Hubert Wu

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Hubert Wu (Chinese: 胡鴻鈞; born 27 March 1990) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor.

He was the first runner-up of The Voice (Hong Kong) Season 2, winner of New Talent Singing Awards 2010, and currently signed with Shaw Brothers Studio as an actor and singer-songwriter.

Career[]

1990–2011: Early life and beginning of career[]

Wu studied in , Diocesan Boys' School, then promoted to Hang Seng School of Commerce, and furthered his degree studies in Hong Kong Polytechnic University (major in Management) and graduated in 2013.^[1]

In 2010, Wu entered the singing competition The Voice 2, and became the Most Improved contestant on the show, as well as won the first runner-up of the competition. This led to him signing a manager's contract with Television Broadcast Limited HK (TVB). In the same year, he also represented Hong Kong in the 2010 TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship, winning the first place. In 2011, he represented Hong Kong to participate CMB Chin Chin Star Festival (Korea), where he won the bronze award.

2012–2013: Couple Getaway and The Butterfly Lovers[]

On 6 February 2012, Wu signed a record deal with Stars Shine International and released his debut album on 14 September, entitled Couple Getaway.^[2] It topped the albums sales chart for the first week of its release. On 11 November, he held his first mini-concert 'NEWAY MUSIC LIVE X Hubert Wu Concert', with Joyce Cheng as a guest and Hins Cheung as a secret guest. At the same time, his album received gold certification. Later, he won the Best New Artist from Metro Hits Awards, RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards and Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation. Due to the success of Couple Getaway, he had released Couple Getaway (Dual Edition Live +) in 2013.

On 2 October 2013, Wu released his second full-length album, The Butterfly Lovers^[3] due to the commercial success of the soundtrack he sang for Karma Rider. As Stars Shine International went bankrupt, he signed the record deal with Voice Entertainment.

2014–2015: Knowing, Acting and Hosting[]

In 2014, Wu had sung soundtracks for several television dramas. For example, singing a duet with Kate Tsui for The Ultimate Addiction and a theme song for Rear Mirror. In July, he partnered with the 11 artists to host music show Jade Solid Gold and disclosed he would guest played an accountant trainee in Young Charioteers.

In 2015, Wu participated in the drama Blue Veins, which was broadcast in 2016, as a vampire. He continued singing theme songs for TVB dramas, including a duet with Alfred Hui for the TV Drama, Eye in the Sky and collaborated with Alfred and Fred Cheng to sing the theme song for 2015 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. He was also featured in the project of RTHK, 12 Music Door. Escape and collaborated with different artists.

In August, Wu released the lead single from the upcoming album, A Better Tomorrow.^[4] Later, in October, he released the tribute single, Knowing,^[5] charted at no.1 on iTunes Single Chart. His third album was finally released on 2 December,^[6] including the songs, A Better Tomorrow and Knowing. It topped the HMV album sales chart and iTunes albums chart.

2016–present: I Was Here, acting career, and hosting[]

Let Me Let Go, song from the album Knowing had dominated the Jade Solid Gold Chart. In May 2016, Wu partnered with Alfred Hui and Jinny Ng hosted the reality show Summer Holiday. In 2016, he participated in the supernatural drama The Exorcist's Meter as Shek Kam Dong, which was broadcast in late 2017. The drama received critical acclaim from the public. With his performance in The Exorcist's Meter, Wu gained recognition and his on-screen partnership with Kenneth Ma was well received. In March 2017, he participated in another TV Drama, My Ages Apart as Henry, which was broadcast from late 2017 to early 2018.

In March 2017, Wu released the single "Imperfect Me". In June, he released another single, "Friend Zone". His album, I Was Here, was released on 19 December 2017.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Wu participated in the sequel The Exorcist's 2nd Meter as Mok Wai-ho, which was broadcast in 2020. His song, "Mortals Don't Know About Love" (凡人不懂愛, 2020) was a Top Ten Most Streamed Songs of the year on the Joox music streaming platform.^[7]

The new song "Are You Happy?" was released at the end of July 2020, which was very popular. The hit rate on the Internet has exceeded 1 million within one month. In 2021, Wu won the "Most Popular Male Singer" at the "2020 Golden Song Awards Ceremony".

Personal life[]

Wu is good friends with The Exorcist's Meter co-actress Mandy Wong and co-actor Anthony Ho.^[8]

Discography[]

• Couple Getaway (2012)
• The Butterfly Lovers (2013)
• Knowing (2015)
• I Was Here (2017)
• Are You Feeling Blissful (2020)

Filmography[]

Awards and nominations[]

In 2017, Wu won the TVB Anniversary Awards for Most Popular Drama Theme Song with I Was Here (The Exorcist's Meter). In 2020, he won the same award with Mortals Don't Know About Love (The Exorcist's 2nd Meter).^[9]

References[]

External links[]

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