Eason Chan

bound to happen someday...

Eason Chan is one of my favorite singers from HK. I'm not too sure why I've become his fan, maybe because of his silly childish personality which resembles me sometimes? shrug...

Here's a recap of his career to date


Translated by 60699 @ asianfanatics.net
Taken from www.enorth.com.cn

"Next Year Today" a Recap of Eason Chan's Career

Eason Chan, a Hong Kong singer and actor, is regarded as one of the more highly skilled singers in the generation after Jacky Cheung's.

Path into the industry
With his father's status as a senior official of a Hong Kong government agency, Eason Chan was able to receive an education from England. In college he was an architect major who also spent 4 years studying music. In the summer of 1995, Eason returned to Hong Kong and participated in the 14th New Talent Singing Competition. He eventually won the competition and signed to Capital Artist Records as a singer, taking his first steps into the industry. In his Capital Artist years he released records such as 與我常在 and 我的快樂時代.

Relying on his music and singing skills he entertained many and began what would be a career filled with many peaks.

The peak of his career
In 1999, Eason began marking his place in the industry, releasing sellable albums 幸福, 天佑愛人, Nothing Really Matters, and 新生活, along with chartable songs 幸福摩天輪, 當這地球沒有花, and 每一個明天. In that same year, known as the "Big Sister of Hong Kong Music", Anita Mui recorded the duet 同聲一哭 with Eason.

In 2000, Eason joined Joey Yung and Nicholas Tse in EEG. His years with EEG produced many high selling albums such as 打得火熱, Shall We Dance? Shall We Talk!, The Easy Ride, The Line Up, For A Change & Hits, and Live For Today. Along with chart-topping songs 打得火熱, K歌之王, Shall We Talk, and 明年今日. For 3 consecutive years (2000, 2001 and 2002) he won the Four Stations Joint - Grand Media Award and for 2 consecutive years winning the Chik Chak Male Singer - Gold. In 2003, he was awarded IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music - Highest Selling Male Artist

During the SARS outbreak in 2003, Eason participated in the 1:99 Concert and performed 頭發亂了 with "God of Songs" Jacky Cheung.

In his years with EEG, Eason was able to break into the Taiwan music market with albums 反正是我, Special Thanks To... and 黑白灰 selling well in Taiwan and with chartable songs 愛是懷疑, 不如這樣, 謝謝儂, and 兄妹. In 2002, with the album Speical Thanks To..., Eason won the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards- Best Male Singer becoming only the 2nd non-Taiwan based singer to win the award, after Jacky Cheung.

The low point of his career
At the height of his career in 2003, Eason's father Chan Kau Tai was jailed due to corruption and bribery charges, which impacted Eason in a very big way. In 2004, aside from acting in a movie Eason was in the resting mode of his career.

The second peak of his career
In 2005, Eason signed to Cineoply Records and made his "comeback" on March 17, 2005 at a Metro Radio Mini Concert.

His "comeback" album U87 was released on June 7, 2005. The 4 songs that were plugged, 夕陽無限好, 阿牛, 浮夸, and 葡萄成熟時 all became chart-toppers, and with U87 Eason won the Chik Chak Male Singer - Gold and Chik Chak - Favorite Male Singer awards. In 2005, distancing himself from his compeition with 21 awards, he was awarded the Four Stages Joint - Grand Media Award once again.

U87 became the highest selling non-concert, non-collection individual album, and Eason was awarded IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music - Highest Selling Male Artist and IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music - Top 10 Highest Selling Albums.

U87 was named one of the Five Asian Albums Worth Buying by TIME Magazine, giving Eason's music high praise and saying "[Eason is looking to] usher in the next generation of Canto-pop".

In 2006, Eason released the album Life Continues and the chart-topping song 最佳損友. Afterwards, he recorded the duet 天下太平 with Jacky Cheung.

In July 2006, he participated in the musical 大煞風景 which received many good reviews.

At the 10th Years of Go East Concert, Eason performed 熱辣辣, 天下太平, 如果這都不算愛, and 最佳損友 with Jacky and many people saying afterwards that they are the new generation 左麟右李 (Alan Tam & Hacken Lee).

In 2006, Eason once again won Chik Chak Male Singer - Gold and Chik Chak - Favorite Male Singer and for the first time TVB Favorite Male Singer, cementing his status as a top male singer.

Overall, 2006 can be said as an even higher peak for Eason as he swept the male singer awards from all 4 stations.

His personal life
Aside from a little rumor at the beginning of his career with fellow New Talent Singing Competition contestant Miriam Yeung, Eason hasn't had any rumors since he started dating Hilary Tsui, who gave birth to their daughter Constance Chan in 2004, and on March 23, 2005 the two officially got married.

The new representative on Hong Kong popular music
Many people regard Eason as one of the new representatives of Hong Kong popular music, with many regarding him as Jacky Cheung's (who is THE representative of Hong Kong popular music) successor. Eason is, so far, the only singer after Jacky to successfully make it in the Taiwan music industry, being only the 2nd singer, after Jacky, from Hong Kong that to win the Taiwan Golden Melody Award - Best Male Singer award. Eason emerged at the end of the 1990's when Jacky's generation was slowing down, creating a low-point in Hong Kong music. Many people believed that Eason's generation would not be able to create stardom for themselves, and because Jacky's generation received so many awards and so many honors, many people felt Eason's generation would never be able to live up to and surpass what Jacky's generation accomplished.