Alfred Hui

Alfred Hui
Chinese name 許廷鏗 (traditional)
Chinese name 许廷铿 (simplified)
Pinyin Xǔ Tíng Kēng (Mandarin)
Jyutping Heoi2 Ting4 Hang1 (Cantonese)
Born (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988
Hong Kong
Other name(s) Wu Chun from Tseung Kwan O (將軍澳吳尊)
Prince Ant (螞蟻王子)
Little Dentist (牙醫仔)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
  • dentist
Genre(s) C-pop
Label(s) Stars Shine International (2011–present)[1]
Years active 2009–present
Ancestry Shantou, Guangdong
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hui.

Alfred Hui Ting-hang (born 29 April 1988) is a male singer from Hong Kong . He is a contract-based male artist of Television Broadcast Limited. He has studied Secondary 1 to 5 at St. Joseph's College and Secondary 6 to 7 at German Swiss International School (German: Deutsch-Schweizerische Internationale Schule). He holds a bachelor's degree in Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, and holds dentistry license. His father was the vice-chairman of Hong Kong Kidney Foundation.

In 2009, Alfred Hui participated in the first season of “The Voice” (超級巨聲), a singing contest held by Television Broadcast Limited (TVB), the city's prominent television broadcaster, and formally began his singing career after signing a contract with the broadcaster. As one of the judges on "The Voice", Gary Chaw (曹格) is also a prominent and highly regarded singer in East Asia. His remark on how Alfred bears the resemblance of yet another fellow pop-star named Wu Chun (吳尊) from Brunei, whose record label and management is based in Taiwan, has led Alfred to gain extra publicity. Since then, Alfred was then referred to as the “Wu Chun of Tseung Kwan O” (將軍澳吳尊). Tseung Kwan O is where the broadcaster's studios are located. Alfred then joined Stars Shine (星煥國際) in 2011 and is pursuing an independent development in the pop-music circuit. Within half of the year, two individual CD albums of Alfred Hui’s songs were issued to the pop-music market. His representational songs include “Departure” (出走) and “Ant” (螞蟻). Many music lovers cherish Alfred’s songs, and this enabled him to obtain Champions from several radio channels in Hong Kong. Later on, Alfred Hui obtained “The King of the Young Singer Award” in “The Four Major Music Media Prize-Giving Ceremony for the Hong Kong Pop Music Circuit” in 2011, “903 Music Gold Award for Young Singer” granted by Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation Limited in 2011, "Gold Award for Young Singer" granted by “The 34th Ten Distinguished Chinese Golden Music Prize-Giving Concert” in Radio Television Hong Kong in 2011, and “The Gold Award for the Most Favorite New Male Singer” granted by Television Broadcast Limited in 2011.

Biography

In 2009, Alfred Hui joined "The Voice" singing contest organized by Television Broadcast Limited, which was a programme for selecting newly emerged young singers. During the contest, Alfred obtained "Award for the Highest Popularity". Then, he became a contract-based artist of Television Broadcast Limited. In 2010, Alfred sang "My Left Is Also A Kind Of Love" (我的離開也是愛) as a theme song for a TVB evening film called "Gun Metal Grey" (刑警), and this song was the first-ever composition in Alfred’s singing career. In the following year, he obtained “New Singer Recommendable Award for Emerging Excellence” in "Jade Solid Gold Prize-Giving Ceremony 2010" organized by Television Broadcast Limited.

On 4 March 2011, Alfred Hui signed a contract with Stars Shine (星煥國際) as a Hong Kong male singer. On 28 June 2011, he issued his first personal CD-album called "A Trilogy of Departure" (出走三部曲). "Departure" (出走), a song from this CD-album, enabled him to obtain "New Singer Award" from "Champion Song From 903 Music Professional Recommendation" organized by Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation Limited. On 16 August 2011, Alfred organized his first individual music concert, and he was regarded as a new singer who was capable to organize a concert within a short period of time after his career emergence. At the concert, Alfred announced that his CD-album was honoured as a "Golden Compact Disc". His song, called "Ant" (螞蟻), has even been selected by other singers for their performances, and these singers include William So and Jade Kwan Sum-yin . As his first CD-album received brilliant achievements, the Stars Shine (星煥國際) additionally issued a precious "CD + Live Plus DVD" version for the "A Trilogy of Departure" (出走三部曲) album on 20 October 2011.

With regards to his great reputation in "The Voice" and his remarkable music achievements, Alfred Hui further became an attractive idol among the young audiences. He obtained "The King of the Young Singer Award" in "The Four Major Music Media Prize-Giving Ceremony for the Hong Kong Pop Music Circuit" in 2011, "903 Music Gold Award for Young Singer" granted by Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation Limited in 2011, "The 34th Ten Distinguished Chinese Golden Music Prize-Giving Concert" granted by Radio Television Hong Kong in 2011, and "The Gold Award for the Most Favorite New Male Singer" granted by Television Broadcast Limited in 2011. Excluding the RTHK, the rest of the three media channels consistently acknowledged Alfred with "Gold Awards for Young Singer", and this was a glamorous result during the initial stage of his singing career.

Half a year later, Alfred Hui issued his second CD-album, called "Blue" (藍調), on 12 January 2012. This is a rarely found phenomenon, that a newly emerged young singer can issue three CD-albums within a short period of time. On 6 February 2012, the Stars Shine (星煥國際) announced in its New Year Gathering, that Alfred’s CD-album had reached a good saleability, which corresponded to the "Golden Compact Disc" standard.

Alfred Hui represented Hong Kong to participate in the "ABU TV Song Festival 2012", which was scheduled to take place at the KBS Concert Hall, in Seoul, South Korea, on 14 October 2012.[2][3]

His third CD-album "Grandit" (長大), meaning "Growing-up" in French, was released in December 2012. The title song "Grandit" (重新長大) was released to radio on 5 September 2012 and managed to garner top places in music charts of RTHK, Metro Radio and TVB. However, it was the song "The Ode of Youth" (青春頌), which echoes the theme of the song "Grandit" and serves as the conclusion of the album, received critical acclaim. It was released to radio on 21 February 2013. Commercially, the song remained as No.1 on Commercial Radio's music chart for two consecutive weeks, breaking a record that was held for seven years. Alfred Hui was then invited to share his thoughts on a radio programme. In the programme, he revealed that the song was originally not slated for media release. The result was a surprise to him.[4]

On 31 October 2013, Alfred Hui followed Herman Ho Chit-to (何哲圖), Chief Executive Officer of Stars Shine (星煥國際), to join the Voice Entertainment Group Limited (星夢娛樂). His contract was then transferred to the new company. On 20 December 2013, it was the first attempt for Alfred Hui to issue the first-ever album with a record of both his new songs and his former representational selections, and this individual album was called "The Times" (時光). On 28 and 29 December 2013, "The Times – Alfred Hui Solo Concert 2013" (許廷鏗時光演唱會2013) was organized at the Star Hall (匯星) of Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (九龍灣國際展貿中心), which marked a historic breakthrough for Alfred's pop-music career.

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2012 Participants". ESCKAZ.com. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2012". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Alfred Hui's Interview on Apr 22, 2013 on Commercial Radio".

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
None		 Hong Kong in the ABU TV Song Festival
2012
with "Ma Ngai" 		Succeeded by
Mag Lam
with "Shi Jian"
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