William So — William So Wing-hong
Male singer from Hong Kong. He debuted through the New Talent Singing Awards; his song “越吻越傷心” won a Top 10 Songs award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for 1998, and in 2009 he formed Big Four with Andy Hui, Dicky Cheung and Edmond Leung.
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William So, born on September 24, 1967, is a male singer from Hong Kong.
William So debuted through the New Talent Singing Awards. He entered the music industry in 1985 and spent his first two or three years in the business mainly acting in television dramas. In 1989, he released his first solo album, “失眠”. He later appeared in the TVB drama “壹號皇庭”, and “假使有日能忘記”, which he sang, was an insert song for “壹號皇庭IV”. He also played the doctor “阿Gill” in the TVB drama “妙手仁心”.
In November 1994, Linfair Records released William So's Mandarin album “男人不該讓女人流淚”, followed in November 1995 by his second Mandarin album, “愛上一個人永遠不會太遲”. “從不喜歡孤單一個”, his duet with Angela Pang, won the gold award for most popular male-female duet at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for 1994.
William So's 1998 album “不想獨自快樂” included “越吻越傷心”, composed by Eddie Ng with lyrics by Albert Leung and produced by 黃尚偉 and William So; after it was sent to radio, the song became a number-one hit on the charts of all four stations. At the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for 1998, “越吻越傷心” won a Top 10 Songs award, and 黃尚偉 won the best song producer award for it. “來夜方長”, his duet with Kit Chan, won the gold award for most popular duet at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for 1999; their duet “愛得正好” was the theme song of the film “玻璃樽”.
On December 9, 2001, Anita Mui staged “MUI MUSIC SHOW”, a one-night-only concert at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, to celebrate her twentieth anniversary in show business; William So appeared as a guest and sang “緣份” with her. “意猶未盡”, his duet with Rain Li, won the gold award for most popular duet at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for 2001.
On June 8, 2002, William So was arrested at a nightclub in Taipei and tested positive for ecstasy in a urine test. On July 28 that year, his solo concert “康定情歌演唱會” opened at the Hong Kong Coliseum. On August 2, he entered the Taipei Detention Center for observation and rehabilitation, and on August 12 he was released after an assessment found no tendency toward continued drug use.
In 2008, William So released the Mandarin album “擁抱”. In July 2011, he released the single “那誰”, followed later that year by the album “和那誰的”, and in November he held “蘇永康給那誰的演唱會” at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with guests including Joey Yung, Denise Ho, Kit Chan, Kenny Bee and Jonathan Lee. “那誰”, with lyrics by Wyman Wong, won a Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs award and the 全球華人至尊金曲獎 (top song among Chinese communities worldwide) at the “第34屆十大中文金曲” awards concert, held on January 7, 2012, where William So received the Outstanding Pop Singer award (優秀流行歌手大獎). On February 25 that year, at the “2011年雪碧音樂榜” awards ceremony at Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, he won the best Hong Kong male singer award (香港地區最佳男歌手獎), and “那誰” won the 港台金曲獎 (Hong Kong and Taiwan hit song) and 全國至尊金曲獎 (nationwide top song) awards. He released the album “28” in 2014 and, in 2017, the covers album “Love From The Last Century”, produced by Mark Lui and 劉賢德.
In 2009, William So formed the group Big Four with Andy Hui, Dicky Cheung and Edmond Leung; the group staged concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 2010, 2013 and 2025. After the 2025 Coliseum concerts, the tour went on to Singapore, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco, and played its final stop at the Arena of Stars in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, on May 23, 2026.
On June 21 and 22, 2019, William So held two solo concerts, “ALL THAT JAZZ (&POP)LIVE 2019”, at the Hong Kong Coliseum, working with nearly a hundred musicians on Chinese and Western instruments; it was the fifth time he had held solo concerts at the Coliseum. On October 15, 2022, “2022蘇式情歌台北演唱會” was held in Taipei, ten years after his previous concert in Taiwan. On November 25, 2023, “2023蘇氏情歌演唱會” was held at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC).
In 2025, William So was a mentor on the TVB singing competition show “聲秀”. In September that year, internet users complained to local authorities about his 2002 drug case; the Wenzhou stop of the “So Live” 2025 tour, originally scheduled for October 6 at the Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, was later canceled. William So later issued a statement of apology. On October 18, he performed at the Taipei International Convention Center, the sixth time he had held a concert in Taipei. On April 25 and 26, 2026, he held two concerts at the Kaohsiung Music Center, the first time he had held solo concerts in Kaohsiung.
Overview
- Born
- September 24, 1967age 59
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- Official debut · 1985
- Active
- 1985 – present41 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 苏永康, 蘇永康
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