Anson Hu

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Anson Hu (born 4 July 1983) is a male Chinese pop singer and dancer.

Biography

At a young age, Anson Hu showed great interest in music when he listened to pop music and would sing along. At age 13, he was admitted to a local performing arts school and began studying singing. Two years later, he dreamed that he would release his first CD before his eighteenth birthday.

Anson was recognized for his talents soon enough. When he was 16, he won the silver prize at the Shangai Music Awards New Singer Competition, and was advanced to the finals, where he won the award for the highest potential as a singer.

Fortunately, he earned a contract under Go East Entertainment, Co. Ltd., and released his first album, Wen Wu Shuang Quan , in August 2002, though this was just after his nineteenth birthday. Both the album and the artist became an instant hit. The album won Anson many “Best New Artist” awards at the end of the year, in China and overseas, and his song “the Monk” made into the Top 10 lists of several charts. Another song, “telling me” also received several “Best Song of the Year” awards. In December, a second version of this album, entitled Anson Hu, was released, which contained the same 10 tracks plus one more, a karaoke version.

In July 2003, Anson released his second album, Upgrade 4147, which he helped to produce himself. The album contained duets with popular singers Elva Hsiao and Ronald Cheng. With this album he again swept through the award ceremonies with several trophies under his belt; he also received awards from all over Asia. Anson’s credibility as a musician continued to rise, and he gained more and more fans, in China and abroad.

Anson’s early success is mirrored by his third and fourth album, Music Code and Music Mix, released in September 2004 and March 2006 respectively. Anson steadily began to win awards like “best” and “favorite male artist”, graduating from “best new artist.” Music Code featured the wildly popular song “Waiting for You”, which has become a fan favorite.

After releasing Music Code, Anson switched from Go East Entertainment and signed a contract under Gold Label Records, under which he released Music Mix and his subsequent albums.

Continuing his steady work, Anson released Men’s Songs, his fifth album, in November 2007. While featuring a heartfelt and mature musical style that shows off Anson’s piano skills, the album reflects upon the changes of a man’s life and shows off Anson’s superior musical talents.

Anson’s newest release is the compilation album Music of Anson Hu, which contains 25 tracks on two discs, 10 of which are LPCD mastered, higher quality audio. It will be released on July 11, 2008.

Record Company

present Gold Label Records

2002-2004- Go East Entertainment Co.Ltd

Discography

*2002 Anson Hu

*2003 Wan Mu Shuang Quan

*2004 Music Mix

*2006 Music Code (音乐密码）
**01 Emperor
**02 A Year Ago
**03 Three On Three
**04 How Can You Not Sleep Yet When It's Already This Late
**05 A Dream Wedding
**06 As If The Sky Has Feelings
**07 Butterfly
**08 Desire (Wish)
**09 A Mischievous Boy
**10 The Hero of the Dead

*2007 Men's Songs
**01 The Wedding Song (婚礼进行曲)
**02 My Love Song For You (音乐让我说爱你)
**03 KTV Karaoke Men (男人 KTV)
**04 Mature Enough (到了没)
**05 18 Taboos (未满18岁)
**06 Rain Of Love (潇湘雨)
**07 Vagabond Life (江湖)
**08 Forever Farewell Poem (诀别诗)
**09 Eiffel Tower (巴黎铁塔)
**10 Skateboard (滑板)
**11 Another Side Of Me (另一个自己)

Trivia

*Has a song called 另一個自己 (pinyin: lìng yī ge zì jǐ) with Hong Kong singer Stephy Tang
*Has been known to say that he hopes to learn all instruments by age 28

External links

* [http://www.ansonhu.com/ Anson's Official Site]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=88353367 Myspace Official Anson Site]