Norman Cheung

Biography

Norman Cheung is a Hong Kong singer and actor born on July 18, 1962, who grew up in Yau Ma Tei and Kwai Shing East Estate. As a child, he was sent to a boarding school in Macau because his family could not care for him, then returned to Hong Kong to attend Heung To Secondary School in Tsuen Wan and completed his secondary education at Chong Sun English College, graduating in 1979. In 1979, the wife of a Redifusion Television dance coach encouraged him to enroll in the station's last dance trainees course, and during training he appeared in the TV drama The White Shark. After the station's dance troupe was disbanded, he became a dancer at the Hai Cheng nightclub. In 1986, encouraged by Lai Siu-tin, he entered Asia Television's first Future Idol Competition with Jacky Cheung's song "偷心者" and won, launching his entertainment career. He signed with EMI Records and began filming TV dramas for ATV. In 1989, he released his fourth album I'll Never Forget You, for which ATV produced a special music program. In 1990, he moved to TVB and achieved major success with the song Electric Girl, which established his dance-oriented style similar to Alex To. He won the 1990 Best Music Video Performance award alongside Grasshopper for "蜘蛛女之吻." In 1991, he went to Taiwan where his first album achieved triple platinum sales, and he also won the Best Male Singer award at the Metro Radio Music Awards. His success declined in the mid-1990s, and in 1995 he released his last original album before his record contract ended. He returned to singing in 2000 with Fat Ma as his manager, releasing the album 蛇舞 and holding a small concert in Hong Kong in 2002. He later moved to Shenzhen and performed in mainland China, then returned to Hong Kong in 2008 due to his mother's illness. In 2012, he served as a judge on Asian Avenue 5, and participated in ATV anniversary and New Year events between 2011 and 2013.