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Jun Kung
Jun Kung in 2010
Born (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 47)
Occupation(s)Musician, Producer, Songwriter, Actor
Musical career
OriginPortuguese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese [1]
LabelsGreyscale Group
WebsiteJun's Blog

Jun Kung (Chinese: 恭碩良; pinyin: Gōng Shuòliáng; born August 18, 1977) is a Hong Kong drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, actor and multi-instrumentalist.[2]

Biography

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Known as "The Drummer", Jun Kung is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer. Born in British Hong Kong and later raised in Macau, he began his professional drumming career at age 14. An alumnus of the "DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE" in New York City, he studied under drummers such as Kim Plainfield, Ian Froman & Daduka Fonseca.

In the summer of 1999, he was signed to Universal Music Group and released a self-produced album which received the Best Newcomer Award of 1999. In 2001, he joined guitarist Paul Wong and formed the group HANN, consequently releasing 5 albums under Universal Music Group. In 2007, he embarked on his first biggest world tour "The Year Of Jacky Cheung World Tour ‘07" for all 105 shows in over 57 cities. Jun's next tour was for Hong Kong/China singer Eason Chan, as a drummer in the "DUO Eason 2010 Concert" held at the Hong Kong Coliseum consecutively from 20 March to 6 April 2010, consequently continuing onto the "DUO World Tour" with the group. His concert tours also included Faye Wong, Sandy Lam, Khalil Fong, Terry Lin, Na Ying, Liang Bo, Han Hong, Tanya Chua, A-Mei, Vinx, Stu Hamm, Eugene Pao, Phil Chang (Zhang Yu), Danny Summer, Karen Mok, Kenny Bee and Alan Tam.

Awards

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Jun Kung is an accomplished singer-songwriter and music producer. In 1999, he was signed to Universal Music Group and released his first EP "Here & Now." The acclaimed singles "Shoe Size" and "Love Space" won first place in the "Best New Artist" award at the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Award of 2000 and the "Voice of the 21st Century award" from Metro Radio. His original songs "Here to Stay" and "兩心花" won the "Best Original Film Song" award in both the 30th and 31st Hong Kong Film Awards, followed by the "Best Rock Artist" award from Chinese Music Media Awards in 2013.

In 2019, as a co-producer he was awarded the "Best Album of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & overseas regions)" from "Beijing Pop Music Awards" and the "Best Duet Song" for "5:59 PM" from the Metro Radio Awards as the singer-songwriter, featuring Yoyo Sham.

Solo career

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Jun has recorded and released multiple solo albums both under major labels and independently. He has scored over 10 full-length feature films and held concerts as a solo artist yearly with show audiences reaching 3–4 thousand people. He is a supporter charity and gives to the Hong Kong Dog Rescue.

Discography

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Order Album Information
1st Here and Now(EP)
  • Release Date: June 1999
2nd No Where Man (LP)
  • Release Date: July 2001
3rd Ginja Rock (EP)
  • Release Date: 2005
4th JUN K (LP)
  • Release Date: September 2010
  • Label: Revolution Talent
5th Here To Stay (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: November 2010
  • Label: Revolution Talent
6th Playback Is A Bitch (LP)
  • Release Date: June 2012
  • Label: Revolution Talent / East Asia Media
7th Past Future Present Tense (LP)
  • Release Date: March 2015
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
8th 原諒愛 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: July 2016
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
9th 修羅界 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: September 2016
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
10th 愛後記 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: February 2017
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
11th We All Fall Down (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: October 2017
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
12th Beautiful Fools (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: June 2018
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
13th Supermarket Music Vol.1 超級市場伴奏 (EP)
  • Release Date: August 2019
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
14th Help Is On The Way (Roni Size Remix) (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: April 2020
  • Label: LABEL K
15th 78 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: April 2021
  • Label: LABEL K

Awards

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2000 Best New Artiste award from Commercial Radio Hong Kong

2000 Voice of the 21st century award from Radio 104 FM Select

2011《Here To Stay》The 30th Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song

2012《Leung Sam Fa》The 31st Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song

2013 Best Rock Artiste award in 第十三届《华语音乐传媒大奖》

2019 Best Album Production of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & Overseas Region) from Beijing Pop Music Awards

2019 Best Duet Song 《5:59PM》from Metro Radio Awards

Tours and shows

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2004 Bobby McFerrin concert on Hong Kong Arts Festival

2005 Jacky Cheung 張學友 活出生命Live演唱會

2006 Coco Lee World Tour

2007 Jacky Cheung World Tour (over 105 cities in a year)

2008 Khalil Fong Wonderland World Tour (1 year)

2009 JustIn Lo -AIR JUSTIN World Tour

2011–2014 Eason Chan DUO World Tour

2012 Faye Wong World Tour (1 year)

2012 Sandy Lam - World Tour (1 year)

2015 Sandy Lam- Pranava World Tour

Solo concerts

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2002 《My Live》solo concert

2002 《 Rock Affair 》Live @ Sydney Superdome 05/10/02

2010 《Jun on The Moon Live》solo concert

2012 《Playback》solo concert

2012 《Clockenflap》performed / 2013 《Clockenflap》 (as ambassador)

2015 《MOOV Live》Live @ Macpherson Stadium

2016 《Just A Concert》Live @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium

2016/2017《Wow + Flutter》 Music Festival

2018 《Free Space》performed

2019 Macau《HUSH》Music Festival

2019 《Right Here Right Now》Jun Kung Live @ Macpherson Stadium

Filmography

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Director
2001 Time and Tide
順流逆流
Miguel Joventino Tsui Hark
2006 The Heavenly Kings
四大天王
Jun Kung Daniel Wu
2009 Rebellion
同門
Sandpaper Herman Yau
2011 Punished
報應
Law Wing Cheong
Lan Kwai Fong
2012 Nightfall Wong's former acquaintance
2015 Triumph in the Skies TM's manager
SPL II: A Time For Consequences

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References

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  1. ^ Interview
  2. ^ "Jun Kung | Zildjian Drum Set Artist". Zildjian. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Jun Kung". IMDb.
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