{"id":43196,"date":"2026-04-10T08:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43196"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:08:39","slug":"profile-not-pretty-enough-joey-yung-became-one-of-hong-kongs-biggest-cantopop-idols-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43196","title":{"rendered":"Profile | \u2018Not pretty enough\u2019? Joey Yung became one of Hong Kong\u2019s biggest Cantopop idols anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This is the 74th instalment in a<\/em> biweekly series<\/em><\/span> profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades.<\/em><\/div>\n

When a young Joey Yung Cho-yee was dropped by her first record label for her supposedly ordinary looks, few would have bet she would one day stand atop Cantopop as one of its most decorated performers.<\/p>\n

Yet nearly three decades later, the 45-year-old Hong Kong singer has outlasted her critics and claimed, among other accolades, a dozen most popular female singer trophies from TVB\u2019s Jade Solid Gold and 11 gold awards from Commercial Radio Hong Kong\u2019s Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation. She also has more than 25 studio albums to her name.<\/p>\n

How did she do it? The pragmatic Yung, in an industry notorious for chewing up and spitting out young starlets, simply put her head down and worked harder than everyone else.<\/p>\n

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A 16-year-old Joey Yung (right) learning to sing in 1996. Photo: K. Y. Cheng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Echoes from a wooden hut<\/h3>\n

Yung, born in Tsuen Wan in 1980, grew up in Lai Chi Kok\u2019s Butterfly Valley before her family relocated to Ma On Shan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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