Anita Mui

essential information

Anita Mui (October 10, 1963 - December 30, 2003) was born in Hong Kong, China. Her ancestral home is Hepu, Guangxi. She is a female singer and actress in Hong Kong, China. She is one of the founders and the first female president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association.

In 1982, he won the first rookie singing contest and released his first album "heart debt" in the same year. In 1983, with the song "Red's doubts" to get attention. From 1985 to 1986, he held his first solo concert in the new year, 15 times in a row, breaking the record of Hong Kong singer's first solo performance. During the same period, he released the album "bad girl", which sold 400000 pieces (8 platinum) in the first week, accumulating 720000 pieces, breaking the record of Hong Kong solo album sales, and won the IFPI annual best sales award the next year. Since 1985, she has won the top ten Golden Songs of Hong Kong "the most popular female singer" for five consecutive years. In 1998, he won the golden needle award, the highest honor in Hong Kong music circle. In 2009, according to the "World Records Association", 292 individual concerts in the world were selected as "the most female singers of Chinese individual concerts in the world".

Anita Mui has released more than 40 Mandarin and Cantonese albums, and Mandarin songs such as "women's flower", "intimate lover" and "I love you a thousand times in my life" are popular in the mainland.

From 1987 to 1988, she won the golden statue award, Golden Horse Award, Golden Dragon Award and Asia Pacific Film Festival. Two best supporting actress awards. Filming involved in literature and art, action, comedy and other roles.

Besides performing arts, she is enthusiastic about charity. Anita Mui Sihai Yixin charity foundation was established on July 27, 1993.

On December 30, 2003, Anita Mui died of cervical cancer at the age of 40. During the funeral in January 2004, the funeral Committee announced "farewell, Hong Kong's daughter! 》Put an obituary on the title. On July 18, 2014, a bronze statue of Anita Mui was erected on the avenue of stars in Hong Kong.

Early experience

Anita Mui, whose ancestral home is Hepu County, Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was born in Hong Kong on October 10, 1963. She is the youngest of her two brothers and one sister. Anita Mui's father died early, and her mother supported her four children alone. The whole family only depended on her mother to run the shabby "Jinxia" song and dance troupe to make a living, and her family was very poor. At a young age, Anita Mui was deeply influenced. When she was four and a half years old, she and her sister performed on the stage at Liyuan amusement park in Hong Kong. From then on, she became inseparable with the stage.

Acting experience

musical times

In 1982, she won the first Hong Kong rookie singing contest (now known as the global Chinese rookie singing contest) with a song "the season of the wind". She signed a contract with China Star record company and released her first album "heart debt", officially entering the singing world.

In 1983, Anita Mui released her second album, red Anita Mui, which won five platinum sales.

In 1983, he won the Asia special award at the Tokyo Music Festival.

In 1985, the album "Anita Mui" was released, and the main song "like water and flowing years" was composed by world musician hidaro. Costume designer Liu Peiji packaged Anita Mui as a "man". The suit with sunglasses and wide shoulder pads gave people a heroic feeling, breaking the traditional gentle image of women.

From December 31, 1985 to January 14, 1986, Anita Mui held her first solo concert in Hong Kong's red chamber, the ever-changing Anita Mui's brilliant performance, which lasted for 15 consecutive performances, breaking the record of the number of first solo performances by Hong Kong Singers. During the same period, the album "bad girl" sold 400000 copies (8 platinum) in the first week, with a total of 720000 copies. It broke the sales record of individual records in Hong Kong and won the IFPI annual best sales award the next year.

In 1986, Anita Mui's early avant-garde rebellious images were "the monster", "the bad girl" and "the monster". The following avant-garde female images, such as "Tango like fire", "flaming red lips", "Lady" and "Mengji", are the variation and continuation of "the bad girl" and "the monster".

During 1987-1988, Anita Mui set a record of 28 consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Red Mansion, winning the first prize

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"Mei 28". In the same year, Anita Mui, as the only Asian female singer, was invited to attend the "Olympic Prelude show" in Seoul, South Korea, where she performed with American female singer Janet Jackson.

From 1985 to 1989, she won "the most popular female singer" in Hong Kong for five consecutive years. In addition, she also won the best actress award and the most popular female singer award in 1988.

In 1990, Anita Mui held 30 solo concerts in Hong Kong, which led to the title of "plum 30".

Anita Mui announced her withdrawal from the competition for music awards at her 1990 birthday party.

At the beginning of 1991, Anita Mui decided to leave the stage temporarily after she released her first Mandarin album "intimate lover" and held a "farewell stage concert" with a total of 30 performances. The scene was moving.

In 1994, Anita Mui released the album "this is it". So far, the cumulative sales of Anita Mui's past albums have exceeded 10 million. Since then, she has released a series of albums, such as "the moon in the mirror", "women's flower" and "the bright moon in front of the bed". Her image is still changing and her song style is diverse. Among them, "women's flower" and "life love you a thousand times" and other songs become the representative of Anita Mui's national anthem. "Chinese style" song "Moonlight in front of the bed" is her attempt in a new field, with her interpretation, full of strong literary atmosphere.

In 1995, Anita Mui opened her first mainland tour concert. Unable to bear the enthusiasm of her fans, she temporarily added the forbidden song "bad girl" at the end of the concert. Although she was punished by "La La La" for sensitive lyrics, she was still found to have violated the rules. The rest of the concerts were cancelled. Since then, Anita Mui has been banned for seven years and lost her qualification to hold a solo concert in the mainland.

In 1998, Anita Mui won the golden needle award, the highest honor in Hong Kong music circle.

In early 1999, Anita Mui was invited to perform at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

After entering the new century, Anita Mui is no longer active in the front line, but is more actively committed to the exchange and cooperation of performing arts in mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as supporting the younger generation.

In 2002, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of joining the music industry, Anita Mui devoted herself to the production of the music CD with, which included songs she sang with 11 friends. Six female singers (Zheng Xiuwen, Yang Qianyi, Yung Zuer, he Yunshi, Liang Yongqi and Chen Huilin) sang a chorus of "time like flowing water" to pay homage to the Golden Melody Award Ceremony. In the same year, the World Tour Concert (dream concert) was held to commemorate Anita Mui's entry. Due to the lifting of the ban in the mainland that year, Anita Mui proposed to sing in Beijing and Shanghai. In the end, she was only allowed to sing in Shanghai, and became the only mainland concert outside Cantonese in Anita Mui's life.

In November 2003, Anita Mui, suffering from cancer, stepped onto the red chamber stage and held her last concert "Anita Mui's Classic Golden Melody concert".

At the end of 2003, Anita Mui won two honorary awards in China's singing circle (China Golden Record Award "jury art achievement award" and China Original Song Award "outstanding contribution award"), becoming the first Hong Kong singer to win China's national music art achievement award.

At the beginning of 2004, the MTV Asia Awards and music billboard presented Anita Mui with honorary honor, praising Anita Mui's life of dedicated music.

On November 8, 2005, Hongkong Post launched the "Hong Kong pop star" stamp products series. Among them, Anita Mui, Chen Baiqiang, Zhang Guorong, Luo Wen and Huang Jiaju became the singers who were honored with the stamps.

In 2009, according to the World Records Association, Anita Mui was elected as "the most female singer of Chinese individual concerts in the world" with a total of 292 individual concerts in the world.

The age of Hong Kong Opera

In 1984, she starred in the TV series "Moonlight on the fragrant River", which is Anita Mui's only TV series. In the play, she plays a singer who has experienced twists and turns. The role is tailor-made. Her singing girl's style is unique and full of vicissitudes, and her superb acting skills are impressive. It is precisely because the drama is about the career of the singer, so there are a large number of songs, which is another feature of this TV series.

The age of film

In 1984, fate won her the best supporting actress award.

From 1987 to 1988, when Rouge button was released, Anita Mui became the "Queen of four materials" and the character "Ruhua" became a classic figure in the film history.

In 1990, the film "Kawashima Fangzi" was released. Kawashima Fangzi is a controversial legend in modern China. Anita Mui's performance is full of spirit and form, which properly interprets the role.

In 1991, she was nominated as the best actress of Tokyo International Film Festival by virtue of the war drama "when will you come again".

In 1992, "the judge of death" is Anita Mui's representative comedy. She plays with Stephen Chow, the king of "Wulitou" comedy, and her performance is not inferior at all. Among them, classic dialogues and well handled actions and expressions have become the highlights of the film.

In 1993, the three swordsmen of the Orient changed into a chivalrous woman. In the film, not only the modeling is changeable, but also the smooth play is one of the highlights of the film.

In 1997, in the movie half life, Anita Mui played Gu manlu. In order to support her family, she gave up her lover and became a dancer. With her love hate mixed emotions, she won the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards for best supporting actress and the 3rd Golden Bauhinia awards for best supporting actress.

In the 2001 movie "Zhong Wuyan", she broke the sky in the film

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