Wang Leehom, sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director.
66 Facts About Wang Leehom
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Wang Leehom is a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of the Golden Melody Awards, the "Grammys" of Chinese music.
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Wang Leehom won Best Actor at the 2018 Macau Film Festival.
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Wang Leehom is an environmental activist, and his album Change Me was dedicated to raising eco-awareness among Chinese youth.
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Wang Leehom was one of the first torchbearers for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, and performed in the Olympics' closing ceremony in Beijing.
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Wang Leehom was again a torchbearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making him the only person in the Mandarin pop circle to have taken part in the event twice.
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Wang Leehom is a longtime ambassador for World Vision Taiwan and Malaysia.
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Wang Leehom holds honorary doctoral degrees from both Williams College and Berklee College of Music.
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Wang Leehom begged his mother to put him in violin lessons with his brother but his mother was against it, reasoning that he was too young.
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When Wang Leehom turned six, his mother enrolled him in violin classes, performing along with his brother.
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Wang Leehom worked several jobs to earn money to buy a second hand drum kit.
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Wang Leehom attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, and Pittsford Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York.
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Wang Leehom joined an all-male a cappella group, The Springstreeters, and the group recorded several demo tracks.
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Wang Leehom signed with Decca Records the following year, a label then famous for producing "powerful singers" in Taiwan.
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Wang Leehom released his second album If You Heard My Song in 1996, which included some of his own compositions.
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Wang Leehom co-wrote the album's eponymous title song, which earned positive responses from the audience.
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Wang Leehom was the youngest artist to win in either of the two categories.
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Wang Leehom has been nominated the Best Mandarin Male Singer at the awards every year since the success of Revolution.
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Wang Leehom continued his studies by attending Berklee College of Music's Professional Music program, with voice as his principal instrument.
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In 1999, Wang Leehom released his sixth album Impossible to Miss You, which combined the catchy pop melodies of Revolution with a quirky style of new-found dance-pop.
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At the beginning of the millennium, Wang Leehom began filming for several Cantonese-language Hong Kong blockbusters, which inspired him to study the Cantonese language.
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Wang Leehom included a Cantonese track, "Love My Song", in the Hong Kong release of Forever's First Day, his seventh album.
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Forever's First Day yielded a cover of his uncle's signature song "Descendants of the Dragon"; Wang Leehom re-arranged the song with heavier rock and dance elements.
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Wang Leehom began filming several Japanese films, establishing his rising star status in Japan.
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Eager to experience and perform different musical genres, Wang Leehom embarked on his first Asia-wide concert tour The Unbelievable Tour a few months before the release of his ninth album Unbelievable.
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Since 2004, Wang Leehom became known for his brand of China Wind music, known as "chinked-out".
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Wang Leehom continued to infuse chinked-out elements into his next album Heroes of Earth.
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Wang Leehom took a break in working on his music to film Lust, Caution, an espionage thriller film directed by Ang Lee.
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Wang Leehom released a promotional single "Falling Leaves Return to Roots" on June 20,2007 through Hito Radio, a month before the release of his twelfth studio album, Change Me.
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Wang Leehom believed that small changes by each person can change the world.
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In November 2008, Wang Leehom was selected to conduct the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for their 2008 annual grand finale, being the first Asian pop musician to conduct the orchestra.
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The concert Hong Kong Music, Leehom Wang was held in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre for three nights, with four shows, receiving CNN International coverage throughout.
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Wang Leehom embarked on his second world tour, the MUSIC-MAN Tour, in the latter months of 2008.
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The album largely focused on guitar and electric guitar solos, which Wang Leehom used for performances in most of the album's music videos.
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On September 7,2011, it was announced that Wang Leehom hired Wong Fu Productions to direct his upcoming music video.
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On November 30,2012, Wang Leehom received the 2012 MAMA for "Best Asian Artist".
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On December 2,2012, Wang Leehom surpassed actress Yao Chen to become the Chinese with most Weibo fans.
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Wang Leehom used instruments such as the erhu, guqin, and guzheng to infuse his new album with another side of traditional Chinese sound.
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Wang Leehom had displayed interest in acting when he starred in several musical plays when he was in high school and college.
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Hong Kong critics had remarked Wang Leehom for giving a well-toned performance as his first film.
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Wang Leehom's next starring role was the 2001 Hong Kong science fiction film The Avenging Fist as the main character Nova.
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Wang Leehom then starred in two Japanese films Moon Child and Starlit High Noon.
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Wang Leehom plays Kuang Yumin, a patriotic college student who persuades Wong Chia-chi to seduce Mr Yee.
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In 2009, Wang Leehom was selected to star with Jackie Chan in Little Big Soldier.
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In 2010, Wang Leehom stepped behind the camera to direct and star in, Love in Disguise, starring Liu Yifei and Joan Chen.
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In July 2013, Wang Leehom was announced to be starring in an adaptation of Stan Lee's Annihilator.
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Wang Leehom co-starred with Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei in Blackhat, an action thriller film on cybercrime which was written, directed and produced by Michael Mann.
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Wang Leehom is recognized for his effort and financial contributions to charity.
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Wang Leehom is active with Worldvision and has visited Laos and Sierra Leone in the last couple of years to raise awareness about the state of poverty in those countries.
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In 2012, on World Vision Malaysia's 15th Anniversary, Wang Leehom was named as the 30-Hour Famine Ambassador.
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Since 2012, Wang Leehom has been starting almost every year by holding a free show for his fans.
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In 2020, Wang Leehom joined the "Stand Against Racism in the Time of COVID" forum held by Asia Society, alongside guests such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Representative Ted Lieu.
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Wang Leehom was chosen as one of the torchbearers to run in Greece.
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Wang Leehom attended the torch lighting ceremony before his run.
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Wang Leehom took the torch from Liu Hongliang, son of the first Chinese to attend the Olympic games, Liu Changchun.
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Wang Leehom represented the newest generation of singers from Taiwan and China.
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Wang Leehom was chosen mainly because he is devoted to helping save the environment, as shown in his latest album Change Me.
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Wang Leehom sang along with Jackie Chan, Stephanie Sun, and Han Hong in the song for "The One Man Olympics" which was about the first Chinese to be in the Olympics.
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Wang Leehom sang in the 100 days countdown theme song "Beijing Welcomes You".
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Wang Leehom sang alongside Stefanie Sun, Wang Feng, and Jane Zhang in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Torch Relay theme song "Light the Passion, Share the Dream".
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Wang Leehom is one of the candidates on vote for performer of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games theme song.
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Wang Leehom did not specify if he adheres to any particular denomination.
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On November 27,2013, Wang Leehom married Taiwanese girlfriend, Lee Jinglei.
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On December 16,2021, Wang Leehom announced they are separated and filing for divorce.
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Wang Leehom posted evidence including a screenshot which claimed to be the couple's first e-mail correspondence dated 2011, when Lee was 24 years old, which he suggested was evidence that they were not intimate when Lee was a minor.
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Wang Leehom later made a general apology for not managing his marriage well as a public figure, adding that he would transfer the house to Lee and announced he will temporarily quit the entertainment business.