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Wang Lee Hom Profile

Name: Wang Lee Hom, Alexander
Chinese name: 王力宏
Nickname: Homeboy
DOB: May 17, 1976
Birth place: Rochester, New York, USA
Height: 180cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Singer, songwriter and actor

(Also known as Lee-Hom Wang, Wang Leehom, Wang Lee Hong)

Wang Lee Hom Biography

Wang Lee Hom was born in New York, and started learning music at young age.

He inked a recording deal in 1995 in Taiwan when visiting his grandparents, and released his debut album “Love Rival Beethoven” in late 1995. Love Rival Beethoven was not a huge commercial success, but LeeHom was getting notice with his talent…

He wrote his own songs, and could play multiple musical instruments particularly with violin. Besides, he looks handsome, and it helps gaining lots of young female fans over the years.

LeeHom released 3 more albums with decent success while continuing his study at Williams College. His breakthrough came in 1998 after his graduation, with his 5th album, “Revolution”.

The album was a great hit, and won LeeHom multiple music awards, including the Best Producer and Best Male Vocalist at the prestigious Golden Melody Award in Taiwan.

LeeHom never looks back since then, releasing multiple best selling albums over the years.

Besides his popular melodic pop, LeeHom is famously known for mixing traditional music element into his pop songs, vice versa. His first attempt was in 2000 by remaking iconic Chinese song, “The Descendants of the Dragons” (龙的传人), and had received great responses.

His most noticeable attempt on the traditional-pop mixing was in 2004 with album “Shangri-La”, which he incorporated Chinese aboriginal music into mainstream hip hop (he calls it ‘chinked-out’). LeeHom researched into the tribal songs and sounds in China, Tibet, and Mongolia; and travelled to remote villages to get the up-close experience.

LeeHom made his acting debut in 2000 with “China Strike Force”, starring alongside Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok and Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara. LeeHom took the leading role in “The Avenging Fist” the following year. Both movies had achieved decent box office success, but LeeHom’s acting was not highly rated.

LeeHom starred in another 2 Japanese movies, “Moon Child” (2002) and “Starlit High Noon” (2005) before surprisingly landed a role in “Lust, Caution”, directed by Oscar winning director Ang Lee; the film was released in September 2007).

Wang Lee Hom Related Websites

Sony BMG (Chinese) ll Homeboy Music Studios (Chinese)

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Sammi Cheng Profile

Name: Cheng Sau Man, Sammi
Chinese name: 郑秀文 (鄭秀文)
DOB: August 19, 1972
Birth place: Hong Kong, China
Height: 165cm
Blood type: AB
Profession: Actress and singer

Sammi Cheng Biography

Sammi Cheng was discovered from a singing competition when she was 16. She wasn’t the eventual winner (she was 3rd) but showed enough potential to ink a recording deal.

Sammi released her debut album, “Sammi” in 1990; and made her acting debut in 1991 with TV drama “Life of His Own”.

Sammi’s singing breakthrough came in 1992 in a successful collaboration album, “Fiery Motion”, with Aaron Kwok, Andy Hui and Edmund Leung. Her following solo album, “Happy Maze” in 1993 was also quite a hit, and Sammi gradually built her reputation as one of the best female singers in Hong Kong and other Chinese region.

1996 was another breakthrough year for Sammi… as her singing career continued to boom, she starred in popular movie “Feel 100%” and was becoming a recognized actress as well. Since then she has starred in other box office hit like “Needing You”, “Summer Holiday”, “Love on Diet” and “Infernal Affairs” etc.

Besides her entertainment talent, Sammi was also known for her trend-setting image and her ‘underground’ relationship with fellow singer Andy Hui (their relationship ended in 2004).

Sammi was one of the most popular Hong Kong female artists in late 90s and early 2000s. Her popularity has faded a bit in recent years, very much due to her poor health condition (asthma) which forced her into hiatus since early 2005.

Sammi is making her comeback in 2007; she has held a few sold-out concerts in Hong Kong and is set to release her new album and to star in movies again.

Sammi Cheng Related Website

Sammi Cheng Forum ll Buy Sammi’s albums ll Buy Sammi’s movies