Wong was born in Hong Kong, as the son of a former Shaw Brothers actor, Wong Hap. He moved to Taiwan when he was 17. Before landing his first record deal in 1988, Wong wrote songs for other singers under pen-names such as "Little Grass" and "Northern Wind". He worked as a Tae Kwon Do instructor, ice-skating coach, taxi-driver, delivery-man, waiter, bar-tender, and cook. He also spent three years in the Taiwanese military in order to obtain a Taiwan ID card, despite holding a Hong Kong British passport. Wong released his Chinese debut album A Game A Dream, which sold over 500,000-copies in December 1987, which was used as the theme song in the 1988 telemovie The Game They Call Sex. Another of his hits, " Bits of Sadness, Bits of Craze, released in 1988, shares the melody and base music of "A Game A Dream but sung in Cantonese with different lyrics. It was an insert song on Looking Back in Anger and the music video features Yin Szema.
Description
- Chinese name : 王傑 (traditional)
- Chinese name : 王杰 (simplified)
- Birth name : Wong Wen Ching
- Ancestry : Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Origin : Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Born : 20 October 1962 (age 52), British Hong Kong
- Other name(s) : Wang Chieh, Wong Kit, Dave Wang
- Occupation : Singer, actor
- Genre(s) : Mandopop, Cantopop
- Instrument(s) : Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums
- Voice type(s) : Tenor
- Label(s) : UFO Records/Warner Music(1988–1995), Pony Canyon(1996–1998), Emperor
- Entertainment Group(1999–2009)
- Years active : 1988–present
- Children : Daughter and son
- Influences : John Lennon
Wong migrated to Canada in 1994, after his second marriage in 1 April 1993. He carried on releasing 2-Chinese albums a year until 1998. On 1 June 1996, It was moved to officially released a new Chinese album under a different label names Pony Canyon Taiwan, which ceased operations in Taiwan in late 1997 due to the Asian financial crisis. Altogether, he had released a total of five Mandarin albums in just a period of two years at Pony Canyon with notable hits like "I Love You)".
On 1 January 1999, Wong made a comeback in the Hong Kong music industry and signed a recording contract with Emperor Entertainment Group. In 1 January 2000, the album Giving was released with a few new songs as well as remixes of his older classics. Following the success of this album, Wong held a major charity concert in late February of the same year at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.
Two years later, he released his latest Cantonese album through called L'amour et le Reve. Around the same time, he participated in various movies including Jackie Chan's New Police Story.
He performed his first Beijing concert on 26 November 2004 and another in Xi'an on 16 September 2006. In 1 January 2007, he released his latest Mandarin album Goodbye Madman; like his previous Mandarin album Regaining Consciousness, it was not heavily promoted. After his 10 year contract with EEG expired, Wong held his 'I am Back' Concert on 23 October 2009 at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
He held a series of world tour concerts from August to November 2010 in Beijing, Singapore and Tianjin. He stated during a television interview in July 2010 that he would retire from the music industry after the tour. He then clarified in September that it was only song-writing that he would be leaving, after the completion of the album he was working on, and that he will still continue to perform in concerts.[
Musical style and output
His music and lyrics can be described as being melancholy and haunting in a blend of rock ballads and blues. Wong is also an established songwriter having written many of his most popular songs but also covers songs by other artists, both from Asian and other continents. To date, he has recorded 26 studio albums in Chinese and 11 in Cantonese. In addition, numerous compilations of his popular songs have been released. Recognition
Recognition / Awards
- 1988 Golden Horse Film Awards – Best Original Film Score
- 1989 Hong Kong International Phonograph Record Association Awards – Platinum Phonograph Record
- 1989 CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Award – Best Newcomer Gold Award
- 1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards – Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award
- 1990 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation – Most Popular Newcomer
- 1992 Taiwan Top Ten Idols
- 1992 Taiwan Best Dream Sweetheart (No 1)
- 2000 Guangzhou Music Awards – Asian & Pacific area Best Male Singer
- 2000 Metro Hits Music Awards – Song Award
- 2000 Original Choice of Chinese Pop Music – Song Award 1999
- 2000 Golden TVB8 Top Golden Melody Awards −1999
- 2002 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song
- 2003 Golden TVB8 Melody Awards – Best Recommendation Song
- 2003 Guangzhou Television "Hit King Election Season Awards" – Best Mandarin Song
- 2004 Jiangsu Music Prize Presentation Ceremony – Best Composer
- 2004 Metro Hits Chinese Music Awards – Chinese Song Award
- 1990 1st Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
- 1992 3rd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Album
- 1993 4th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
- 1993 1st Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
- 1994 5th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards – Best Song Hui Jia
- 1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Most Popular Male Singer
- 1994 2nd Singapore Hit Awards – Best Song Lu
UFO Records
- A Game A Dream (December 1987)
- Forget You Forget Me (July 1988)
- Do I Really Have Nothing (January 1989)
- Lone Star (June 1989)
- Roared to the Sun (January 1990)
- I Want to Fly (May 1990)
- To Dream of a Lifetime Love (January 1991)
- Forget You Better Forget Myself (April 1991)
- 《All By Himself IV》(January 1992)
- Hero Tears (May 1992)
- Me (January 1993)
- Road (June 1993)
- Just Say You Love Me (January 1994)
- Migratory Birds (June 1994)
- Dream. In the Absence of the Night Dream (February 1995)
- Would Rather not Free (October 1995)
- Brotherly love (August 1996)
- Forget All (December 1996)
- I Love You (February 1997)
- Starting Point (August 1997)
- Substitute (August 1998)
- From Now On (August 2000)
- (February 2003)
- Not Alone (February 2004)
- Regaining Consciousness (September 2005)
- Goodbye Madman (January 2007)
- The Role of the Story (February 1989)
- Who Can Understand a Loner's Heart? (August 1989)
- Man in the Storm (January 1990)
- Stray Hearts (October 1991)
- (November 1991)
- Blocked in my Life (July 1992)
- She (June 1993)
- Silent Masterpiece (September 1996)
- Giving (January 2000)
- Hello! (December 2000)
- L'amour et le Reve (July 2002)
- Featured this life with no regrets (1991)
- Golden Wang Television (1992)
- Loner's Heart (1993)
- Star Dream (1994)
- Wang Jie Rumours – Western Masterpiece (May 1995)
- Masterpiece – Classic BBC Month (May 1995)
- Classic Wang (May 1995)
- Best of Wang (May 1995)
- Wang – Best of the 80s Collection (May 1995)
- I Love Wang Classics (May 1995)
- Tiehan Tenderness Wang Super Selection (1999)
- Masterpiece (1999)
- Outstanding Features – 16 (2000)
- 21st Century Best Selection (2000)
- Our Wang (2000)
- Wang & Yung Pure Music (2001)
- Wang Long Live 2001 (new song) (2001)
- Extreme Classics (2002)
- Featured Wang SACD Edition (2002)
- Wang Jie 23 Anniversary Collection (2002)
- Lone Star (2003)
- The Most Beautiful... Wang (2004)
- Outstanding Selection 2004 (2004)
- Wang Chieh XRCD Special (2005)
- Wang Number 1s Double CD (2006)
- Most Remarkable Wang (2007)
- Wang Jie (2007)
- The Role of the Story (1999)
- The Role of the Story (2002)
- The Role of the Story (2009)
- The Role of the Story (2011)
- Return of the Prodigal (1999)
- Return of the Prodigal (2002)
- Return of the Prodigal (2010)
- Featured this life with no regrets (1999)
- Featured this life with no regrets (2002)
- Featured this life with no regrets (2010)
- Golden Wang Television (1999)
- Giving (2003)
- Our Wang (2008)
- Love Me, I Love, Wang Jie (2010)
- Wang's 2001 (2001)
- 2014 Live In Beijing (2014)
- 1989 21–23 July Live in Singapore
- 1990 22–27 February 'True Feelings' Hong Kong Concert
- 1990 29 June 'I Want to Fly' Fans'Concert (Kaohsiung)
- 1990 20 July 'Care Candidates' Fans'Concert (Taipei)
- 1991 August 'Forget Myself' Live Taiwan Tour (Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taipei)
- 1991 4 September 'CTS TV Live' Taiwan Concert
- 1992 January 'You Love Wang Jie Loves You' Taiwan Concert
- 2000 23 February 'Giving for the Children' Hong Kong Concert
- 2000 8–9 December Live China Tour (Guangzhou)
- 2000 28 December Live China Tour (Shaoguan)
- 2000 30 December Live China Tour (Shenzhen)
- 2001 4–6 April 'Wang's 2001' Hong Kong Concert
- 2001 26 April – 1 May Live US Tour
- 2002 27 April 'Live in Genting' Malaysia Concert
- 2003 21 March 'Love Me & I Love Charity Concert' (Taipei)
- 2003 12 & 14 September 'A Night of Love Songs' US Concert (Sheraton Convention Centre)
- 2003 5 October Live in US (Atlantic City)
- 2004 24 October Live in US (Atlantic City)
- 2004 24 November 'Purple Sky' Beijing Concert
- 2006 16 September 'Going Home' Xi'an Concert
- 2007 'Dave Wang Live US Tour (US Caesars Casino Hotel)
- 2009 20–21 September Live in US (Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort)
- 2009 23 October I Am Back！Dave Wang Concert 2009 (Hong Kong)
- 2010 20–21 February Lunar New Year Live in US (Foxwoods Resort Casino)
- 2010 7 August Dave Wang World Tour.Beijing
- 2010 23 October Dave Wang World Tour.Singapore (Singapore EXPO – The MAX Pavilion)
- 2010 6 November Dave Wang World Tour.Tianjin
- 2011 23 May Dave Wang World Tour.London (HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London)
- 2012 8 September Dave Wang World Tour.Guangzhou
- 2012 22 September Dave Wang World Tour.Shenzhen
- 2012 31 December Dave Wang World Tour.Shanghai
- 2013 17 May Dave Wang World Tour.Hangzhou
- 2013 28 September Dave Wang World Tour.Taiyuan
- 2014 17 May Dave Wang World Tour.Beijing
- 2014 26 July Dave Wang World Tour.Nanyang
- 2014 30 August Dave Wang World Tour.Dongguang
- 2015 24 January Dave Wang World Tour.Shenzhen
- 1977 Executioners from Shaolin
- 1978 Soul of the Sword
- 1989 Seven Wolves
- 1989 Seven Wolves 2
- 1991 Casino Raiders 2
- 1992 Invincible
- 2000 The Legend of the Flying Swordsman
- 2000 A War Named Desire
- 2000 Roaring Wheels
- 2001 Esprit d'Amour
- 2002 Return From The Other World
- 2002 Love is a Butterfly
- 2002 Summer Breeze of Love
- 2004 Heat Team
- 2004 New Police Story
- 1989 Yang Zi Bu Jiao Shui Zhi Guo (40 Episodes) Taiwan CTS Series Aired on April
- 1992 Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong (20 Episodes) Hong Kong TVB Series Aired from 5 – 30 October
- 2005 Just Love (20 Episodes) Hong Kong TVB Series Aired from 9 May–June 3
- 1990 Solvil et Titus TV Advertisement
- 2002 Edenbo TV and Magazines Advertisement
