Jacky Cheung Hok-yau is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular culture. He is often dubbed as the "God of Songs" for his vocal delivery and live performances.
Cheung debuted in 1985 with his first studio album Smile, which sold over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong. His subsequent albums experienced commercial success as well, with fourteen of his albums becoming platinum certified by the IFPI Hong Kong. The Goodbye Kiss is one of the best-selling albums in multiple countries in Asia, while three of his albums have sold over 1 million copies in Taiwan, the most out of any artist.
His various accolades include the World Music Award for the World's Best-Selling Asian Artist, the Billboard Music Award for Most Popular Asian Singer, and a Guinness World Record for the largest combined audience for a live act in twelve months, with 2,048,553 audience members in 2012. In 1999, Cheung was honored by Junior Chamber International as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in the World.
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