Edmond Leung
Hong Kong male singer and actor. After entering the 8th New Talent Singing Awards in 1989, signed with Capital Artists, and in January 1991 released a first solo album, "想著你等著你".
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Edmond Leung (English name Edmond Leung Hon-man), a Hong Kong male singer and actor, was born on November 5, 1971.
Edmond Leung studied at 德信學校, was a member of the school choir from childhood, and for a long time concentrated on football. In Form Three, because Edmond Leung liked singing, the hope of becoming a footballer gradually faded, and under the influence of classmates Edmond Leung began to enter singing contests at school. At 16 Edmond Leung was chosen for the youth side of the Hong Kong football representative team and went through three years of strict special training.
In 1988 Edmond Leung learned singing from 鮑培莉, a regular customer when the family ran a news-stand. A year later, in 1989, 鮑培莉 decided to emigrate to San Francisco, and suggested and nominated Edmond Leung for the 8th New Talent Singing Awards. This contest was jointly presented by TVB and Capital Artists. Edmond Leung's contest song was "深深深", and afterwards Edmond Leung signed with Capital Artists and became a singer. In 1990 Edmond Leung, 湯美君, 陳進強 and 林漢揚 released the compilation "細聽鋒芒". Edmond Leung has three songs on it: "別放下電話", "黑色偶然" and "嚮往". On January 18, 1991, Edmond Leung released a first solo album, "想著你等著你".
In 1992 Edmond Leung sang the advertising song "火熱動感 La La La" with Aaron Kwok, Andy Hui and Sammi Cheng, and the same year hosted the television programmes "娛樂北斗星" and "Sunday新地帶" for the first time. In 1993 the album "糊塗感情" was released. In April 1994 the third solo record, "不願一個人", was released. The original of the non-lead song "纏綿遊戲" on the disc is "Invisible Love" by the Korean singer Shin Seung-hun. At the 1994 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation Edmond Leung won the New Generation Outstanding Performance Award (Male Singer). This was Edmond Leung's first personal music award. In 1995 the albums "移情別戀" and "抱着你.感覺很好" were released. In July 1996 the record "呼吸" was released. With the title track Edmond Leung won a first Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Song Award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, and the same year renewed with Capital Artists for five years. In January 1997 the record "偷吻" was released. The same year Edmond Leung appeared in a television series for the first time, "隱形怪傑". The insert song "好朋友" again brought Edmond Leung a Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Song Award, and the same year the album "好朋友" was also released. In August 1998 Edmond Leung, Eason Chan and Miriam Yeung released the compilation "大激想". The three were jointly called "the three treasures of Capital Artists". The title track was that year's Coca-Cola advertising theme. The same year the album "星火" was also released. In 1999 Edmond Leung held a first solo concert, "Edmond K Live 99", at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom.
In 2000 Edmond Leung released a first Mandarin album, "蝴蝶來過這世界", and went to Taiwan to promote it for the first time. Afterwards the Cantonese album "PG家長指引", on a punk path, was released. The title track brought Edmond Leung a song award at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation for the first time. The same year there was also the live album "903 id club貼身拉闊音樂會". In 2001 the album "Music Is the Answer" was released. The same year, invited by the friend Dicky Cheung, Edmond Leung played 唐三藏 in the television series "齊天大聖孫悟空". While shooting in Dunhuang, Edmond Leung was told by a colleague that Capital Artists had closed its record division. In 2002 Edmond Leung mainly made a living by taking "seven-day quickie" films and films that were not shown in cinemas but issued directly on disc. During this time the senior and friend 曾志偉 served as an adviser without pay and approached work for Edmond Leung. Afterwards Edmond Leung signed with 曾志偉's entertainment company 東方魅力, and the same year began to learn the piano. On July 27, 2002, 474 days after what Edmond Leung called "leaving the music scene", Edmond Leung was invited to sing and play at a concert of the friend William So, and backstage met 黃柏高.
In 2003 Edmond Leung signed with Gold Label Entertainment and returned to the music scene. 黃柏高 was the manager, and the record contract belonged to EMI. Afterwards the solo record "10號" was prepared. The first song sent to the stations, "501", became a No. 1 song on four stations. The second lead single, "七友", brought Edmond Leung song awards at the four major music awards. At the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, within one year, Edmond Leung won both the Supreme Song Award and the Supreme Album Award, and for the first time received the Ultimate Song Chart Male Singer Silver Award. Edmond Leung also appeared in the television series "當四葉草碰上劍尖時" and hosted the programme "新丁實務科". In 2004 the EP "03/四季" and the album "Effort & Love" were released.
Edmond Leung was a guest at a mini concert of the friend 鄭中基 and sang "羅曼蒂克", a song from the new album. This album was released in June, titled "The Story of June". The composing of nine of the songs was done by Edmond Leung together with different music units. The Chinese Wikipedia records the release year as 2006, and MusicBrainz records it as 2005. Afterwards Edmond Leung, 鄭中基 and 方力申 hosted the television programme "美女廚房", and Edmond Leung held the solo concert "我愛廚房演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
The Chinese Wikipedia records that on December 18, 2008, Edmond Leung married 林文慧. In 2009 the EP "Love & Peace" was released. In March 2010 Big Four, formed by Edmond Leung, Dicky Cheung, Andy Hui and William So, held "THE BIG FOUR 演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom. The four first came together for the Hong Kong Summer Pop Festival, and at that time there was no formal group name. Only later, at the first television appearance "歡樂滿東華", was the name formally set as Big Four.
2011 was Edmond Leung's twentieth year since debut, counted from the first solo record in 1991. The solo record released this year was Edmond Leung's twentieth album, not counting compilations and concert albums, so the record was renamed "#20". The same year there was also the live album "Music Is Live 2011 903 id club 陳奕迅 x 楊千嬅 x 梁漢文". From January 28 to 29, 2012, Edmond Leung held the solo concert "梁漢文2012 Big Man演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum. On February 1, 2013, at the tenth-anniversary dinner of 大岳娛樂, Edmond Leung announced joining 大岳娛樂 and returning to Capital Artists, for a contract of three years. Capital Artists had started issuing records again after 豐德麗 acquired it in 2008. The same year the album "隨時行樂" and the EP "E.d.M.O.N.D" were released. Edmond Leung has also held a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum on the theme of a "halftime show". The idea came from the Half Time Show of the Super Bowl in the United States. With 任賢齊, William So and Wong Ka Keung, of the same company, Edmond Leung formed 男人幫 and began record promotion and a concert tour. Edmond Leung also appeared in the badminton film "全力扣殺".
In 2021 Edmond Leung took part in the large mainland variety programme "披荊斬棘的哥哥", teamed with Jordan Chan, Julian Cheung, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb, who had also come from Hong Kong, but in the end Edmond Leung did not make the final group. After that Edmond Leung began to be based in mainland China for work. In 2022 曾志偉 invited Edmond Leung to appear in the anniversary series "下流上車族", and Edmond Leung declined because of the schedule. A year later 曾志偉 invited Edmond Leung again. Because the main shooting locations were in Beijing, which made it convenient to shoot the series and at the same time finish the work then under way in Ningbo, Edmond Leung in the end took "香港人在北京". This was Edmond Leung's return to a TVB series after 14 years. In 2024 Edmond Leung ended a 10-year working relationship with 大岳娛樂 and moved to work with 无忧传媒, mainly developing the mainland market, and in Hong Kong taking work as an independent singer. In 2025 Edmond Leung, Dicky Cheung, Andy Hui and William So regrouped Big Four.
Overview
- Born
- November 5, 1971age 54
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- Competition · 1989
- Active
- 1989 – present37 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 梁汉文, 梁炳, Edmond, 梁漢文
- Instruments
- Vocals, Piano / Keyboard
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