Wakin Chau

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Early life

Wakin Chau was born in a rice store owned by his family at Sai Ying Pun in Hong Kong, the fourth son out of seven children and is a native Cantonese speaker of Chaoshanese descent from Chaoyang, Swatow, Guangdong, mainland China.[1] He began learning the guitar when he was about 13 years old. In 1979, he left for Taipei to major in mathematics at National Taiwan University. While at college he sang and played folk songs in local coffee shops, learning to sing in Mandarin.[1]

Music career

Hoping to establish a career as a recording artist, Chau sought contacts in the music industry, but after a lack of success, eventually signed on as an assistant producer at Rock Records, where he wrote pop songs for other artists. He was later encouraged by Chyi Yu to perform jingles for commercial advertisements. One of his jingles for a car commercial was heard by his boss at Rock, who recognised his voice and gave him a chance to record a Mandarin album, released on Rock Records in 1987.

From 1985, under the name Emil Chau, he has released more than 40 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. His platinum albums, including You Make Me Happy and Sad (Script error: No such module "Lang".), The Flowery Heart (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Music Brings Us Together (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and Emil & Friends (Script error: No such module "Lang".) have won awards in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Chau reverted to using his given name Wakin in 1999.

Chau formed the four-member supergroup Superband, along with Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue and Lo Ta-yu. They disbanded and resumed their solo careers in 2010.

Other activities

Chau has also appeared in some films, and on TV and radio programs in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Alongside his singing career, he is a restaurateur and is active in international charitable causes, such as kidney dialysis charities in Singapore, the January 2002 "Take a Deep Breath" concert in Taipei to raise money for local health-care organisations, Beijing's 4th Grand Charity Drive for Children in 2005, and Jackie Chan's all-star concerts in Las Vegas.

Discography

Mandarin studio albums

  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The Last Waltz (Feb 1985)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Direction of the Heart (Jul 1987)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". I Gave My Love I Realized My Dream (Aug 1988)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The More You Give the More You Expect (Jan 1989)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The Truest Dream (Nov 1989)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". I Don't Want to Be Alone (Dec 1990)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". You Make Me Happy and Sad (Nov 1991)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The Flowery Heart (Apr 1993)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You (Jun 1994)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". I Am Willing to Go Soon (Feb 1995)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Love Follows Us (Jul 1995)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Light of Love (Feb 1996)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Emil & Friends (Apr 1997)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Story Teller (Aug 1998)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Now (Nov 1999)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Day Lilies (Oct 2001)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Love Hotel (Jul 2003)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Wakin in the Rain (Mar 2006)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Diva (May 2011)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Jiang Hu (Dec 2013)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The Younger Me (Dec 2019)

Cantonese studio albums

  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Music Brings Us Together (Oct 1994)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". You Stand By Me (Apr 1995)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Completely (Dec 1995)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". Living With Emil Chau (Dec 1996)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". The World Begins With Us (Oct 1997)

English studio albums

  • Sad Without You (Sep 1988)
  • Blue Bird (Feb 1991)
  • I Remember (May 1992)
  • Songs of Birds (Aug 1993)
  • My Oh My (Feb 2001)

Collaborations

Filmography

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References

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External links

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