How Jacky Cheung Started His Musical Career?

After graduated from a Hong Kong English college, Jacky Cheung didn’t plan to develop on music direction. By the contrary, he first worked in a trade company and then Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. Until the year of 1984, he won the champion from more than 20 thousand competitors in an amateur singing contest with the song Fatherland.


After the success of his song Fatherland, he signed with PolyGram Record Company and became a singer of this record company. Then he released his first record album named Smile and reached a sale number of 200+ thousand, which also make Jacky Cheung the outstanding freshman in Hong Kong musical field. During his musical career, he has been chosen many times by some charity business and governments to sing the theme songs.


In 1986, he released his second album named Amour and also reached a big success. Even more, the song Half Moon in this album became a classic song within Hong Kong residents. Another classic popular song Sun and Stars was also released at the same period. Only two years after Jacky Cheung entered the area of music, he held his first concert at famous Hong Kong Coliseum.