Jason Chan
Hong Kong male singer, holds Canadian nationality, born in Hong Kong in 1983 and grew up in Canada. In 2005 returned to Hong Kong and was later signed by Sony; has received the Ultimate Song Chart “My Favorite Male Singer”.
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Jason Chan is a Hong Kong male singer, original name 陳廣偉, English name Ivan, born on July 20, 1983 in Hong Kong, and grew up in Canada. The original name belongs to the family's 廣 generation and came from the grandfather's hand, while the stage name 柏宇 was given by a naming master. At seven moved to Canada with the mother's household.
After less than a year of college study, in 2005 returned to Hong Kong, first doing repair and customer service at Apple Computer. In the same year a friend sent a demo recording to a record company, and Jason Chan was later appreciated and signed by Sony Music. Jason Chan, looking back, said the second important moment was auditioning in a karaoke room and then becoming a Sony Music singer. There are two accounts of the debut year: the Chinese Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia record 2006, with the Chinese version also recording a debut with the song "固執", while the Sony Hong Kong artist page records a 2007 debut and 16 albums released. "永久保存" is the first number-one song, also a 道地百果園 advertisement song. On May 3, 2007 released the first solo album "First Experience", and on December 17 of the same year held the first solo concert.
In 2008's Change, Chinese Wikipedia records that "I Miss You" took number one from a 道地 advertisement, and that "理智與感情", a duet with 楊丞琳, also ranked near the top. On May 13, 2009 released the first EP "Close Up", the singles including "I will be Loving You" and "你瞞我瞞", the latter with lyrics by 林夕; on December 18 released the full-length album "Can't Be Half". In 2010's Put On, "別怕失去" took the Metro Hit Breakthrough Singer Award. In 2011 there was Quinquennium, and in the same year, with the duets with 林奕匡 "無限" and "尊嚴", received Metro Hit Song and Duet Song awards. In 2012's Lost and Found, "命案" became a two-station number-one song. On March 15, 2013 released the sixth studio album "The Next Moment", on November 26 released Tales, and on November 29 held "陳柏宇 Tales 演唱會2013" at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre.
At the end of 2009 HKRIA and TVB had not reached consensus on royalties, and Jason Chan for a time disappeared from TVB; rested in 2014. After a year of rest, in 2015 released the new album "Escape", led by "回眸一笑" and 林奕匡's work "別來無恙"; HK01 records that with these two songs Jason Chan swept the stations' major awards. On June 5, 2016 jointly held "KKBOX LIVE 陳柏宇 X 林奕匡 一起唱" with 林奕匡 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre, and also released the tenth-debut-anniversary album "The Players", of which "上集大結局" and "沒有你，我甚麼都不是" became three-station and four-station number ones; the Chinese Wikipedia calls the latter the hit that let the "spark flare again". In 2017 then released "霸氣情歌", composed by 林奕匡 with lyrics by Wyman Wong, which after a few weeks on the radio was already a three-station number one.
The Chinese Wikipedia records that music critics praised the voice as warm and delicate, calling Jason Chan a "healing love-song prince". Another appellation came from a January 2016 高登論壇 post, "樂壇隱世高手 陳柏宇", and after widespread reporting thus gained the name "hidden singer"; HK01 writes of being dubbed a hidden singer, for years said to have "hit songs but not a hit person".
In January 2017, at "叱咤樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮2016", Jason Chan first took Ultimate Song Chart Male Singer Silver; the previous Ultimate Song Chart award was already 2009, placing third in the songs top ten with "你瞞我瞞". Jason Chan also took the Ultimate Song Chart "My Favorite Male Singer"; Jason Chan later said the fourth important moment was getting My Favorite Male Singer at Ultimate Song Chart, a fans' achievement. In 2017 the first Hong Kong Coliseum solo concert, "陳柏宇 Speechless 演唱會", ran for two shows.
On July 2, 2017, Jason Chan and 符曉薇 held a wedding and registered the marriage in Kowloon Bay; the two sides' records of the years of dating differ — HK01 records five years of dating, Oriental Daily News writes that this singer known as a "hidden singer of the music scene" chose the dating anniversary to marry 符曉薇, ending a six-year run.
Jason Chan's other works include "I" and "Present". "認真如初" was delayed and later became a four-station number one. HK01 records that at fourteen years after debut, Jason Chan had been unable to sing after using the voice wrongly, leading to calluses and bleeding on the vocal cords, and therefore decided to relearn singing. In 2019 released the seventeenth solo album "Anyone But Jason", servicing to radio "金草莓", "七折" and "爸爸的禮物". On June 25, 2021 released the eighteenth solo album "53FPS". On December 10 and 11 of the same year held "陳柏宇 Fight For ___ 演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
On January 15, 2023, Sony arranged an appearance on THE FIRST TAKE to perform an adapted version of "你瞞我瞞"; the Chinese Wikipedia records Jason Chan as the first Hong Kong singer invited. Now News records that after this version was released the view count broke past 3.5 million. Jason Chan later sang "有天" on the same programme. In the same year held "陳柏宇 feat. 九龍搖擺俱樂部演唱會2023" at AsiaWorld-Expo. "Sony 呈獻：Jason Chan Live in Frames 20週年演唱會" is previewed to be held for two consecutive days on July 18 and 19, 2026 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom. In addition, Jason Chan is involved in film, television and business, owning two bars in Hong Kong, and in March 2020 WWF Hong Kong again invited Jason Chan and Kay Tse as ambassadors to promote sustainable living.
Overview
- Born
- July 20, 1983age 43
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- Official debut · 2006
- Active
- 2006 – present20 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 陈柏宇, 陳柏宇
- Instruments
- Vocals
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