Joey Yung 容祖兒 容祖儿
Joey Yung in concert in Atlantic City, November 2006.
Background information
Birth name	Joey Yung Cho-Yee / 容祖兒
Also known as	祖兒 (Cho-yee), 祖B (Cho b), 祖祖 (jo-jo)
Born	June 16, 1980 (1980-06-16) (age 27)
Origin	Hong Kong
Genre(s)	Cantonese Pop, Mandarin Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1999–Present
Label(s)	EEG, Rock Records, Avex

Joey Yung Cho-Yee (Traditional Chinese:容祖兒; Simplified Chinese:容祖儿; Cantonese: Yung Cho-Yee; Mandarin pinyin: Róng, Zǔ'ér (born June 16, 1980) is a rising and very popular female Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong. She is an artist of the Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the "Most Popular Female Singer Award" on Jade Solid Gold in 2003 with the help of her hit, "My Pride" and won the same prize in 2004, 2005, and 2006 thus emerging as one of the premier Cantonese singers in the world. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1952x1841, 1757 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Joey Yung Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ... Mandopop (Chinese: 華語流行音樂) is a colloquial abbreviation for Mandarin popular music. It is also referred to as Mandapop. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; 英皇娛樂集團有限公司) SEHK: 8078 is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong. ... Rock Records is a Taiwanese record label founded in 1980 by Sam and Johnny Duan (段鍾沂). They had their first multiseller in 1989 with Sarah Chen. ... AVEX Records, also known as AVEX Trax, is the music department of the Japanese commercial giant Avex Group. ... Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Cantopop (Chinese: 粵語流行曲) is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese popular music. It is also referred to as HK-pop, short for Hong Kong popular music. It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; 英皇娛樂集團有限公司) SEHK: 8078 is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong. ... Proud of You (Chinese: 我的驕傲) is a title of a popular Cantopop song sang by the Cantonese female vocalist Joey Yung. ...

Biography

Early career

In 1995 at the young age of 15, Joey was participating in many singing contests, including the 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. 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. A couple of years after, she followed Roman Tam, the godfather of Canto-pop, to learn singing. Roman Tam Pak-sin (real name 譚百先, stage name 羅文, nickname 蘿記 or Law Kee) (born February 16, 1950 - October 18, 2002) was a canto-pop singer. ... Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ...

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. Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; 英皇娛樂集團有限公司) SEHK: 8078 is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong. ...

As this was also the same company her mentor Roman was in, she also toured with Roman which helped her gain experience as a performer.

On 30 September 1999, her first EP was released, officially debuting as a singer. The album charted on the IFPI Album Charts (based on sales) for 23 weeks, breaking the record for the most conseuctive weeks on the IFPI album chart in Hong Kong, and had sold 130,000 copies in Hong Kong alone. In later prize-giving ceremonies held by different media organisations, she won lots of awards together with Cecilia Cheung, who was regarded as a formidable adversary of Joey Yung. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is an international record industry organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... Cecilia Cheung (Traditional Chinese: 張栢芝, Simplified Chinese: 张柏芝, pinyin: Zhãng Băi Zhī, Cantonese: Cheung Pak Zhi, born May 24, 1980) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. ...

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'. This year, she released two CDs, including her second EP, Don't Miss, and her first studio album, Who Will Love Me. 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 at the prestigious Hong Kong Coliseum, titled 'Joey Yung's See You Everywhere Live Concert', in the same year. The Clockwise Man was the first volume in the Ninth Doctor Adventures range. ... The Four Seas Gang (四海幫, or Si Hai Bang) is a triad society based in Taiwan. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Netvigator (網上行) is the largest residential internet service provider in Hong Kong, operated as a brand of PCCW. The company specializes in ADSL broadband Internet connections of 1. ... Hong Kong Coliseum (Traditional Chinese: 香港體育館; Simplified Chinese: 香港体育馆; informally, 紅磡體育館, 香港紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a major multi-purpose indoor stadium in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ...

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 and first concert series, 'H20+ Solemn on Stage Joey Yung Live in Concert 2001' at the Hong Kong Coliseum 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. For other uses, see Solemn on Stage. ... Hong Kong Coliseum (Traditional Chinese: 香港體育館; Simplified Chinese: 香港体育馆; informally, 紅磡體育館, 香港紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a major multi-purpose indoor stadium in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Mandarin (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally speech of officials), or Beifanghua (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Northern Dialect(s)), is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and south-western China. ...

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'. She was said to have had plastic surgery and sex relationships with different businessmen in exchange for some of these job opportunities, but this rumor did not diminish her newfound stardom.^{[citation needed]} Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ... Something About You is Joey Yungs fourth Cantonese full length studio album, released on May 15, 2002. ... Nissin Food Products Co. ... Nikon Corporation )   (TYO: 7731 ), also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp. ...

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. 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 second youngest singer in history to have won this prize (youngest being Anita Mui). She also won another female singer award, the "Best Female Singer Gold" award at the CRHK Music Awards, and was the youngest singer to ever win this award. 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. Banyan Garden (泓景臺) is a residential complex on the West Kowloon Reclamation. ... Cheung Kong Holdings is a large conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong, consisting of five companies that are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. ... Television Programs RTHK produces public affairs television programs which are broadcast by Hong Kongs three commercial television channels, TVB, ATV and Cable TV. These programmes include Hong Kong Connection (鏗鏘集), A Week in Politics (議事論事), Media Watch (傳媒春秋) and Police Magazine... Hong Kong Coliseum (Traditional Chinese: 香港體育館; Simplified Chinese: 香港体育馆; informally, 紅磡體育館, 香港紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a major multi-purpose indoor stadium in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ... ...

Hong Kong's Reigning Pop Queen (2004-2006)

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 Favourite Female Singer" presented by the Commercial Radio, and many other honorable awards. For other uses, see Nin9 2 5ive. ... REDIRECT Television Broadcasts Limited ... Commercial Radio Hong Kong is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting company in Hong Kong (the other being Metro Radio). ...

Around Christmas, a Cantonese remake of 'Chihuahua' ( a song previously released in English by DJ Bobo) was sung by Joey as part of a Coca-Cola advertising campaign which included a portrayal of her buying a can of it. DJ BOBO René Baumann (born January 5, 1968) better known as DJ BoBo, is a successful Swiss Eurodance musician. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

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.

Poster of Reflection of Joey's Live 2005

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. Recommended by a producer Joey then started to take singing lessons with popular entertainment voice coach Christine Samson. On 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (490x631, 84 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (490x631, 84 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ... Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ... Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; 英皇娛樂集團有限公司) SEHK: 8078 is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong. ... Acupuncture chart from Hua Shou (fl. ... Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited (新城廣播有限公司) is one of the three broadcasting corporations in Hong Kong. ...

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 connecting flats named The Legend at Jardine's 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. ISO 4217 Code HKD User(s) Hong Kong Inflation 2. ... Jardines Lookout (Chinese: 渣甸山) , named after William Jardine, is a moutain located on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R., China and is a wealthy residential area. ... The Hong Kong Dollar (ISO 4217: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the Peoples Republic of China. ...

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), quite a rare accomplishment in today's Cantopop Industry.

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, Mavis Faan, who wrote the music of two of the ten songs out of this CD, Get Fit with Jane Fonda and Torn Tongue (lyrics of both songs written by Yiu Fai Chow). Both songs are fast songs that are completely different from the previous Joey songs.

Joey Yung 容祖兒 (An advertising poster of Maxim's mooncake in 2006)

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Close Up (2007+)

At the end of December, Yung released her Cantonese album Close Up. Songs include "Burst of Joy & Beautiful Flowers" (her first collaboration with Hanjin), her biggest hit last year "Splendid Unexpected Meeting", and her third and latest plug, "One Love One Lesson". The album has gotten really good response from the general public, and the first version is out of stock at online CD stores like Yesasia, and many people has reported that it was sold out in stores all over Hong Kong as well. She released the second version on the 26th of January, and it included a bonus DVD with the music videos for "Splendid Unexpected Meeting" and "Burst of Joy & Beautiful Flowers". In film and television, a close-up tightly frames a person or object. ...

She was the biggest winner of the female singers at the four 2006 year end music awards, also won the best CD seller through out all the female singer,and the most popular female singer in Asian, with 16 awards in total. At the end of January, Neway helped organize a musical for Joey, called "Safari". Joey was touched by all the singers and audience that came to help her make the musical possible (by performing in it), the singers include: Anthony Wong, at17, Hins Cheung, Yumiko Cheng, Vincent Wong, and Sun Boy'z.S he hoped to do "Safari" again if possible in the future. Moreover,Joey will be doing a concert in Highland,Malaysia in April. Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (黃秋生) (born September 2, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor. ... at17 is a Hong Kong girl band that is pitched to appeal to high school and university students. ... Yumiko Cheng on a billboard for Sasa. ... BoyZ (now known as Sun Boyz (æ–° Boyz), meaning New Boyz) was a Cantopop duo from Hong Kong that was formed around June of 2002. ...

Ambassador Joey has been chosen to be the Hong Kong ambassador of "30 hour famine",which is organized by the World Vision. She visited Kenya in March 2007, and shared many of her thoughts about this trip on her blog and on radio interviews. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Joey will release her 5th mandarin album titled "Little" on 5th July. The title track was produced by Taiwanese sensation, Jay Chow.

Discography

Further information: Joey Yung Discography

This is the discography of Cantonese pop star, Joey Yung; four-time winner of the prestigious Most Popular Female Singer Award. Note: While in many parts of the world, like in the US, it is easy for A-list singers to get many times platinum, it is different case in...

Filmography

• Winner Takes All (2000)
• Feel 100% II (2001)
• Expect a Miracle (2001)
• My Schoolmate, the Barbarian (2001)
• Demi-Haunted (2002)
• The Attractive One (2004)
• Crazy N' The City (2005)

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Series

• Green Hope (2000)
• Not Just A Pretty Face (2003)
• Sunshine Heartbeat(2004)
• Kung Fu Soccer (2004)
• On The First Beat (2007)

Not Just A Pretty Face is the debut album from Dustin. ... // Hong Kong title: 赤沙印记＠四叶草２ / Sunshine Heartbeat Also known as: Hearts of Fencing II - Sunshine Heartbeat Episodes: 13 Broadcast network: TVB Broadcast year: 2004 Theme song: Find Your Love by F1, Roxanne Lo & Peggy Lee Preceeded by: Hearts Of Fencing (2003) This series is based on college life, love, and one sport... On The First Beat is a of 30 episodes TVB drama scheduled to be aired and released in 2007. ...

Concerts

Concerts in Hong Kong

Concerts/Tours outside of Hong Kong

Thank You For Loving Me 2002 (Taipei) - 1 show

Show Up World Tour 2004 - 6 stops

• Sydney (1 show)
• Melbourne (1 show)
• Vancouver (1 show)
• Toronto (1 show)
• Genting Highlands,Malaysia(2 shows)
• Guangzhou (1 show)

Reflection of Joey's Live North American Tour 2006 - 3 stops

• Atlantic City (2 shows)
• Las Vegas (1 show)
• Toronto (1 show)
• Genting Highlands,Malaysia(2 shows)

Latest news

• She, along with a few other EEG stars, will perform at the Hong Kong 10th year anniversary ceremonies.
• She has embarked on a learning experience in Los Angeles for dancing. She will return before her birthday , June 16.
• Her TV series will launch on June 4th at 9:35pm on TVB. Named "On the First Beat"
• Joey has traveled to the United States for approx. half a month to further strengthen her dancing skills.

External links

• Official website (Chinese)
• International fanclub (Chinese)