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Profiles tagged “Singer-songwriter”.
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Jun Kung: a drummer, singer-songwriter and producer of Macanese heritage
Jun Kung
Jun Kung (恭碩良), full name Joventino Couto Remotigue, born in 1977 in Hong Kong, is a drummer, singer-songwriter and music producer of Macanese (Portuguese-Macau) heritage on his mother's side; he spent part of his childhood / primary-school years in Macau. He is an acclaimed session and touring drummer who has worked with major Cantopop artists (e.g. Jacky Cheung 張學友, Eason Chan 陳奕迅) and built his own singing career, and has received Hong Kong music honours including a best-original-song recognition. (Important: he was born in Hong Kong, not Macau; his Macau tie is his Macanese mother and partial childhood in Macau.)
Nick Ngai: a Macau singer-songwriter known as the "Prince of Macau Love Songs"
Nick Ngai
Nick Ngai (倪力, born 25 November 1983 in Macau) is a Macau singer-songwriter and Macau permanent resident, known as the "Prince of Macau Love Songs" (澳門情歌王子). He debuted in Macau in 2004 and released his first single "沙發" in 2005; his 2009 song "Marjoice" swept four prizes at the 7th Macau Broadcasting (澳廣視) awards, including best composition and the gold-song award. In 2012 he moved into the Hong Kong market, signing with Gold Typhoon (金牌大風) and releasing the EP "人生·力情." "Marjoice" was later reworked in 2016 as "風起了," covered by Hong Kong singer Hins Cheung (張敬軒). He was profiled in 2018 for the 20th anniversary of Macau's handover.
Rico Long: a Macau singer-songwriter who moved from behind the scenes to the stage
Rico Long
Rico Long (龍世傑) is a Macau singer-songwriter, born in Macau and a permanent resident, working as singer, composer and lyricist. He won early prizes including a gold/newcomer award at the 2005 "至愛新聽力" ceremony and a runner-up placing at the 5th Macau–Hong Kong–Zhuhai student singer competition. His signature song "說不出的" won the song gold award at the 9th 澳廣視 awards. He spent 2005–2015 primarily writing and composing for other artists before launching as a performer; in 2015 he released his debut album "固執先生" (12 tracks) and entered the Hong Kong radio market in 2014–2015. He works under the Macau labels Chessman Entertainment and 澳滌娛樂.