#Paula tsui discography series#

In 19, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in The Legend of Drunken Master and Rumble in the Bronx. In 1993, she starred in The Heroic Trio with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1989, she was awarded the Best Actress for her role in Rouge at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Three years later in 1987, her performance in Rouge won her the Best Actress at the Golden Horse Awards. Her first acting award as a supporting actress was won at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in Behind the Yellow Line (1984). Her films were mainly of the action-thriller and martial arts variety, but she had also taken comedic and dramatic roles. As she starred in more than 40 films over a 20-year period. Mui was also well known as an actress across Asia. In 1998, aged 35, she was awarded the RTHK Golden Needle Award, being one of the youngest recipients to receive the award as a lifetime achievement. Mui mentored several Hong Kong newcomer singers who have since become successful, most notably Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Edmond Leung, the band Grasshopper, as well as Patrick Tam. At the age of 28, she stepped down from the industry, only to return from retirement in 1994. She held farewell concerts for 33 consecutive nights before retiring from the stage. In 1990, during the birthday celebration with the fan club, Mui announced that she would put an end to receiving music awards to give a chance to newcomers. She performed in 300 concerts in her career. Her popularity was also gaining prominence outside of Hong Kong, as she was invited to sing at the 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul together with Janet Jackson. This established a record at the time and dubbed Mui the title of 'Ever Changing Anita Mui' (з™ѕи®Љжў…и‰·иЉі), which had become her trademark.

#Paula tsui discography series#

Beginning in late 1987, a series of 28 consecutive concerts at the Coliseum were held through early 1988. In terms of live performances, in 1985, at the age of 21, her first concert was held lasting 15 nights (thus being one of the youngest singers to hold a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum). Hong Kong had a population of about only five million in the 1980s. In her career, she sold 10В million albums. Her best selling album was the 1985 'Bad Girl' (еЈћеҐіе©), which sold over 400,000 copies (platinum 8x by Hong Kong's standards). She was awarded the Gold Songs Gold Awards (й‡‘ж›Ій‡‘зЌЋ) in 1989 for the song Sunset Melody (е¤•й™Ѕд№‹жЊ), which became one of her signature songs throughout her career. Thereafter, she won the award every year until 1989. Her winning streak continued as she won another major award in 1985, her first top 10 Jade Solid Gold Best Female Singer award. In 19, she won the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs award back to back. However, the subsequent album fared much better, as she developed her personal style and image. Her debut album, Debt Heart (еїѓе‚µ), drew a lukewarm response from the audience. Despite her title as 'new talent' at that time, she had already been a singer for more than 10 years from street and club performances during her childhood.ДЄs an award to winning the New Talent contest at the time, Mui's first album was released with the local record company Capital Artists. It was there that Mui got a big break by emerging champion with the song 'The Windy Season' (йўЁзљ„еЈзЇЂ), originally sung by Paula Tsui, beating over 3,000 contestants. In 1982, as encouraged by her sister, Mui competed in the first New Talent Singing Awards. After a year, she started performing again despite the change in her vocal range, which lowered her voice by an octave (eight keys). Following the advice of the doctor, she took a year off and to keep herself occupied, she attended art lessons with her cousin. Both Mui and her elder sister Ann performed in practically any nightclub that offered them a chance to make a living.ДЄt the age of 15, due to the frequency of performances at different venues (up to six venues per day) that she had, her voice was affected due to the development of nodules on her vocal chords.

She performed Chinese operas and pop songs in theatres and on the streets. To earn a living, Mui entered the show business at around the age of four with her sister Ann. More hardship followed the family when the bar that her mother ran was destroyed by a fire. This meant that she had to help provide for her siblings at an early age, dropping out of school at the age of 13 or 14.

In some of her interviews, Mui mentioned that she had never met her father. The children were raised in a single parent family.

Her elder sister, Ann Mui, was also a singer. She was the youngest daughter in a family of four children. Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood.