Foreword: The four kings ruled the music scene in the 1990s

After Leslie Cheung, Lin Zixiang and Anita Mui withdrew from the music scene, the Hong Kong music scene suddenly found itself entering an era without superstars. In 1990, Andy Lau , Jacky Cheung, and Hacken Lee took the lead in the competition. In 1991, Li Ming's rocket-like popularity made him, Jacky Cheung, and Andy Lau famous at the year-end awards ceremony. The three were called the "Three Musketeers". But this title did not come about. He died within half a year. In 1992, Aaron Kwok rose to the forefront of the music industry at a jaw-dropping speed. A media jokingly compared these four people to the four kings in myth and legend. It was not expected that this would spread widely. The "Four Heavenly Kings" were officially established. This means that these four people have been recognized as the new leaders of the Hong Kong music scene, which to a certain extent deprived other singers of the opportunity to join the group again. The Four Heavenly Kings were in Hong Kong throughout the 1990s. Their status in the music industry is unbreakable. Their albums can always sell out easily, and their songs can always top the charts. They have won most of the awards at Hong Kong's major music award ceremonies in the 1990s, and they have always They easily defeated batches of challengers and further established their position. It can be said that the 1990s was the era of the Four Heavenly Kings. However, due to the influence of the general trend in the late 1990s, the quality of their songs declined to varying degrees. There has been a decline, showing some fatigue. At the end of 1999, when Liming was making great achievements, he suddenly announced his withdrawal from all music awards, and Jacky Cheung later agreed. This can be regarded as the end of the era of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the official beginning of the era of the Post-Four Heavenly Kings. .

Andy Lau

Andy Lau, who loves bowling, has earned a lot of money since his debut. Despite this, Andy's life is not luxurious. In addition to pursuing lightness and simplicity in clothing, his favorite is the civilian sport of bowling. Andy Lau once scored an impressive score of 195 points in an open competition. Now Andy conducts bowling training about twice a week, and he has a profound understanding of bowling. Andy believes that before pitching, you must first choose the ball you want to use. Whether the ball is suitable or not has a great impact on pitching, so you should choose the ball carefully. Generally speaking, the appropriate ball is one-tenth of the player's own weight, but it also varies according to his or her physique, wrist strength, and pitching proficiency. In addition, Andy Lau also said: "Choosing the size of the bowling hole is also very important." The bowling ball has three holes, the big hole is for the thumb, and the other two small holes are for the middle finger and ring finger. The correct choice of the hole must match the size of the fingers.

How can it match? That is to say, the thumb should be fully inserted into the hole, and the second joint of the middle finger should be buckled on the inner corner of the hole...

At the same time that Jacky Cheung released his first album, Andy Lau also became a popular TV star. As a star, he released his debut in the music industry "I Only Know I Love You at This Moment", but the response was mediocre. In the following years, Andy Lau has been working hard in the music industry, releasing such films as "Emotional Forbidden Zone", "Back to You", There are very good songs such as "I Hate My Infatuation" and "***Are You Sad", but they have never been recognized by the public. It was not until 1990, after Leslie Cheung and others retired, that Andy Lau, who was becoming famous in the film industry, had won the recognition of the public. The outstanding performance of the two albums "Can I" and "Goodbye" quickly became popular, and he won the most popular male singer award in one fell swoop. In the first half of the 1990s, Andy Lau's status in the Hong Kong music scene was unshakable. During this period, such as "Let's Walk Together" "The Days We Live", "Endless Love", "The Long Night Is More Romantic", "My True Style", "Thank You for Your Love", "Who Knows", etc. are all very classic songs in the Hong Kong music scene. In the late 1990s, China The quality of Tsai's Cantonese songs has declined. His main works include "Love is Not a Bird" and "You Are My Woman". Andy Lau is the first Hong Kong singer to successfully enter the Mandarin song market. His representative Mandarin song "If You Are" My Legend", "Me and the Dream I'm Chasing", "Water of Forgetfulness", "True Forever", "Lovesickness", "Chinese", "Lone Star Tears", "Stupid Child" and other famous songs are popular among Chinese people. You can hear it everywhere. Since 1990, he has been monopolizing the number one award among Taiwan's top ten most popular singers for ten years. In Taiwan, mainland China, and Southeast Asia, his status is even higher than that of his home base, Hong Kong. Hong Kong's first-class singers such as Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, etc. have all released Mandarin albums before, but basically the response was mediocre. The first Hong Kong singer to sing Mandarin songs and achieve such brilliant success was Andy Lau, and since then almost all Hong Kong singers have Singers have achieved certain success in Mandarin songs. Andy Lau's serious attitude towards work is well-known in the Hong Kong art world. This is the main reason why he has been one of the most dazzling figures in the Hong Kong art world for 20 consecutive years, and is the one that future artists look up to. Role model.

Jacky Cheung

Jacky Cheung who loves tennis: Among the "Four Kings", Jacky Cheung can be regarded as having both love and career, so in his spare time, Jacky Cheung will take his beloved wife with him Let's go play tennis together. When it comes to tennis skills, Jacky Cheung is also invincible and has few opponents in the entertainment industry. So, what is his "weapon" for winning in tennis? Jacky Cheung's high-level skills in playing tennis mainly lie in the baseline strokes, but he does not just rely on bravery and explosive power to subdue his opponents. His power is based on stability and good ball control. When unsure, he will use a safe play to hit the ball into the opponent's backfield and wait patiently for an opportunity. When the opportunity comes, he will give his opponent a heavy blow without hesitation. This strategy sounds easy, but not everyone can do it. Some people are good at hitting the ball hard but lack stability. On the contrary, people who are stable in rubbing the ball often lack offensive ability. Jacky Cheung is both strong and soft, capable of both defense and offense. Jacky Cheung plays tennis so well. Many tennis lovers must want to ask for some advice, right? Jacky emphasized that if you want to hit the ball as solidly as he does, you must strengthen your strength, endurance and speed.

Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Jacky Cheung was the first to establish a firm foothold in the music industry. As early as 1985, when the competition between Tan and Cheung was the hottest, Jacky Cheung debuted with his first album "SMILE" He rose to great heights and became a much-anticipated new star. The title song "Love Is Gone" entered the top ten of the year. In his early years, he wrote many affectionate love songs such as "She's Far Away", "SMILE AGAIN Maria", "Caress Your Face" ", "AMOUR", "Half Moon", "Blue Rain", "LINDA", "Drunk at Sunset", etc. made him a famous "Prince of Love Songs", among which "Sun and Stars" in 1987 was even more popular. Won the first place in the top ten Chinese hits of the year. In 1991, his "Love You More Every Day" topped the charts for more than ten weeks. In 1992, his album "True Love Revealed" sold eight platinums, firmly establishing him as status in the Hong Kong music scene. Jacky Cheung is very devoted to singing, which makes his works always touching. His singing skills are also second to none among the four kings. He is as famous as the three famous "beautiful boys", and Jacky Cheung, who is slightly inferior in appearance, uses his strength to Talk. Compared with the tens of thousands of loyal fans owned by the other three kings, Jacky Cheung has fewer fans who are exclusively obsessed with him, but he has a wider audience. Jacky Cheung's singing career in the 1990s was not too Big changes, representative works such as "Breaking Up Always on a Rainy Day", "Still Think You're the Best", "I Just Want to Be With You All My Life", "I'll Wait Until the Flowers Wither", "After Leaving", "The Legend of Immortality" " and so on are all sentimental love songs. After Andy Lau's success, Jacky Cheung re-entered into Mandarin songs, and the result was also a great success. "Kiss Goodbye", "Blessing", etc. are his masterpieces. Jacky Cheung has also achieved good results in movies, winning two awards. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. In 1999, Jacky Cheung also won the World Outstanding Youth Award after Jackie Chan. This was the best tribute to his amazing achievements in the music and film circles for more than ten years. In the same year, Jacky Cheung faded out after two years. After the "buffer period", he made the same decision as Liming: withdrawing from the music award ceremony! Obviously it is enviable to enjoy the sweet life of a young couple at this time, and it's time for Jacky to rest.

Chengcheng

Cheng Cheng who loves billiards and golf: Aaron Kwok loves billiards and golf balls that can exercise muscles very much. For billiards, Cheng Zai occasionally shows off his hands, and golf is played whenever he has free time. . Golf is an aristocratic sport, and a membership card can be sold for hundreds of thousands. This is quite expensive for ordinary people, but for him it is a piece of cake. He said: "Golf is a fitness sport, as well as entertainment and leisure. Its quiet and harmonious environment can eliminate fatigue at work and relax my nerves." In addition to showing off his style on the golf course, the city Tsai also has golf balls and clubs at home. If he didn't have time to go to the golf course during his break, he would hold the ball and make gestures, practice hitting the ball, tie the golf ball with a string and hit it before bouncing it back. When Chengzi, wearing a white casual sportswear and holding a golf club in his hand, hit a beautiful shot, his chic demeanor made many people envious.

In 1992, Aaron Kwok joined the ranks of the "Three Musketeers" of the previous year at a jaw-dropping speed. Together with the above three people, he is known as the Four Heavenly Kings. Like Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, who was also born in an artist training class, was a TVB TV station in his early years. One of the highly praised "Ten Little Dragons", but the era of TV dramas has long passed. The main roles of TV stations are occupied by Tony Leung, Huang Rihua, Wan Ziliang, etc. The ten people have no chance to perform and have been unknown. In 1990, Aaron Kwok accidentally went to Taiwan to film a TV series. Unexpectedly, the bicycle advertisement was unexpectedly successful and won a lot of praise. China Star Records took the opportunity to sign a contract with it and released three Mandarin albums, "Endless Love for You", "Should I Walk Away Quietly", "I Want to Secretly Love You" Songs such as "Say I Love You" and "TELL ME WHY" became very popular in Taiwan. So in early 1992, Aaron Kwok returned to Hong Kong and released a selected album "Please Take My Feelings Home". As a result, this album became a rush purchase, and Aaron Kwok His popularity soared and he joined the ranks of "kings". Aaron Kwok, like Li Ming, was nailed to the "idol school" board. Especially in his early days, because he became a monk halfway and his singing skills were not mature enough, he was ridiculed as a "duck mother voice". But after he became famous, he The progress in singing has been a level every year, and the strength has been greatly enhanced. In the first half of 1990, Chengcheng has been the real "Fourth King", ranking behind the other three. But in 1995 and 1996, the other three When the Heavenly Kings showed some signs of fatigue, Aaron Kwok kept up the good work, and in 1997 he snatched the title of most popular male singer from Lai Ming. For the first time, the four Heavenly Kings were truly on equal footing. Aaron Kwok, who was born as a backup dancer, had significantly higher dancing skills than the others. Three Heavenly Kings, which makes his representative songs mainly fast songs. "Fourth Night Mood", "Wild City", "Temptation of the Iron Curtain", "Legend of Innocence", "The Most Exciting Empire", "Sing This" "Song" and other different styles of powerful songs and dances are Chengcheng's greatest asset to achieve today's status, and some of his outstanding slow songs also have unique charm, among which the standouts include "Why Did I Let You Go", "Without Your Love", "Looking Homeward", "Code in the Wind", "Call of Love", etc. Today, with Jacky and Lai Lai withdrawing, Aaron Kwok should have a great opportunity to establish his position as the number one person in the Hong Kong music scene. Let us wait and see.

Liming

Liming loves table tennis: Liming said: "I like playing table tennis very much, and I must play it freely and happily." When asked about Liming, how to play table tennis to the fullest? He smiled and said: "Every time I have a good time, I am sweating profusely by the end, and even my vest is soaked through."

Being an artist is always hard, so playing table tennis can also help Lai Ming relax.

But Liming said: "Don't think that playing table tennis is easy. It doesn't seem to be very strenuous. In fact, the amount of exercise is very large. Whenever I hold several or even twenty concerts in a row, I will take the time to play table tennis, because playing table tennis can be very demanding." Let me practice exhaling!

Li Ming, who was born in singing competitions, started filming TV series. After a few years of silence, he starred in two TV series in 1990 and 1991. The highlight plays "Man on the Edge" and "No Regrets in This Life" received a strong response. Liming quickly became the idol of thousands of girls with his image of a rebellious cool guy. At the same time, he officially entered the music scene with "Meet in the Rain", "If This Is Songs such as "Love", "Man on the Edge", "I'm Sorry I Love You", "Will You Come Tonight" and other songs quickly became popular. Especially in 1991, his third album "Is Love Is Fate" won the best award of the year The sales volume made Liming one of the most popular artists at that time. Liming is a representative figure of idol singers. The characteristics of this type of singers are that although their singing skills are not very outstanding, they have outstanding appearance and have a large number of very loyal fans. Therefore, Liming was He received as many cheers as boos. In 1991, when he accidentally went out of tune while singing his masterpiece "I'm Sorry, I Love You", he was labeled as "slow tune". It is undeniable that Li Ming's singing skills are much better than Jacky Cheung's. There are shortcomings, but his progress in the ten years since he became famous has been very amazing. Liming's singing career can be divided into two obviously different stages with "The Day I Don't Want You" as a boundary. In the early days, he basically appeared as an innocent boy, and his representative works There are also "Summer Love", "My Darling", "I Love ICHI BAN", "Late Autumn Dawn", etc.; in the later period, his singing path was greatly broadened, and his image began to change. In 1994, he and Hutchison New The commercial song "One Day I Won't Want You" jointly produced by Mainline was an unimaginable success, so until now almost every new song released by Liming is a commercial song, which triggered a craze for singers to shoot commercials. From 1994 to 1999, his last Attended the music award ceremony, in addition to 1995's "The Love of My Life Is You", Hutchison Shinkansen's advertising songs "The Day I Miss You", "Love Is Never Said", "Just Love Me One Day", " "I Love You Like This" won most of the Best Song of the Year awards at the awards ceremonies that year. Even the weakest "My Love in Life Is You" was selected as one of the top ten golden songs of the year. In 1999, Just Dawn performed extremely well and clearly exceeded As other singers, he suddenly announced that he would withdraw from all music award ceremonies, hoping to avoid pressure and vicious competition. But how could the news stop being around Li Ming?

Li Ming who loves table tennis: Liming said: “I like playing table tennis very much, and I must play it freely and happily. Asked Li Ming how to have fun playing? He smiled and said: "Every time I have fun, I will be sweating profusely by the end, and even my vest will be soaked." ”

Being an artist is always hard, so playing table tennis can also help Liming relax.

But Liming said: "Don't think that playing table tennis is easy. It doesn't seem to be very strenuous. In fact, the amount of exercise is very large. Whenever I hold several or even twenty concerts in a row, I will take the time to play table tennis, because playing table tennis can be very demanding." Let me practice exhaling!

Li Ming, who was born in singing competitions, started filming TV series. After a few years of silence, he starred in two TV series in 1990 and 1991. The highlight plays "Man on the Edge" and "No Regrets in This Life" received a strong response. Liming quickly became the idol of thousands of girls with his image of a rebellious cool guy. At the same time, he officially entered the music scene with "Meet in the Rain", "If This Is Songs such as "Love", "Man on the Edge", "I'm Sorry I Love You", "Will You Come Tonight" and other songs quickly became popular. Especially in 1991, his third album "Is Love Is Fate" won the best award of the year The sales volume made Liming one of the most popular artists at that time. Liming is a representative figure of idol singers. The characteristics of this type of singers are that although their singing skills are not very outstanding, they have outstanding appearance and have a large number of very loyal fans. Therefore, Liming was He received as many cheers as boos. In 1991, when he accidentally went out of tune while singing his masterpiece "I'm Sorry, I Love You", he was labeled as "slow tune". It is undeniable that Li Ming's singing skills are much better than Jacky Cheung's. There are shortcomings, but his progress in the ten years since he became famous has been very amazing. Liming's singing career can be divided into two obviously different stages with "The Day I Don't Want You" as a boundary. In the early days, he basically appeared as an innocent boy, and his representative works There are also "Summer Love", "My Darling", "I Love ICHI BAN", "Late Autumn Dawn", etc.; in the later period, his singing path was greatly broadened, and his image began to change. In 1994, he and Hutchison New The commercial song "One Day I Won't Want You" jointly produced by Mainline was an unimaginable success, so until now almost every new song released by Liming is a commercial song, which triggered a craze for singers to shoot commercials. From 1994 to 1999, his last Attended the music award ceremony, in addition to 1995's "The Love of My Life Is You", Hutchison Shinkansen's advertising songs "The Day I Miss You", "Love Is Never Said", "Just Love Me One Day", " "I Love You Like This" won most of the Best Song of the Year awards at the awards ceremonies that year. Even the weakest "My Love in Life Is You" was selected as one of the top ten golden songs of the year. In 1999, Just Dawn performed extremely well and clearly exceeded When other singers joined him, he suddenly announced that he would withdraw from all music awards ceremonies, hoping to avoid pressure and vicious competition. But how could the news stop when Li Ming is around?