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Explore Jacky Cheung net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Cantonese singer-songwriter and actor who earned the nickname “God of Songs.” He has sold more than 25 million records throughout his career. In this article, we will discover how old is Jacky Cheung? Who is Jacky Cheung dating now & how much money does Jacky Cheung have?

Jacky Cheung Biography

Jacky Cheung is one of the most popular and richest Gospel Singer who was born on July 10, 1961 in Hong Kong, China. He sang a duet with Regine Velasquez for the song “In Love with You,” from Velasquez’s album Listen Without Prejudice.

Cheung originally started working as a reservation officer for the airline Cathay Pacific. His music career started when he won the Amateur 18-Hong Kong district singing contest in 1984 with the song Fatherland (大地恩情) by Michael Kwan. He outcompeted more than 10,000 other contestants. After winning the contest, he was signed by the then Polygram Records, now Universal Music Group. Although encouraged by a bright start, he was not able to achieve immediate supremacy in Cantopop, then dominated by Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Anita Mui and Danny Chan. In 1985 he won his first two major awards together with the 1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards and the 1985 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards.

While Cheung is better known for his singing, but he has also acted in many films. He received the Best Supporting Actor award in the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards for his work in As Tears Go By (1988) as well as the Best Supporting Actor Golden Horse Award for his work in The Swordsman (1990). That same year he also collaborated with John Woo and Tony Leung in the film Bullet in the Head. For his work in July Rhapsody, he also received the Best Actor Award at the New Delhi Film Festival for his portrayal of the protagonist role. His song Perhaps Love, which serves as the theme song for the multi-award-winning film Perhaps Love, also won the Best Song Award at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Award and the CASH Best Song Award at the 2005/2006 CASH Gold Sail Music Awards. He also starred in Taiwanese mini-series called Love Scar with F4 member Jerry Yan and Karen Mok, where he acted as Jerry Yan’s older brother. He has never starred in any TV Dramas.

He married Hong Kong actress May Lo Mei-mei on February 15, 1996. He has two daughters named Yiu-Wah and Yiu-Huen.

The Chinese language media refers to Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and him as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings.

Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor. With more than 25 million records sold as of 2003, he is regarded as one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” and has been deemed the “God of Songs” of Hong Kong.

Jacky Cheung Net Worth

Jacky is one of the richest Gospel Singer from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jacky Cheung's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He was a reservation officer for Cathay Pacific Airline before winning an amateur talent competition.

His subsequent albums included 1993 “Me and You” (我與你) and 1994 “Born to be wild” (餓狼傳說). In the 1994 Billboard Music Awards in the US, he was named the most popular singer in Asia. He received numerous music awards both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including the best-selling Chinese singer in the World Music Awards for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996 held at Monaco. Cheung was also elected as one of the world’s Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 1999.

In 1995, Cheung staged his record-breaking 100-show world tour titled “Yau Hok Yau” (友學友), literally a pun of “friendship Jacky Cheung” reusing the same Chinese characters found in his name. The tour started with 34 shows from 8 April to 9 June at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Then the tour continued at Perth Brisbane Australia and returned to Taipei and mainland China. It then expanded to Madison Square Garden in the US, different parts of Europe, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Japan. He was regarded as the new Michael Jackson by Business Week.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Amongst his hit songs, some of his most famous were Amour, “Just want to spend my life with you” (只想一生跟你走) and “Goodbye Kiss” (吻别). The album The Goodbye Kiss (吻别) was one of the best-selling albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia than ever attained before, with more than 4 million copies sold in 1993, making him one of the PolyGram’s top 10 artists worldwide that year and he was the first Asian artist to do so. It made him the first singer with non-Taiwanese citizenship to win Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards. The album was also instrumental in helping Cheung break into the mandopop market. Due to these great songs and albums, Cheung is generally considered to be the pre-eminent member of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. He is regarded by some sources as the best singer of the four.

Who is Jacky Cheung Dating?

According to our records, Jacky Cheung married to May Lo . As of January 13, 2024, Jacky Cheung’s is not dating anyone.

On 15 February 1996 in London, he married Hong Kong actress May Lo Mei-mei, with whom he has two daughters. Cheung is also nicknamed “God of Songs” (歌神), and he is the second person to hold this title, after former Cantopop singer Sam Hui. In an interview with Ray Cordeiro (Uncle Ray), Cheung stated that the title was more appropriate for Hui than for him, even when his singing ability is not the best, since he actually wrote and popularised Cantopop songs. He also informally asked Eason Chan, the successor to the title of “God of Songs” (by phonetic similarity) and a fan of his, to be his “Master” because Chan had received formal and proper qualification in music and vocal training in England, but Cheung never had, and the main topic was to stretch Jacky’s vocal range to a 4th octave including a falsetto range.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jacky Cheung height 5 feet 9 inches Jacky weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

In 1991 he released the song “Loving You More Every Day” (每天愛你多一些), a translated version of the Japanese Southern All Stars hit, Midsummer’s Fruit (真夏の果実). The album True Love Expression (真情流露) in 1992, as well as the subsequent release, Love Sparks (愛火花) in 1992, achieved audited sales of over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong alone.

His successful music and acting career has made him one of Hong Kong’s icons. Cheung was elected by Time Magazine as one of the “25 most influential people in the New Hong Kong” in 1996.

Facts & Trivia

Jacky Ranked on the list of most popular Gospel Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Jacky Cheung celebrates birthday on July 10 of every year.

In 1999, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World by JCI (Junior Chamber International), a worldwide federation of young professionals and entrepreneurs. In 2000 he was awarded by RTHK, the Golden Needle Award. This award, the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award, recognised outstanding contributions to the music industry.

How old is Jacky Cheung?

61 years (July 10, 1961)

Who is Jacky Cheung brother?

Hok-Chi Cheung

How many albums does Jacky Cheung have?

Albums

Is Jacky Cheung married?

May Lo

Is Cheung a Chinese last name?

Cheung is a Cantonese romanization of several Chinese surnames, including the one written as 張 in Traditional characters and 张 in Simplified characters (Jyutping: Zoeng1; Pinyin: Zhāng; Wade–Giles: Chang, Vietnamese: Trương), and the one written in both Traditional characters and Simplified characters as 章 (zoeng1).

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