Alan Tam
Alan Tam was born in British Hong Kong, United Kingdom on August 23rd, 1950 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 73, Alan Tam biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alan Tam Wing-lun MH (born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.
He was instrumental in the establishment of the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for performing romantic ballads with modern arrangements.
Alan Tam earned numerous music awards from 1983 to 1987, including the Most Popular Male Artist and IFPI Award for four years, making him the most well-known celebrity singer of Hong Kong in the 1980s.
He officially dropped all pop music award ceremonies in early 1988 and concentrated most of his attention into Cantopop's new direction. He is still working in the music and film business, and he continues to produce new albums on a regular basis.
He has been a mentor for the cantopop music industry since the 1980s, earning the nickname "Principal" or "Principal Tam" in honor.
He is often seen on television in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, and other areas of East Asia, where he appears in all manners of entertainment-related events and charity work.
Alan Tam has released 115 solo albums and has sold over 35 million albums around the world; he also holds the Hong Kong solo record for having the most concerts as a solo artist.
Career
In his secondary school years in Hong Kong, Tam discovered a passion for music. He formed "The Wynners" () with his colleagues, a band named "The Wynners." They later won the first prize to begin a career in the entertainment industry after appearing in a number of TVB variety shows. The band disbanded, and Kenny Bee reformed into the band The Wynners in 1973. The Wynners mainly performed in English. Tam was one of the band's two lead singers before the band split in 1978.
'Naughty Boy' () was his first album as a solo artist in 1979. 'Love in Autumn' (), a 1984 hit, was an early success.
In 1979, Tam's first album as a solo artist was titled "Naughty Boy" (). He later released "Love in Autumn" (), "Flower in Water" (), or "Half Dazed, Half Awakened" () in 1984, which was followed by commercial success. He also received his first major individual song award in the 1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. He released (), (), (>), and 1985 () albums, which culminated in a huge collection of albums. He declared in 1988 that he would not accept any more awards linked to competition. For the next 30+ years, he would continue to produce albums. He has been nominated for a top ten songs from 1981 to 1988. This was in addition to his winning a top ten song award every year from 1983 to 1987 for the Jade solid gold awards. In 1993, he released "My Love" in collaboration with Korean singer Kim Wan-Sun.
Tam and fellow singer Leslie Cheung regularly clashed in the Hong Kong press, prompting a tense rivalry. Although both artists were at peace with each other, it was the followers who brought the spectacle of a musical feud. The singers dismissed any doubts about their friendship in the late 1990s, and even performed together in galas and other special events. Leslie Cheung and others appeared on the album "Paying Tribute to Alan Tam" (15.) and collaborated on a single remix of Tam's famous songs "Illusion" () and "Foggy Love" ().
Alan & Hacken, he and fellow artist Hacken Lee for a big world tour in 2003 (Chinese: also translated as "Left Alan Right Hacken"). The name is a play on a Chinese word that means "neighbours" (). They have performed in over 100 countries including China, United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia, and Japan as a whole. He has been assisting his godson Kelvin Kwan in establishing a career in Hong Kong since 2006.
In 2006, one of his signature fast songs, "Love Trap" (), received the 25th Anniversary Jade Solid Gold song honour award. He had already sold more than 20 million albums by 1995. He had released more than 104 albums and 800 songs by 2005. He has appeared in 264 concerts, of which 189 were individual performances.
He was the recipient of the 30th Hall of Fame Award from the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH) for his 30+ years of service to the Hong Kong and Chinese music industry (CASH).
Tam hosted the Wynners Show in the 1970s and appeared in the television drama Over the Rainbow. In 1980, he decided to pursue opportunities in Taiwan and appeared in A Girl Without Sorrow, directed by Pai Ching-jui. He appeared in more than ten films in Taiwan, including The Funny Couple and Part Time Job. He appeared in a number of films, including Armour of God with Jackie Chan and Master Wong vs. Master Wong, a parody of legendary Canton kung fu fighter Wong Fei Hung, who appeared in Armour of God with Jackie Chan and Master Wong vs. Master Wong is a parody of legendary Canton kung fu fighter Wong Fei Hung. In 1981, Tam won the Best Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards for his role in If I Were Real. He has almost resigned from acting after Age of Miracles (1996) and Aces Going Places (1997). However, he makes a comeback for Here Comes Fortune in 2010.
Tam was elected president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Guild on January 11, 2008. The Edison Chen photo scandal, just a month after he was elected, sparked a media storm. The Guild has condemned the growing popularity and posting of pornographic images on the internet. Tam was interviewed by various outlets on the case's handling. "The widespread of such obscene photographs has created a negative atmosphere in society," the photographer said.
Tam was instrumental in the establishment of a relief committee in 2008 Sichuan to look after the lives and education of orphaned children. He and Eric Tsang, Jackie Chan, and Eason Chan were on a Hong Kong committee.
An announcement was made in Admiralty, Hong Kong, in 1997, that 40 celebrity investors had been invited to open a Star East Entertainment restaurant concept. It was one of Tam's most publicized investments, led by his best friends Natalis Chan and Eric Tsang. A merger was made between Star East and Planet Hollywood in 2000.
Tam sided with the police and attended a pro-police rally in Hong Kong during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests, as "worldwide coverage of Hong Kong's police force using heavy-handed tactics against student demonstrators" and "after "total coverage of the Hong Kong police force's Hong Kong police force using heavy-handed measures against student protesters." Fans retaliated, with fans smashing his records in public.