Zhang Guorong

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Zhang Guorong (September 12, 1956 - April 1, 2003), born in Hong Kong, is a male singer, actor and musician in Hong Kong, China. He is one of the representatives of the development of film and television songs.

In 1977, it was officially launched. In 1983, "the wind continues to blow" gained attention. "Monica", which was performed in 1984, is the first dance music in Hong Kong to win the top ten Chinese Golden Songs and the top ten golden songs. In 1986 and 1987, he won the Golden Award of Jinge Jinqu, and later became the first Cantonese singer to enter the Korean music market with his albums "the great hits of Leslie Cheung", breaking the sales record of Chinese records in Korea. In 1988 and 1989, he won the most popular male singer award of top ten golden songs. In 1999, he won the golden needle award, the highest honor in Hong Kong music circle. In 2000, he won the most outstanding Asian Artist Award of cctv-mtv Music Festival. In 2010, he was selected as CNN's "20 most famous singers / bands in the world in the past 50 years". He is good at composing lyrics and music, and has served as MV director, record producer, concert art director, etc.

He began to play in TV series in 1978. In the mid-1980s, he shifted the focus of his career to the film industry and created the roles of Ning caichen, Xu Zai, Cheng Dieyi, Ou Yangfeng, he Baorong, etc. In 1991, he won the best actor award of the Hong Kong Film Awards for his "a Fei Zheng Zhuan". Farewell my concubine, starring in 1993, is the first film in Chinese film history to win the Golden Palm Award of Cannes International Film Festival and break the box office record of mainland Chinese art films in the United States. With this film, he won the best actor award of Japanese film critic award and the special contribution award of China Film Performing Arts Association Award. In the same year, he served as the judge of Tokyo International Film Festival . In 1998, he became the first Asian actor to judge the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2000, he was selected as one of the top 100 foreign actors of the 20th century in Japan film Xunbao. In 2005, he was selected as one of the top 100 Chinese film actors. In 2010, he was selected as CNN's "25 greatest Asian actors in history".

Early experience

On September 12, 1956, Zhang Guorong was born in Hong Kong. His original name was Zhang fazong. His ancestral home was Meixian County, Guangdong Province. He had the youngest of ten children, so he had the nickname "shizai". Zhang Guorong's father is Zhang huohai, the tailor and owner of the Hong Kong foreign clothes shop. Marlon Brando, Hitchcock, Gary grant and other Hollywood stars are customers of the tailor shop. In 1969, Zhang Guorong went to Britain to study alone. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to Leeds University to study textile. When he was a freshman in University, his father had a stroke. When he returned to Hong Kong, his studies were interrupted.

Acting experience

musical times

Polaroid period

In 1977, with "American Pie", he won the second place in Hong Kong in the TV Asian singing competition, and thus entered the singing world. Zhang Guorong's early singing image is more avant-garde and uninhibited, with the rebellious and romantic style of James. In 1978, he released his first English record, daydreaming. In 1979, he released his first Cantonese record, lover's arrow.

Huaxing period

In 1982, Zhang Guorong followed his mentor Li Xiaotian to invest in Huaxing records, and met his later manager Chen Shufen. In 1983, he released the record "wind continues to blow", and the Cantonese main song "wind continues to blow", which has the same name as the record, has become one of Zhang Guorong's popular songs.

In 1984, the album "Leslie" was released, and the local sales in Hong Kong exceeded four platinum; the song "Monica" was selected into the seventh top ten Chinese Golden Songs and the second top ten golden songs, which also established the status of Zhang Guorong as a superstar in the singing world. "Monica" is one of the representative works in the history of pop music in Hong Kong. It has injected a kind of vigorous singing and dancing vitality into the music world of Hong Kong. It was selected into the "Top Ten Golden Songs of the century" of Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1999.

He broke the record for his first concert in Hong Kong in 1985.

In 1986, seven songs were selected in the "Top Ten Golden Songs" of Hong Kong, and he had five champion songs on the Radio Hong Kong Dragon and tiger list. In the same year, he won the grand finale Award "Golden Song Award" of the top ten Golden Songs of 1986 with one song "who resonates". Since then, there has been a situation of "Tan Zhang competing for supremacy" in Hong Kong music circle. In October, he released his album "love fire" "Love of the year" won the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards and the top ten Jinge Golden Melody Awards, and was popular in South Korea.

Xinyibao period

In 1987, Zhang Guorong joined xinyibao records. In the summer of the same year, the sales volume of his album "summer romance'87" exceeded seven platinum in Hong Kong, becoming the highest selling record in Hong Kong at that time. He also won the IFPI annual sales champion award in Hong Kong in 1987 by beating Alan Tam with this album. The album's main song "no heart sleep" won the top ten Golden Songs "Golden Melody Award" From November 1987 to the beginning of 1988, he went to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and other places to hold "America Canada sleepless" North American tour concerts; later, he held concerts in Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo and other places.

In 1988, Zhang Guorong became the first Pepsi Star spokesperson in Asia, and held 23 concerts in Hong Kong Red Mansion. In the first award ceremony of the world famous pop charts, Zhang Guorong won the gold award of the world famous male singer. In the same year, his song "don't need too much" was selected into the 11th top ten Chinese Golden Melody, and "close to the body" was selected into the 7th top ten wireless golden melody Silence is gold, composed by Zhang Guorong, won the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards and the top ten Jingge Golden Melody Awards of that year; in 2008, the Chinese Musicians Association selected "Chinese original songs widely sung from 1978 to 2008", among which silence is gold.

In 1989, the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony announced that Zhang Guorong's song "profile" was selected into the 13th Chinese Golden Melody Award (Zhang Guorong withdrew from the award); in addition, Zhang Guorong won the "most popular male singer award" at the top ten golden melody awards ceremony and the "gold Award for male singers in the world of music" at the award ceremony of the top ten Golden Melody Awards; in the same year, he launched "profile" and "go for a ride" "Mood", "salute" and "final encounter" were three albums; the album "salute" was well received after its release, and the other album "profile" won the IFPI award of "big music disc" at the award ceremony of "big music pop list". In the same year, as a representative of Hong Kong Singers, Zhang Guorong participated in the Asian pop festival held in Britain. At the end of the year, Zhang Guorong announced his farewell to the music world and held 33 "farewell concerts" in Hong Kong Red Mansion, and then held several world tour concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, Canada and other countries.

Rolling stone period

In 1995, Zhang Guorong announced his comeback and signed with rolling stone records. After his comeback, he announced that he would not receive any competitive awards. In the same year, he released his album beloved, with annual sales of more than 2 million copies in Asia and six platinum sales in Hong Kong, ranking first in the annual record sales list released by IFPI Hong Kong Branch, which is called "the work of saving the market" by the media.

In 1996, he released the record "red"; in December, he began to hold a series of 60 "beyond 97" World Tour concerts. In the concert, he gave the song "the moon represents my heart" to his mother and his beloved friend in his life, Mr. Tang.

In 1997, he held six touring concerts in Japan, breaking the record of Hong Kong Singers in Japan.

In 1998, EP "these years" and Mandarin record "spring" were released.

Global Era

In 1999, Zhang Guorong signed a contract with universal records and released the album "with you countdown". In the same year, he won the "golden needle Award" at the 22nd top 10 Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony, becoming the first Hong Kong male artist to win both the "golden needle Award" and the best actor award of the film golden image award.

In 2000, he held 10 touring concerts in Japan, setting a record number of concerts held by Hong Kong Singers in Japan; in June, he won the most outstanding Asian Artist Award of cctv-mtv Music Festival; in August, he released the album "hot", ranking first in IFPI sales list for two consecutive weeks; in September, he held concerts in Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese to hold two concerts in Shanghai 80000 people stadium In November, he ranked first in Radio Hong Kong's "top ten performing celebrities of the Millennium".

From July 31, 2000 to April 16, 2001, 43 World Tour concerts were held. He personally served as the artistic director of the concert, and Jean Paul Gautier served as the costume designer of the whole concert. The concert was rated as "top in passion and fashion" by time magazine of the United States and "born performer" by Asahi Shimbun of Japan.

In 2001, he won the Millennium national achievement list of Chinese original music

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