Alan Tam

Alan Tam Wing-lun (born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.

Tam was born on 23 August 1950 at Healthy Village in North Point, He is son of football player Tam Kong-pak (譚江柏), who represented the Republic of China national team during the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He attended Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School and Chi Lin Buddhist Secondary School.

Then, he majored in Economics while attending Ngee Ann Technical College in Singapore.

The group disbanded, and he later reformed into the band The Wynners with Kenny Bee in 1973.

The Wynners performed mostly in English.

Tam was one of the two lead singers in the band until it split in 1978.

His first album as a solo artist was 'Naughty Boy' (反斗星) in 1979.

Tam's first album as a solo artist was "Naughty Boy" (反斗星) in 1979.

He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements.

Since the late 1980s, he has served as a mentor for the cantopop music industry, earning the nickname the "Principal" or "Principal Tam".

Today he is regularly seen across the media in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, and various parts of East Asia participating in all types of entertainment-related events and charity activities.

Tam married Sally Yeung Kit-mei in 1981.

They have no children.

In the 1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, he also won his first major individual song award.

From 1981 to 1988, he won a top 10 song award every year.

From 1983 to 1987, Alan Tam received numerous music awards and won Most Popular Male Artist and IFPI Award for successive four years, which made him the most famous superstar singer of Hong Kong in 1980s.

This was in addition to his winning a top 10 song award every year from 1983 to 1987 for the Jade solid gold awards.

An early success was the song 'Love in Autumn' (愛在深秋), first performed in 1984.

He later releases such as "Love in Autumn" (愛在深秋) in 1984 or "Embrace" (擁抱), "Flower in Water" (水中花) or "Half Dazed, Half Awoken" (半夢半醒) achieved commercial success.

His 1984 albums of (愛的根源), (霧之戀) and 1985 (愛情陷阱) formed a successful trilogy of albums.

In early 1988, he publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies and put most efforts in searching new direction for Cantopop music.

Today, he is still active in the music and film industry, releasing new albums on a regular basis.

In 1988, he made an announcement that he would not accept any more awards with competition involved.

He continued to release albums for the next 30+ years.

Tam met his partner Wendy Chu in 1991; a son was born to them in 1995.

Tam developed a passion for music in his secondary school years in Hong Kong.

He formed a band called "The Wynners" (溫拿樂隊) with his friends.

They subsequently entered an amateur singing contest and took the first prize to begin a career in the entertainment industry, appearing in a number of TVB variety shows.

In 1993, he released the English album "My Love", in collaboration with Korean singer Kim Wan-sun.

The Hong Kong press frequently reported a fierce rivalry between Tam and fellow singer Leslie Cheung.

Although both artists were at peace with each other, it was the fans who created the spectacle of a musical feud.

In the late 90s, the singers brushed aside any doubts about their friendship, and even appeared together in galas and other special programmes.

By 1995, he had already sold more than 20 million albums.

In 1999, Leslie Cheung, together with other 17 singers, participated in the Album "Paying Tribute to Alan Tam" (誰可改變15週年紀念集) and collaborated to produce the single remix of Tam's popular songs "Illusion" (幻影) and "Foggy Love" (霧之戀).

In 2003, he teamed up with fellow artist Hacken Lee for a major world tour entitled Alan & Hacken (, also translated as ""Left Alan Right Hacken"). The name is a play on a Chinese idiom which means "neighbours" (左鄰右里). Up to 2013, they have performed around the world in countries like China, United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore, Taiwan, Macau, Malaysia, and Japan with over 100 concerts. Since 2006, he has been helping his godson Kelvin Kwan establish a career in the Hong Kong pop industry.

By 2005, he had launched more than 104 albums, and 800 songs.

He has taken part in 264 concerts, of which 189 were individual concerts.

One of his signature fast songs "Love Trap" (愛情陷阱) earned him the 25th Anniversary Jade Solid Gold song honour award in 2006.

As of 2013, Alan Tam has launched a total of 115 solo albums and has sold over 35 million records worldwide; he also holds the record for having held the most concerts in Hong Kong as a solo artist.