Joey Yung
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| Joey Yung 容祖兒 | ||
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 Joey Yung in concert in Atlantic City, November 2006.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Joey Yung Cho-Yee / 容祖兒 |
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| Also known as | 祖兒 (jo-yee), 祖B (jo-bee), 祖祖 (jo-jo) | |
| Born | June 16, 1980 | |
| Origin | Hong Kong | |
| Genre(s) | Cantonese Pop, Mandarin Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 1999–Present | |
| Label(s) | EEG, Rock Records, Avex |
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Joey Yung Cho-yee (Chinese:容祖兒; 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 Hong Kong Music Awards Best Female Singer in 2003 with 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.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early career
In 1995 and the young age of 15, Joey participated in many singing contests, including 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. At the same time, she followed Roman Tam, the godfather of Canto-pop, to learn singing. 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.
[edit] 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.
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.
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.
[edit] 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.
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', which marked her success as a singer again in Hong Kong. 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]
[edit] 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, which was welcomed by the public. 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 youngest singer in history to have won this prize. 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.
[edit] Hong Kong's Reigning Pop Queen (2004+)
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 Most Favourite Female Singer" presented by the Commercial Radio, and many other honorable awards.
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.
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.
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. On the 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.
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 flats in Jardines 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.
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. It appears that her new music styles are well accepted by the public.
[edit] 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)
[edit] Series
- Green Hope (2000)
- Not Just A Pretty Face (2003)
- Kung Fu Soccer (2004)
- The Academy 2 (2006)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Cantonese Studio Albums/EPs/Singles/Compilations
| English Name | Chinese Name | Year | Type |
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| EP 1 Joey | 容祖兒 | 1999 | EP |
| EP 2 | 不容錯失 | 2000 | EP |
| Who Will Come to Love Me | 誰來愛我 | 2000 | Album |
| Love Joey | 喜歡‧祖兒 | 2001 | Compilation |
| All Summer Holiday | 全身暑假 | 2001 | Album |
| Solemn on Stage | 隆重登場 | 2001 | Album |
| Something About You | --- | 2002 | Album |
| Love Joey 2 | 喜歡祖兒2 | 2002 | Compilation |
| My Pride | 我的驕傲 | 2003 | Album |
| Show Up! | --- | 2003 | Album |
| Nin9 2 5ive | --- | 2004 | Album |
| Give Love A Break | --- | 2004 | Album |
| X'Mas Chihuahua | --- | 2004 | Single |
| Love : Joey : Love 3 | 喜歡祖兒3 | 2005 | Compilation |
| Bi-Heart | --- | 2005 | Album |
| Ten Most Wanted | --- | 2006 | Album |
| Close Up | --- | TBA | Album |
[edit] Concert/Live Albums
| English Name | Chinese Name | Year |
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| Joey Yung Live in Concert 2001 | ~H2O容祖兒隆重登場演唱會Live | 2001 |
| Music Is Live 903 id Club Concert | 容祖兒903 id Club拉闊音樂會 | 2002 |
| Joey Yung Live Show Up | Show Up！演唱會 | 2003 |
| Joey Yung 'Feel the Pop' Concert Live | 新城流行女皇音樂會 | 2004 |
| Joey Yung X Hacken Lee The Music Is LIVE 903 Id Club Concert | 壓軸拉闊音樂會 李克勤x容祖兒 | 2004 |
| Let Me Believe Love- Joey Yung X Jeff Chang | 新城容我信愛一唱傾情音樂會 | 2005 |
| Reflection of Joey's Live 2005 | 容祖兒演唱會2005 | 2005 |
| One Live One Love Concert 2006 | 容祖兒 姚珏 莫拉維亞交響樂團音樂會 | 2006 |
[edit] Mandarin Albums
| Year | English Name | Chinese Name | Type |
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| 2001 | Honestly | 說真的 | Album |
| 2002 | A Private Love Song | 一個人的情歌 | Album |
| 2003 | Lonely Portrait | 獨照 | Album |
| 2006 | Jump Up - 9492 | Jump Up - 9492 | Album |
[edit] VCD / DVD
- Joey Yung Xia Shui Li Concert (2000)(DVD released in 2001)
- Joey Yung Live in Concert 2001 (2001)
- Music Is Live 903 id Club Concert (2002)
- Love Joey II (2002)
- Joey Yung Live Show Up (2003)
- Joey All-Record (2004)
- Joey Yung 'Feel the Pop' Concert Live (2004)
- Joey Yung X Hacken Lee The Music Is LIVE 903 Id Club Concert (2004) (CD/VCD/DVD released in 2005)
- Love:Joey:Love MTVs VCD(2005)
- Love:Joey:Love MTVs DVD (2005)
- Let me believe love- Joey Yung X Jeff Chang (2005)
- Reflection of Joey's Live 2005 (2005)
- One Live One Love Concert (2006)
[edit] Latest News
- There is going to be a news conference on Road Show on December 16th for Joey's upcoming Cantonese album, <CLOSE UP>
- Joey has finished filming the sequel to the TVB series "The Academy 2"
[edit] External links
- Joey Yung's Official Website (in Chinese)
- Joey Yung's International Fanclub Forum (in Chinese)
- Joey Alliance Singapore - Joey Yung's Singapore fanclub site and forum (in English)
- JoeyGalaxy - fan site and forum (in English)
- Joey-Fans - Joey's largest fan forum (in simplified Chinese & traditional Chinese)
- Interview with Joey Yung
