Healthy Village, Tsat Tsz Mui, North Point, Hong Kong
Education
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupations
Singer
actor
songwriter
businessman
Years active
1969–present
Spouse
Sally Yeung Kit-mei (楊潔薇)
(m. 1981)
Partner
Wendy Chu Wing-ting (朱穎婷)
(m. 1991)
Children
1 Tam Hiu-fung (譚曉風) (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)
Parent
Tam Kong-pak (譚江柏)[3]
Awards
Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor 1981 If I Were for Real
RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards – Golden Needle Award 1996 Lifetime Achievement
Musical career
Also known as
Uncle Lun (倫伯) Lucky Lun (幸運倫) Principal (校長)[4] Principal Tam (譚校長)[4] Ah Lun (亞倫)
Genres
Cantopop
Mandopop
Hong Kong English pop
Japanese pop
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Labels
PolyGram (1979–99)
Universal Music (1999–present)
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
譚詠麟
Simplified Chinese
谭咏麟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Tán Yǒnglín
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Tàahm Winglèuhn
Jyutping
Taam4 Wing6leon4
IPA
[tʰaːm˩ weŋ˨lɵn˩]
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tam.
Alan Tam Wing-lun[5]MH (traditional Chinese: 譚詠麟; simplified Chinese: 谭咏麟; pinyin: Tán Yǒnglín; Cantonese Yale: Taam4 Wing6 leon4; born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. From 1983 to 1987, Alan Tam received numerous music awards and won Most Popular Male Artist and IFPI Award for successive four years, which made him the most famous superstar singer of Hong Kong in 1980s. In early 1988, he publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies and put most efforts in searching new direction for Cantopop music.
Today, he is still active in the music and film industry, releasing new albums on a regular basis. Since the late 1980s, he has served as a mentor for the cantopop music industry, earning the nickname the "Principal" or "Principal Tam".[4] Today he is regularly seen across the media in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, and various parts of East Asia participating in all types of entertainment-related events and charity activities. As of 2013, Alan Tam has launched a total of 115 solo albums and has sold over 35 million records worldwide; he also holds the record for having held the most concerts in Hong Kong as a solo artist.
^China.org.cn. "The Hanban.com Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Alan Tam Wing-lun. Retrieved on 30 September 2008.
^Hong Kong performance artistes guild. "HKPAG Archived 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine." Alan Tam profile.Retrieved on 30 September 2008.
^Sina. "Sina.com." 譚詠麟：我的父親譚江柏一-父親為我買足球. Retrieved on 30 September 2008.
^ abcCash.org.hk. "Cash.org.hk Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine." Article from Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
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alongside performers AlanTam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, who were collectively known as "Three Kings and a Queen" (三王一后) or "Tam Cheung Mui Chan" (譚張梅陳)...
1984 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Ringo Lam and starring AlanTam and Brigitte Lin. A community committee, with funding from their wealthy...
nation at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Tam is the father of Hong Kong singer and actor AlanTam. Tam worked was a traffic officer during his season...
1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Lau Kar-wing starring Andy Lau, AlanTam and Max Mok. Lung Ying (Ko Chun-hsiung), patriarch of the Lung family and...
actors, a new group of "Lucky Stars" - notably including Andy Lau and AlanTam. With fewer action scenes and a heavier reliance on comedy, the film was...
producers and record companies working in harmony. Cantopop stars such as AlanTam, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Sally Yeh, Priscilla Chan, Sandy Lam, Danny...
starring and directed by Sammo Hung, who also produced. The film co-stars AlanTam, Joan Tong and Jaclyn Chu. While investigating on a serial murder case...
youth. Due to the elder Kwan's close relationship with Hong Kong singer AlanTam, Tam became Kelvin Kwan's godfather. Kwan and Jill Vidal shot to stardom...
Thomas Dougal "Tam" Paton (5 August 1938 – 8 April 2009) was a pop group manager, most notably of the Scottish boy band the Bay City Rollers, and convicted...
tickets on sale from Sept 3". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 October 2016. "AlanTam 40th Anniversary Concert Tour". Singapore Sports Hub. Archived from the...
1995, which featured covers of classics by Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung and AlanTam, reworked and reinterpreted with Kwan's alternative musical influences...
friends are Natalis Chan and AlanTam, who are also famous singers and actors from Hong Kong. Tsang has been close friends with Tam's family since childhood...
featured songs by artists such as Sam Hui, Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, and AlanTam; during the 1980s, exported films and shows exposed Cantopop to a global...
Lucky Stars member Sammo Hung along with new Lucky Stars members Andy Lau, AlanTam, Kent Cheng, Anthony Chan and Billy Lau as well as Aces Go Places stars...
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