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Sammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva.Urbanwire. "Urbanwire." Sammi Cheng – You Gotta Show Mi. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.HKStandard. "The Standard.com." Visual feast has its regrets. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "new cantopop queen".HKStandard. "The Standard.com." Preying on the Lost Generation. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. On top of her celebrity status, Sammi's fortune is often reported by the local press. Many a times with income from outside the entertainment industry such as advertising and miscellaneous sources.HKStandard. "The Standard.com." Article. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. In 2000 she was estimated to have a net worth of more than HK$100 million.HKStandard . "The Standard.com." ''Showbiz's pair-fect matches?. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. In a 2002 publication, Cheng was listed as the highest paid female entertainer in Hong Kong, accompanying Jackie Chan who was the highest paid male entertainer at the time.

Early life

Sammi Cheng was previously named Twinnie Cheng. Contrary to popular belief, "Twinnie" is not her birth name. The name came about when Sammi was still in school and her English Language teacher wanted everyone in class to have an English name. When Sammi turned to her sister for help, her sister came up with the name "Twinnie". The name was later changed to "Sammi" as "Sammi" sounds a little like "Sau Man". Cheng received her education at SKH St. Peter's Primary School and Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School.

Career

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Music

Seealso Sammi Cheng discography
Sammi Cheng entered the entertainment industry at the age of 16 through a high profile, annual TV singing contest, the New Talent Singing Awards in 1988.International Herald Tribune. "International Herald Tribune." Hong Kong superstar seeks more serious roles by Alexandra A. Seno. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.Thefirstcn. "Thefirstcn." ???:???????. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. Although she came in third in the competition, the sponsoring record company, Capital Artists, saw her potential and offered her a recording contract. Cheng at the time was still in school, and had to balance her studies with her rising singing career. Before finishing school, Sammi had managed to release 3 full-length studio albums: "Sammi", "Holiday" and "Never Too Late".Modelcruz. "Modelcruz." Biography of Glamorous Sammi Cheng. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. One of her first major award was the 1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, where she was recognized as a best new prospect.

In 1993, Cheng realized that in order to rise from a top B-list artist to an A-list artist, she had to create a unique image for herself.
She capitalized on the attention received from her duet with artist Andy Hui, "Do you really have me in your heart?" (?????????), winning the 1993 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards with that song. Cheng then went through a complete 180-degree transformation, dying her hair orange, changing her style. Her 4th studio album "Sammi's Happy Maze" (????????) was also released, which include the hit single "Chotto Matte" (Chotto ??). Her new image fitted well with the new single, which was a remake of a very upbeat Japanese song by Maki Ohguro. The success helped Sammi and boosted her singing career. In 1994 she continued to capitalize on her wild, new image. Her first album of that year was "Big Revenge" (???). The album included the mega hit "Ding Dong" (??), which became one of Sammi's all-time signature songs. But with her new fame also came a lot of backlash from the media. Critics pointed out that Sammi purposely westernized her Cantonese. Instead of saying "Ding Dong", Sammi pronounced it as "Deen Dong". Despite the criticism, the song was one of most popular dance songs of that year. In 1994 the racy and controversial cut of "Ten Commandments" (??) was banned from the radio for a few days after its initial airplay of the track including tiny bits of what can be recognized as pornography soundtrack. In 1995 Cheng disappeared from the public eye for nearly half a year. Later that year, it was revealed that Warner Music company had signed her. She let her hair color return to black and temporarily abandoned the wild image she used to have.

In 1995 she released her first album "Missing you" (????). In 1996, the company decided it was time for Sammi to expand her market and fan base beyond Hong Kong. They released her first Mandarin album, "Worth It" (??). The album was number one on the Taiwan IFPI chart for six consecutive weeks. She won a number of awards, most notably she was voted back-to-back as the most popular female artist by TVB from 1995 to 1996. She would finish that year with her first concert titled "Sammi's X-Dimension Concert" (???X?????). In 1998 she was also a featured star in a Heineken sponsored Music Horizons concert along with international singers such as Boyz II Men and Julian Lennon.HKStandard. "The Standard.com." Sakai works fine. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. By the time Cheng was 24 years old, she had already released four greatest hits albums.Askmen.com. "Askmen.com." Sammi Cheng. Retrieved on 2008-08-03.

In the 1990s, another female star, Faye Wong was one of her
In July 2004, she held 7 nights of "Sammi Vs Sammi" concerts in Hong Kong. She also broke the record as being the youngest female singer to hold more than 50 accumulated concert nights in the city.

Concert Tours/Specials

Tour Setlists

  • Costume #1
  • Opening
  1. ???????
  2. ????
  3. ???
  4. ????
  5. *Costume #2
  6. ????
  7. *Costume #3
  8. ??
  9. *Costume #4
  10. ????????????
  11. Tequila??
  12. ?????
  13. *Costume #5
  14. X??
  15. ???
  16. *Costume #6
  17. ??
  18. ?????
  19. Crying
  20. ????????
  21. ??
  22. *Costume #7
  23. ??
  24. *Costume #8
  25. ????
  26. ??
  27. ????
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  • Sammi Cheng and Sally Yeh
  1. ????
  2. *Sammi Cheng
  3. ???
  4. ??
  5. ????
  6. ??
  7. ????
  8. *Sammi Cheng and Sally Yeh
  9. ???
  10. Medley:
    1. ?????
    2. ?????
    3. ??
    4. ????
    5. ?????
    6. ??
  11. ????
  12. *Sally Yeh
  13. ????
  14. ?????
  15. ?????
  16. ?????
  17. ?????
  18. ????
  19. Memory
  20. *Sammi Cheng and Sally Yeh
  21. Dance Medley:
    1. X??
    2. ???
    3. ????
    4. Cha Cha Cha
    5. Chotto ??
    6. ????
  22. ??
  23. ???
  24. ????
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  • Costume #1
  • Opening
  1. ????
  2. ????
  3. *Costume #2
  4. ????
  5. ??
  6. ???
  7. *Costume #3
  8. *???? (video interlude)
  9. ????
  10. *Costume #4
  11. ????
  12. *Costume #5
  13. ??
  14. ???????-????
  15. Woman in Love
  16. ????????
  17. *Costume #6
  18. ????
  19. ??... ??
  20. *Costume #7
  21. Medley:
    1. X??
    2. ???
    3. ????
    4. ??
  22. ????
  23. *Costume #8
  24. ?? (encore)
  25. ????
  26. ??????
  27. ??
  28. ????
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  • Costume #1
  • Opening
  1. ????
  2. ??
  3. ??????
  4. *Costume #2
  5. ?????
  6. ??
  7. ?????????
  8. *Costume #3
  9. Medley:
    1. ??
    2. ????
    3. ???????
  10. ????????????
  11. ????
  12. *Costume #4
  13. ????
  14. ????
  15. ????
  16. ????
  17. ????
  18. ???????
  19. ????
  20. *Costume #5
  21. Dance Medley:
    1. ????
    2. ????
    3. Chotto ??
  22. ????
  23. *Costume #6
  24. ?? (encore)
  25. ??
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  1. ????
  2. ?????
  3. ??
  4. Medley:
    1. ??
    2. ?????
    3. ????
    4. ??
    5. ?????
  5. ??? (with Stefanie Sun)
  6. ??? (Stefanie Sun)
  7. ????
  8. ?????
  9. ????
  10. ???
  11. ??
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  • Costume #1
  1. ??? (LMF)
  2. ??... (Sammi Cheng and LMF)
  3. ????
  4. ??
  5. ?????
  6. ?????
  7. ??
  8. ?????
  9. ??? (Sammi Cheng and Stefanie Sun)
  10. Leave Me Alone (Stefanie Sun)
  11. ????
  12. ????
  13. ???? (Sammi Cheng and Leo Ku)
  14. ???? (Sammi Cheng and Leo Ku)
  15. ?? (Sammi Cheng and Gigi Leung)
  16. Today (Sammi Cheng and Gigi Leung)
  17. Medley:
    1. ???
    2. ??
    3. ????
    4. ??????
  18. ????
  19. ????
  20. ??
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  • Costume #1
  • Opening
  1. ??????
  2. *Costume #2
  3. ????
  4. She's a Lady
  5. ????
  6. *Costume #3
  7. ????
  8. ????
  9. ??
  10. ???????
  11. ????
  12. *Costume #4
  13. ???? (instrumental)
  14. ????
  15. ???
  16. ??
  17. ??? (LMF)
  18. *Costume #5
  19. ??... (Sammi Cheng and LMF)
  20. ???
  21. Ladies First
  22. *Costume #6
  23. ?????
  24. ??
  25. ??
  26. *Costume #7
  27. ????
  28. ??
  29. Arigatou
  30. *Costume #8
  31. ???? (encore)
  32. ????
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  • Costume #1
  1. Opening Medley:
    1. ????
    2. X??
    3. ????
    4. ????
  2. *????? (sound recording slideshow)
  3. ???
  4. *????? (sound recording slideshow)
  5. *Costume #2
  6. ??
  7. ???
  8. ?????
  9. *Costume #3
  10. ??
  11. ???
  12. ?? (Jazz Version)
  13. ?? (Sammi Cheng and Teresa Carpio)
  14. ???? (Teresa Carpio)
  15. *Costume #4
  16. ????
  17. ???
  18. ?????
  19. ????
  20. ??
  21. *Costume #5
  22. *????? Intro (video interlude)
  23. ????? Medley:
    1. Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Sammi Cheng)
    2. ?????? (Sammi Cheng)
    3. ???? (Denise Ho)
    4. ? (Sammi Cheng)
    5. ??? (Denise Ho)
    6. ??? (Sammi Cheng)
    7. ?? (Denise Ho)
    8. ?? (Denise Ho)
    9. ???? (Sammi Cheng)
    10. ????? (Sammi Cheng and Denise Ho)
    11. I Will Always Love You (Sammi Cheng and Denise Ho)
    12. ???? (Sammi Cheng and Denise Ho)
    13. ???????? (Sammi Cheng and Denise Ho)
  24. *Costume #6
  25. ??
  26. ???
  27. ????
  28. *Costume #7
  29. ???? (encore)
  30. ????
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  • Costume #1 & 2
  1. ????????
  2. *Costume #3
  3. ???
  4. ????
  5. *Costume #4
  6. Intro (Dancers interlude)
  7. Happy Medley:
    1. X??
    2. ???????
    3. ????
    4. ????
  8. *Costume #5
  9. ?????
  10. ????
  11. ??... (with MC Yan)
  12. *Costume #6
  13. Intro (Dancers interlude)
  14. ????????????
  15. ????
  16. I Will Follow Him
  17. *Costume #7
  18. ??
  19. ?????
  20. ??
  21. ???
  22. *Costume #8
  23. Show Mi (Video Interlude)
  24. Power Medley:
    1. ????
    2. ????
    3. ????
    4. ????
    5. ????
    6. ????
    7. ????
    8. ??
  25. *Costume #9
  26. Dance Medley: (encore)
    1. Mi
    2. Chotto ??
    3. ??
  27. ????
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  1. ???
  2. ??? (with 24Herbs) (OT: Forgiveness)
  3. ??????
  4. ???? (with MC Yan@LMF) (OT: Life is Good)
  5. ?????
  6. Forgiveness (with 24Herbs)
  7. ??
  8. ??????
  9. ??
  10. Forgiveness (unplugged version with Hanjin)
  11. Killing Me Softly with His Song (with Hanjin)
  12. ??????
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Acting

Cheng's acting career began with the TVB series Life of His Own in 1991. A year later she would begin her film career with the movie Best of the Best (?????????) in 1992 with fellow cantopop star Jacky Cheung. She would follow with another comedy film Feel 100% (?????) with Ekin Cheng and Gigi Leung.

In the late 1990s during the slump of the HK film industry she staged a box office revolution by starring in the film Needing You by acclaimed director Johnny To, co-starring Andy Lau and the movie Summer Holidiay in 2000. The films were hits at the box office hit in all South East Asia regions, and Hong Kong has cumulated nearly HK$60 million at the box office. The Needing You VCD received a sold out record of more than 200,000 copies. From this film, she was also a nominee for "Best Actress" as well as taking part in singing the "Best original film song" in the 2001 Hong Kong Film Award. Following the success of those movies she starred in a few more including Wu Yen, Love on a Diet, Marry a Rich Man, My Left Eye Sees Ghosts and many more. At the 62nd Venice International Film Festival Cheng was one of the front runner for the "Best actress" award for the film Everlasting Regret in 2005. Other contenders for the award included Monica Bellucci, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lee Young-ae and Isabelle Hupper.

Advertisements

Cheng changes her look and image for every album, which enables her to gain extensive attention and appreciation from the music professional and the public. Sammi is a trendsetter of hair-coloring and has been chosen to be one of the Top Ten fashionable celebrities in Hong Kong. She has been signed and endorsed by many companies. Some of the bigger endorsements include SK-II skin care and Mona Lisa bridal service. Her first album with Warner Music, "Can't Give You Up" (????) released 3 hit singles, "Gentlemen, you are so fine today" (???????), "Can't Give You Up" (????) and "The Mourning Song for Love" (????). She was selected as the prominent celebrity for the endorsement of Panasonic using "Can't Give You Up" (????) as the theme song.

Post-break career

Break 2005-2006

In 2005, Cheng had only one feature film release and no music projects. She became a representative for Veeko and Titus, a fashion and watch brand in Hong Kong, respectively. She also began writing Sunday columns for Mingpao magazine. In 2006, she released another greatest hits album, but there were no new tracks. The break was taken to recoup her energy from the entertainment industry.

Became born-again Christian

During a break lasting more than a 1,000 days, she reflected upon her life, and became a born-again Christian.

Show Mi Tour

After taking a break for about 2 years, she re-invented herself again, and held her 6th concert in HK from 18 to 25 May 2007 titled "Show Mi"(Mi being the nickname of SamMI given by her fans). Due to the huge demand for tickets, the four performances was expanded to eight. She returned to entertain at the age of 34, and invited fellow star Andy Lau and Denise Ho to perform with her. At the end of the first show, audience members continued to shout 'encore' for 15 minutes until Sammi came back out and sang "Our Theme Song" (??????). The concert was expanded to the Show Mi Tour.

Community work

In 2003 Cheng performed at the 1:99 Concert to raise funds for SARS affected families.Top-40-charts. "Top-40-charts.com." The biggest stars of Asia perform for SARS. Retrieved on 2008-08-01. She had participated in the 2008 Chinese winter storm support effort where many artists including Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Kelly Chen, etc recorded a song called "Warmth in the Snow" in support of those effected by the storm. She was also a participant of the Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign.Apple Daily, 4 June 2008, Section C16,????512???????????? In April 2008, she participated in the activities of World Vision. She traveled to Laos with fellow singer Gigi Leung, also a World Vision volunteer, to experience for themselves the struggles of the local people and children. They also visited the local children there to find out more on their situation where food and supplies are lacking. When Sammi returned to Hong Kong, she and Leung were invited to a radio program 903 to talk about the experience; she responded by announcing she had "adopted" 13 children.

Filmography

  • Best of the Best (?????????) (1992) with Jacky Cheung - as Heidi
  • Feel 100% (?????) (1996) with Ekin Cheng - as Cherrie
  • Feel 100%....Once More (???o?Feel) (1996) with Ekin Cheng - as Yen
  • Killing Me Tenderly (???????) (1997) with Leon Lai - as Cindy (???)
  • The Lucky Guy (?????) (1998) with Stephen Chow - as Candy (???)
  • Needing You (????) (2000) with Andy Lau - as Kinki
  • Summer Holiday (??????) (2000) with Richie Ren - as Summer
  • Wu yen (???) (2001) with Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung - as Wu Yen (???)
  • Fighting for Love (????) (2001) with Tony Leung Chiu Wai - as Deborah (???)
  • Love on a Diet (????) (2001) with Andy Lau - as Mini Mo
  • Marry a Rich Man (?????) (2002) with Richie Ren - as Ah Me (? me)
  • My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (??????) (2002) with Lau Ching-Wan - as May (???)
  • Infernal Affairs (???) (2002) with Andy Lau - as Mary
  • Love For All Seasons (????) (2003) with Louis Koo - as Midget (??)
  • Good Times, Bed Times (?????) (2003) with Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo - as Carrie (???)
  • Infernal Affairs III (???III:????) (2003) with Andy Lau - as Mary
  • Enter the Phoenix (?????) (2004) - (cameo appearance) as the head waitress in a Chinese restaurant
  • Magic Kitchen (????) (2004) with F4's Jerry Yan, Andy Lau - as Yau (???)
  • Yesterday Once More (???) (2004) with Andy Lau - as Mrs. To (??)
  • Everlasting Regret (???) (2005) with Daniel Wu, Tony Leung Ka-Fai - as Wang Qi Yao (???)
  • Lady Cop & Papa Crook (?????) (2008) with Eason Chan, Richie Ren- as Molline Szeto

TV drama

  • Life of His Own ?????(1991) : as ??
  • File of Justice I ???? I (1992): as Fong Ga Kay (???)
  • Return of the Vampire ??????? (1993): as ??/??/Kitty
  • Journey of Love ????? (1994) : as ???
  • Detective Investigation Files II ?????? II(1995) : as Ivy
  • ''Man's Best Friend ???? (1999) : as Susan (???)
  • The Monkey Sun Wu Kong ??????? (2002) :as (????)

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