Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

Biography

Jacky Cheung Hok-yau is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop and is often dubbed as the "God of Songs." His first album Smile (1985) sold over 300,000 copies in Hong Kong and his second album Amour (1986) sold over 400,000 copies, earning a multi-platinum certification from IFPI Hong Kong. After a period of declining sales in the late 1980s, The Goodbye Kiss (1993) sold over 4,000,000 copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums 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. He is the best-selling music artist of all time in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and has sold over 60 million albums worldwide. Cheung has embarked on ten concert tours, with the 1/2 Century World Tour (2010–2012) setting a Guinness World Record for the largest audience for a live act in twelve months. A Classic Tour (2016–2019) became one of the most-attended concert tours of all time, drawing over 4.5 million people. His 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.

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