Danny Yung

Biography

Danny Yung is a singer and songwriter from Hong Kong, born on August 16, 1985. He began his singing career at the age of 15 when he had the opportunity to participate in a singing competition on stage, and since then he fell in love with singing. In 2003, at the age of 18, he wrote his first self-composed song on his birthday, which led to receiving audition invitations from several record companies. He has released fully self-produced works that he both wrote and composed, and has written lyrics and music for more than ten other singers in the Chinese music scene, including Ou Han Sheng (Ou Di), Xiao Hong Ren, Hu Ling, Zhang Xin Jie, Zeng Jing Wen, and Weng Zi Man. He is considered part of a new generation of songwriters in Chinese music. He has achieved multiple accomplishments in singing competitions, including first place in the lyric and melody composition competition at the 40th Ma Zhong Artistic Creation Competition in 2001, top ten in the EMI Hong Kong Singing Competition in 2006, and third place in the Bei Yun Award individual category in 2008. He participated in major singing talent shows such as Super Star Avenue, where he was a PK challenger in the first season in 2007, and Chinese Starlight Avenue, where he placed ninth in 2013. In 2015, he sang the game theme song for the video game "Miracle Return", and in 2018 he wrote and sang the game theme song "Tian Xia Yi Jian" (Sword Under Heaven) for the mobile game "Jian Tian Xia".