Alexander Wang Lee Hom

Lee Hom also referred to as, Wang Leehom, or just Leehom) is a Golden Melody Award-winning Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, actor, who has achieved highly recognized success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. He is managed by and records albums with Sony BMG . As of 1995, the beginning of his musical career, he has contributed in over 25 albums, totalling to nearly 13,000,000 sales. In addition to his album sales, he also set a new attendance record at the Taipei Arena for his Heroes of Earth 2006 Concert on March 2006 as the concert had broken over six national records. He was also the top earning Chinese celebrity of 2006 and 2007, defeating other hot competants like Jolin Tsai, S.H.E, and Jay Chou. He also participated in several films, his role in Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution gaining the most attention.He is able to play musical instruments such as piano, violin, guitar, drums, bass, erhu(chinese traditional musical instrument),vibraphone, harmonica,chinese flutes and others. Alexander Leehom Wang was born in Rochester, New York on May 17, 1976. He studied music at Williams College and graduated with a masters degree at Berklee College of Music in Jazz Piano & Composition.

Wang comes from a high pedigree of academics. Like much of his family, Wang had considered pursuing a medical career. However, at the last minute Wang realized his true passion was for music. Despite criticism from his family, Wang decided to attend Williams College to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.

He has become one of the many new songwriters and musicians revolutionizing the Chinese-language music industry. He is active in all areas of musical production, from composing to producing, to arranging pieces, to writing lyrics (although he did not begin learning Mandarin until he was 18, he is now fluent), to playing instrumental accompaniments, to directing his own music videos.

By combining western music with classical Chinese instruments, Wang has given a unique twist to Chinese music. Having eleven Mandarin albums to his credit, Wang has yet to produce an English album but remains one of the main songwriters and producers for Sony BMG . He also owns two Homeboy Music Studios situated in Taiwan and New York.

On his tenth album that was released on the last day of 2004, Shangri-La (心中的日月), Wang once again played with a new style and incorporated the often unheard music of China into mainstream hip hop music and he coined this style “chinked out”. He experimented with the tribal sounds of China, Tibet, and Mongolia, traveling the area carrying 15 kg of equipment while fighting bouts of altitude and food sickness.

His most recent album, Heroes of Earth (蓋世英雄), was released on December 30, 2005, and he had infused elements of Beijing opera into the songs, continuing the “chinked out” spirit. Heroes of Earth also won him Best Male Vocalist in the 17th Annual Golden Melody Awards in 2006.

Heroes of Earth broke the record of impressively selling more than 1,000,000 copies ten days after the release. 8 The album stayed at first place in the G-Music Charts for 6 weeks. 9 Ultimately, the album stayed in the charts for a total of 23 weeks and became third for the most selled album in Taiwan of 2006.

Musical style Further information: Lee-Hom Wang discography Since 1995, Wang has released ten full-length Mandarin studio albums and two Japanese albums, not including Wang’s other compositions in soundtracks or the appearances in other studio albums of different artists.

Although Wang is an R&B artist, he has no stable music style. When he first debuted, he sang old school pop and accoustic R&B ballads. Starting from Revolution (公轉自轉), Wang began to test out R&B pop music, but quickly jumped to a quirky style of dance pop for Impossible to Miss You (不可能錯過你). Starting from Forever’s First Day (永遠的第一天), Wang began composing rock songs with heavy electric guitar melodies and less emphasis on dance pop. Nonetheless, Wang still concentrated in light R&B music.

“The next chapter of chinked-out was Heroes of Earth (蓋世英雄). Instead of ethnic minority music, Wang focused on Peking Opera and Kunqu. Wang’s first promotional song, “Heroes of Earth” (蓋世英雄) involved Peking opera singing and dance rap. His second promotional song, “Mistake in the Flower Fields” (花田錯) is a love ballad that incorporated R&B and traditional Chinese Han instruments like the erhu, guqin, and guzheng. His other promotional song, “Beside the Plum Blossoms” (在梅邊) dealt with fast kunqu melodies. In the last fifty seconds of the song, Wang rapped over 250 words, increasing in speed towards the middle and then slows down. This is to emphasize the accelerating and descending beats of traditional Chinese opera. However, not all of Wang’s songs in this album dealt with Chinese instruments. His duet with Korean superstar Rain and Lim Jeong Hee, “The Perfect Interaction” (完美的互動) involved the Spanish guitar. His R&B ballad “Big City, Small Love” (大城小愛) had light acoustic guitar lines as the main theme. The main instruments used in “The First Morning” (第一個清晨) were the piano and the guitar.

Nontheless, Wang is still very notable for his modern love ballads like “Forever Love” and “Kiss Goodbye”, both which are deeply sung with piano and string instrument accompaniments.

Music 1999: Revolution Live Concert (繞著力宏轉音樂會) 1999: Impossible to Miss You Concert (不可能錯過你) 2001: Leehom Music Century (王力宏創世紀影音全紀錄) 2004: Unbelievable Music Video Collection (不可思議影音全紀錄) 2005: Shangri-La Champion Celebration Edition (心中的日月冠軍慶功版) 2006: Heroes of Earth Celebration Edition (蓋世英雄勝利慶功版) 2006: Heroes of Earth Live Concert (2DVD+2CD) (蓋世英雄 Live Concert 演唱會影音全記錄) 2006: Life is a Game Original Soundtrack (愛情攻略原聲大碟)

Movie 2005: Starlit High Noon (真昼ノ星空) 2002: Moon Child (月光游俠) 2001: The Avenging Fist (拳神) 2000: China Strike Force (雷霆戰警) 1999: The Iron Giant (鐵巨人)

Filmography Year Title Role Other notes 2007 Lust, Caution (色 . 戒) Kuang Yumin (鄺裕民) Filmed in Mandarin 2005 Starlit High Noon (真昼ノ星空) Lian Song Filmed in Japanese 2002 Moon Child (月光游俠) Son Filmed in Japanese 2001 The Avenging Fist (拳神) Nova Filmed in Cantonese 2000 Ashes to Ashes: Against Smoking (煙飛煙滅) Filmed in Cantonese 2000 China Strike Force (雷霆戰警) Alex Cheung Filmed in Cantonese 1999 The Iron Giant (鐵巨人) Mandarin voiceover

2007 Best Endorser, 1st Mobile Oscar 2007 Best Composing Singer (Hong Kong & Taiwan Area), 13th Chinese Music Awards Most Popular Male Artist (Hong Kong & Taiwan Area), 13th Chinese Music Awards Most Popular Song of the Year (Hong Kong & Taiwan Area), 13th Chinese Music Awards: “Big City, Small Love” (大城小愛) Top 10 Albums of the Year, KKBOX Music Charts: “Heroes of Earth” (蓋世英雄) Top 20 Songs of the Year, KKBOX Music Charts: “Kiss Goodbye” Best Male Artist, HITO Music Awards 2007 Longest No. 1 Album, HITO Music Awards 2007: “Heroes of Earth” (蓋世英雄) Top 10 Songs of the Year, HITO Music Awards 2007: “Kiss Goodbye”

IN SHORT , HE’S THE BEST SINGER N ACTOR I EVER MET ….!!!