Biography
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Born
29 April 1988 (age 36)
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Born In
Hong Kong, China
Alfred Hui (Traditional Chinese: 許廷鏗, Simplified Chinese: 许廷铿), born 29 April 1988, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. He is a participants of THE VOICE, which is a singing contest produced by Television Broadcasts Limited in 2009.
After the contest, Alfred sang the song "我的離開也是愛", which is the ending theme of a TV serial drama "Gun Metal Grey" (刑警). Also he became a member of Super 4 and the other members are Ryan Lau, Auston Lam and Victor Chen.
In 2010, Alfred signed to the Record Label, Stars Shine International Limited. He released his first album "出走三部曲" in 2011.
His representational songs include “Departure” (出走) and “Ant” (螞蟻). Alfred’s songs were very well received, and this enabled him to obtain first place from several radio music charts in Hong Kong. Later on, Alfred Hui obtained “The King of the Young Singer Award” in “The Four Major Music Media Prize-Giving Ceremony for the Hong Kong Pop Music Circuit” in 2011, “903 Music Gold Award for Young Singer” granted by Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation Limited in 2011, "Gold Award for Young Singer" granted by “The 34th Ten Distinguished Chinese Golden Music Prize-Giving Concert” in Radio Television Hong Kong in 2011, and “The Gold Award for the Most Favorite New Male Singer” granted by Television Broadcast Limited in 2011. Excluding the RTHK, the rest of the three media channels consistently acknowledged Alfred with "Gold Awards for Young Singer", and this was a glamorous result during the initial stage of his singing career.
Half a year later, Alfred Hui issued his second CD-album, called "Blue" (藍調), on 12 January 2012. This is a rarely found phenomenon, that a newly emerged young singer can issue three CD-albums within a short period of time. On 6 February 2012, the Stars Shine (星煥國際) announced in its New Year Gathering, that Alfred’s CD-album had reached a good saleability, which corresponded to the "Golden Compact Disc" standard.
Alfred Hui represented Hong Kong to participate in the "ABU TV Song Festival 2012", which was scheduled to take place at the KBS Concert Hall, in Seoul, South Korea, on 14 October 2012.
His third CD-album "Grandit" (長大), meaning "Growing-up" in French, was released in December 2012. The title song "Grandit" (重新長大) was released to radio on 5 September 2012 and managed to garner top places in music charts of RTHK, Metro Radio and TVB. However, it was the song "The Ode of Youth" (青春頌), which echoes the theme of the song "Grandit" and serves as the conclusion of the album, received critical acclaim. It was released to radio on 21 February 2013. Commercially, the song remained as No.1 on Commercial Radio's music chart for two consecutive weeks, breaking a record that was held for seven years. Alfred Hui was then invited to share his thoughts on a radio programme. In the programme, he revealed that the song was originally not slated for media release. The result was a surprise to him.
On 31 October 2013, Alfred Hui followed Herman Ho Chit-to (何哲圖), Chief Executive Officer of Stars Shine (星煥國際), to join the Voice Entertainment Group Limited (星夢娛樂). His contract was then transferred to the new company. On 20 December 2013, it was the first attempt for Alfred Hui to issue the first-ever album with a record of both his new songs and his former representational selections, and this individual album was called "The Times" (時光). On 28 and 29 December 2013, "The Times – Alfred Hui Solo Concert 2013" (許廷鏗時光演唱會2013) was organized at the Star Hall (匯星) of Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (九龍灣國際展貿中心), which marked a historic breakthrough for Alfred's pop-music career.
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