Having focused mainly on acting in the last few years, Nicholas Tse finally returns to music with his new Mandarin release Last, his first album in almost three years. In a new sales move for the Chinese pop industry, Last was actually first released in China as a digital album in March before getting a store release in April. The album's title, chosen by Nic himself, has inspired rampant speculation about whether Last might be his last album.
Featuring Nic as a handsome fighter pilot in the album photowork, Last comes with ten tracks, two of which are already familiar hits - "Can It Be?" (Track 4), the theme song to the movie "Beast Stalker", and "Terminal Station" (Track 3), the opening theme of his period drama "The Spirit of the Sword". Nic brings out the rock vocals for some signature hot-blooded numbers like second plug Tonight, which comes in both Mandarin and Cantonese versions.
Biography
Nicholas Tse, or Tse Ting-Fung, is a Hong Kong based Chinese singer-songwriter, actor and musician. He is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer.
Born to Hong Kong actor Patrick Tse (謝賢) and Deborah Lee (狄波拉), Tse was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was educated at St. George's School, Vancouver, and later attended Hong Kong International School for one year before dropping out at grade 10.[2] For a year he lived in Phoenix, Arizona before going back to Vancouver. He has dual Canadian and Hong Kong citizenship. He also has a younger sister named Jennifer Tse (謝婷婷).
Music
Tse was singing at a party for a family friend when he was discovered by Albert Yeung, head of Emperor Entertainment Group. In 1997 Tse would sign a record deal with EEG under the Fitto label, releasing his first album, "My Attitude". The album was ranked 3rd on the top selling CD chart of IFPI.[3] It was that year where he won the most popular new artist award.
Tse received mainstream success in 1998 with songs like "早知" and "如果只得一星期" and became a prominent successor in the entertainment industry. His first Jade Solid Gold Top 10 song award came in 1999 with his popular song "非走不可".
In 2000, Tse released the album and song "活著VIVA", regarded as his most popular song ever, furthered his career significantly. It was after this song which he became an A-list singer at the time.
In 2001, he released the album "玉蝴蝶." The album had two hit songs: "玉蝴蝶" and "潛龍勿用"
Film
Nicholas Tse mostly stars in action films. His most notable action base films include Dragon Tiger Gate, Gen-X-Cops, Young and Dangerous: The Prequel, and Invisible Target. He also collaborated with Jackie Chan in New Police Story.
Though not as common, Tse has also acted in romance films including Tiramisu and Jade Goddess of Mercy. Only later in his career did he participate in comedy roles including Enter the Phoenix, Mcdull: The Alumni, A Chinese Tall Story.
TV series
Tse has starred in two (or three) TVB Hong Kong local dramas depends how you look at it this including Aiming High (撻出愛火花), The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (齊天大聖孫悟空) which is more of comedy or adventure than a drama and the documentary On the Road II (向世界出發II) in Cambodia. The rest of his drama series are filmed and produced by Mainland China companies. Most of Tse's drama are wuxia series, which are based in ancient Chinese societies.
Voice acting
In the Hong Kong translated version of A Bug's Life (蟲蟲特工隊), the character Flik was dubbed by Tse. He also lent his voice to the Chinese animation film Lotus Lantern.
Personal life
At 5'5, Tse is similar height to his wife,Cecilia Cheung.
Nicolas Tse once had a relationship with fellow cantopop star Faye Wong. Faye Wong was 11 years Tse's senior and the news shocked Asia's entertainment industry.[7]
On 31 July 2006, Tse officially admitted dating Cecilia Cheung in an interview with Hong Kong commercial radio station 881/903. On 29 September 2006, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing he and Cecilia Cheung were married in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines.[2] On 2 August 2007 he became the father of his new born son named Lucas (謝振軒).[
DOWNLOAD Nicholas Tse – Last (2009)
Album: Last | Artist: Nicholas Tse | Genre: Pop/Ballad/Rock | Release: April 17, 2009 | Language: Mandarin/Cantonese | Mp3 | 320 Kbps | 81.09 Mb
Tracklist:
01. Tonight
02. 星雅廊 (Star Elegant Gallery)
03. 終點站 (電視劇《浣花洗劍錄》主題曲) [Terminal Station ("The Spirit Of The Sword" Theme Song)]
04. 可以可以嗎 (电影《证人》主题曲) [Can It Be? ("Beast Stalker" Movie Theme Song)]
05. 最愛之後 (After Favorite)
06. 不敗的天才 (Unbeaten Genius)
07. 近視 (Myopia)
08. 別管我 (Don’t Bother Me)
09. 好樣 (Good Shape)
10. Tonight (廣東) [Tonight (Cantonese)]
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