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'''Michael Wong Kong Leong''' ({{zh-cp|c=王光良|p=Wáng Guāngliáng}}; [[Jawi]]: مايكل ووڠ), lahir [[30 Ogos]] [[1970]], merupakan seorang penyanyi dan penggubah lagu Malaysia. Beliau telah mencipta banyak balada atau lagu cinta yang sungguh popular terutamanya di rantau Asia.
Wong merupakan anak jati kelahiran [[Ipoh]], [[Perak Darul Ridzuan|Perak]], beliau telah memulakan kerjayanya sebagai penyanyi bergandingan bersama Victor Wong. Pasangan penyanyi ini berjaya di [[Taiwan]], akan tetapi kerana menghormati perjanjian bersama, keduanya berpisah pada tahun 2000. Wong telah menghasilkan empat album solo, dan yang ketiga adalah album ''Fairy Tale''<ref name="rr">{{ja icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.rockrecords.co.jp/asia/michael/history.html |title=Singer-songwriter Michael Wong enjoys huge popularity in China |accessdate=2007-08-11 |date=2007 |work=Rock Records official site }}</ref> yang sungguh terkenal. Lagunya ini telah diterjemahkan dalam pelbagai bahasa termasuklah versi Bahasa Melayu yang bernama ''Cinta Arjuna'' yang dinyanyikan oleh [[Aliff Aziz]], penyanyi Singapura. Wong telah menempa kejayaan di [[Republik China di Taiwan|Taiwan]], [[China]], [[Hong Kong]] dan [[Malaysia]].
Beliau juga telah membantu sebilangan penyanyi hebat dengan menggubah lagu untuk mereka seperti ''"Courage"(勇氣)'' , asalnya dinyanyikan oleh Fish Leong. Peminat Wong menggelarkan beliau sebagai ''Putera Lagu Cinta (情歌王子)''. Beliau amat berminat dalam kerjaya pelakon drama dan filem Cina.
==Latar belakang==
Dilahirkan di Ipoh, Malaysia dalam keluarga Hakka, beliau merupakan yang sulung antara dua beradik.
Wong, sebagai seorang Katolik, sering menyertai koir gerejanya di bangku sekolah dan pernah sekali menjadi guru koir di sebuah gereja. Beliau selalu mengikuti persembahan muzikal di sekolahnya, Sekolah Sam Tet Ipoh, dan menulis lagu di sekolah menengah. Selepas berpindah ke Kuala Lumpur untuk menyambung pelajaran dalam kursus kejuruteraan komputer, minat beliau dalam dunia muzik dan penggubahan muzik mula berputik.
=== Wu Yin Liang Pin (無印良品) ===
Menyertai sebanyak 30 pertandingan menyanyi dalam setahun, beliau dapat merangkul juara banyak kali di mana ini menjadi batu loncatan kepada kariernya sekarang. Kemudian, beliau meneruskan pelajarannya dalam bidang kejuruteraaan audio di Ocean Institute Of Audio Engineering semasa dalam kontrak bersama Asia Pacific Music sebagai artis rakaman. Selepas graduasi, Micheal menghasilkan album pertamanya bersma kedua kawan kolejnya, Chan dan Tan. Bersama dengan Victor Wong, beliau dan rakan-rakannya telah menghantar album tersebut ke Rock Records di mana pihak Rock Records terus menerima mereka. Mereka membentuk satu kumpulan penyanyi duo yang dikenali di Malaysia sebagai Michael & Victor atau Guang Liang Pin Guan (光良品冠). Di taiwan dan China, mereka glamor sebagai Wu Yin Liang Pin (無印良品).
=== Perpisahan ===
Pasangan penyanyi ini merupakan orang Malaysia pertama yang memperoleh kejayaan dalam arena muzik di Taiwan. Album mereka disukai ramai dalam negara dan di Taiwan apabila album debutnya mendapat platinum di kedua-dua, Malaysia dan Taiwan. Setelah berberapa tahun bersama dalam adegan muzik Cina, pasangan ini berpisah dan menjadi penyanyi solo pada tahun 2000.
=== Karier Solo ===
Wong bekerja keras untuk mengkarya lagu-lagu baharu untuk album solo terbaharunya, ''Michael's First Album'' (第一次個人創作專輯; ''Dì Yī Cì Gè Rén Chuàng Zuò Zhuān Jí''). Walaupun syarikat muzik menyatakan bahawa Micheal patut menghasilkan album solonya sendiri, namun beliau masih belum yakin akan dirinya. Seelpas itu, Wong akhirnya menyahut cabaran tersebut dan berjaya mengorak langkah kejayaan. Wong menghasilkan album keduanya, ''Ray of Light'' (光芒; ''Guāng Máng''), pada November 2002. Album tersebut menjadi hit di Taiwan.
=== ''Dongeng'' ===
Selepas mengeluarkan dua album solonya, peminat Wong harus menunggu lagi dua tahun sebelum beliau akhirnya melancarkan album yang amat ditunggu-tunggukan, ''Fairy Tale'' (''Tong Hua'') atau Dongeng dalam Bahasa Melayu. Lagu ini digubah oleh dirinya sendiri. Penat lelah bekerjanya membawa hasil apabila album ini terus mengukir kejayaan dan dikatakan ini merupakan album Wong yang paling laku di pasaran. ''Fairy Tale'' terbukti sebagai rekod single yang terunggul apabila menjadi lagu nombor 1 didengar setelah hanya beberapa hari dikeluarkan pada Januari 2005, menjadikannya berada di carta teratas kaunter muat turun Baidu 500 untuk 15 minggu semasa Asia sedang mengalami "Puting Beliung Fairy Tale". Single ini merupakan lagu Bahasa Cina paling berjaya di abad ke-21. Higga tahun 2012, lagu ini masih kekel di senarai atas dalam carta karaoke.
=== New contracts[edit] ===
Michael Wong's contract with Rock Records ended on 31 December 2004, but he decided to continue to promote for the album ''Fairy Tale'', released in January 2005. After the promotion period finished, Wong has made the biggest decision in his singing career by announcing his departure from his longtime recording company, Rock Records, in July 2005. After 10 years being contracted with Rock Records, Wong is now officially signed to Amusic. The reason of his departure from Rock Records was because Rock Records believed that since his music was so simple, it was not music. Thus, they ignored him. On TV, someone had claimed that Wong's music was not music due to its simplicity, causing the singer grief. Wong's unstable relationship with Rock Records has encouraged his decision to leave for Amusic. When pressed for comments, Wong firmly and merely stated that he thanked Rock Records for giving him his big break.
=== Acting career[edit] ===
His talents and works in the music world aside, Wong also happens to be a worthy actor. Acting alongside Taiwanese singer Richie Ren, fellow Malaysian singer, Ah Niu and famous Cantonese singer/actress, Sammi Cheng, Wong made his debut in the big screen in movie ''Summer Holiday'' in year 2000. Next to that, Wong also acted in several TV drama series in Taiwan, such as ''White Romance'' (starring alongside Karena Lam), ''Wintry Night 2'' where he speak his native dialect Hakka, and several more. Besides that, Wong also did a stunning act in Taiwanese director Su Chaopin's debut comedy movie, ''BTS''. Besides movies and drama series, Wong also starred in a musical stage drama in Taiwan, ''Mr. Wing'', in August 2005.
=== ''Commitment''[edit] ===
He has released his new fourth album, entitled 《約定》(Yue Ding / ''Commitment''), which sold 1.5 million copies in less than one month. This is a best collection of many of his past works. There would be a total of approximately 17 tracks on this album. Three self-penned new songs are featured in this new album, which are titled 《約定》("Commitment"), 《都是你》(Dou Shi Ni / "It's You") and 《擁抱我》(Yong Bao Wo / "Embrace Me"). The rest of the album will be filled with songs which he wrote for other singers like 《勇氣》[(Yong Qi / "Courage")-original singer: Fish Leong)], 《我等你》[(Wo Deng Ni / "I'm Waiting For You")-original singer: Rene Liu)] and 《戀》[(Lian / "Love")-original singer: Angelica Lee)]. He also included the songs he wrote and sang when he was still part of the duo Michael and Victor.
Owing to the overwhelming success of "Tong Hua", some critics have expressed their concerns that "Tong Hua" might only be Wong's one-hit-wonder. His critics were proven wrong as the sales of his fourth album, Yue Ding, exceeded expectations by selling more than a million copies worldwide in a month's time. Wong's fanbase has grown tremendously and has gained much popularity globally. His success as a singer and songwriter has earned him countless awards from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Malaysia.
=== Further success[edit] ===
Gaining more and more recognition globally, Wong was recently appointed as Tourism Malaysia's ambassador. Earlier before that, Wong's participation in A Music records label in Hong Kong has also gained him more recognition in Asia. He appeared as a guest at the concert of famous Cantonese singer Leon Lai in October 2005.
On 6 June 2006, Wong made it into the Malaysia Book of Records as the Malaysian Chinese Male Composer with the highest number of awards and also for the Best Selling Chinese Album (''Tong Hua''). Wong has gathered 44 awards, 23 of them for his hit song "Tong Hua".
Wong has also managed to make it to the nominees' list of the 17th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan’s equivalent of the Grammys. Wong was holding up against fellow Taiwan-based Malaysian singer Penny Tai and other musical talents like Hu Defu, Chen Xiaoxia, and Yu Yang in the Best Composer Category. Although the award went to fellow Malaysian singer Penny Tai, Wong expresses that he feels very grateful and lucky to be nominated in this prestigious award ceremony.
=== Commitment: Fulfilled[edit] ===
In the past, Wong always felt puzzled and uncertain whenever his fans urged him with the question, "When are you finally having a concert?" Due to circumstances in the past, Wong had never held his own solo concert before and always tried to soothe his fans by making promises to them that he will, one day, finally stage his own solo concert some time soon. And therefore, in year 2006, he finally got the chance to fulfill the commitment between him and his fans.
With just half a year in the Hong Kong music scene, Wong, who gained more recognition in Hong Kong, was given a golden opportunity to stage his own solo concert. Not only that it was his first time, but it was also to be held in the famous Hong Kong Coliseum where almost every Chinese singer dreams to stage their own concert. Apparently, he is the first Malaysian singer to do so. Although he was worried about the turn up that night, Wong's anxiety was unfounded because his concert tickets were sold out after only being available for purchase for 5 days. Wong was deeply surprised and delighted and thanked his fans greatly for their utmost support to his music. Wong completed his much-anticipated first solo concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum on 29 March, and the success of the whole concert was undeniable. His concert was entitled "Michael's First Fairy Tale Concert 2006". Wong has managed to make his mark in everybody's heart with his love for music. After that, he would return to his homeland, Malaysia, in September, to stage a concert there as well.
His second concert, titled "Michael's Commitment Concert Malaysia 2006", was held on 1 September in the Putra Indoor Stadium in Malaysia. After about a few weeks of selling tickets, all were sold out. Due to the overwhelming response, Wong and his company decided to stage his concert there for two nights. Wong was very delighted and grateful that his fans were so supportive and stated that he hoped these two concerts would allow him to introduce his country, Malaysia, to his fans from other countries, playing the role as Tourism Malaysia's envoy. His two shows in Malaysia guaranteed a fun-filled night where fans enjoyed Wong's soothing, self-written songs.
Wong released a compilation called ''Michael 1996–2006 the greatest hits'' on 16 May 2007.
On 9 November 2007, Wong released his 5th solo studio album, ''Never Apart''.
31 July 2009 he released his ''First Digital Single'' which contained 2 Cantonese songs called: 店小二 (Dian Xiao Er) and 清水 (Qing Shui). 右手邊 (You Shou Bian) and 美好時光 (Mei Hao Shi Guang) were also included.
In October 2010, Wong represented Malaysia and performed at the 7th Asia Song Festival, organised by ''Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange'', at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.
On Christmas Eve 2012, he and Teresa Carpio sang at The Joint in Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas as a Christmas special and sang a song that was not recorded in any of his albums.
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