Sammi Cheng
Hong Kong singer and actress (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sammi Cheng Sau-man (Chinese: 鄭秀文; pinyin: Zhèng Xiùwén; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia.[2] Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Queen" (Chinese: 天后; pinyin: Tiānhòu; lit. 'Heavenly Queen'). Having success in entertainment industry for over three decades, Cheng is also best known for her roles in Hong Kong rom-com films in the early 2000s that were box office hits. For her performance in the 2022 film 'Lost Love', she won 4 best actress honors including from the Hong Kong Film Awards.
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| Born | (1972-08-19) 19 August 1972 (age 51)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Song 2001 Love on a Diet Best Actress 2022 Lost Love Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Actress 2001 Wu yen Asian Film Awards – Excellence in Asian Cinema Award 2017 Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Film Song 2012 Romancing in Thin Air | ||||||||||||||||
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 郑秀文 | ||||||||||||||||
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Cheng holds the record of having the most best sales albums and The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist awards in the Hong Kong Cantopop industry since her debut.[citation needed] From 1993 to 2010, Cheng won a total of 12 Top Female Vocalist awards,[3] 14 The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist Awards and has 7 albums that are The Best Sales Cantonese Release of the Year. She had also previously won the Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist Award in annual Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation for three times, and in a year winning also the Gold Song Gold Award, the highest-ranked award which is the last to be presented at the ceremony. She also received Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for Female Singer in 2011 Metro Radio Hits Awards. She had also won many top honors in various Chinese music awards held in Asia, including MTV Asia Awards for Favorite Artists Hong Kong 3 times, in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
She has produced over 80 studio albums, 10 live concert albums, over 130 singles (songs) with also over 30 cover songs and had received numerous awards from acting to singing. She also starred in close to 40 films and 7 television dramas(in early years) and had held approximately 200 concerts up to date with over 12 concert tours. She is one of the female artists with most concert shows in Hong Kong Coliseum, at 102.
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