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Khalil Fong
Khalil Fong Tai-tung (Chinese: 方大同; 14 July 1983 – 21 February 2025) was a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, notable for infusing a R&B and soul sensibility into Chinese pop music. He won the 28th Golden Melody Award for Best Male Mandarin Singer for his album Journey to the West (2016).
Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983 in Hawaii, United States, to an American-Chinese father, a drummer, and Hong Kong mother, Leung Yu-laam (梁茹嵐), an English language educator, who would later be Fong's lyricist under the pen name Rulan (茹嵐).Khalil Fong's passion for music was ignited after watching the movie "La Bamba" at a young age. The movie, which tells the story of Ritchie Valens and his hit song "La Bamba," inspired him to pursue a career in music.
Fong moved to Shanghai at the age of 5, then Guangzhou for a brief period before moving to Hong Kong when he was 14. Due to the family frequently moving to different cities, Fong initially studied in a primary school in Shanghai for five years, before being homeschooled by his parents until high school.
When Fong was 12, the family moved to Guangzhou and he would frequently accompany his father to sing at different bars. When he was 14, after moving to Hong Kong, he started writing over 100 tunes for his mother's English language education company, forming part of the company's audio learning resources. He started to self learn to play guitar when he was 15 and piano when he was 18, and subsequently sent many demos to different record companies at the age of 17. However due to his relatively young age and changes in the management of the recording company, Warner Music Group, he was not able to sign a recording contract until he was 22 in 2005. Until then, he would write songs for other singers such as Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung.
In 2005, Fong signed a recording contract with Warner Records. He then debuted with his first album, Soulboy, featuring soul and R&B, which were rare styles in the Chinese music industry, and drawing inspiration from musicians like Stevie Wonder, Musiq Soulchild, Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind & Fire. The album won him several awards such as IFPI Hong Kong's 2005 Top 3 Best Selling Male Local Newcomers and CRHK's Chik Chak New Male Singer Silver award in 2006.
In 2006, Fong released This Love album, which continued to receive positive reviews from the media. As with Soulboy, this album received awards for being one of the top 10 selling Mandarin albums for the year, and as well as its titular track, Popular Mandarin Song awards from 2007 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards and 2006 Metro Radio Music Awards.
In 2007, Fong held his first concert, "This Love Live 2007" at Hong Kong Arts Centre from 1–3 February, a live album of the performance was released on 23 August. On 28 December, Fong released his third album, Wonderland, which was the first album to be released in Taiwan as well. With love and environmental protection as its theme, the blue coloured album cover had two holes on the sides of the ears of Fong's portrait printed on it. The blue colour would represent Earth while the holes represented the ozone layer, bringing awareness to the holes in the ozone layer. Record label Warner Music Hong Kong specially chose to radio broadcast "Love Song" on major radio stations on 14 February 2008 as a special music theme for Valentine's Day in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, bringing listeners into love theme. "Love Song" topped the music charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan and would go on to win awards at the 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Beijing Pop Music Awards, HITS Music Awards. The album earned Fong his first Golden Melody Award nomination.
In March 2008, Fong held two concerts, titled "Wonderland Live 2008, at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, a live album of the performance was released on 29 July. In December, Fong released his fourth studio album Orange Moon; the album, as promised by Fong, contained songs that are "catchier and more approachable" compared to his previous releases. The title was inspired by the romanticism of sunset, where the orange moon refers to the sun. For the album, Fong received awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards and the Global Chinese Music Chart Awards Ceremony.
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Khalil Fong
Khalil Fong Tai-tung (Chinese: 方大同; 14 July 1983 – 21 February 2025) was a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, notable for infusing a R&B and soul sensibility into Chinese pop music. He won the 28th Golden Melody Award for Best Male Mandarin Singer for his album Journey to the West (2016).
Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983 in Hawaii, United States, to an American-Chinese father, a drummer, and Hong Kong mother, Leung Yu-laam (梁茹嵐), an English language educator, who would later be Fong's lyricist under the pen name Rulan (茹嵐).Khalil Fong's passion for music was ignited after watching the movie "La Bamba" at a young age. The movie, which tells the story of Ritchie Valens and his hit song "La Bamba," inspired him to pursue a career in music.
Fong moved to Shanghai at the age of 5, then Guangzhou for a brief period before moving to Hong Kong when he was 14. Due to the family frequently moving to different cities, Fong initially studied in a primary school in Shanghai for five years, before being homeschooled by his parents until high school.
When Fong was 12, the family moved to Guangzhou and he would frequently accompany his father to sing at different bars. When he was 14, after moving to Hong Kong, he started writing over 100 tunes for his mother's English language education company, forming part of the company's audio learning resources. He started to self learn to play guitar when he was 15 and piano when he was 18, and subsequently sent many demos to different record companies at the age of 17. However due to his relatively young age and changes in the management of the recording company, Warner Music Group, he was not able to sign a recording contract until he was 22 in 2005. Until then, he would write songs for other singers such as Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung.
In 2005, Fong signed a recording contract with Warner Records. He then debuted with his first album, Soulboy, featuring soul and R&B, which were rare styles in the Chinese music industry, and drawing inspiration from musicians like Stevie Wonder, Musiq Soulchild, Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind & Fire. The album won him several awards such as IFPI Hong Kong's 2005 Top 3 Best Selling Male Local Newcomers and CRHK's Chik Chak New Male Singer Silver award in 2006.
In 2006, Fong released This Love album, which continued to receive positive reviews from the media. As with Soulboy, this album received awards for being one of the top 10 selling Mandarin albums for the year, and as well as its titular track, Popular Mandarin Song awards from 2007 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards and 2006 Metro Radio Music Awards.
In 2007, Fong held his first concert, "This Love Live 2007" at Hong Kong Arts Centre from 1–3 February, a live album of the performance was released on 23 August. On 28 December, Fong released his third album, Wonderland, which was the first album to be released in Taiwan as well. With love and environmental protection as its theme, the blue coloured album cover had two holes on the sides of the ears of Fong's portrait printed on it. The blue colour would represent Earth while the holes represented the ozone layer, bringing awareness to the holes in the ozone layer. Record label Warner Music Hong Kong specially chose to radio broadcast "Love Song" on major radio stations on 14 February 2008 as a special music theme for Valentine's Day in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, bringing listeners into love theme. "Love Song" topped the music charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan and would go on to win awards at the 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Beijing Pop Music Awards, HITS Music Awards. The album earned Fong his first Golden Melody Award nomination.
In March 2008, Fong held two concerts, titled "Wonderland Live 2008, at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, a live album of the performance was released on 29 July. In December, Fong released his fourth studio album Orange Moon; the album, as promised by Fong, contained songs that are "catchier and more approachable" compared to his previous releases. The title was inspired by the romanticism of sunset, where the orange moon refers to the sun. For the album, Fong received awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards and the Global Chinese Music Chart Awards Ceremony.