Eason Chan Yick-shun (simplified Chinese: 陈奕迅; traditional Chinese: 陳奕迅; pinyin: Chén Yìxùn; Jyutping: Can4 Jik6 Seon3; Cantonese Yale: Chàhn Yihk Seun; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer – Gold" award (10 times) and "My Favorite Male Singer" award (9 consecutive years) at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation" in HK, he is also holding the record for being nominated for and winning prestigious Golden Melody Awards "Best Male Mandarin Singer" (9 times and 3 times respectively) in Taiwan. Chan was ranked sixth in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List. Chan was ranked third in Spotify Global Top Mandopop Artists of the Years 2023 and 2024. By December 2024, Chan's monthly listeners in Spotify was over 4 million.
Chan is a frequent winner of Asia's music awards. He has won a number of prestigious Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. In 2003, he won Best Mandarin Male Singer and Best Mandarin Album for "Special Thanks To...." In 2009, he won Best Mandarin Album for "Don't Want to Let Go". Chan won his second Best Mandarin Male Singer award in 2015, for the album "Rice and Shine". In 2018, Chan was named Best Mandarin Male Singer for the third time – the most of any singer (tied with Johnny Yin) – for the album "C'mon In~".
Chan has kicked off over 300 concerts all around the world since 1999. He successfully held world tours in different regions, including Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. He was the first Chinese singer who held tour in London's O2 Arena, and the first HK singer who held solo concerts in Beijing's National Stadium (Bird's Nest). In 2014, Chan's net worth was HK$100 million. In 2020, Chan was on Forbes Asia's inaugural 100 Digital Stars list. Chan was the most-streamed artist in Hong Kong on the Spotify music streaming platform from 2016 to 2021. Since joining UMG, Chan has amassed over 75 billion streams across various platforms by 2023.
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Date: 28 July 1974
Special to The New York Times
Brit Govt has offered to lend $4.2-million to group of newspaper workers to buy plant of Scottish Daily Express that ceased publication and start their own cooperative; closing of paper cost jobs of 1,800 journalists and production workers
Date: 28 July 1974
Peru's mil Govt on July 27 takes over country's 8 major ind newspapers and announces it will turn them over to Peruvian labor groups; announces move was made in natl interest but appears to be blow to freedom of expression
Date: 28 July 1974
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Despite assurances from S Vietnamese Premier Tran Thien Khiem that press could rept fully on July 26 questioning of Cabinet members by Natl Assembly, leading papers carry softened accounts that exclude attack on Pres Thieu; no paper repts declaration by opposition deputy Vu Cong Minh 'I hope that Pres Thieu resigns soon, in order to save the country'; other unreptd items including further attacks on Thieu cited; situation seen as case study of deeply ingrained censorship (M)
Date: 28 July 1974
Former NYS Gov Nelson Rockefeller on July 26 says US owes great deal to press for uncovering Watergate scandals (S)
Date: 27 July 1974
Atlanta Braves outfielder Henry Aaron smashes carton of strawberries into face of Atlanta Journal sportswriter Frank Hyland following discussion of Aaron's statements concerning his being overlooked for team mgr (S)
Date: 28 July 1974
Jordanian Govt on July 27 lifts censorship of country's 4 daily and 6 wkly newspapers which was imposed just before Oct '73 Middle East war (S)
Date: 27 July 1974
Fred Sorbello, owner of Rosario Sorbello & Sons migrant labor camp in NJ, repts he has his crew leader have been ordered to appear before grand jury to answer questions about incident during which newsman and photographer from Newark Star-Ledger were reptdly roughed up (S)
Date: 28 July 1974
Rev of Sen Foreign Relations Com investigation into State Sec H A Kissinger's role in wiretapping of 17 Govt officials and newsmen between '69 and '71; Kissinger por (S)