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- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Cantopop's Heavenly King Jacky Cheung casts spell on Axiata Arena
KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Kong's Heavenly King of Cantopop Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau kept fans in a packed Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil here spellbound for a good three hours last night.
The 64-year-old music legend sang 30 songs and kept 15,000 fans singing and swaying along to his beat from the word 'go' in his 60+ Concert Tour which started on the dot at 8pm.
As in all of Cheung's concerts, he also entertained fans with spectacular, state-of-the-art props, themes and costumes which had fans asking for more.
"I'm so happy to be back in Kuala Lumpur. I love my Malaysian fans, for they are very sporting and friendly," said Cheung who is marking four decades in music this year.
Among the songs Cheung sang were Waiting For You Until My Heart Hurts, The Goodbye Kiss, Only Love Lasts Forever, Breaking Up In The Rain, Just Want To Walk With You All My Life, Another 10 Years, I've Waited Till All The Flowers Withered and A Never Changing Heart.
"I've been to Kuala Lumpur many times, and I'm sure to be back in the years to come," said Cheung as he gave his Malaysian fans "10 out of 10" marks for being "simply amazing".
Cheung debuted in 1985 with his first studio album Smile, which sold over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong.
His subsequent albums experienced commercial success as well, with 14 of his albums becoming platinum certified.
The Goodbye Kiss (1993) is one of the best-selling albums in multiple countries in Asia, while three of his albums have sold over a million copies in Taiwan, the most out of any artiste.
His various accolades include the World Music Award (1996) for the World's Best-Selling Asian Artiste, the Billboard Music Award (1994) for Most Popular Asian Singer, and a Guinness World Record for the largest combined audience for a live act in 12 months, with more than two million audience members in 2012.
Cheung, who has released more than 35 studio albums, is the best-selling music artiste of all time in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and has sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide.
Cheung has embarked on 10 concert tours during his 40-year career, including A Classic Tour (2016–2019), which ranks as one of the most-attended concert tours of all time with a total attendance of more than 4.5 million people.
As an actor, Cheung has appeared in more than 70 films since 1986, including Devoted To You, A Chinese Ghost Story 2 and Customs Frontline.
