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Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing / 張國榮 was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. His birth name was Cheung Fat-chung (張發宗), which was later changed to Cheung Kwok-Wing. Cheung was the youngest of ten children in a middle-class family.
In 1977, Cheung won second prize at the Asian Music Contest held by Rediffusion Television (RTV). He signed a contract with RTV, which subsequently became Asia Television Limited (ATV) and began his career in the entertainment industry. He also signed a music contract with Polydor Records, releasing Day Dreaming (1977) and Lover's Arrow (1979).
In 1982, Cheung joined Capital Artists upon the end of his contract with RTV. It was at Capital Artists that Florence Chan became his music agent and remained as such through his entire career.
In 1983, Cheung released his first hit song, "The Wind Blows On" (風繼續吹). In 1984, he released his first top ten hit song "Monica", which became the first so-called "fast" song that won the RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award. "Monica" became representative of a new genre of Hong Kong music in the mid 1980s. Fans began to demand fast and energetic Cantopop songs that would be suitable for both dancing and listening. Other Top Ten Gold Songs released by Cheung through Capital Artists included "Wild Wind" (不羈的風) (album, For Your Love Only, 1985); "Who Can Be With Me" (有誰共鳴) (album, Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986) and "Mode of Those Years" (當年情) (theme song for A Better Tomorrow, album Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986). "Who Can Be With Me" became the Gold of the Gold Songs (Best Song) of the Year for 1986.
In 1986, he joined Cinepoly Records Hong Kong and released the album Summer Romance in 1987.
In 1989, Cheung announced his intention to retire from his music career as a singer. Cheung then set a record by being the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series (Final Encounter of the Legend), which ran
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The late Leslie Cheung (born Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing on September 12, 1956 in Kowloon, British Hong Kong) enjoyed a prolific 26-year career as an award-winning musician and actor. A charismatic and much-loved national treasure, Cheung was a trailblazer, lauded for his pioneering influence on the Cantopop scene of the 1980s. He released four gold-selling and five platinum-selling albums in the 1980s, including 1983's Wind Blows On, 1987's Summer Romance – which earned seven times platinum certification from the IFPI Hong Kong – and 1989's Final Encounter, which was intended to signal Cheung's departure from the music industry and his crossover into acting. However, after emigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1989 (prior to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests), Cheung continued to release via the Cinepoly label, putting out Leslie '89, Salute and Final Encounter, all of which received platinum certifications from the IFPI Hong Kong. He carried on releasing music throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, with his final album coming in 2003, Everything Follows the Wind. As an actor, Cheung's career-boosting moment came in 1986 via the crime-action movie A Better Tomorrow, and he won Best Actor at the 1994 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the comedy-drama Ashes of Time. Cheung announced his relationship with his childhood friend Daffy Tong Hok-tak during a concert in 1997, earning him the respect of LGBTQ+ communities in China, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His relationship with Daffy lasted for almost 20 years, until his death in 2003. Cheung died of suicide on April 1, 2003 aged 46 years old. In 2018, minor pla
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Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent pioneers that shaped the identity of Cantopop during the 1980s and became known for his flamboyant, often outrageous stage appearance. His venture into acting in the 1990s was recognised for his portrayal of queer characters in a then-conservative film industry. His career was marked with both praise and criticism, with numerous public discussions focusing on his sexual orientation and androgynous persona....more
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