Eason Chan is a frequent winner of Asia's music awards. He is the second non-Taiwanese singer after Jacky Cheung to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Award. He won "Best Male Singer" in 2003 and "Best Album" twice in 2003 and 2009. He has won the prestigious Hong Kong's Most Popular Male Singer Award twice, in the year 2006 and 2007.[2] He also won his first Asia Pacific's Most Popular Singer Award in 2007, and again in 2008. His album U87 (The name of the album came from his favorite microphone), released in 2005, has been recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums worth buying.[3] U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in 2005.[4] He was Hong Kong's highest selling male artist in 2002, 2003 and 2007. He has been one of Hong Kong's top selling artists for all years starting from 2000.[5] His concert DVD Get a Life was the highest selling album of 2006.
Eason Chan has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the top singers of his generation. Since the very beginning of his career, Eason has been one of the favorites to lead the new generation of Cantopop.[6] He has been described as a breath of fresh air in the HK music scene.[7][8] Over the last ten years, Eason Chan emerged as the leading male singer of his generation, fulfilling his role as an innovator and a leader in the HK music scene, winning prestigious awards one after another.[9][10][11] Eason Chan has also been successful in his work in the Mandopop scene.[12][13] He has won numerous awards in both Mainland and Taiwan, most notably Taiwan's Golden Melody Award. "Admit It" was another notable work of Eason Chan, which led to a nomination for Golden Melody Award's Best Male Singer; the award was ultimately won by Gary Chaw. Next year, he was again nominated for Golden Melody Award's Best Male Singer(for his work in Mandarin album "Don't Want To Let Go"), the award went to Jay Chou. However, Eason won Album of The Year for "Don't Want To Let Go".
Eason Chan has been named by Chinese critics as the next God of Songs (歌神) after Jacky Cheung.[14][15] However, Eason has more than once clarified that he wishes to build his own name instead, and not just be the successor of Jacky Cheung.[16][17] There is a duet called 天下太平 sung by Chan and Jacky Cheung in the album Perfect Match by Albert Leung,Ronald Ng (伍乐城) released in April 2006. Chan and Cheung have collaborated on other occasions as well. They sang a duet of Cheung's in a fundraising campaign for SARS victims in 2003.
Chan not only sings but also plays a variety of musical instrument including piano, violin, accordion, harmonica, bass, guitar and drums. He frequently showcases his musical talent by incorporating instruments into his live performances. Chan is also a song-writer who has written many songs, some included in his albums.
In 2009, Eason Chan performed in "PAX Musica 2009" in Tokyo. He sang seven songs including a Japanese song by Koji Tamaki called "Mr. Lonely". This was his first time performing in Japan publicly. After that, Japanese Musician Ikuro Fujiwara openly praised Chan for his stage charisma and expressed hope to collaborate with Chan in the future. Eason Chan plans to promote his musical works in Japan in 2010.
Eason's my favorite H.K. pop star.He has a soft charming voice and excellent singing skills. He can handle many different styles of music very well, such as pop, rock, Jazz, R&B, etc. 还有一句参考资料
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Eason Chan is a famous Cantonese pop music singer and actor. He was described as the person who affects Hong Kong music styles by the United States Time Magazine. He is regarded as the third “God of Song” following Sam Hui and Jacky Cheung. In 2010, Eason Chan was the only singer from the 90’s who won the Global Chinese Music award for the 30-years Golden Melody category.