Eason Chan
| Eason Chan | |
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Chan at his Get a Life concert in 2006
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 陳奕迅 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 陈奕迅 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Chén Yìxùn (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Can4 Jik6seon3 (Cantonese) |
| Born |
27 July 1974 British Hong Kong |
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| Genre(s) | Cantopop, Mandopop |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Voice type(s) | Baritone, tenor, countertenor |
| Label(s) |
Lisa Kan
Cinepoly (2004–present) Music Plus (2000–04) Capital Artists (1995–2000) |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse(s) | Hilary Tsui (m. 2006) |
| Children | Constance Chan (born 2004) |
| Ancestry | Dongguan, Guangdong |
| Education | Dauntsey's School |
| Alma mater |
Kingston University Royal Academy of Music |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳奕迅 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 陈奕迅 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Yìxùn |
| Bopomofo | ㄔㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | can4 jik6 seon3 |
Lisa Kan
(MY KAN WONDERLAND)
Eason Chan Yick-shun (born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop. The media in Hong Kong ranked him as the next "God of Song" after Samuel Hui and Jacky Cheung. In 2012, Time Out Hong Kong named Chan as the "King of Asian Pop". Chan is ranked #6 in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List.
His Cantonese album U87 was listed in 2005 by Time magazine as one of "Five Asian Albums Worth Buying".
Chan is a multiple winner of the prestigious Golden Melody Award. In 2003, he won "Best Mandarin Male Singer" and "Best Mandarin Album" for Special Thanks To.... In 2009, he won "Best Mandarin Album" for his Mandarin album Don't Want to Let Go. He won his second "Best Mandarin Male Singer" award in 2015, for the album rice & shine.
Chan has earned 100 million HKD in 2014.
Eason Chan Yick-shun, born in Hong Kong, went to England to study when he was 12. He attended St. Joseph's kindergarten, St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong, Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, England and later Kingston University, studying architecture. Chan returned to Hong Kong before the completion of his degree to participate in the 1995 New Talent Singing Awards Competition in which he won first place. Immediately after his victory, Capital Artists signed a contract with him, ending his future career as an architect while launching his successful career in music. Chan received a doctorate honorary degree from Kingston University.
Chan is a frequent winner of Asia's music awards. He is the second non-Taiwanese singer after Jacky Cheung to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. He won "Best Male Singer" twice in 2003 and 2015, and "Best Album" twice in 2003 and 2009. He has won the prestigious Hong Kong's Most Popular Male Singer Award twice, in the year 2006 and 2007. He also won his first Asia Pacific's Most Popular Singer Award in 2007, and again in 2008. His album U87 (The name of the album came from his favourite microphone), released in 2005, has been recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums worth buying.U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in 2005. He was Hong Kong's highest selling male artist in 2002, 2003 and 2007. He has been one of Hong Kong's top selling artists for all years starting from 2000. His concert DVD Get a Life was the highest selling album of 2006.
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