Jason Chan

Jason Chan Pak-yu is a Hong Kong singer. He debuted under Sony Music in 2006 and released his debut album First Experience in 2007 and has since released more than 10 albums. He has been dubbed by the Hong Kong media as the music industry's "hidden master" . Chan has also ventured into film and television, and business, owning two bars in Hong Kong.

Life and career

Early life and career beginnings Chan was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada when he was seven years old with his mother after his parents divorced. He has a younger sister. He returned to Hong Kong in 2005 and worked in customer service at an IT firm. After his friend sent his demo and recordings from a singing competition in Canada to Sony Music Hong Kong (then known as Sony BMG), he was offered a contract and signed with the label.

2008–2009: Close Up, Can't Be Half Close Up is Chan's first extended play, and was released on 13 May 2009. Two singles were released from the EP, "I will be Loving You", and "You Lie I Lie" , with both songs reaching number one on the Ultimate Song Chart, and charted in the top five of the other local charts. Chan released full-length album Can't Be Half on 18 December, completing the year with singles "Half Dating" and "No Wrong Done", both penned by Lin Xi, to moderate chart success. Chan won Outstanding Artiste (Hong Kong) at the 9th Global Chinese Music Awards.

2011–2014: The Next Moment and Tales Released on 15 March 2013, The Next Moment was Chan's sixth studio album. Singles "Let the Bullets Fly" , "Contradict", "People Around" were released as singles. Chan wrote six of the songs on the album, taking a much higher degree of creative control. A deluxe edition was issued 23 May, adding three music videos and footage from his Jason Chan & Friends The Next Moment mini-concert.

Tales was released 26 November 2013. In support of the album Chan headlined his first major concert, Tales Live 2013, at the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre Star Hall on 29 November 2013. The concert was released as a DVD+CD 31 March 2014 as TALES Live 2013/14.

2015–2023: Escape, 10th anniversary and widespread recognition In February 2016, Chan starred in the musical Ever After directed by Edmond Tong, alongside Evelyn Choi. The musical was slotted for eight shows. An original soundtrack was released in support of the musical, containing three original tracks. The lead track "Ever After" was sent to radio stations, eventually reaching number one on all major stations. "Ever After" also won Chan awards at year-end award shows. On 5 June, Chan co-headlined concert "KKBOX LIVE Jason Chan x Phil Lam Sing Together" at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chan returned to the charts with "The Last Episode", a jazz-oriented song. It reached number one on JSG, RTHK, and Metro Radio, and number two on Ultimate 903.

In March 2020, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Hong Kong Branch (WWF) once again invited Kay Tse and Jason Chan as ambassadors to promote sustainable living

On 25 June 2021, Chan released 53FPS. The conceptual EP is noted for a change in arrangement from Chan's previous albums. The lead single "Such Thing As Emotions" achieved commercial and critical success, topping three local radio stations and won Ultimate Song Chart Awards 2020 Top Ten Songs Number 8.

On 10 and 11 December 2021, Chan headlined his second Hong Kong Coliseum concert Fight For___Live.

On 15 January 2023, Chan was arranged by his company Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) to perform on the famous Japanese channel "THE FIRST TAKE", becoming the first Hong Kong singer to be invited. Re-singing his classic song "You Hide, I Hide". As of January 30, 2023, the original music video on YouTube has over 18 million views.

On January 18, 2023, two days after Chan uploaded a clip of his singing performance on the famous Japanese channel "THE FIRST TAKE", Kengo mocked him for being "exaggerated by online media" and "difficult to distinguish between flattery and criticism", and was criticized again. Some people think that Kengou is jealous that Chan "stole" his friend James Ng Yip-kwan's Commercial Radio Music Awards.

Personal life Chan married his longtime girlfriend Leanne Fu Hiu-mei, a model and actress, on 3 July 2017. The couple gave birth to their eldest daughter Abigail in 2018, and their second daughter Audrey in 2023.

Controversy In 2017, Chan took the lead in opening a store called "Yunchang Xiaolongkan Hotpot". In response to the question, Jason Chan insisted that the restaurant has obtained China's Xiaolongkan hot pot franchise. However, the real Xiaolongkan hot pot later stated an official channels that the company did not know the details of the "Yunchang Xiaolongkan Hot Pot" restaurant.

Discography

First Experience (2007) Change (2008) Close Up (2009) Can't Be Half (2009) Put On (2010) Quinquennium (2011) Lost and Found (2012) The Next Moment (2013) Tales (2013) Escape (2015) The Players (2016) I (2017) Present (2018) Anyone But Jason (2019) 53FPS (2021) Fight for___Live In Hong Kong Coliseum (2022) The Fight Goes On (2022) (2023) In Rhythm (2023) Life Is Hard (2024)

Filmography + Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2008 Love Is Elsewhere Ah Sung 2011 Lan Kwai Fong Jacky 2012 Natural Born Lovers Love.Zero AIDS Frank Short film 2014 Lan Kwai Fong 3 Jacky 2018 Adieu 2021 Anita Band vocalist

+ Television series Year English title Chinese title Network Role Notes 2007 Colours of Love TVB Jason Episode 7 2008 Dressage To Win TVB Dr. Chan Episode 6 and 7 2015 Once Upon a Song 201314HKTV Handsome Sexpedia HKTV Dicky Ko IPCC Files 2015 2015 RTHK TV 31

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