Since there is a picture thread, I thought it be interesting to do a profile thread Rules are simple, simply post up any of your favourite asian celeb's profiles ranging from biography, filmography/discography/series (where applicable), you dont have to include everything, can be just brief or long, all up to you Anything can also be dicussed related to the profiles posted Profiles can be found on wiki or just google Please try not to duplicates of any profiles !
To Start (some that i done before hand in the chinese music section) Joey Yung Biography 姓名 Name： 容祖兒 Joey Yung 姓別 Sex： 女 Female 出生日期 Date of Birth： June 16, 1980 身高 Height： ５呎７吋 體重 Weight： 105 lbs. 星座 Horoscope： 雙子座 Gemini 血型 Blood type： B 型 中學 Secondary School： 聖方濟各書院 (文科) 學歷 Education： 中五畢業 能操語言Spoken Language： 廣東話, 英語及, 普通話 嗜好 Hobbies： 唱歌, 看書, 運動, 砌圖, 玩電腦 最喜歡的食物 Favourite Food： 中菜，日本菜及水果 最喜歡的顏色 Favourite Color： 天藍色 最喜愛的運動 Favourite Sport： 游水及排球 最喜歡的演員 Favourite Actor： 美琪賴恩 / 胡比高拔 最喜愛的歌手 Favourite Singer： 王菲 / 宇多田光 / Mariah Carey / Whitney Houston 最喜愛的電影 Favourite Film： City of Angels / French Kiss 最喜歡的音樂 Favourite Music： R&B / AcidJazz / Rap 最喜歡樂器 Favourite Instrument： 結他 最喜愛的雜誌 Favourite Magazine： ELLE / VOGUE / I.D. 最喜愛的季節 Favourite Season： 冬天 最喜歡的動物 Favourite Animal： 狗，貓 最討厭的食物 Food Disliked： 蔥(好臭), 煎炸食物 所屬唱片公司 Record Company： EEG 聯絡地址 Contact Address： 軒尼詩道288號, 英皇集團中心28樓, 英皇娛樂有限公司 Early Career: In 1995 and the young age of 15, Joey participated in many singing contests, including Big Echo Karaoke Singing Contest, in which she was given the opportunity to be an artist of Go East Entertainment Co. Ltd.. However, her talent did not win the recognition of the company. Go East ended the contract with Joey soon after the song 'The First Time I Want to be Drunk', which is the theme song of a movie, was recorded. The song is Joey's only song produced by Go East. Afterwards, she continued with school while also working as a clerk and helping her mother in managing the business of a fashion boutique. At the same time, she followed Roman Tam, the godfather of Canto-pop, to learn singing. She was later introduced to Golden Pony Records Co. Ltd. by an ex-colleague of Go East. Not long after she joined the company, it withdrew its business in Hong Kong. Joey's singing career was once again terminated Joey as a Newcomer (1999-2000): In 1998/1999, Joey joined Emperor Entertainment Group. Her talent was appreciated and she was sent abroad for training to enhance her singing skills in 1999. On 30 September 1999, her first EP was released, officially debuting as a singer. The album occupied first place in the CD sales roll for 23 weeks, and had sold of 130,000 copies in Hong Kong. In later prize-giving ceremonies held by different media organisations, she won lots of prizes together with Cecilia Cheung, who was regarded as a formidable adversary of Joey Yung. In January 2000, Joey's apartment was set ablaze. In the same year, she made her appearance in her first movie 'Winner Takes All' and her first TV drama series 'The Green Hope'. She, at the same time, became the spokesperson of many brands, like the Four Seas, the Red Cross, Netvigator, etc. Her career had flourished with her increasing exposure in public. She held her first concert 'Joey Yung's See You Everywhere Live Concert' in the same year. Ups and Downs of a Rising Pop Princess (2001-2002) In 2001, she released her first compilation album 'Love Joey', which later on became the Best Selling Album of the Year. This is considered very impressive for a singer that has been around for less than 2 years. She then released two Cantonese albums, All New Summer Holiday and Solemn on Stage. In November, she held her second live concert 'H20+ Solemn on Stage Joey Yung Live in Concert 2001' and began her singing career in Taiwan after she released her first Mandarin album 'Honestly'. By the end of the year though,her career crisis arose because of the strain in her vocal cords and the criticism from the public of being plump. In 2002, she was approved by her company to take a rest while learning dancing and make-up abroad. After two months of rest, she came back to Hong Kong and released her Canto-pop album 'Something About You'. She then became the spokesperson of Nissin and Nikon. At the end of the year, she released her second collection album 'Love Joey II', which marked her success as a singer again in Hong Kong. Breakthrough as the newest Pop Queen (2003): In 2003, her song 'My Pride', which is also the theme song of the TV commercial of Banyan Garden developed by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, became very popular and well-known among the public. This song was awarded 'The Most Popular Song in the Nation' by RTHK. In the same year, she became the spokesperson of a slimming parlour. In the fad of slimming in Hong Kong, Joey also had her body slimmed and presented herself as a sexy image, which was welcomed by the public. She held her third concert 'Joey Yung Live Show Up!' in Hong Kong Coliseum, which pushed her career to even higher heights, and she was soon named as 'Canto-pop Queen of Hong Kong'. At the end of the year, she was awarded the 'Most Popular Female Singer' in all prize-giving ceremonies held by the media. She was the youngest singer in history to have won this prize. Following this, she began her world-wide tour including Canada, Australia, USA, Mainland China, Macau, Malaysia with her "Show Up concert" throughout 2004 to 2005. In 2004, Joey continued her sexy image in her CD album 'Nin9 2 5ive' and her first photo album 'The Real Joey, Glamour in London'. Her photo album was greatly accepted by the public and ran out of stock shortly after its release. Her second album in 2004, 'Give Love A Break', was greatly appreciated by the public. At the end of the year, she won the 'Most Popular Female Singer' prize of TVB and "My Most Favourite Female Singer" presented by the Commercial Radio, and many other honorable awards. Around Christmas, a Cantonese remake of 'Chihuahua', a song performed by DJ Bobo, was sung by Joey as part of a Coca-Cola advertising campaign which included a portrayal of her on cans. In the year 2004, she had won more than 20 awards and received the highest honor award again: The Media Award, which is given to the singer who accumulated the most awards from the 4 music award ceremonies in Hong Kong. In 2005, Joey released her compilation album, Love Joey 3, and a Canto-pop album, Bi-Heart. Advertising her concert, Reflection of Joey's Live, which spanned a period of eight days in October and November, Joey exhibited a very sexy image in the poster. The theme song of the concert, 好事多為, was arranged and keyboarded by a Korean composer, which is a rare practice in Hong Kong. Funded by Sony Ericsson, EEG found the top production crew to produce the MTV of the theme song. Unlike the concerts she held before, she had invited many guests in this concert. Besides, she had added more dancing elements in the concert, which are greatly favoured by the public. After the concert, Joey suffered from sore throat owing to the strain in her vocal cord. Several days after, she worked without chatting with other people with a view to let her vocal cord relax. Under the heavy workload, she hardly managed to spend several days receiving acupuncture treatment in Nanjing to have her voice restored. On the Christmas Day, in the prize giving ceremony held by the Metro Radio Hong Kong, she won eight awards, being the artist to have gained the most prizes. Sales of all her CDs reached at least 5 million copies in 2004, which is impressive, as Canto-pop CD sales are usually about 100,000 copies. She has also won IFPI Best Selling Singer Awards since she started her career. It is also estimated that the total income from field of advertisements in 2004 was about HK $10 million. In 2005, she has purchased two flats in Jardines Lookout, Hong Kong for HKD $40 million. It is not surprising that she has invested since she has earned more than HKD $60 million last year. In Jan 2006, she has received, again, many awards such as the most popular female singer award for the consecutive third time. She has also won other awards such as Golden song etc. During the Hong Kong IFPI record sales awards 2005, Joey once again for the 2nd year in a row, was the best selling female artist. Two of her albums (Love Joey II and Joey Yung X Hacken Lee The Music Is LIVE 903 Id Club Concert) were of the top 10 selling albums. Following the success of the 8-night "Reflection's of Joey's Live Concert," her concert CD/VCD/DVD combined to have a sales of triple platinum (120,000 copies). On Feb. 27, 2006, Joey released another album, Ten Most Wanted, her all-new cantonese album. More time has been put in the production of this CD than any other CD Joey's produced. Joey says that this album was to try new music styles, and work with different musicians. One of the musicians behind this CD is well praised by Joey, #REDIRECT Mavis Faan, wrote two of the songs out of this CD, Get Fit with Jane Fonda and Torn Tongue. Both songs are fast songs that are completely different from the previous Joey songs. It appears that her new music styles are well accepted by the public. [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sammi Cheng[/FONT] Biography: Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文) (Cantonese: Cheng Sau-Man; Mandarin pinyin: Zhèng Xìuwén, born August 19, 1972, Birth Name: Twinnie Cheng, Place of Origin: Hong Kong, parents from Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. With much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi became one of Hong Kong's pop divas. She also has a successful film career, particularly in the romantic comedy genre. Her goofy, sometimes scatterbrained image went over well with Chinese audiences. In 2000 she made a series of romantic comedies with singer/actor Andy Lau and director Johnnie To, including Needing You (2000) and Love on a Diet (2001), which were hits and incorporate some elements of screwball comedy. Beginning: Sammi entered the entertainment industry through an annual singing contest, New Talent Singing Awards in 1988, when she was only 16. Though she eventually placed third in the competition, the sponsoring record company, "Capital Artist", offered her a contract. At the time, Sammi was still in school, so she had to learn to balance her studies with her blossoming singing career. Before finishing school, Sammi managed to release 3 albums: sammi, Holiday and Never Too Late. These albums were considered somewhat successful for a new artist, but they didn't push Sammi to the level of an A-list celebrity. Transformation: In 1993, Sammi realized that in order to reach the next level of stardom, she had to create a unique image for herself. At the time, another rising female artist, Faye Wong, had started a wild/crazy fashion trend in the music industry. Capitalizing on the attention she had been getting from her duet with Andy Hui, "其實你心裡有沒有我" (Do you really have me in your heart?), Sammi went through a complete 180-degree transformation; she dyed her hair orange and purposely 'westernized' her pronunciation of Chinese, as well as working out to lose her babyfat. At that time, hair dying was only popular among gangsters and it was a 'taboo' for artists to try and look rebellious. Sammi also came out with her 4th album, "鄭秀文的快樂迷宮" (Sammi's Happy Maze), which included the hit single, "Chotto 等等" (Chotto Matte). Her new image fit perfectly with the new single, which was an upbeat song, and it helped Sammi boost her singing career even further. In 1994, Sammi continued to capitalize on her wild new image. Her first album of that year was "大報復" (Big Revenge). The album included the mega hit "叮噹" (Ding Dong), which became one of Sammi's signature songs. With her new fame also came a lot of backlash. Critics stated that Sammi purposely "westernized" her Cantonese: instead of saying "Ding Dong", Sammi pronounced it as "Deen Dong". Despite the criticism, the song was well received by the general public. Throughout the rest of 1994, Sammi continued to release hit singles such as: Ten Commandments, Not Your Typical Love, Passion Island, Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo, Amnesia and Bitter Love. Rise to superstardom: In the beginning of 1995, Sammi did not renew her contract with Capital Artists. The record company decided to put her on a sideline and focus on other artists. Sammi disappeared from the public for nearly half a year. It was later revealed that Warner Music have signed Sammi as their recording artist. Sammi wanted a fresh start, so she let her hair turned back into black and didn't have the wild image that she used to have. Her first album with Warner Music, "I Can't Give You Up - 捨不得你" was well received by the public. The album released 3 hit singles, "Gentlemen, you are so fine today - 男仕今天你很好", "I Can't Give You Up - 捨不得你", and "The Mourning Song for Love - 愛的輓歌". Panasonic also signed Sammi as their spokesperson for their CD Player, while using "I Can't Give You Up - 捨不得你" as the theme song. The song gained tremenous airplay and popularity and it boosted Sammi back into spotlight. By the end of the year, she has earned awards for the song as well. In 1996, Sammi released her first Mandarin album, "Worth It - 值得". The album remained one of the best selling albums for a 'new artist' in Taiwan. The song "Worth It - 值得" also gained tremendous amount of popularity and airplay in many Mandarin speaking countries. During the summer blockbuster season, Sammi also returned to the big screen with her romantic comedy, "Feel 100% - 百分百感覺", with Ekin Cheng and Gigi Leung. This movie was a huge box office success due to the attractivness towards young adults. In conjunction with the movie success, Warner Music released the second album, "Can't Let Go - 放不低". The album was a huge success with hit singles like, "Beware of Women - 小心女人", "Can't Let Go - 放不低" and "Owe Nothing - 不拖不欠". At this time, Panasonic also used "Can't Let Go - 放不低" as the theme song for second commerical promotion of their CD player. With the pop divas such as Sally Yeh and Faye Wong putting their careers on the sideline, the HK music industry was eagerly looking for the next pop diva. Cass Pang, Amanda Lee, Vivian Chow and Sammi Cheng were considered to be the candidates. In order to secure her place among the competitions, Sammi finished her much successful year with her first concert, titled "Sammi's X-Dimension Concert - 鄭秀文X空間演唱會". The concert was very successful and also created unforgettable styles such as the Nike eyebrow, the golden bra and the big rose. At the same time, she also released her final 1996 album, "Deep Passion - 濃情" which produced more hit singles such as "X Party - X派對", "Tacit Agreement - 默契", "The Angel of Calcutta, Mother Teresa - 加爾各答的天使-德蘭修女", "Let's Talk About Love (duet with Sally Yeh) - 談情說愛" and "Hesitation - 猶豫". By the time music awards come around, Sammi came out as the biggest winner with her very first, "The Most Popular Female Artist", "Top 5 Best Selling Artists", "Top Selling Female Artist" and various awards for her songs, "Can't Let Go", "Owe Nothing", "Worth It" and "Tacit Agreement". By the beginning of 1997, Sammi confirmed her status as the new pop diva in Hong Kong. She started out the year with a brand new Mandarin album, "Waiting For You - 為你等" and a couple of months later, a new Cantonese album, "Our Theme Song - 我們的主題曲". Both of these albums were very successful.
Nan Quan Mama (南拳媽媽) is Taiwanese music group. "Nan" means south, "quan" can be translated to fist, and "mama" is mother. It loosely means "southfist mother" which a phrase in Chinese to explain having strength but at the same time, being gentle like a mother. They are closely tied with the popular music artist Jay Chou. The members consist of Lara Veronin (vocalist), Devon (Drummer, DJ, rapper), Yuhao (Pianist, rapper) and Zhang Jie (Guitarist, singer). Each of the members contribute to composing their songs, and also sing together in most of their songs, although some of their songs are composed and sung solely by one of the members, such as the song "Crystal Dragonfly" (水晶蜻蜓) which was composed and sung by Lara. credits: Wikipedia.org
