Hacken Lee

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Hacken Lee
Chinese name 李克勤
Pinyin lǐ kè qín (Mandarin)
Jyutping lei5 hak1 kan4 (Cantonese)
Birth name 李克勤
Ancestry Sancun, Yamen, Xinhui, Guangdong
Origin Hong Kong
Born 6 December 1967 (1967-12-06) (age 44)
 Hong Kong
Occupation Singer, Actor
Genre(s) Cantopop
Label(s) Universal Music (1999–present)
PolyGram Records (1985-1999)
Years active 1985-present
Spouse(s) Emily Lo Suk-yi, married on 28 November 2006 (&100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000009200000092 days)
Children Ryan Lee Lap-yan, born on 22 October 2007 (2007-10-22) (age 4)
Rex Lee Lik-sze, born on 27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) (age 1)
Official Website www.hackenleenet.com

Hacken Lee Hak Kan (born 6 December 1967) is an award winning Hong Kong based Cantopop singer and lyricist, actor, Master of Ceremonies and Association football sportscaster.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years: 1985-1995

While Hacken Lee was still studying at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, he entered the TVB new talent show along with Alex To, William So, Vivian Chow, Grasshopper, and Template:Eddie Ng. He did not get into the top thirty. Lee won the 1985 Hong Kong 18 District Singing Contest singing "Love in the Fog" (霧之戀), a song made famous by Alan Tam, and was offered a contract with PolyGram Records.[1] The sales of his first EP album "李克勤 (EP)" did not reach the 5,000 mark. In 1988, he appeared in a TVB television series "Teenage No More" (不再少年時).

In 1992, Hacken released "Red Sun" (紅日), for which he penned the lyrics. His first concert, held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 1993 was very well received; all the tickets sold out in a couple days.[1]

In 1995 Hacken was involved in various contract disputes with his record company and one of his concerts had a very low turnout. For a time, Hacken had no recording contract and worked instead as a TVB presenter for shows such as the music programme Jade Solid Gold, Miss Hong Kong and numerous sports events, notably soccer. At the same time, he turned to acting and appeared occasionally in dramas for TVB. He record songs for TVB such as the TVB theme song for the 1998 World Cup.[1]

[edit] Current career: 1999-present

In 1999, Hacken signed with Universal Music, his current record company. In 2001 he released songs including "Flying Flower" (飛花), "Feet of Fortune" (前後腳), "I Won't Sing" (我不會唱歌) and "The Grasp of Love" (愛不釋手).

In late 2001 Hacken performed in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert series was very well-received, as was a recording released of the series. Hacken's early 2002 concert and its recordings were equally well-received.

He co-starred in the TVB drama Legal Entanglement (法網伊人), which aired around the time of the 2002 concert. The series achieved high ratings and was one of TVB's most popular dramas that year. He won the "Most Favourite Character" award at the 2002 TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in the series. He was appointed the host of the 2002 World Cup and sang the theme song of TVB, which dominated the local charts for some time.

Hacken won the TVB Jade Solid Gold Award three times, twice in succession (2002 and 2003) and another one in 2005.

In 2003, he partnered with Alan Tam in a series of concerts around the world, including multiple shows in Hong Kong and Las Vegas. The concerts were named "Neighbors" (「左麟右李」) which is a play of words with a well known Chinese four-character idiom 左鄰右里 using homonyms 麟 and 李 in the artists' names.

He partnered with Joey Yung for the first time in 2004, in a collaboration better known by another four-character idiom "Urgency cannot afford delay" (刻不容緩), once again a Chinese pun using the artists' names 克 and 容.

Lee was the first Chinese artist to release a DualDisc. Entitled Hacken Lee Concert Hall (李克勤演奏廳), the DVD side of the disc featured "Making of" footage, while the CD side features live recordings of the songs in Surround Sound.

A sequel CD, Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall (李克勤演奏廳 II), was released in November 2006 following the success of the original Concert Hall, which sold over 80,000 copies. All songs in the second Concert Hall disc were recorded live from 28 to 31 August 2006 at the Harmony Theatre, Koyang Culture City Hall, Korea. Many local Korean musicians participated in the recording project, including Kwak Jung "Harpist K" on harp, So Kyoung-Jin on Korean big drum, Jang Hyo-Seok on saxophone, Kim Won-Jin as boy soprano, Kim Hyun-Mi, Jung Hyun-Suk "Joy of Strings" on violin, Kim Hae-Ryeon on viola, and Chung Yu-Young on cello. David Hodges from New York played an antique 1920 bandoneon in the recording. Seoul Concert Hall was released on a CD with an accompanying DVD using high-definition 1080i format.

In 2006, he held a series of sell-out concerts (sponsored by Carlsberg) during the Chinese New Year period at the HK Coliseum, from 28 January through to 6 February.

On 28 November 2006, Hacken married his long-time girlfriend, Miss Hong Kong 1992 Emily Lo Suk Yi. On 22 October 2007 Emily gave birth to their first child, a son Ryan. On 27 March 2010, Emily gave birth to another son,Rex.

Hacken Lee No. 1 Hits was released in 22 November 2007. It contains 4 CDs of his classic hits and his new songs. In 2007, Hacken with his environmental-themed song <花落誰家>, won the song of the year on Jade Solid Gold award. In 2008, Hacken hosted a series of Chinese new year concerts, which featured the new song "Every Day is a Valentine's Day" <天天都是情人節>. His concert series sold out 11 shows in Hong Kong and was followed by a world tour. Hacken was a host for the Beijing Olympics broadcast in 2008.

[edit] Acting career

[2] [3]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Gallery

  • Hacken Lee in Stanley, Hong Kong

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c umg.com.hk Lee Hacken profile
  2. ^ "Hacken Lee". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497349/. Retrieved April 14, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Hacken Lee". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Hacken%20Lee.html. Retrieved April 14, 2010. 

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