Jacky Cheung
From Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] • Born in Jul 10, 1961 (65 years old)
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 is often dubbed as the "God of Songs" for his vocal delivery and live performances. Cheung debuted in 1985 with his first studio album Smile, which sold over 300,000 copies in Hong Kong. His sophomore album Amour (1986) recorded sales of over 400,000 copies in the territory, which earned a multi-platinum certification from the IFPI Hong Kong. After experiencing a period of declining sales in the late 1980s, his album The Goodbye Kiss (1993) sold over 4,000,000 copies and became one of the best-selling albums in multiple countries in Asia. In 1995, his albums sales exceeded 5,000,000 copies, making him the second highest-selling artist in the world that year, behind Michael Jackson. Cheung has embarked on ten concert tours during his 40-year career, with the 1/2 Century World Tour (2010–2012) setting a Guinness World Record for the largest combined audience for a live act in twelve months, with 2,048,553 audience members in 2012. His A Classic Tour (2016–2019) became one of the most-attended concert tours of all time, drawing over 4.5 million people. As an actor, Cheung has appeared in over 70 films, including starring roles in Devoted to You (1986), Where's Officer Tuba? (1986), As Tears Go By (1988), and The Swordsman (1990). Cheung is the best-selling music artist of all time in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and has sold over 60 million albums worldwide. Three of his albums have sold over 1 million copies in Taiwan—the most out of any artist, while sixteen of his albums became platinum certified by the IFPI Hong Kong. His various accolades include the Billboard Music Award for Most Popular Asian Singer in 1994, and the World Music Award for the World's Best-Selling Asian Artist in 1996. In 1999, Cheung was honored by Junior Chamber International as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in the World. In 2000, he was inducted into the Superstars Hall of Fame of the 1990s by Universal Music. (Via Wikipedia)
