Emperor Entertainment Group
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Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; ; ) is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 founded by Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung , born in 1944 with ancestry in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, is a well known entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is now the Chairman of Emperor Group.-Early years:...

 Sau-Shing in and established in Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...

 in 1986, along with Music Icon Entertainment Limited and Emperor Motion Picture Group, EEG operates under the major conglomerate Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG).

The major businesses of Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG) include the production and distribution of local and foreign records, music publishing, artiste management, concert organization, play production, movie and TV production, new media production as well as merchandise licensing and distribution. EEG now has emerged as one of the market leaders of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

Dedicated to nurturing young talents, EEG is the cradle of many of the hottest artistes in the Hong Kong music industry. Artistes under EEG management are frequent award winners of the territories' various annual music award ceremonies. It is especially proud to be three-year consecutive winner of the Super Charged Award, which remains an unbreakable record up till now.

History

EEG was founded by a well-known wealthy businessman in Hong Kong, Albert Yeung. The music label was originally called Fitto Record, until 1999. During the Fitto era, artist signed under the label includes Julian Cheung
Julian Cheung
Julian Cheung Chi-lam , better known as Chilam, is an award-winning Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the Wuxia novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes and also as Chi-Kin from the TVB drama Cold Blood Warm Heart...

, Bondy Chiu
Bondy Chiu
Bondy Hok Yee Chiu is an actress and singer with Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong. She is best known for her role as Lam Yuk Lo the long-running TVB series Virtues of Harmony...

, and the late Roman Tam
Roman Tam
Roman Tam, known by the stage name Lo Man , nickname Law Kee , was a renowned Hong Kong Cantopop singer. He is regarded as the "Godfather of Cantopop".-Career:...

. The label is affected by 1997 Asian financial crisis, which has caused the label, to be acquired by EEG in 1999. During the EEG's acquisition of Fitto, Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...

 has became one of the artist rosters.

Most EEG's artists are most popular among Hong Kong entertainment nowadays; some examples include Twins, Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

, Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Charlene Choi.-Early life:...

, Raymond Lam
Raymond Lam
Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...

, Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...

, and Joey Yung
Joey Yung
Joey Yung is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress from Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the prestigious JSG "Most Popular Female Singer" and "Ultimate Best Female Singer - Gold" awards a record breaking six times, thus emerging as one of the premier Cantonese singers in Hong Kong...

. In the beginning, EEG was only involved in CD and DVD publishing; however, they have since diversified their business to include movie production and concert organization.

A division of Emperor Motion Picture Group, JCE Movies Limited
JCE Movies Limited
JCE Movies Limited is a film distribution and production company based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was founded in 2004 and is a division of Emperor Motion Picture Group, which is part of the Emperor Multimedia Group ....

 is a film production and distribution company co-founded by Hong Kong star, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

 and Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung , born in 1944 with ancestry in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, is a well known entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is now the Chairman of Emperor Group.-Early years:...

.

Business

EEG is involved in a variety of businesses, which include concert organization, CD and DVD publishing, advertisements, movies, etc.
It also owns EEG Showroom, which sells artist-related merchandise including signature notebooks and accessories. It also displays a range of special products not for sale.

EEG artists:
  • Nicholas Tse
    Nicholas Tse
    Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...

     (謝霆鋒)
  • Joey Yung
    Joey Yung
    Joey Yung is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress from Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the prestigious JSG "Most Popular Female Singer" and "Ultimate Best Female Singer - Gold" awards a record breaking six times, thus emerging as one of the premier Cantonese singers in Hong Kong...

     (容祖兒)
  • Twins
  • Charlene Choi
    Charlene Choi
    Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

     (蔡卓妍)
  • Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Charlene Choi.-Early life:...

     (鍾欣桐)
  • Kenny Kwan
    Kenny Kwan
    Kenny Kwan Chi-Bun is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor, under the music label Emperor Entertainment Group. He was born in the Philippines, but grew up in Hong Kong....

     (關智斌)
  • William Chan
    William Chan
    William Chan is a Hong Kong singer and a former member of the Cantopop group Sun Boy'z.In April 2008, it was announced by the EEG company that William will leave Sun Boy'z and pursue a solo career. The group disbanded six months after his departure....

     (陳偉霆)
  • Jaycee Chan
    Jaycee Chan
    Jaycee Chan Jo-Ming is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 2004, he released his first Mandarin CD album in Hong Kong. He is currently based in Taiwan to continue his music career.-Biography:...

     (房祖名)
  • Ken Hung
    Ken Hung
    Ken Hung Cheuk Lap is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. He started his career after earning a second place in the EEG Singing Contest . During 2007, he went to help in the office for about 3–4 months cutting newspapers because Mani said he was too shy. Then he finally started recording songs...

     (洪卓立)
  • Steven Cheung Chi-Hang (張致恆)


Music Plus artists:
  • Leo Ku
    Leo Ku
    Leo Ku Kui Kei is a famous China and Hong Kong artist, Cantonese and Mandarin pop singer, actor, host, cartoonist, MV Director and Producer, and designer; he is one of the highest visibility and Greater China Pop Male Artist, a major figure in popular music culture. Leo had earned the "Ten...

     (古巨基)
  • Yumiko Cheng
    Yumiko Cheng
    Yumiko Cheng is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.-Career:...

     (鄭希怡)
  • Vincy Chan
    Vincy Chan
    Vincy Chan is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. Before the handover of 1997 when Hong Kong was returned from Great Britain to China, her family left Hong Kong and went to Singapore when she was a child. She was signed by Emperor Entertainment Group, and debuted with the album Vincy on 27 July 2006.She...

     (泳兒)
  • Sherman Chung
    Sherman Chung
    Sherman Chung Shu-man, is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She started her career after winning the 2005 EEG Singing Contest...

     (鍾舒漫)
  • Deep Ng
    Deep Ng
    Deep Ng is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. He is the winner of the 21st annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals. Deep was well received by the viewers since the New Talent Singing Awards in 2002. His first EP Deep was released in 2003 with the hit debut single "先入為主"...

     (吳浩康)
  • Wong Cho Lam
    Wong Cho Lam
    Wong Cho Lam is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor , DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, and singer. He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts...

     (王祖藍)
  • Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...

     (林峯)


Music Icon artists:
  • Anthony Wong
    Anthony Wong Yiu Ming
    Anthony Wong is a Hong Kong alternative singer, composer and producer. He is well-known for his role as the vocal of renowned duo Tat Ming Pair in the 1980’s and as the current director for music production company People Mountain People Sea.-Biography:...

     (黃耀明)
  • Don Li
    Don Li
    Don Li Yat Long is a Hong Kong singer and actor of the Emperor Entertainment Group, Music Icon Records. Don Li was a finalist in Talent Show 2002 in Hong Kong. In 2003, he began his career in the entertainment industry by acting in television series. In 2005, Li and Mandy Chiang began their music...

     (李逸朗)
  • Mandy Chiang
    Mandy Chiang
    Mandy Nga-man Chiang is a Hong Kong singer signed to the Emperor Entertainment Group, Music Icon Rocords. Her music career first began in 2002 when she was partnered with Yumiko Cheng and Maggie Lau to form the female group 3T. The group released one EP and separated shortly after...

     (蔣雅文)
  • Keith Wong (王凱駿)
  • Gene Gao (高遠)
  • Alex Wu (扈佳榮)


Others:
  • Kathy Yuen
    Kathy Yuen
    Kathy Tong-Ka-yee Yuen is a female artist from Hong Kong. She is signed under the Emperor Entertainment Group label. She attend to be a Beauty Cook is discovered to make a contract to become an artist.-Movies:*2007 - Simply Actors...

     (湯怡)
  • Benny Lau (劉偉恆)
  • Carlos Chan (陳家樂)
  • Eva Huang (黃聖依)
  • Michelle Wai
    Michelle Wai
    Michelle Wai, is a Hong Kong actress. She graduated from YMCA Office & I.T. course and was a part-time model before entering the entertainment industry. Now she is an actress under the Emperor Entertainment Group label...

     (詩雅)
  • Dylan Kuo
    Dylan Kuo
    Dylan Kuo was born 8 June 1977. He is a Taiwanese actor and model. He is also nicknamed Irons Kwok and Kwok Pin Chao.-Television series:* The Rose * The Outsiders * The Outsiders II...

     (郭品超)
  • Baby Q
  • Gladys Fung (馮皓詩)
  • Peter Bei-tak MAN (文彼得)
  • Ocean Hai
    Ocean Hai
    Ocean Hai is a Chinese music artist.-Biography:He came first in the singing contest "New Idol" in 2000, then was champion of the National Hip-Hop contest in 2002. In 2005, he was invited by Jacky Zhang as a special guest to the music drama "Xue Lang Hu", in which, he himself played 7 roles...

     (海鸣威)


Publications
  • East Week
    East Week
    East Week is a Hong Kong-based weekly Chinese language magazine which was established by Oriental Group on October 29, 1992 and sold to the Emperor Group in September 2001...


Related criminal incidents

  • In 2003, Albert Yeung
    Albert Yeung
    Albert Yeung , born in 1944 with ancestry in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, is a well known entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is now the Chairman of Emperor Group.-Early years:...

     was again under investigation by the ICAC
    ICAC
    ICAC may refer to:*Independent Commission Against Corruption**Independent Commission Against Corruption **Independent Commission Against Corruption *Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference...

    , along with Hong Kong singer Juno Mak
    Juno Mak
    - Discography :*August 17, 2002 - On The Road*October 4, 2002 - On The Road *March 19, 2003 - Next Step*April 27, 2004 - Proto*January 25, 2005 - Otherside*December 6, 2005 - Walking Underneath + Archives*April 20, 2007 - Chapel Of Dawn...

    , for allegedly bribing TVB for the Jade solid gold awards
    2003 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards
    The 2003 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation was held on January 2004. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.-Corruption incident:...

    . As many as 30 people were arrested in connection with corrupt allegations with preferential treatment of singers and controlling the music billboards.

See also

  • List of record labels
  • List of Hong Kong companies
  • List of Chinese companies
  • Cantopop
    Cantopop
    Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

  • Cinema of Hong Kong
    Cinema of Hong Kong
    The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

  • ICAC
    ICAC
    ICAC may refer to:*Independent Commission Against Corruption**Independent Commission Against Corruption **Independent Commission Against Corruption *Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference...

  • Albert Yeung
    Albert Yeung
    Albert Yeung , born in 1944 with ancestry in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, is a well known entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is now the Chairman of Emperor Group.-Early years:...


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