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Eason Chan is a prominent malEason Chan is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music ie singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of thndustry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers ie most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kon the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan ng music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time maghas been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the nazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop. He ext generation of Cantopop. He is considered by some to be His considered by some to be Hong Kong's third "god of song" ong Kong's third "god of song" after Samuel Hui and Jacky Chafter Samuel Hui and Jacky Cheung. eung.

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His Cantonese album U87 was His Cantonese album U87 was nominated by Time Magazine as nominated by Time Magazine as "Five Asian Albums Worth "Five Asian Albums Worth Buying" in 2005. Eason Chan Buying" in 2005. Eason Chan was the big winner at the was the big winner at the prestigious Golden Melody prestigious Golden Melody Awards in 2003 and 2009. In Awards in 2003 and 2009. In 2003, he won "Best Male Singer" 2003, he won "Best Male Singer" and "Album of the Year awards" and "Album of the Year awards" for his work in Mandarin album for his work in Mandarin album "Special Thanks To...". In 2009, "Special Thanks To...". In 2009, Chan won "Album of the Year" Chan won "Album of the Year" again for his work in Mandarin again for his work in Mandarin album "Don't Want to Let Go". album "Don't Want to Let Go".

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Eason Chan is a frequent winner of Asia's music awards. He is the second non-Taiwanese singer after Jacky Cheung to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. He won "Best Male Singer" in 2003 and "Best Album" twice in 2003 and 2009. He has won the prestigious Hong Kong's Most Popular Male Singer Award twice, in the year 2006 and 2007.He also won his first Asia Pacific's Most Popular Singer Award in 2007, and again in 2008. His album U87 (The name of the album came from his favorite microphone), released in 2005, has been recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums worth buying. U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in 2005. He was Hong Kong's highest selling male artist in 2002, 2003 and 2007. He has been one of Hong Kong's top selling artists for all years starting from 2000. His concert DVD Get a Life was the highest selling album of 2006.

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Eason Chan has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the top singers of his generation. Since the very beginning of his career, Eason has been one of the favorites to lead the new generation of Cantopop. He has been described as a breath of fresh air in the HK music scene.Over the last ten years, Eason Chan emerged as the leading male singer of his generation, fulfilling his role as an innovator and a leader in the HK music scene, winning prestigious awards one after another. Eason Chan has also been successful in his work in the Mandopop scene. He has won numerous awards in both Mainland and Taiwan, most notably Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards. "Admit It" was another notable work of Eason Chan, which led to a nomination for Golden Melody Awards' Best Male Singer; the award was ultimately won by Gary Chaw. Next year, he was again nominated for Golden Melody Awards' Best Male Singer (for his work in Mandarin album "Don't Want To Let Go"), the award went to Jay Chou. However, Eason won Album of The Year for "Don't Want To Let Go".

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In 2009, Eason Chan performed in "PAX Musical 2009" in Tokyo. He sang seven songs including a Japanese song by Koji Tamaki called "Mr. Lonely". This was his first time performing in Japan publicly. After that, Japanese Musician Ikuro Fujiwara openly praised Chan for his stage charisma and expressed hope to collaborate with Chan in the future. Eason Chan plans to promote his musical works in Japan in 2010.

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Chan not only sings but also plays a variety of musical instrument including piano, violin, accordion, harmonica, bass, guitar and drums. He frequently showcases his musical talent by incorporating instruments into his live performances. Chan is also a song-writer who has written many songs, some included in his albums.

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Eason Chan has been named by Chinese critics as the next God of Songs after Jacky Cheung. However, Eason has more than once clarified that he wishes to build his own name instead, and not just be the successor of Jacky Cheung. There is a duet called tianxiataipingtianxiataiping sung by Chan and Jacky Cheung in the album Perfect Match by Albert Leung, Ronald Ng released in April 2006. Chan and Cheung have collaborated on other occasions as well. They sang a duet of Cheung‘s tou fa luan letou fa luan le in a fundraising campaign for SARS victims in 2003.

2011Eason Chan released a new album titled "Stranger Under My Skin" on February 22, 2011.Released in November, Chan's latest album titled "?" features a piano performance by his 7-year old daughter.

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Chan married his longtime girlfriend Hilary Tsui (former TVB actress) in 2006. His daughter Constance Chan was born on October 4, 2004. Constance Chan's name was given by Eason's good friend and famous songwriter Wyman Wong. Chan gave up smoking after the birth of his daughter. He reportedly did it for Constance and the health of his voice. However, in 2007, he admitted in his concert that he has resumed smoking due to stress from his then ongoing "Moving On Stage" world tour.

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Everytime , his performances always let us drop a few silent tears

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I think he is in your heartI think he is in your heart

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