Eason Chan's bio

Eason was sent to England to study at the age of 12. He attended Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, England and later Kingston University majoring in architecture. Eason returned to Hong Kong before finishing his degree to participate in the 1995 New Talent Singing Competition and subsequently won first place. Immediately after his win, Capital Artists signed him ending his future career as an architect, while launching his music career.

Eason was involved in an accident in 2002, during his concert in Taiwan where he fell off the stage and injured his groin. Later in the hospital it was realized that one of his testicles had been severely hurt. He has since fully recovered.

Eason married longtime girlfriend Hilary Tsui in 2006. He has a daughter Constance Chan born on Oct. 4, 2004. Constance Chan's name was given by Eason's good friend, also a famous songwriter Wyman Wong. Eason gave up smoking after the birth of his baby girl. He was reported to have done it for Constance and also to protect his voice. However, in 2007, he admitted in his concert to have resumed smoking due to stress from his ongoing world tour.

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 also won his first Pacific Rim's Most Popular Singer Award in 2007. 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.[1] U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in 2005.[2] 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 years starting from 2000.[3] 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 Canto-pop.[4] He has been described as a breath of fresh air in the HK music scene. [5][6] 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. [7][8][9] Eason Chan has also been successful in his work in the Mandopop scene.[10][11] He has won numerous awards in both Mainland and Taiwan, most notably Taiwan's Golden Melody Award. "Admit It" was a another notable work of Eason Chan, which led to a nomination for GMA's Best Male Singer; the award was ultimately won by Gary Chaw.

Eason Chan has been named by Chinese critics as the next God of Songs (歌神) after Jacky Cheung.[12][13] 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. [14][15]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 (伍樂城) released in April 2006. Chan and Cheung have collaborated on other occasions as well. They sang a duet of Cheung's 頭髮亂了 in a fundraising campaign for SARS victims in 2003.

Eason was reported commenting on an aspect of Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's performance after she had finished her Hong Kong concert on April 7, 2007. He remarked that Ayumi Hamasaki might have been lip-syncing in her concert; this statement enraged many of her fans as lip-syncing is highly frowned upon in Asia. They threatened to not buy Eason's CD and wanted him to apologize for his words. Soon after, Grasshopper, a respected Hong Kong singing group, backed Eason's comments. Eason's label, Cinepoly Records, is not commenting on this incident. Hamasaki's record label and reporters came quick to her defense, stating that she did not lipsynch whatsoever and that the sound system was specially flown in from Japan which was the reason for the high quality of sound.

Chan is not only a skilled singer, but also a versatile musician. He plays a wide variety of musical instruments - the piano, drums, guitar, violin, harmonica, accordion, saxophone, electronic organ as well as the trumpet. He has frequently showcased his musical talent by incorporating instruments into his live performances.

Aside from being a backup vocalist and sometimes a producer of his own albums, Chan writes his own music. close