| Anthony Wong | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 黃耀明 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 黄耀明 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | huang2 yao4 ming2 (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | wong4 jiu6 ming4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Wong Yiu Ming |
| Ancestry | Chaozhou, Guangdong |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born | June 16, 1962 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter, producer, record label director |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Voice type(s) | Alternative |
| Label(s) | People Mountain People Sea |
| Past Members | Tat Ming Pair |
| Official Website | People Mountain People Sea |
Anthony Wong is a Hong Kong alternative singer, composer and producer. He is well known for his role as the vocal of renowned duo Tat Ming Pair in the 1980s and as the current director for music production company People Mountain People Sea.
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Anthony Wong began his career as a DJ at Commercial Radio Hong Kong in 1984. In the following year, he answered a singer-wanted advertisement in a music magazine posted by a composer and guitarist Tats Lau Yi Tat. They then formed the group Tat Ming Pair and later was signed by Polygram. After the group was disbanded in 1990, he continued his musical career as a solo singer and later also as a producer. In the mid 90’s, he reached the peak of his musical career. With songs like ‘’Blow Up’’ (春光乍洩), 每日一禁果 (literally “A Forbidden Fruit-Once a Day”), he received many prestigious musical awards.
In 1999, he founded the music production company People Mountain People Sea (人山人海) with a group of talented artists and musicians in Hong Kong. The company produced and published albums not only for high-profiled Pop singers like Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong, Sandy Lam, Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse and Miriam Yeung, but also published works for other relatively “alternative/ experimental” singers, composers, bands and groups, such as at17 and PixelToy.
On 7 July 2007 Ming performed at the Chinese leg of Live Earth in Shanghai.
Wong has never officially come out as gay. Popular reports are that he has a long-term foreign-born male partner.[1] He has been referred to as one of the quintessential gay icons of Hong Kong.[2]