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Hins Cheung

Hins Cheung / Cheung King-hin (Chinese: 張敬軒; born February 1, 1981), is a Chinese singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, chef, and businessman based in Hong Kong. He made his debut in 2001 with the studio album Hins' First. He has since released 17 studio albums and EPs. Among his various accolades, he has won the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Best Male Singer Gold prize six times, Jade Solid Gold Most Popular Male Singer four times, and Best Pop Male Singer at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards.

Besides his music career, Cheung also owns Avon Recording Studios, bridal brand Sennet Frères, and also invested into restaurants of his own design, including Junon and The Crown, both in Wan Chai.

Cheung was born in Guangzhou, China, and raised in Guangdong province, with ancestry from Beijing. He graduated from Dongshan Pui Ching Primary School, Guangzhou No.7 High school and Guangzhou Wuyang Financial and Economic Vocational School [yue]. Influenced by the strong musical atmosphere in his family since he was a child, he began training in Peking opera and musical instruments (piano and violin) at the age of four, and practiced opening his voice every day. He quickly became comfortable with learning music and was regarded as a musical genius, but gave up after only half of his violin lessons. Due to his poor grades and his father's advice, he eventually chose to study accounting at a vocational school after hoping to go to an art school in high school.

Originally scheduled for eight shows beginning on November 15, 2019, Cheung's concert featuring the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hins Cheung X HKCO was cancelled due to the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The concert was successfully rescheduled for November 22, 2020. Hins became the first artist to perform at the Hong Kong Coliseum during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the attendee capacity limited at 50%.

On January 7, 2021, Cheung unexpectedly released his eighth Cantonese studio album The Brightest Darkness without any prior announcement. The 17-track album was released by Fitto Records. The music video for the lead single "The Way We Were" (俏郎君) was released to YouTube on the same day. "The Way We Were" went on to top five local music charts and won Ultimate Song Chart Awards Top Ten Songs Number 3, and Chill Club Song of the Year Number 5. The Brightest Darkness won Best Album at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards, making Cheung the second artist to have wins in all major categories at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards, after Jacky Cheung in 2005.

On October 19, 2021, Cheung posted on his YouTube channel a promotional video for his upcoming concert The Next 20 Hins Live in Hong Kong. Under the guidance of a professional rock climber, Cheung climbed the lighting rod atop Lee Garden Two in Causeway Bay, reaching 246m off the ground. The concert was scheduled for 18 shows starting December 23 at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Due to Hong Kong's fifth COVID-19 wave, shows scheduled for January 6 onward were rescheduled. On April 21, rescheduled show dates were announced, with an additional 8 shows to compensate for capacity limits.

On January 1, 2022, at the 2021 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, Cheung won the "Ultimate Male Singer Gold Award" for the fifth time, ranked 3rd in the "Ultimate Top Ten", and won the "Ultimate Album Award" for the first time. He became the sixth singer to achieve the "Ultimate Grand Slam" (including the Ultimate Male Singer Gold Award, Ultimate Song Award, Ultimate Album Award, My Favorite Male Singer Award, and My Favorite Song Award), and equaled the record set by Jacky Cheung 17 years ago, becoming the second singer to achieve the "Ultimate Gold Grand Slam" (including the Ultimate Singer-Songwriter Gold Award).

On May 10, 2022, it was announced that Cheung's 18-show New Year's Eve concert series at the Hong Kong Coliseum, titled "The Next 20 Hins Live in Hong Kong Hins Cheung Concert", would be postponed due to the government's tightening of epidemic prevention measures. Eight shows originally scheduled for January 6–10 and January 13–15, 2022, were to be postponed; However, as the government relaxed social distancing measures, Cheung's concerts resumed from May 10 to May 29. Due to social distancing measures, the attendance rate was limited to 50%, so the number of shows increased to 16 (from the 19th show onwards, it was relaxed to 85%), for a total of 26 shows, breaking his record for the number of shows in a solo concert. On May 29, the final show of the concert didn't officially end until 1:10 AM, breaking Eason Chan's record for the latest show to end at the Hong Kong Coliseum and becoming the singer with the longest encore at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The concert also invited a total of 58 guests, breaking the record set by Concert YY Wyman Wong's Works Exhibition, becoming the concert with the most guests at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

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