Dave Wang

For people with similar names, see David Wang and David Wong.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Dave Wang
王おう傑すぐる
Born	王おう大だい衛まもる (pinyin: wang2 da4 wei4) (1962-10-20) 20 October 1962 British Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	1987–present
Spouses	Duan Anqi ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1984)​ Virginia Mok ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1997)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Wang Hsieh (father), Xu Yu (mother)
Awards	Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Film Song 1988 Yellow Story
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	王おう傑すぐる
Simplified Chinese	王おう杰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin wáng jié Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wong4 git6
Musical career
Also known as	Wang Chieh Wong Kit Dave Wong Wang Jie
Genres	Mandopop, Cantopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums
Labels	Hong Kong/Taiwan: UFO Records/Warner Music (1988–1995) Pony Canyon (1996–1998) Emperor Entertainment Group (1999–2009)

Dave Wang (traditional Chinese: 王おう傑すぐる; simplified Chinese: 王おう杰; pinyin: Wáng Jié; Wade–Giles: Wang Chieh; born 20 October 1962) is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. His popular hits in the late 1980s,early 1990s and 2000s include "一場いちじょう遊戲ゆうぎ一場いちじょう夢ゆめ" (A Game A Dream) and "幾分いくぶん傷心しょうしん幾いく分ふん痴ち" (Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze), "是ぜ否いな我わが真しん的てき一いち無む所有しょゆう" (Do I Really Have Nothing?), "誰だれ明あきら浪子なみこ心こころ" (Who Can Understand A Loner's Heart?), "忘了你 忘了我わが" (Forget You Forget Me), "為ため了りょう愛あい夢ゆめ一生いっしょう" (To Love Dreams Forever), "今生こんじょう無む悔" (This Life No Regrets), "英雄えいゆう淚なみだ" (Hero' Tears), "傷心しょうしん1999"(Sadness 1999) and "不ふ浪漫ろうまん罪名ざいめい" (Non-romantic Accusation) etc.

Life and career

Wang was born in British Hong Kong, as the son of a former Shaw Brothers actor, Wang Hsieh. He moved to Taiwan when he was 17. Before landing his first record deal in 1988, Wang wrote songs for other singers under pen-names such as "Little Grass" and "Northern Wind". He worked as a Tae Kwon Do instructor, ice-skating coach, taxi-driver, delivery-man, waiter, bartender, and cook. He also spent three years in the Taiwanese military to obtain a Taiwan ID card, despite holding a Hong Kong British passport. His first marriage ended when his wife at the time left him while he was serving in the military.

Wang released his Chinese debut album A Game A Dream (一場いちじょう遊戲ゆうぎ一場いちじょう夢ゆめ), which sold over 500,000-copies in December 1987, which was used as the theme song in the 1988 telemovie The Game They Call Sex. Another of his hits, "幾分いくぶん傷心しょうしん幾いく分ふん痴ち" (Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze), released in 1988, shares the melody and base music of "一場いちじょう遊戲ゆうぎ一場いちじょう夢ゆめ" (A Game A Dream) but sung in Cantonese with different lyrics. It was an insert song on Looking Back in Anger and the music video features Yin Szema.

He found success in Hong Kong during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Many of his songs were used as the theme songs of popular TVB series. He is one of the few artists from Taiwan to break into the Hong Kong market, with four years of chart-topping record sales. He is likewise successful in other markets such as Malaysia, Singapore and mainland China.

Wang migrated to Canada in 1994, after his second marriage on 1 April 1993. He carried on releasing 2-Chinese albums a year until 1998. On 1 June 1996, It was moved to officially released a new Chinese album under a different label names Pony Canyon Taiwan, which ceased operations in Taiwan in late 1997 due to the Asian financial crisis. Altogether, he had released a total of five Mandarin albums in just a period of two years at Pony Canyon with notable hits like "I Love You (我わが愛あい你)".

On 1 January 1999, Wang made a comeback in the Hong Kong music industry and signed a recording contract with Emperor Entertainment Group. On 1 January 2000, the album Giving was released with a few new songs as well as remixes of his older classics. Following the success of this album, Wang held a major charity concert in late February of the same year at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.

Two years later, he released his latest Cantonese album (though called L'Amour et le Rêve 愛あい與あずか夢ゆめ). Around the same time, he participated in various movies including Jackie Chan's New Police Story.

He performed his first Beijing concert on 26 November 2004 and another in Xi'an on 16 September 2006. On 1 January 2007, he released his latest Mandarin album Goodbye Madman (別べつ了りょう瘋子); like his previous Mandarin album Regaining Consciousness (甦よみがえ醒), it was not heavily promoted.

After his 10-year contract with EEG expired, Wang held his 'I am Back' Concert on 23 October 2009 at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

He held a series of world tour concerts from August to November 2010 in Beijing, Singapore and Tianjin. He stated during a television interview in July 2010 that he would retire from the music industry after the tour. He then clarified in September that it was only song-writing that he would be leaving, after the completion of the album he was working on, and that he will still continue to perform in concerts.

On June 10, 2017, he announced he will eventually retire, saying his voice is no longer as good as it should be, as it was damaged due to an unknown offender that drugged him, affecting his voice many years ago.

In 2018, Wang released a digital album, 我わが知道ともみち我わが是ぜ一いち個こ已やめ經過けいか氣き的てき歌手かしゅ, and retired in Canada.

Musical style and output

His music and lyrics can be described as being melancholy and haunting in a blend of rock, ballads and blues, which is attributed to his impoverished and tough upbringing. Wang is also an established songwriter, having written many of his most popular songs but also covers songs by other artists, both from Asia and other continents.

To date, he has recorded 26 studio albums in Mandarin and 11 in Cantonese. In addition, numerous compilations of his popular songs have been released.

Discography

Mandarin albums

UFO Records(Warner Music)

• 《一場いちじょう遊戲ゆうぎ一場いちじょう夢ゆめ》 A Game A Dream (December 1987)
• 《忘了你忘了りょう我が》 Forget You Forget Me (July 1988)
• 《是ぜ否いな我わが真しん的てき一いち無む所有しょゆう》 Do I Really Have Nothing (January 1989)
• 《孤こ星ぼし》 Lone Star (June 1989)
• 《向こう太陽たいよう怒いか吼ほえ》 Roared to the Sun (January 1990)
• 《我わが要よう飛ひ》 I Want to Fly (May 1990)
• 《為ため了りょう愛あい夢ゆめ一生いっしょう》 To Dream of a Lifetime Love (January 1991)
• 《忘記妳不如忘記き自己じこ》 Forget You Better Forget Myself (April 1991)
• 《All By Himself》(January 1992)
• 《英雄えいゆう淚なみだ》 Hero Tears (May 1992)
• 《我が》 Me (January 1993)
• 《路みち》 Road (June 1993)
• 《只ただ要よう說せつ妳愛我が》 Just Say You Love Me (January 1994)
• 《候鳥こうちょう》 Migratory Birds (June 1994)
• 《夢ゆめ在ざい無む夢ゆめ的てき夜よる裏うら》 Dream. In the Absence of the Night Dream (February 1995)
• 《情じょう願ねがい不自由ふじゆう》 Would Rather not Free (October 1995)

Pony Canyon(Forward Music)

• 《手足てあし情深なさけぶか》 Brotherly love (August 1996)
• 《忘了所有しょゆう》 Forget All (December 1996)
• 《我わが愛あい你》 I Love You (February 1997)
• 《起點きてん》 Starting Point (August 1997)
• 《替がえ身み》 Substitute (August 1998)

Emperor Entertainment Group

• 《從したがえ今こん開始かいし》 From Now On (August 2000)
• 《愛あい我が的てき 我わが愛あい的てき王おう傑すぐる》 (February 2003)
• 《不孤ふこ單たん》 Not Alone (February 2004)
• 《甦よみがえ醒》 Regaining Consciousness (September 2005)
• 《別べつ了りょう瘋子》 Goodbye Madman (January 2007)

Personal Development

• 《我わが知道ともみち我わが是ぜ一いち個こ已やめ經過けいか氣き的てき歌手かしゅ》 I Know I'm a Legendary Singer (December 2018)

Cantonese albums

Warner Music Hong Kong

• 《故事こじ的てき角かく色しょく》 The Role of the Story (February 1989)
• 《誰だれ明あきら浪子なみこ心しん》 Who Can Understand a Loner's Heart? (August 1989)
• 《人ひと在ざい風雨ふうう中ちゅう》 Man in the Storm (December 1989)
• 《流浪るろう的てき心しん》 Stray Hearts (December 1990)
• 《一生いっしょう心こころ碎》 Heartbroken Forever (November 1991)
• 《封鎖ふうさ我わが一生いっしょう》 Blocked in my Life (June 1992)
• 《她》 She (May 1993)
• 《啞巴的てき傑作けっさく》 Silent Masterpiece (April 1996)

Emperor Entertainment Group

• 《Giving》 Giving (January 2000)
• 《Hello!》 Hello! (December 2000)
• 《愛あい與あずか夢ゆめ》 L'Amour et le Rêve (French, meaning "Love and Dream") (July 2002)

Compilation albums

• 《今生こんじょう無む悔精選せん》 王おう傑すぐる新しん歌うた+精選せいせん Featured this life with no regrets (April 1991)
• 《王おう傑すぐる影かげ視し金曲かなまがり》 Golden Wang Television (October 1992)
• 《浪子なみこ心しん》 Loner's Heart (1993)
• 《孤こ星ぼし夢ゆめ》 王おう傑すぐる精選せいせんII Star Dream (1994)
• 《王おう傑すぐる外傳がいでん-西洋せいよう代表だいひょう作さく》 Wang Jie Rumours – Western Masterpiece (May 1995)
• 《一番いちばん傑作けっさく——經典きょうてん好こう歌うた全ぜん記錄きろく》 Masterpiece – Classic BBC Month (May 1995)
• 《王おう傑すぐる經典きょうてん》 Classic Wang (May 1995)
• 《華はな納おさむ超ちょう極きょく品ひん音色ねいろ系列けいれつ 王おう傑すぐる》 Best of Wang (May 1995)
• 《八面やつおもて威風いふう精選せいせん系列けいれつ—王おう傑すぐる》 Wang – Best of the 80s Collection (May 1995)
• 《華はな納おさむ我わが愛あい經典きょうてん系列けいれつ 王おう傑すぐる》 I Love Wang Classics (May 1995)
• 王おう傑すぐる超ちょう級きゅう精選せいせん《鐵てつ漢かん柔やわ情じょう》 Tiehan Tenderness Wang Super Selection (1999)
• 《傑作けっさく》 Masterpiece (1999)
• 《替がえ身み+傑出けっしゅつ精選せいせん16》 Outstanding Features – 16 (2000)
• 《最さい好こう2000世紀せいき精選せいせん》 21st Century Best Selection (2000)
• 《我わが們的王おう傑すぐる17》 Our Wang (2000)
• 《王おう傑すぐる+容よう祖そ兒じ 純じゅん音樂おんがく世界せかい》 Wang & Yung Pure Music (2001)
• 《王おう傑すぐる萬歲ばんざい 2001》 新曲しんきょく+精選せいせん Wang Long Live 2001 (new song) (2001)
• 《華はな納おさむ至尊しそん經典きょうてん系列けいれつ-王おう傑すぐる》 Extreme Classics (2002)
• 《王おう傑すぐる精選せいせん SACD 版ばん》 Featured Wang SACD Edition (2002)
• 《華はな納おさめ23周年しゅうねん紀き念ねん精選せいせん系列けいれつ-王おう傑すぐる》 Wang Jie 23 Anniversary Collection (2002)
• 《孤こ星ぼし．英雄えいゆう淚なみだ 王おう傑すぐる時代じだい金きん選せん》 Lone Star (2003)
• 《最さい動どう聽的...王おう傑すぐる》 The Most Beautiful... Wang (2004)
• 《王おう傑すぐる2004 傑出けっしゅつ之の選せん》 Outstanding Selection 2004 (2004)
• 《王おう傑すぐる XRCD SPECIAL》Wang Chieh XRCD Special (2005)
• 《王おう傑すぐる 華はな納おさむNo.1系列けいれつ 2CD》 Wang Number 1s Double CD (2006)
• 《王おう傑すぐる 華はな納おさむ最さい出色しゅっしょく系列けいれつ 3CD+DVD》 Most Remarkable Wang (2007)
• 《王おう傑すぐる[LPCD45]》 Wang Jie (2007)

Remastered albums

• 《AMCD 王おう傑すぐる[一場いちじょう遊戲ゆうぎ一場いちじょう夢ゆめ]》 A Game, a Dream (2011)
• 《華はな納おさむ暢とおる銷經典きょうてん HDCD 王おう傑すぐる[故事こじ的てき角かく色しょく]》 The Role of the Story (1999)
• 《DSD CD 王おう傑すぐる[故事こじ的てき角かく色しょく]》 The Role of the Story (2002)
• 《LPCD 1630 王おう傑すぐる[故事こじ的てき角かく色しょく]》 The Role of the Story (2009)
• 《AMCD 王おう傑すぐる[故事こじ的てき角かく色しょく]》 The Role of the Story (2011)
• 《華はな納おさむ暢とおる銷經典きょうてん HDCD 王おう傑すぐる[誰だれ明あきら浪子なみこ心しん]》 Return of the Prodigal (1999)
• 《DSD CD 王おう傑すぐる[誰だれ明あきら浪子なみこ心しん]》 Return of the Prodigal (2002)
• 《金きむ唱片复刻王おう 王おう傑すぐる[誰だれ明あきら浪子なみこ心しん]》 Return of the Prodigal (2010)
• 《華はな納おさむ暢とおる銷經典きょうてん HDCD 王おう傑すぐる[今生こんじょう無む悔精選せん]》 Featured this life with no regrets (1999)
• 《DSD CD 王おう傑すぐる[今生こんじょう無む悔精選せん]》 Featured this life with no regrets (2002)
• 《SACD 王おう傑すぐる[今生こんじょう無む悔精選せん]》 Featured this life with no regrets (2015)
• 《金きむ唱片復刻ふっこく王おう 王おう傑すぐる[今生こんじょう無む悔精選せん]》 Featured this life with no regrets (2010)
• 《華はな納おさむ暢とおる銷經典きょうてん HDCD 王おう傑すぐる[王おう傑すぐる影かげ視し金曲かなまがり]》 Golden Wang Television (1999)
• 《DSD CD 王おう傑すぐる[Giving]》 Giving (2003)
• 《LPCD45II 王おう傑すぐる[Giving]》 Giving (2014)
• 《LPCD 45 我わが們的王おう傑すぐる17》Our Wang (2008)
• 《AQCD 愛あい我が的てき我わが愛あい的てき王おう傑すぐる》 新しん歌うた加か經典きょうてん重唱じゅうしょう Love Me, I Love, Wang Jie (2010)
• 《DSD 我わが愛あい你》 5-CD box set I Love You (2013)

Concert albums

• 《Wang's 2001红磡演えんじ唱会》 Wang's 2001 (2001)
• 《王者おうじゃ歸來きらい 世界せかい巡回じゅんかい演えんじ唱會 北京ぺきん站》 2014 Live In Beijing (2014)

Concerts

• 1989 21–23 July Live in Singapore
• 1990 22–27 February 'True Feelings' Hong Kong Concert
• 1990 29 June 'I Want to Fly' Fans' Concert (Kaohsiung)
• 1990 20 July 'Care Candidates' Fans' Concert (Taipei)
• 1991 August 'Forget Myself' Live Taiwan Tour (Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taipei)
• 1991 4 September 'CTS TV Live' Taiwan Concert
• 1992 January 'You Love Wang Jie Loves You' Taiwan Concert
• 2000 23 February 'Giving for the Children' Hong Kong Concert
• 2000 8–9 December Live China Tour (Guangzhou)
• 2000 28 December Live China Tour (Shaoguan)
• 2000 30 December Live China Tour (Shenzhen)
• 2001 4–6 April 'Wang's 2001' Hong Kong Concert
• 2001 26 April – 1 May Live US Tour
• 2002 27 April 'Live in Genting' Malaysia Concert
• 2003 21 March 'Love Me & I Love Charity Concert' (Taipei)
• 2003 12 & 14 September 'A Night of Love Songs' US Concert (Sheraton Convention Centre)
• 2003 5 October Live in US (Atlantic City)
• 2004 24 October Live in US (Atlantic City)
• 2004 24 November 'Purple Sky' Beijing Concert
• 2006 16 September 'Going Home' Xi'an Concert
• 2007 Dave Wang Live US Tour (US Caesars Casino Hotel)
• 2009 20–21 September Live in US (Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort)
• 2009 23 October I Am Back！Dave Wang Concert 2009 (Hong Kong)
• 2010 20–21 February Lunar New Year Live in US (Foxwoods Resort Casino)
• 2010 7 August Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing
• 2010 23 October Dave Wang World Tour - Singapore (Singapore EXPO – The MAX Pavilion)
• 2010 6 November Dave Wang World Tour - Tianjin
• 2011 23 May Dave Wang World Tour - London (HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London)
• 2012 8 September Dave Wang World Tour - Guangzhou
• 2012 22 September Dave Wang World Tour - Shenzhen
• 2012 31 December Dave Wang World Tour - Shanghai
• 2013 17 May Dave Wang World Tour - Hangzhou
• 2013 28 September Dave Wang World Tour - Taiyuan
• 2014 17 May Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing
• 2014 26 July Dave Wang World Tour - Nanyang
• 2014 30 August Dave Wang World Tour - Dongguan
• 2015 24 January Dave Wang World Tour - Shenzhen
• 2015 8 August Dave Wang World Tour - Beijing
• 2015 26 September Dave Wang World Tour - Macau
• 2015 17 October Dave Wang World Tour - Nanning

Filmography

Film

• 1977 Executioners from Shaolin
• 1978 Soul of the Sword
• 1989 Seven Wolves
• 1989 Seven Wolves 2
• 1991 Casino Raiders 2
• 1992 Invincible
• 2000 The Legend of the Flying Swordsman
• 2000 A War Named Desire
• 2000 Roaring Wheels
• 2001 Esprit d'Amour
• 2002 Return From The Other World
• 2002 Love is a Butterfly
• 2002 Summer Breeze of Love
• 2004 Heat Team
• 2004 New Police Story

Television series

• 1989: Yang Zi Bu Jiao Shui Zhi Guo 養子ようし不ふ教きょう誰だれ之の過か (40 Episodes) - Taiwan CTS series, aired in April
• 1992: Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong 血ち濺塘西にし (20 Episodes) - Hong Kong TVB series, aired from 5–30 October
• 2005: Just Love 老婆ろうば大人おとな (20 Episodes) - Hong Kong TVB series, aired from 9 May - June 3
• 2011: Shanghai Legend 上海しゃんはい灘なだ之の俠醫傳奇でんき (22 Episodes) - Hong Kong ATV series, aired in October (produced in 2004)

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 1988 Golden Horse Film Awards – Best Original Film Score
• 1989 Hong Kong International Phonograph Record Association Awards – Platinum Phonograph Record
• 1989 CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Award – Best Newcomer Gold Award
• 1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards – Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award
• 1990 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation – Most Popular Newcomer
• 1992 Taiwan Top Ten Idols
• 1992 Taiwan Best Dream Sweetheart (No 1)
• 2000 Guangzhou Music Awards – Asian & Pacific area Best Male Singer
• 2000 Metro Hits Music Awards – Song Award
• 2000 Original Choice of Chinese Pop Music – Song Award 1999
• 2000 Golden TVB8 Top Golden Melody Awards −1999
• 2002 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song
• 2003 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song
• 2003 Guangzhou Television "Hit King Election Season Awards" – Best Mandarin Song
• 2004 Jiangsu Music Prize Presentation Ceremony – Best Composer
• 2004 Metro Hits Chinese Music Awards – Chinese Song Award

Nominations

• 1990 1st Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
• 1992 3rd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Album
• 1993 4th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
• 1993 1st Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
• 1994 5th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Song: Going Home《回かい家か》
• 1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
• 1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Best Song: Road《路みち》

External links

• Sina Weibo page
• Facebook page
• Lovehkfilm.com bio