Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng
19.08.1972 (52 лет) (Hong Kong, British Crown Colony)
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (Chinese: 鄭秀文; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over 30 million copies throughout the Asia-pacific. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Queen" and diva (Chinese: 天后; literally: "Heavenly Queen"). Having success in entertainment industry for about three decades, Cheng has also been regarded as one of the most popular Hong Kong artists known in Asia Pacific. Cheng holds the record of having the most best sales albums and The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist awards in the Hong Kong Cantopop industry since her debut. From 1993 to 2010, Cheng won a total of 12 Top Female Vocalist awards, 14 The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist Awards and has 7 albums that are The Best Sales Cantonese Release of year. She had also previously won the Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist Award in annual Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation for three times, and in a year winning also the Gold Song Gold Award, the highest-ranked award which is the last to be presented at the ceremony. She also received Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for Female Singer in 2011 Metro Radio Hits Awards. She had also won many top honors in various Chinese music awards held in Asia. She has produced over 80 studio albums, 10 live concert albums, over 130 singles (songs) with also over 30 cover songs, had received around 200 total awards from acting to singing, performed in over 30 films which many received box-office hit, starred in 7 TV dramas in early years, had held over 170 concerts up to date with over 12 concert tours. She is one of the female artists with most number of concert shows in Hong Kong Coliseum, at 89.