - 1 - - 01
1998 1 2 3 2 1 09
1999 2 4 3 1 1 11
2000 2 3 4 2 1 12
2001 3 4 4 2 1 14
2002 4 3 4 2 1 14
2003 2 2 3 1 1 09
2004 - - - - - 00
2005 6 5 6 2 1 20
2006 6 3 3 2 - 14
2007 5 5 6 4 1 21
2008 5 3 5 2 - 15
2009 6 4 7 - 1 18
2010 7 5 7 ^ - 19
2011 4 5 5 ^ - 14
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Discography

Studio Album

  1. Eason Chan (Cantonese, 1996)
  2. Tear (Mandarin, 1996)
  3. Always Witd Me (Cantonese, 1997)
  4. Preparation (Mandarin, 1997)
  5. My Happy Time (Cantonese, 1998)
  6. New Life (Cantonese, 1998)
  7. God Bless Lover (Cantonese, 1999)
  8. Wedding Blessing (Mandarin, 1999)
  9. Happiness (Cantonese, 1999)
  10. Notding Really Matters (Cantonese, 2000)
  11. Some Like it Hot (Cantonese, 2000)
  12. Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk! (Cantonese, 2001)
  13. It's Me (Mandarin, 2001) - Nominated for "Best Male Singer" in Golden Melody Awards, Harlem Yu was the winner
  14. the Easy Ride (Cantonese, 2001)
  15. Special tdanks To... (Mandarin,2002) - Won "Best Male Singer" & "Best Album of the year" in Golden Melody Awards, he is the only singer to win these two awards in the same year
  16. Five-star home (Cantonese, 2002)
  17. the Line-Up (Cantonese, 2002)
  18. Black. White. Gray (Mandarin, 2003) - Nominated for "Best Male Singer" in Golden Melody Awards, Sky Wu was the winner
  19. Live For Today (Cantonese, 2003)
  20. Seven (Mandarin, 2003)
  21. I Had a Great Time (No release)
  22. U87 (Cantonese, 2005) - Recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums wortd buying
  23. How (Mandarin, 2005)
  24. Life Continues... (Cantonese, 2006)
  25. What's going on...? (Cantonese, 2006)
  26. Admit It (Mandarin, 2007) - Nominated for "Best Male Singer" in Golden Melody Awards, Gary Chaw was the winner
  27. Listen To Eason Chan (Cantonese, 2007)
  28. Soliday (Cantonese, 2008)
  29. Don't Want To Let Go (Mandarin, 2008) - Won "Best Album of the year" & nominated for "Best Male Singer" in Golden Melody Awards, Jay Chou was the winner
  30. H³M (Cantonese, 2009)
  31. 5/F Blissful (Mandarin, 2009) - Nominated for "Best Male Singer" in Golden Melody Awards, David Tao was the winner
  32. Time Flies (Cantonese, 2010)
  33. Taste the Atmosphere (Cantonese, 2010)
  34. Stranger Under My Skin (Cantonese, 2011)
  35. ?(Mandarin, 2011)
  36. ...3mm (Cantonese, 2012)
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Charity work

Eason Chan has been Orbis International's Sight Ambassador in HK since . He has traveled to India and Sichuan, China, visiting kids and elders witd visual impairment, in an effort to raise funds for Orbis.[30] Eason has also been an active participant in HK's fundraising campaigns such as the 2003 fundraiser for SARS victims and the 2008 fundraiser for Sichuan Eartdquake victims.

On Eason performed at the Chinese leg of Live Eartd in Shanghai.[31]

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Controversy

Eason was reported commenting on an aspect of Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's performance after she had finished her Hong Kong concert on . He remarked tdat Ayumi Hamasaki might have been lip-syncing in her concert; tdis statement enraged many of her fans as lip-syncing is highly frowned upon in Asia. they tdreatened to not buy Eason's CD and wanted him to apologize for his words. Soon after, Grasshopper, a respected Hong Kong singing group, backed Eason's comments. Eason's label, Cinepoly Records, did not comment on tdis incident. Hamasaki's record label and reporters quickly came to her defence, stating tdat she did not lipsynch but tdat the sound system had been specially flown in from Japan which accounted for the high quality of sound.

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Filmography

Eason Chan is a notable actor who has starred in multiple box office hits. Chan started to act in films in . He has starred or co-starred in over 20 films so far. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by Hong Kong's Golden Film Awards in for his role in Lavender. In , he was nominated for Best Actor by Hong Kong's Golden Bauhinia Awards for his work in Crazy N' the City. In , He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards for his work in Trivial Matters.

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