Gary Chaw
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| Gary Cao 曹格 |
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| Chinese name | 曹格 | |||||
| Pinyin | Cáo Gé (Mandarin) | |||||
| Birth name | Cao Dak Haw (Chinese: 曹佰豪; pinyin: Cáo Bǎiháo) | |||||
| Ancestry | Hakka | |||||
| Origin | Malaysia | |||||
| Born | July 9, 1979 Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia |
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| Other name(s) | Gary Chaw | |||||
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter | |||||
| Genre(s) | Mandopop, R&B | |||||
| Instrument(s) | Piano | |||||
| Voice type(s) | Tenor | |||||
| Label(s) | Rock Records/Dragon Force Music | |||||
| Years active | 2006–present | |||||
| Spouse(s) | Wu Sou Ling (traditional Chinese: 吳速玲; pinyin: Wú Sùlíng) (2008–present) |
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| Children | Joe Chaw (traditional Chinese: 曹三豐; pinyin: Cáo Sānfēng) (son) | |||||
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Gary Cao (born July 9, 1979 in Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia), also known as Gary Chaw or Cao Ge is a popular Taiwan based Malaysian singer-songwriter who has had achieved huge success in Taiwan, Malaysia, Hongkong, and Singapore. He is renowned for his great stage charisma, wide vocal range, and rich voice. In addition, he does a lot of composing for himself and other singers as well.
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[edit] Early life
He received his early education in Canada. He went on to continue his studies at Auckland University, New Zealand when he was 16, getting a degree in Architecture.
[edit] Career
In 2006 he won Hong Kong TVB's Newcomer Singer award and has since released three albums. His big break occurred with the release of his Mandarin version of Karyn White's 1988 song "Superwoman". Cao wrote some chart-topping songs in Taiwan sung by S.H.E, Cyndi Wang, and Aaron Kwok.
In a recent interview with MTV, Cao admits (fluently in English) that he is a shy guy who doesn't express himself well through words but well enough in the songs he sings. His early influences came from admiration of Stevie Wonder and R Kelly.
He is one of the rising singers that has been compared to Leehom Wang and Jay Chou
He won an award in the 2008 Golden Melody awards in Taiwan , bagging the Best Male Mandarin Singer award.He is also dubbed "Little Heavenly King" by the press , and also 歌王(Melody king), and his most recent concert tour of Asia, "Welcome To My World" was a great success.
[edit] Music works
[edit] Albums
- Released: January 26, 2006
- Format: CD
- Label: Rock Records
- Chart position: #1 (TAIWAN G-music Chart)
- Released: December 27, 2006
- Format: CD
- Label: Rock Records
- Chart position: #1 (TAIWAN G-music Chart)
- Released: January 04, 2008
- Format: CD
- Label: Rock Records
- Chart position: #1 (TAIWAN G-music Chart)
- Released: 19th June, 2009
- Format: CD
- Label: Rock Records
- Chart position: #1 (TAIWAN G-music Chart)
[edit] Collaborations
Gary collaborated with another fellow Malaysian singer Guang Liang(光良) for the song "Teenage Years(少年)", in Guang Liang's album "Fairy Tale(童话)".
Gary has also sung with Genie Zhuo(卓文萱) in the song "梁山伯與茱麗葉".
He then later sang with Vivian Hsu(徐若瑄) in the song "I Still Believe".
He also sang with the late Beatrice Xu Wei Lun in the song "Freedom". Freedom became Beatrice Xu Wei Lun last song, after her untimely death at 26.
Gary also collaborated with fellow Malaysian singer Fish Leong [梁静茹] in "PK" featured in her 2009 album "Fall in Love & Songs" [静茹&情歌-别再为他流泪]，he also collaborated with 魏雪漫 in their song 你我。
He composed and sang a song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics that was released in a Rock records CD which is called Far away (一起飞), titled after the song he composed and sang with other Rock Records Artists such as Genie Zhuo , 2moro , 小鬼,Tracy Zhou , 魏雪漫,元若篮，宇绗，吴忠明，and other artists with Rock records.
[edit] Compositions
Gary has also been doing compositions for many other artistes.
| Year | Artist | Album | Songs |
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| 1999 | Aaron Kwok | Ask For More | "只有你", "我了", "我的問題你沒回答" |
| 2003 | Huang Ping Yuan | 感謝情人 | "不要害怕" |
| 2004 | S.H.E | Encore | "大女人主義" |
| 2005 | Cyndi Wang | Cyndi with U | "睫毛彎彎" |
| 2005 | S.H.E | Once Upon A Time / 不想長大 | "星星之火" |
| 2006 | 黃俊源 | My First Album | "突然牽手" |
| Genie Zhuo | Be Used To / 習慣 | "梁山伯與茱麗葉" | |
| Annie Yi | Princess A | "月兒亮彎彎" | |
| 2007 | Show Luo | SPESHOW | "幸福獵人" |
| Vivian Hsu | Vivi and... | "I Still Believe" | |
| Nicholas Teo | Prince Nicholas / 王子 | "晚安，寶貝" | |
| A-mei | STAR | "一眼瞬間", "微多莉亞的秘密" | |
| Landy Wen | Hot Wava / 熱浪 | "採花賊" | |
| Genie Zhuo | Oxygenie of Happiness / 幸福氧氣 | "被你愛過我很快樂" | |
| Cyndi Wang | Fly Cyndi | "飄飄" | |
| 閻韋伶 | 傻孩子 | "Happy Birthday To Me" | |
| Andy Lau | Everyone Is No. 1 新歌+精選 | "一起嗌" | |
| 2008 | 羅志祥 | 潮男正傳 | 為你寫首歌 |
| 2009 | 言承旭 | 多出來的自由 | 一半 |
[edit] Awards
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