Chan Fai-young (; born 25 September 1970) is a
Hong Kong
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Cantopop
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composer. Chan was born in
Macau
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in 1970.
[ He attended ]Berklee College of Music
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,[ an American college in ]Boston
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, .
Chan composed his first work in 1994, "Romantic White Paper" (), sung by Eric Suen Yiu-wai ().[ He composed other songs, including ones alongside lyricist ]Lin Xi
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Education
Leung attended all-boy secondary schools at Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College and La Salle College. He received a bachelor of arts in translation from th ...
, sung by many singers. He and Lin Xi wrote "Ngaam Yung" () for Faye Wong
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,[ released in 1997 as part of Wong's EP, '']Toy
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''. Chan composed "Garbage" () for Candy Lo
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Ca ...
,[ released in 1997 as part of Lo's debut EP, '' No Need... Perfection Is Awful'' ().
Chan and Lin Xi wrote "K goh chi wong" () for ]Eason Chan
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In 2006 Chan's Cantonese album ''U87'' was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Five Asian Albums W ...
, released in September 2000, and "Prayer of a Young Woman" () for Miriam Yeung
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,[ for which both won as two of top ten Chinese gold songs () at the 2000 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. Chan Fai-young composed other songs for Eason Chan, such as "Night Does Not Return" () and "Coming and Going" (), and for Miriam Yeung, such as "Lifting Up My Head" (), "Knowledge of Wine Drinking" (), and "Firebird" ().][
Chan and Lin Xi also wrote "Beauty for Life" ()—written for the 2001 film, '']Love on a Diet
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The film reunites Lau and Cheng, who last paired up in 2000's '' Needing You...''. For the ...
''[—and "Shall We Talk" in 2001 for, respectively, ]Sammi Cheng
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and Eason Chan
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In 2006 Chan's Cantonese album ''U87'' was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Five Asian Albums W ...
. Chan and lyricist wrote "Painful Love" () for Joey Yung
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. These songs became three of the top ten Chinese gold songs at the 2001 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. In 2002, "Beauty for Life" won the "Best Original Film Song"[ and earned Chan Fai-young the "Best Melody Award" at the ]CASH
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Golden Sail Music Awards.[ Chan composed other songs for Sammi Cheng, such as "Exchanging Tenderness" (), "Come Back to Me" (), "The Last Cry" (), and "How to Shed Tears" ().][ Chan composed other songs for Joey Yung, such as "Fear" (), "Tsaang Hei" (), and "Disfigured" ().][
Chan composed "Vortex" () for ]Cass Phang
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and Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, "Love Someone" () for Hacken Lee
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and Kelly Chen
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, "Day and Night" for Jacky Cheung
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and Sandy Lam
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, and "Loving Each Other Is Hard" () for Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui
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.[ He and Lin Xi wrote "Single Man" () for ]Leslie Cheung
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.
Chan and Lin Xi composed twelve songs for the 2007 album, ''12 Faces of Women'' (), sung by various singers, including Sammi Cheng."Chan Fai Young - 12 Faces Of Women (CD+DVD)"
''YesAsia
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''. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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1970 births
Living people
Hong Kong male composers
Hong Kong songwriters
Macau emigrants to Hong Kong
Hong Kong composers
20th-century Macau people
21st-century Hong Kong musicians
21st-century male musicians
Berklee College of Music alumni
Macau-born Hong Kong artists