The four kings of Hong Kong refer to the four singers who appeared in the Hong Kong music scene in the early 1990s: Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Liming and Aaron Kwok. Hong Kong’s "father of concerts" Zhang Yaorong (named in another way by Fang Yihua) named the four most popular male pop singers at the time (Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Liming, and Aaron Kwok.) collectively as the "Four Heavenly Kings", which were widely accepted by the public , Has been used today.
In fact, there are also "four great monsters" in the mainland, namely Jay Chou, Zhou Chuanxiong, Tao Zhe, and Adu.
Jay Chou
Jay Chou is a male pop singer, musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and businessman from Taiwan, China. In 2000, Jay Chou was discovered by Wu Zongxian and released his first album "Jay". With this album, he successfully opened the Chinese mainland and the East, West and South Asian markets. In 2005, he set foot in film and television and won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards and the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards "Best Newcomer" with the film "Initial D". In 2007, he wrote, directed and acted in the film "The Secret That Cannot Be Said", and won the annual Taiwan Outstanding Film Award at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. In 2008, he won the Best Composer Award at the 19th Golden Melody Award for his song "Blue and White Porcelain". In 2011, with the album "Cross Era", he won the Golden Melody Award for Best Male Singer in Mandarin again, and won the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album for the fourth time. In 2014, he served as the image ambassador for China's anti-drug propaganda. In 2016, he re-entered Hollywood and played Xiao Li in the movie "Now You See Me 2".
Zhou Chuanxiong
Zhou Chuanxiong, Taiwanese singer and music producer. In 1989, he released his first album "Compilation of No Names". In 1992, he became very popular with the song "Hasa Yaqi". In 1997, the album "My Heart Is Too Much Disordered" was released. In 2004, won the Singapore Y.E.S 933 latest Golden Melody Award annual IFPI annual sales champion. In 2009, the album "Lover Genesis" was released; in the same year, he won the best singer-songwriter of the year at the Music Awards. On October 12, 2012, the album "Disturb Love" was released, and won three awards in the Music Pioneer Chart of 2012 "Best Album of the Year", "King Song King of the Year", and "Best Singer Singer". On November 11, 2014, the music album "Time Knows Nowhere" was released. Representative works include "Dusk", "Lonely Sandbar Cold" and "Man Ocean".
Tao Zhe
Tao Zhe is a Taiwanese singer and pop music producer. He debuted as a music producer in 1993 and participated in the production of the album "Alton". In 1997, he transformed into a singer; in the same year, he gained attention with his first solo album "David Tao" and introduced R&B style music to the Taiwan pop music scene. In 2000, he won the Best Album Producer Award at the 11th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "I'm OK". In 2002, he released the album "Black Oranges", a fusion of jazz, electronic rock and other musical styles. In 2003, he won the silver award of the 25th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody of the National Most Popular Male Singer. In 2005, he won the Best Producer Award in the 5th Global Chinese Songs Ranking. The album "Too Beautiful" was released in 2006, and the song "Today you are going to marry me" won the Best Song of the Year at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. In 2010, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award at the 21st Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "69 Movements".
Adu
Adu, Singaporean Chinese singer and actor. He was discovered by Singaporean musician Xu Huanliang, and thus devoted himself to the music business and signed a contract with Haidie Music. In 2002, the first album "Dark" was released; in September of the same year, he won the Singapore Golden Melody Award for "Best Newcomer" Gold Award and "Most Potential Local Newcomer" award. In March 2003, he was shortlisted for the best newcomer in the 14th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. In July 2004, he won the best male singer in Taiwan at the 6th CCTV-MTV Music Festival. In April 2010, on CCTV's "Universal Red Song Festival", Adu won the "Media Recommended Most Characteristic Artist Award" for his "Nothing to Fear".
