Carlson Cheng

Biography

Carlson Cheng was born in Hong Kong in 1990 and began his artistic career at age 17 as a film actor. He appeared in commercially successful films such as "Ip Man", "Ip Man 2", and "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven". In 2012, he officially launched his career as a singer-songwriter, releasing his first Chinese-language EP "Missing You" in Taiwan in October, featuring two songs he composed. In December 2012, he released his first English jazz album "AFFECTION" in both Taiwan and Hong Kong, achieving significant commercial success by topping Taiwan's jazz sales chart for four consecutive weeks. In June 2013, he released his first Mandarin album "Before Dawn I Love You", which achieved high chart positions and featured a music video directed by renowned filmmaker Chou Ko-tai as a short film. In 2014, he played the role of Nezha in "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" and sang its theme song "Love When Heaven and Earth Shake", which greatly boosted his popularity in mainland China. He won Best New Artist at the 2012 Music Frontier Awards and Best New Singer-Songwriter at the 2013 Metro Radio Hits Awards. He owns several racehorses registered under his name in Hong Kong.