Lee-Hom Wang 王力宏
Origin	Rochester, New York
Years active	1995—present
Genre(s)	C-pop
Label(s)	Sony
Website(s)	sonybmg.com.tw

Alexander Lee-Hom Wang (Chinese: 王力宏; Pinyin: Wáng Lìhóng; born May 17, 1976; also known as Lee-Hom Wong) is a Taiwanese-American singer and songwriter who has had much success in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan and the rest of East Asia. Image File history File linksMetadata LeeHom. ... A portion of Rochesters skyline, looking north along the Genesee River from the Ford Street Bridge. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese pop. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... A Taiwanese American is an American of Taiwanese ancestry. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ...

Biography

Lee-Hom Wang was born in Rochester, New York on 17 May 1976. Three years later, he began to sing. Lee-Hom learned to play the violin and the piano at a young age, and was involved in plays and musicals, including Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Oklahoma, throughout his school career. He studied music at Williams College in Massachusetts and Berklee College of Music. Lee-Hom received a MA in Jazz Piano & Composition at Berklee College. He is active in all areas of musical production, including composing, producing, arranging pieces, writing lyrics, playing instrumental accompaniments, and directing his own music videos. Wang Lee-Hom's real name is Alexander Lee-Hom. A portion of Rochesters skyline, looking north along the Genesee River from the Ford Street Bridge. ... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... A grand piano A piano is a musical instrument which is classified as a keyboard, percussion or string instrument, depending on the system of classification used. ... Williams College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ...

Despite protest from his family, Lee-Hom attended Williams College to pursue a career in music. By combining western music with classical Chinese instruments, Lee-Hom has given a unique twist to Chinese music. He has produced 11 Mandarin albums to date,and is a main songwriter and producer for Sony Music Taiwan. He also owns Homeboy Studios, which operates in both in Taiwan and Boston. Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by Sony Corporation. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...

On his tenth album Shangri-La, Lee-Hom incorporated the music of the ghetto kids into a style he coined "chinked out". His next album Heroes of Earth was released 31 December 2005, and he infused elements of Beijing opera into the songs, continuing his "chinked out" style. The Peoples Republic of China officially describes itself as a multi-ethnic unitary state and as such officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Beijing, September 2002 Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: 京剧; Traditional Chinese: 京劇; Pinyin: Jīngjù) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. ...

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Discography

Albums

Mandarin

Release date	Cover	Album title	Label
1 December 1995		Love Rival Beethoven (情敵貝多芬)	BMG
7 August 1996		If You Hear My Song (如果你聽見我的歌)	Decca Records
17 December 1996		Missing You (好想你)	Decca Records
18 July 1997		White Paper (白紙)	Decca Records
26 August 1998		Revolution (公轉自轉)	Sony Music
9 June 1999		Impossible to Miss You (不可能錯過你)	Sony Music
15 October 2003		Unbelievable (不可思議)	Sony Music
31 December 2004		Shangri-la (心中的日月)	Sony Music
30 December 2005		Heroes of Earth (蓋世英雄)	Sony BMG
13 March 2006		Heroes of Earth Celebration Edition (蓋世英雄)	Sony BMG

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Japanese

Release date	Cover	Album title	Label
9 May 2003		The One and Only	Sony Music
23 July 2004		Hear My Voice	Sony Music

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Compilations

Release date	Cover	Album title	Label
4 October 2002		Evolution (王力宏的音樂進化論)	Sony Music
21 February 2001		Leehom Music Century	Sony Music
July 1998		Good LeeHom Compilation	DECCA Records

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Filmography

Year	DVD Cover	Film	Role	Other notes
2004/2005		Starlit High Noon		Filmed in Japanese
2002		Moon Child	Son	Filmed in Japanese
2001		Avenging Fist (Kuen sun)	Nova	Filmed in Cantonese
2000		Ashes to Ashes: Against Smoking
1999		Iron Giant		Mandarin voiceover

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Trivia

1. He was high school Valedictorian, National Merit Finalist and received a 1600 on the SATs. He was accepted into Princeton and Yale, but he realized his true passion was music, so he decided to go Williams College to study music.
2. Leehom broke his own record when he didn't sleep for 5 days recording his newest album "Gai Shi Ying Xiong."
3. "Gai Shi Ying Xiong" Concert held at Taipei (台北小巨蛋) on 03/11-03/12/06 set the record for most tickets sold (260,000) for the stadium.
4. Leehom held his first North American concert in Las Vegas on 12/25/05. He performed to a sold-out 5,000 some crowd at Caesar's Palace.
5. Leehom set a record when he attracted an audience of 80,000 to his concert in Shanghai, 2004.
6. Leehom, at age 23, was the youngest winner of the GMA's Best Producer and Male Singer award (equivalent to Chinese Grammies).
7. Leehom is left handed.
8. His father is a pediatrician, and his old brother is a doctor now residing in Chicago. His younger brother is a student at MIT, and most of his relatives are doctors.
9. Leehom can do the splits, though he has suffered groin strains on numerous occasions.
10. Leehom enjoys running.
11. Leehom is lactose intolerant.
12. Leehom is allergic to cats and mangos.
13. Although Leehom currently writes his own lyrics, he did not learn Chinese until he was 18. He learned French in high school. He learned how to speak Mandarin when he first debuted at 18 (he read PINYIN when he sang). He learned Cantonese when he was 23/24. He learned Japanese when he was 25.
14. Leehom has an "amazing" tongue; some tricks he can do with his tongue include, touching his chin, his nose, rotating his tongue 360, and tying a cherry stalk.
15. Leehom was a vegetarian in high school.
16. Leehom has perfect pitch, which means he can identify pitch by ear. He also can play most pieces of music by ear, and hence doesn't usually need sheet music.
17. One of his eyes is near-sighted, the other far-sighted.
18. His right eye moves outward whilst his left eye moves inward.
19. He has a widow's peak.
20. He has to brush his teeth before recording.
21. Since piracy is prevalent in Asia, artists earn revenue from sponsorships. Leehom is the East Asian spokesperson for McDonalds, Lays, Feel 100, Fossil, Wahaha, Sony Ericsson, Nestle Cheerios, Suzuki, among many others.
22. Has a recording studio in USA located in Boston，called "Homeboy Studios."
23. He always carries around a PDA and Apple notebook to easily create/produce/write.

External links

• ((Chinese)) Official website
• Homeboy Music Studios, Inc (Chinese/English)
• ((Chinese)) Ourhome China
• ((Chinese)) Ourhome Taiwan (Chinese)
• Ourhome Australia
• Ourhome Thailand
• Leehom Online
• CaptureWLH
• 日本新力音樂 - 王力宏日文官網
• ((Chinese)) HOM2usic STATION
• OurHome Hong Kong
• OurHome Singapore
• OurHome Korea
• Leehom Thailand Fanclub
• Leehom Friends Japan
• HOMonization力宏最速報
• ((German)) Leehom Fanclub
• OUR INSPIRATION: LEE HOM WANG
• US Leehom Fanclub
• Karazen: Wang Leehom Album Reviews & Chinese Lyrics