Pakho Chau
Chau Pak-ho, better known as Pakho Chau, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. He signed with Warner Music Group and officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007. He left Warner Music in July 2017 and subsequently joined Voice Entertainment and TVB New Media. He is also the founder of two fashion brands, XPX and CATXMAN.
Biography
Having once represented Hong Kong in basketball, Chau has also worked as a lifeguard, swimming teacher, and piano teacher. Chau also enjoyed a brief stint as a part-time model signed to Hong Kong modelling agency Starz People, becoming a model and spokesperson for many large companies and brands in Hong Kong.After a while, Chau decided to pursue his long-time passion for music, and saved up money to go abroad and learn more about music and production techniques. However, he was encouraged by his modelling manager to stay in Hong Kong, and was soon introduced to a well-known record producer in Hong Kong, Chan Kwong-Wing. After an initial meeting, Chau worked in Chan's recording studio as an unpaid engineer for almost two years, recording and producing demos and commercial jingles.
His musical talent was noticed by Chan, and soon Chau was offered a recording contract and signed to Warner Music Group in 2007.
Career
His fans insulted him and he even received a death-insulting letter, too, due to his Human Pompillavirus advertisement.Having learned the piano since the age of 5, and being able to play the guitar, Chau is also a songwriter. From his debut EP Beginning, Chau wrote one song, and penned the lyrics for four others.
Due to his work experience as a recording studio engineer, Chau also produces many of his own songs.
His debut single, "Same Sky", rapidly gained airplay in Hong Kong, and instantly became a hit song. His second single, "Six Days" also achieved popularity.
Chau's popularity was determined within three days of the release of his debut EP Beginning, sold more than 6000 copies. This resulted in a strong demand for a second shipment of his debut EP.
In May 2008, a duet with Cantopop starlet Stephanie Cheng was released, called "Nothing Done". This song became massively popular, achieving commercial success and reaching the top of many music charts in Hong Kong.
In July 2008, in time for the Hong Kong Book Fair, Chau released a photo album, containing a collection of his own words and photos. This photo album was called "Here's Where It All Began", and sold extremely well, with a second edition being released the following month.
His second album, entitled Continue, was released on 21 August 2008.
After releasing several singles, Chau released Follow on 10 July 2009. This collection consisted of 4 new tracks, and several previously released tracks. Following on from the previous year, Chau released another photo album for the Hong Kong Book Fair, called "This Is My Time Machine".
Discography
Extended plays
- Beginning
- Continue
- Remembrance
- 本體分裂 Splitting
- Get Well Soon
- 同行 Together
- White
- Roundabout
- One Step Closer
Studio albums
- 8
- Keep Going
Concerts and tours
Concerts
Tours
One Step Closer Pakho Live 2017–2018
Filmography
Films
- Shrek the Third as the voice of "Gingerbread Man", in the Cantonese version
- Love Is Elsewhere as "Joe Yeung"
- 10 Promises to My Dog as the voice of "Yuichi", in the Cantonese version
- as the voice of "Moto Moto", in the Cantonese version
- Basic Love
- Out Of Proportion
- Seven 2 One
- Split Second murders
- I Corrupt All Cops
- Once a Gangster
- The Way We Were
- Hong Kong Ghost Stories
- Lan Kwai Fong
- I Sell Love
- Streets of Macao
- S for Sex, S for Secret
- 12 Golden Ducks
- Guilty
- Love Detective
- Super Models
- Big Fortune Hotel
- My Wife Is a Superstar
- Delusion
- Good Take!
- 77 Heartbreaks
- The Sinking City – Capsule Odyssey
- Death Notify
- 77 Heartwarmings
- Winning Buddha 2
Television
2008
- This Is My Home as Ah Siu
2009
- ICAC Investigators 2009 as 周栢堅
2016
- A Time of Love 2 as 杜錦煇
2017
- as
2018
- Another Era as 程凱
2019
- Wonder Women as 榮浩田
Other appearances
2003
- Wildchild – Zhang Mou
2004
- Monie Tung – Men And Women Eating, Pool Party
- Stephanie Cheng – Popular Applause
- Renee Dai – Witness
2005
- Hong Kong Baptist University Film And Television Works master's degree production – Life in the Works
2007
- Elanne Kong – Wrong Love
2010
- Shiga Lin – I Don't Wanna Be Lonely
Music Videos
Youtube Music Videos Views
Pakho Chau has accumulated over 80M video views on YouTube, being the second most viewed singer in the region. He has owned 19 music videos which reached over 1M views.Ranking | Title | Year | Views | Likes |
1 | 《傳聞 Rumors》 | 2014 | 15,600,302 | 27,000 |
2 | 《我的宣言 My Vow》 | 2013 | 13,305,482 | 32,000 |
3 | 《百年不合 A Hundred Year》 | 2015 | 9,745,455 | 19,000 |
4 | 《我不要被你記住 I Don't Want To Be Remembered》 | 2010 | 7,315,780 | 11,608 |
5 | 《無力挽回 Irreversible》 | 2012 | 7,792,825 | 15,000 |
6 | 《還記得 Still Remember》 | 2014 | 8,513,074 | 20,000 |
7 | 《小白 Little White》 | 2015 | 4,132,840 | 12,000 |
8 | 《只有一事不成全你 Only One Thing Cannot Satisfy You》 | 2011 | 2,760,551 | 10,116 |
9 | 《現在已夜深 It's Late Now》 | 2014 | 2,673,968 | 7,074 |
10 | 《相安無事 We'll Be Fine》 | 2015 | 2,346,490 | 8,341 |
11 | 《莫失莫忘 Don't Forget》 | 2014 | 2,318,796 | 6,574 |
12 | 《最好不過 Best Though》 | 2010 | 2,117,002 | 5,488 |
13 | 《夠鐘 It's Time》 | 2009 | 2,000,216 | 3,686 |
- Only listed videos with 2,000,000+ views
Awards and nominations
Advertisements
2003
- K2 – advertisement
- S. Square – advertisement
- Sony – advertisement
- Just Diamond – advertisement
2004
- Nike League – advertisement
- Coca-Cola – advertisement
- Hong Kong Driving School – advertisement
2005
- Champion clothes – spokesperson
2006
- K2 – advertisement
- Pizza Hut – advertisement
2007
- Converse – advertisement
- Indu Homme Menswear – advertisement
- GP Wedding – advertisement
- Puma AG Casual Wear – advertisement
2008
- Online Game "Dance Mission" – spokesperson
- Neway Karaoke – advertisement
- MOOV.com – advertisement
- Levi Strauss & Co. – advertisement
- Clinique Men's Skincare – advertisement
- ODM Watches – advertisement
2009
- adidas – advertisement