Hacken Lee and Joey Yung the king and queen of album sales

IFPI and RTHK jointly hosted the IFPI Hong Kong top sales music award 2006 award ceremony 2 nights ago, showcasing the importance of "give music life". Hacken Lee and Joey Yung received 5 and 4 awards respectively, and became the years highest selling male and female singers. Eason Chan and Jay Chow each received 3 awards. Sammi Cheng's compilation "Sammi Ultimate Collection" received one award, but Sammi was not present to receive it.

Of the 10 highest selling albums, 6 were concert recordings. All singers realise that there is less likely to be illegal downloading and pirating of live recordings. The two "Concert Halls" led Hacken to be the big winner, although he says such good results may not continuously happen again in the future. He smiles without pressure as it's not the first time he has received this award. How can he improve? He indicates he will not alter his high definition recordings, but will find another way to improve his performances: "Not every singer will find high definition appropriate, but if any singer wants to release high definition CDs, they are welcome to ask for my advice."

There was a slight hiccup in Hacken's performance on the night. During his performance, fireworks were set off on stage and the smoke they left behind almost choked him. He was almost at the point where he couldn't continue singing. He said "Next time I'll request that they don't set of fireworks on stage. If they like they can set it off 10 storeys above me and it won't affect my singing. (Are you continuing your contract with Universal?) It's pretty much certain. Hopefully when my boss hears the news that I've received these awards, he'll give me a rise as a lucky start."

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Hacken @ RTHK

Videos of Hacken at RTHK: in progress (more being uploaded!)



(above) opening song sung by hacken, andy, leo and eason



(above) hacken wins a gold award for 'tin sui wai sing'!



(above) hacken and joey win highest selling artist!! and sing their duet



(above) by request - montage of hacken scenes from the entire ceremony

The 29th RTHK Music Awards - report

(l: hacken's acceptance speech for "City Surrounded by the Sky and Water", r: as one of the 10 'most outstanding popular artist')

Sina coverage:
Eason, Hacken and Andy Lau received three awards each. Although Eason lost the "Media Award", he received the "Most Outstanding Male Artist" award. Hacken, on the other hand, received the "Highest Selling Male Artist Award".

(l: hacken sings "Tin Sui Wai Sing"; r: the two highest selling artists Joey and Hacken sing their duet)

January 28, 2007 - Sina and rthk.org.hk