Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing (English: Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing; September 12, 1956 - April 1, 2003), formerly known as Zhang Fazhong, is a Hong Kong male singer, actor, songwriter, and has served as film soundtrack, line dance, music video director, art director and film director. In terms of music, he became famous with the songs "The Wind Keeps Blowing" and "Monica" from 1983 to 1984. From 1986 to 1987, he won the "Golden Melody Award" for two consecutive years at the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony. From 1988 to 1989, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" in the top ten hits for two consecutive years. He also won the first "Golden Award for Male Singer in the Music Circle" at the "1988 Music Chart Awards Ceremony" and won the title again the following year. In the 1980s, he became the first Hong Kong singer to enter the Korean record market with his albums "Love" and "The Greatest Hits of Leslie Cheung", and broke the sales record of Chinese-language records in South Korea. The album "Beloved" released in 1995 sold more than 500,000 copies in South Korea, once again setting a new record for the highest sales of Chinese-language records in South Korea, and it is still the holder of the sales record for Chinese-language records in South Korea. In 1999, he won the "Golden Needle Award", the highest honor in the Hong Kong music scene. In 2000, he won the "Most Outstanding Artist in Asia" at the CCTV-MTV Music Festival. In 2010, he ranked third in the selection of "Five Most Famous Musicians in the World in the Past 50 Years" organized by CNN in the United States. In terms of movies, he won the "Best Actor" at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1991 for the movie "Days of Being Wild". In 1993, he starred in "Farewell My Concubine", which was the first film in Chinese film history to win the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. Leslie Cheung also won the "Best Actor" at the 4th Japan Film Critics Awards and the "Special Contribution Award" at the 4th China Film and Performing Arts Society Awards for this film. In the same year, he served as a judge at the 6th Tokyo International Film Festival. In 1995, he won the "Best Actor" award at the first Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for his film "Ashes of Time". In 1998, Leslie Cheung became the first Asian actor to serve as a jury member at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2000, he was selected as one of the "Top 100 Foreign Actors of the 20th Century" by Japan's "Film Weekly". In 2005, the Hong Kong Film Awards Association selected "The 100 Best Chinese Films of the Century". 8 films starring Leslie Cheung were selected, ranking first among Chinese actors in the number of films selected.