Pakho Chau
Pakho Chau | |||||||||||
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 Pakho Chau in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1984 Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actor, model | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2007–present | ||||||||||
| Spouse |
Stephanie Chu (m. 2016) | ||||||||||
| Musical career | |||||||||||
| Genres | Cantopop, Pop, Rock | ||||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Singing, piano, guitar | ||||||||||
| Labels | Warner Music (2007–2017) The Voice Entertainment Group (2017–present) | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周柏豪 | ||||||||||
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Eric Chau Pak-ho (Chinese: 周柏豪, born 12 November 1984), better known as Pakho Chau, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. He signed with Warner Music Group and officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007. He left Warner Music in July 2017 and subsequently joined Voice Entertainment and TVB New Media. He is also the founder of two fashion brands, XPX and CATXMAN.
Biography
Having once represented Hong Kong in basketball, Chau has also worked as a lifeguard, swimming teacher, and piano teacher. Chau also enjoyed a brief stint as a part-time model signed to Hong Kong modelling agency Starz People, becoming a model and spokesperson for many large companies and brands in Hong Kong.
After a while, Chau decided to pursue his long-time passion for music, and saved up money to go abroad and learn more about music and production techniques. However, he was encouraged by his modelling manager to stay in Hong Kong, and was soon introduced to a well-known record producer in Hong Kong, Chan Kwong-Wing (陳光榮). After an initial meeting, Chau worked in Chan's recording studio as an unpaid engineer for almost two years, recording and producing demos and commercial jingles.
His musical talent was noticed by Chan, and soon Chau was offered a recording contract and signed to Warner Music Group in 2007.
Career
Having learned the piano since the age of 5, and being able to play the guitar, Chau is also a songwriter. From his debut EP Beginning, Chau wrote one song, and penned the lyrics for four others.
Due to his work experience as a recording studio engineer, Chau also produces many of his own songs.
His debut single, "Same Sky" (同天空), rapidly gained airplay in Hong Kong, and instantly became a hit song. His second single, "Six Days" (六天) also achieved popularity.
Chau's popularity was determined within three days of the release of his debut EP Beginning, sold more than 6000 copies. This resulted in a strong demand for a second shipment of his debut EP.
In May 2008, a duet with Cantopop starlet Stephanie Cheng was released, called "Nothing Done" (一事無成). This song became massively popular, achieving commercial success and reaching the top of many music charts in Hong Kong.
In July 2008, in time for the Hong Kong Book Fair, Chau released a photo album, containing a collection of his own words and photos. This photo album was called "Here's Where It All Began" (我的開始在這裡), and sold extremely well, with a second edition being released the following month.
His second album, entitled Continue, was released on 21 August 2008.
After releasing several singles, Chau released Follow on 10 July 2009. This collection consisted of 4 new tracks, and several previously released tracks. Following on from the previous year, Chau released another photo album for the Hong Kong Book Fair, called "This Is My Time Machine" (假如我有時光 ‧ 机).
Chau, together with Benjamin Yuen won the Best Host award for "The PakhoBen Outdoor Show" in the TVB award presentation 2020.[1]
Discography
Extended plays
- Beginning (2007)
- Continue (2008)
- Remembrance (2010)
- 本體分裂 Splitting (2011)
- Get Well Soon (2012)
- 同行 Together (2014)
- White (2015)
- Roundabout (2015)
- One Step Closer (2017)
Studio albums
- 8 (2013)
- Keep Going (2014)
Concerts and tours
Concerts
Tours
One Step Closer Pakho Live 2017–2018
| Tour | |||||
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| Date | no.of shows | Venue | Note | ||
| 28-30/4/2017 | 3 | Hong Kong Coliseum | 10th Anniversary Concert 3-side stage | ||
| 23 September 2017 | 1 | Guangzhou Gymnasium | |||
| 21 October 2017 | 1 | Cotai Arena | |||
| 9 December 2017 | 1 | Huizhou Olympic Stadium | |||
| 13 January 2018 | 1 | Shenzhen Gymnasium | |||
| 20 January 2018 | 1 | Nanhai Gymnasium | |||
| 17 March 2018 | 1 | Zhanjiang Sports Centre | |||
| 1 December 2018 | 1 | Jiangmen | |||
| Pending | Pending | Dongguan | |||
| Pending | Pending | Shanghai | |||
- 同天空
- 自由意志 Keep Going
- 起跳 Take Off
- Imperfect
- 怒花 Nova
- 小白+相安無事 Little White+We'll Be Fine
- 莫失莫忘 Don't Forget
- 後援 Backup
- How Do I Look
- 露齒 Say Cheers
- 今天應該很快樂
- 斬立決 Death Row
- 天下大亂 Chaos
- Toys intro
- 宏願
- 最好不過 Best Though
- 同行 Together
- 祝君好 Good Luck (ft. Chilam)
- Smiley Face (Chilam Solo)
- 百年不合 A Hundred Year
- 天光 Daylight
- 我的宣言 My Vow
- 終於我們 One Step Closer
- 無力挽回 Irreversible
- 只有一事不成全你 Only One Thing Cannot Satisfy You
- 異能 Alpha
- 摔角 In The Ring
- 金 Gold
- 報告總司令
- 六天
- 還記得 Still Remember
Filmography
Films
- Shrek the Third as the voice of "Gingerbread Man", in the Cantonese version (2007)
- Love Is Elsewhere (愛情萬歲) as "Joe Yeung" (2008)
- 10 Promises to My Dog (我和尋回犬的十個約定) as the voice of "Yuichi", in the Cantonese version (2008)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as the voice of "Moto Moto", in the Cantonese version (2008)
- Basic Love (愛情故事) (2009)
- Out Of Proportion (玩大咗) (2009)
- Seven 2 One (關人7事) (2009)
- Split Second murders (死神傻了) (2009)
- I Corrupt All Cops (金錢帝國) (2009)
- Once a Gangster (飛砂風中轉) (2010)
- The Way We Were (2011)
- Hong Kong Ghost Stories (猛鬼愛情故事) (2011)
- Lan Kwai Fong (喜愛夜浦) (2011)
- I Sell Love (2014)
- Streets of Macao (2014)
- S for Sex, S for Secret (2015)
- 12 Golden Ducks (2015)
- Guilty (2015)
- Love Detective (2015)
- Super Models (2015)
- Big Fortune Hotel (2015)
- My Wife Is a Superstar (2016)
- Delusion (2016)
- Good Take! (2016)
- 77 Heartbreaks (2017)
- The Sinking City – Capsule Odyssey (2017)
- Death Notify (2019)
- 77 Heartwarmings (2019)
- Winning Buddha 2 (2019)
- The Infernal Walker (2020)
Television
2008
- This Is My Home (我是香港人) as Ah Siu
2009
- ICAC Investigators 2009 (廉政行動2009) as 周栢堅 (Kenny Chow Pak-kin)
2016
- A Time of Love 2 as 杜錦煇 (To Kam-fai)
2017
- Line Walker: The Prelude as 樂少峰 (Lok Siu-fung)
2018
- Another Era as 程凱 (Ching Hoi)
2019
- Wonder Women as 榮浩田 (Wing Ho-tin / oppa)
Other appearances
2003
- Wildchild (野仔) – Zhang Mou (張某)
2004
- Monie Tung (董敏莉) – Men And Women Eating (飲食男女), Pool Party (池畔派對)
- Stephanie Cheng (鄭融) – Popular Applause (叫好叫座)
- Renee Dai (戴夢夢) – Witness (當事人)
2005
- Hong Kong Baptist University Film And Television Works master's degree production – Life in the Works (活在筆下)
2007
- Elanne Kong (江若琳) – Wrong Love (錯愛)
2010
- Shiga Lin (連詩雅) – I Don't Wanna Be Lonely
Music Videos
Youtube Music Videos Views
Pakho Chau has accumulated over 80M video views on YouTube, being the second most viewed singer in the region. He has owned 19 music videos which reached over 1M views.
| Ranking | Title | Year | Views | Likes |
| 1 | 《傳聞 Rumors》 | 2014 | 15,600,302 | 27,000 |
| 2 | 《我的宣言 My Vow》 | 2013 | 13,305,482 | 32,000 |
| 3 | 《百年不合 A Hundred Year》 | 2015 | 9,745,455 | 19,000 |
| 4 | 《我不要被你記住 I Don't Want To Be Remembered》 | 2010 | 7,315,780 | 11,608 |
| 5 | 《無力挽回 Irreversible》 | 2012 | 7,792,825 | 15,000 |
| 6 | 《還記得 Still Remember》 | 2014 | 8,513,074 | 20,000 |
| 7 | 《小白 Little White》 | 2015 | 4,132,840 | 12,000 |
| 8 | 《只有一事不成全你 Only One Thing Cannot Satisfy You》 | 2011 | 2,760,551 | 10,116 |
| 9 | 《現在已夜深 It's Late Now》 | 2014 | 2,673,968 | 7,074 |
| 10 | 《相安無事 We'll Be Fine》 | 2015 | 2,346,490 | 8,341 |
| 11 | 《莫失莫忘 Don't Forget》 | 2014 | 2,318,796 | 6,574 |
| 12 | 《最好不過 Best Though》 | 2010 | 2,117,002 | 5,488 |
| 13 | 《夠鐘 It's Time》 | 2009 | 2,000,216 | 3,686 |
- Only listed videos with 2,000,000+ views
Awards and nominations
Advertisements
2003
- K2 – advertisement
- S. Square – advertisement
- Sony – advertisement
- Just Diamond – advertisement
2004
2005
- Champion clothes – spokesperson
2006
- K2 – advertisement
- Pizza Hut – advertisement
2007
- Converse – advertisement
- Indu Homme Menswear – advertisement
- GP Wedding – advertisement
- Puma AG Casual Wear – advertisement
2008
- Online Game "Dance Mission" – spokesperson
- Neway Karaoke – advertisement
- MOOV.com – advertisement
- Levi Strauss & Co. – advertisement
- Clinique Men's Skincare – advertisement
- ODM Watches – advertisement
2009
- adidas – advertisement
References
- ^ "2020 TVB anniversary awards show winner list". 38jiejie. 2021-01-10
- ^ "周柏豪入行十周年演唱會開鑼 完整歌單即時重溫" (in Chinese).
- ^ Pakho Chau at hkmdb.com
- ^ Pakho Chau at chinesemov.com
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