Jacky Cheung (張學友) (innate July 10, 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and movie star from either a late 1980s to the present. Dubbed "the God of Songs" per Cantopop industry (歌神), Cheung is regarded by many when one of a finest male singers to use at times appear of Hong Kong, known for his rich baritone voice and wide range.

He was a subject singing champion around 1984, with a song 'Fatherland' ousting additional than ten thousand more contestants. He was signed by so Polygram Records, now Universal Music Group. Although bucked up by a brightly begin, he was non entity to break into the Cantopop mainstream, so dominated by Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Anita Mui and Danny Chan. Cheung suffered the nosedive within his career when the right-selling foremost album. His subsequent sales record dipped & a bit of of his late albums managed less than ten thousand around sales.

So, around 1991, with a song '每天爱你多一些' (Caring Busy people Supplementary Everyday), his career took the massive upturn. a album became one of a virtually all successful around Hong Kong history & turned Cheung into a hotshot, paving the way for coeval Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok to take Cantopop to an potentially greater high. Since so his career has grown from either nature & severity to nature and severity, and Cheung has managed to garner hundreds to thousands of fans overseas.

Among his best known songs come 'Amour', '只想一生跟你走' (Sole Thought process of Running Across Life Sustaining Your family) & a everlasting '吻别' (Goodbye Kiss) which confirms his status when one of a '4 Heavenly Kings' of Cantopop. "Goodbye Kiss", the Mandarin number, was also one of a right-selling albums ever, achieving other sales within Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia such as non attained prior to, using an astounding Three million copies sold inside 1993 alone.

His function on the classic "Snow, Wolf, Lake" musical theater (1997) was also warmly received. This musical theater was the joint effort sustaining fellow singer Sandy Lam and they achieved 43 full-home performances at a far-famed Hong Kong Coliseum. Shortly agone, inside November 2004, Jacky teamed up using Leslie Cheung's former manager Florence Chan Suk-Fan to work on the revised Mandarin version of "Snow, Wolf, Lake" in which a forecasted prices productiin was HK$100 million & which premiered on December 24 2004.

Inside Cantopop, creative person come typically classified into a idol class (偶像級) vs. a skilled class (實力級). Jacky, along by owning veterans like Hacken Lee and Chris Wong, is among of the skilled singers.

Cheung acted around several films, although singing has universally been his priority. He received a Better Supporting Actor Golden Horse Award for his work inside Fencer (1990).

He is married to Could Lo by owning the girl. Recently, Cheung was reported to become contemplating retirement from either showbiz & to immigrate. In March 8, 2005, a second girl was added to his personal.

Cheung was known as interpreter for Hong Kong Disneyland in 2004. When a theme park's representative, Cheung might participate around the total of big-shell marketing cases organized by The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, beginning by hosting a TV program, "Magical World of Disneyland". [http://en.ce.cn/Life/entertainment/people/200407/23/t20040723_1311070.shtml]

Filmography

Bood Brothers (2004) Golden Chicken 2 (2003) Dragon Loaded 2003 (2003) Dragon Heat (2000) Anna Magdalena (1998) The Private Eye Blues (1995) High Risk (1995) King of Destruction (1994) To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994) Ashes of Time (1994) Future Cops (1993) Enigma of Love (1993) The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Flying Dagger (1993) Legend of Prince (1993) Boys Are Easy (1993) Best of the Best (1992) Deadly Dream Woman (1992) Hot Hot and Pom Pom (1992) The Days of Being Dumb (1992) The Wicked City (1992) Slickers vs. Killers (1991) The Banquet (1991) With or Without You (1991) Once Upon a Time in China (1991) Chinese Legend (1991) Bullet for Hire (1991) The Raid (1991) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991) Days of Being Wild (1991) Point of Return (1990) Will of Iron (1990) Best Friend of the Cops (1990) Off Track (1990) Chase from Beyond (1990) Bullet in the Head (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story Part II (1990) Curry and Pepper (1990) Swordsman (1990) Black Dragon (1989) Little Cop (1989) Seven Warriors (1989) Vampire Buster (1989) The Eight Happiness (1988) The Haunted Cop Shop of Horrors 2 (1988) Mother Vs. Mother (1988) Couples, Couples, Couples (1988) Tiger Cage (1988) As Tears Go By (1988) Faithfully Yours (1988) The Haunted Cop Shop of Horrors (1987) Devoted to You (1986) Soul (1986) Spirit and Me (1986)