Profile | How Hins Cheung went from Shenzhen bar singer to Hong Kong icon
The Cantopop star, who continues to sell out stadiums, is as passionate about the arts as he is about preserving heritage buildings
Between 2024 and 2025, Hins Cheung King-hin performed a record 31 shows across two concert series at The Londoner Arena in Macau. The feat not only broke his personal best but also set a new benchmark for the most concerts by an artist within a year in the city.
That is just another piece of trivia about Cheung, who has emerged as both a cultural custodian and a bridge between the golden era of Cantopop and its digital-first future.
Born in 1981 in Guangzhou, in China’s Guangdong province, Cheung was raised by parents who initially nudged him towards a career in accounting, a practical path that seemed worlds away from the stardom of the 2000s boy next door.
“We have a family history of depression and I was always an introvert growing up,” he recalled in a 2008 interview with the SCMP.
Cheung attributes his musical talent to his family. He was taught singing by his father, who played an eclectic range of instruments, while his paternal step-grandfather was a master percussionist in the Guangdong Peking opera scene who often took him to watch performances.