Is there such a person who makes you love and loves forever; is there such a song that makes you unwilling to stop while listening? If
exists, I think he must be Jacky Cheung.
Jacky Cheung, known as the "God of Song", carries the youth of a generation.
He sang a gentle melody and powerful lyrics with a very charming voice, and people walked into the deepest part of the song without knowing it, and found that he was full of tears when the music ended.
His song feels like you don’t necessarily listen to it every day, but you will always miss it.
This is his charm, a man with a singing voice that is kissed by God.
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In 1961, Jacky Cheung was born in a family of ordinary crew members in Hong Kong.
, because of his timidity, he participated in the school singing competition and won the runner-up in order to practice his courage. This was the first time he participated in a singing competition, and therefore he had the idea of becoming a singer. The turning point of Xueyou's singing career was the "Hong Kong 18 District Amateur Singing Competition" in September 1984.
This rookie competition organized by Radio Hong Kong has gathered many amateur singers in Hong Kong, and some major record companies have also sent people to the scene to pay attention to rookies in order to find future singers.
he won the first prize in a muddle-headed manner with the song "Grace to the Earth". In the same year, he signed with the popular Polygram Records and officially entered the music scene.
In April 1985, PolyGram released its first album "Smile" for Jacky Cheung. It never thought it would sell 200,000 copies at once. The second time, it sold 300,000 copies. In the same year,
won the 8th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Most Promising Newcomer Award; in addition, he also participated in the young idol concert, with Chen Huixian, Lu Fang, Lin Yilian and Lin Shanshan on the same stage.
In 1986, the second Cantonese album "Amour" (11 songs) was released on January 5th. The title song "Amour" won the Top Ten Golden Melody Award, and "Half Moon" won the 9th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award. The record of
is the first peak of Xueyou's career.
In the next few years, Jacky Cheung won the Top Ten Golden Song Awards, Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards, and the Most Promising Newcomer Award, and held his own solo concert.
won the championship because of this competition, which opened his splendid life. It seemed that Jacky Cheung was on fire overnight, and his songs were playing in the streets. As
became more and more famous, some people started looking for him to make movies.
Jacky Cheung's first film is called "The Big Horn". It is much more profitable and faster to make movies than singing.
So, after some thinking, he began to focus on filming. For him at that time, whether he sang or made a movie, it was just for making money.
Although Jacky Cheung was a blockbuster right after his debut, but after all he couldn't reach the turbulent Hong Kong music scene.
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In 1987, when the two kings Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam competed with each other, their songs almost dominated the entire charts. The huge gap of
made him lose the focus of life suddenly, and Jacky Cheung, who had never been in the world, began to panic.
"I don't know why my song is not popular anymore, I don't know what to do, I only know that I am scared, I just want to avoid and give up." When
people are down, they either wake up and crawl out of the mud ; Or mixed eating and waiting to die, turning into a pool of mud.
Jacky Cheung, who has been running smoothly, encountered this kind of gap, which made him lose hope. At that time, it was also rumored that he had a problem with drinking.
At Anita Mui’s birthday party in 1988, Jacky Cheung was drunk and threw cakes. This behavior was criticized by friends, reporters reported, and his image plummeted...
all kinds of negatives followed, watching. Is about to fall into the abyss.
Luo Meiwei, this woman made him rein in the precipice and cheered up again.
When he was most depressed and decadent, it was Luo Meiwei who broke up cruelly and finally made him sober; at the same time, the owner of Polygram Zheng Donghan gave him a chance again and asked him to go back and record the song again.
therefore had this song "Old Letters and Old Dreams": "Old dreams, moved, and tears flowed again." What
sang is Jacky Cheung's renewal, that voice about singing dreams.
also starts from here, he integrates each one by himselfInto different songs.
sings a unique feeling from the past, rendering the true feeling of each song exclusive.
From the beginning of this album, Jacky Cheung no longer sings for the sake of making money, but began to integrate his emotions and sing for love.
At that time, when he was quietly accumulating his energy, the music scene in Hong Kong began to undergo tremendous changes.
In 1988, Alan Tam announced that he would no longer accept the award; in 1989, Leslie Cheung announced his withdrawal from the singing world; in 1991, Anita Mui held the "Farewell Singing Concert".
seems to be that all the powerful singers of the older generation have left the stage overnight, leaving an unprecedented void in the music scene in Hong Kong.
This is also an opportunity for him.
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's albums released from 1991 to 1992 swept all major awards in Hong Kong. One of
's songs "Love You More Every Day" is very popular, becoming one of the top ten Chinese golden tunes with the longest retention time, and also won four golden tunes at the award ceremony.
, the affectionate singer, is back.
In 1993, Jacky Cheung released an album, which was a sensational "Kiss".
"Kissing Goodbye" brought Jacky Cheung’s career to a peak. The annual sales of the album exceeded 4 million, and 1.36 million in Taiwan. It is still the highest-selling album in this region and Singapore;
1995 and 1996, Xueyou from At the World Music Awards, he took home the "World's Most Selling Chinese Singer Award". Among the world-class superstars, his record sales are second only to Jackson and far higher than Madonna, which ranks third.
As of 2003, "Kiss Goodbye" has sold more than 25 million copies, making it the number one masterpiece of Chinese records.
Jacky Cheung’s charming and vigorous voice and infectious expressiveness all add to the song a lot. This well-known classic song has become the brand of an era, carrying the memories and touches of many people.
At the time, the international community commented on Jacky Cheung: As long as Jacky Cheung made a small step forward, the entire Chinese music scene would make a big step forward.
In the same period, Hong Kong’s entertainment media put him side by side with Andy Lau, Liming, and Aaron Kwok, and became the “four kings of heaven” that swept Hong Kong in an era.
Some people say that Jacky Cheung’s singing career reached its peak.
However, his peak did not stop there. In the subsequent "Friends" concerts held all year round, he sat alone in the middle of the stage with a guitar and a person. After
went through setbacks and frustrations, Jacky Cheung began to walk more steadily in the second half of his life.
throws away all the glitz, leaving only the purity of the music itself. He has been setting records, a record of his own.
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Before, we always said that if I was young, I didn’t listen to Li Zongsheng. There are not many singers who can be as famous as Li Zongsheng, but Jacky Cheung is exactly one.
He really allows us to find a song to accompany us on many sleepless nights and no longer feel alone.
Whether a song can become a classic, the beautiful melody is the foundation, and the most important thing is the connotation of the lyrics.
There are a thousand Hamlet in the eyes of a thousand people. Even if different people hear the same lyrics, different scenes will appear in front of them, immersed in their own private emotions.
The sense of maturity and the inherent storytelling in his songs cannot be surpassed by the new generation of songs. Some people not only listen to the sound, but also feel.
Jacky Cheung’s most outstanding is his clear and high-pitched voice, but in "If This Isn't Love", he changed his high-pitched voice and used a low-pitched and textured voice for interpretation. It gives people a great sense of disillusionment, and people can't help but wonder, if this is not love, then what is love? The song
wants to tell us that being moved is not the same as love. You can move someone, but they don’t necessarily love you. So don't be moved easily. What you need is someone who loves you, not someone who moves you.
"Slowly" is a song from Jacky Cheung's 1996 album "Forget You and I Can't Do It". The song starts with the saxophone. Before listening to the human voice, there is a little melancholy in my heart. After the piano and the electric The melody blended by the guitar makes the whole song both introverted and full of intense emotions.
is like the title of its song, Jacky Cheung slowly tells this regretful past, letPeople are slowly immersed in it, slowly unable to extricate themselves, and slowly, their hearts gradually sink to the bottom.
Some people say that liking Jacky Cheung begins with singing, falling into talent, and being loyal to character.
A song, a love, a life. In countless quiet nights, Jacky Cheung’s songs accompany us, growing up in pain and learning to love ourselves and others better.
Maybe you also like Jacky Cheung, whether you are born in the 70s, 80s or 90s, as long as you understand Jacky Cheung, then you must be a person with a story.
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