Jacky Cheung: Difference between revisions

Amongst his hit songs, some of his most famous were ''Amour'', "Just want to spend my life with you" (只想一生跟你走) and "Goodbye Kiss" (吻别). The album ''[[The Goodbye Kiss]]'' (吻别) was one of the best-selling albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia than ever attained before, with more than 4 million copies sold in 1993, making him one of the PolyGram's top 10 artists worldwide that year and he was the first Asian artist to do so.<ref>[https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=kxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false Billboard Magazine.Vol. 112, No. 31. Pg55. 29 July 2000]</ref><ref name="b1">Businessweek.com. "[http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1996/b3458075.arc.htm Businessweek.com]." ''The new music biz.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> It made him the first singer with non-Taiwanese citizenship to win Taiwan's [[Golden Melody Awards]]. The album was also instrumental in helping Cheung break into the mandopop market. Due to these great songs and albums, Cheung is generally considered to be the pre-eminent member of the ''[[Four Heavenly Kings (Hong Kong)|Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop]]''. He is regarded by some sources as the best singer of the four.<ref>People.com.cn. "[http://hm.people.com.cn/BIG5/42280/9037886.html People.com.cn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910024346/http://hm.people.com.cn/BIG5/42280/9037886.html |date=10 September 2009 }}." ''《東邪西毒》一個時代 他們不再年輕卻風華絕代.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref><!---loosely referenced--->

In 1995, Cheung staged his record-breaking 100-show world tour titled "Yau Hok Yau" (友學友), literally a pun of "friendship Jacky Cheung" reusing the same Chinese characters found in his name.<ref name="sinatw1">Sina.com.tw. "[http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090201/1327796.html Sina.com.tw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624034911/http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090201/1327796.html |date=24 June 2009 }}." ''專輯：張學友《學友光年世界巡回演唱會07》.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> The tour started with 34 shows from 8 April to 9 June at the [[Hong Kong Coliseum]]. Then the tour continued at [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] [[Brisbane]] Australia and returned to [[Taipei]] and [[mainland China]].<ref name="Hangzhou">Hangzhou.com.cn. "[http://www.hangzhou.com.cn/20070301/ca1280973.htm China Hangzhou.com]." ''1991–1999张学友演唱会纪录.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> It then expanded to [[Madison Square Garden]]<ref>New York Times. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/10/arts/music-review-so-sweet-so-smooth-such-a-king-of-canto-pop.html So Sweet, So Smooth, Such a King of Canto-Pop]." Retrieved on 22 April 2011.</ref> in the US, different parts of Europe, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Japan.<ref name="Hangzhou" /> He was regarded as the new Michael Jackson by [[Business Week]].

In December 2006, Cheung performed live the theme song ''"Together Now"'' at the [[2006 Asian Games opening ceremony|Opening Ceremony]] of the [[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]] in [[Doha]], Qatar.<ref>Enews.ma. "[http://www.enews.ma/asian-games-opens_i27645_4.html Enews.ma] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20070421004345/http://www.enews.ma/asian-games-opens_i27645_4.html |date=21 April 2007 }}." ''Asian Games open in spectacular style.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> He was introduced as "the most popular Asian performer in the world".

On 15 February 1996 in London, he married Hong Kong actress [[May Lo]] Mei-mei, with whom he has two daughters.<ref>Thestar.com. "[http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/2/13/features/10138304&sec=features Thestar.com]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''How the stars do it.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> Cheung is also nicknamed "God of Songs" (歌神), and he is the second person to hold this title, after former Cantopop singer [[Sam Hui]].<ref name="Lib1">Libertytimes.com. "[http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jan/5/today-show11.htm Libertytimes.com.tw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606073255/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jan/5/today-show11.htm |date=6 June 2009 }}." ''許冠傑澳門開唱 票價尬輸王力宏.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref><ref>Sdnews.com. "[http://gtob.sdnews.com.cn/ent.sdnews.com.cn/2008/11/19/686605.html Sdnews.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624203538/http://gtob.sdnews.com.cn/ent.sdnews.com.cn/2008/11/19/686605.html |date=24 June 2009 }}." ''許冠傑豹紋裝逛街 買千元精品不手軟.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> In an interview with [[Ray Cordeiro]] (Uncle Ray), Cheung stated that the title was more appropriate for Hui than for him, even when his singing ability is not the best, since he actually wrote and popularised Cantopop songs.<ref>Youtube.com. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58N5xAw_Zs&feature=related Youtube.com]." ''TVB interview with Jacky Cheung.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> He also informally asked [[Eason Chan]], the successor to the title of "God of Songs" (by phonetic similarity) and a fan of his, to be his "Master" because Chan had received formal and proper qualification in music and vocal training in England, but Cheung never had, and the main topic was to stretch Jacky's vocal range to a 4th octave including a falsetto range.<ref>{{Citation|last=經典娛樂愛好者|title=張學友說陳奕迅是他師父，還請教他怎麼唱歌|date=2017-07-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMR2VzXYlfw|accessdate=2017-10-25}}</ref>

In March 2009 he became the first [[Cantopop]]/[[Mandopop]] artist to contribute items to the [[Hard Rock Cafe|Hard Rock]] franchise memorabilia collection.<ref name="CBS1">CBS. "[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/31/ap/music/main4905818.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4905818 CBSnews]." ''Jacky Cheung Donates Memorabilia To Hard Rock.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> Items are to be exhibited at the Hard Rock hotel in [[Macau]].<ref name="CBS1" /> A joint donation is also made to donate [[HK$]]600,000 to the ''Children's Cancer Foundation'' and [[ORBIS International|''ORBIS Macau'']].<ref name="Hw1" /> In September 2009, Cheung, was one of the super ambassadors of ''End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation (ECSAF)'' founded by [[Josephine Siao]]; he attended the charity fundraising event for ECSAF's 10th anniversary in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/09/06/UHK-1137793.htm |title= Charity fund raising event for celebrating the 10th anniversary of ECSAF |date=6 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622072511/http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/09/06/UHK-1137793.htm |archivedate=22 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

IFPI Gold Disc Award<ref>[http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go6e.php IFPI HK Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015012831/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go6e.php |date=15 October 2007 }} ifpihk.org Retrieved 20 September 2007</ref>