Dry (group)
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Dry is a Cantopop
music duo that formed between 1997 and 1998 with Mark Lui
and Stephen Fung
as bandmates. The group was formed when Mark decided to create a band with himself and another person. After meeting Stephen through friends introductions, they agreed to start a music duo with Universal Music. A year after they formed, they decided to part ways to pursue different career paths. Mark continued as songwriter
to many cantopop artists such as Leon Lai
and Miriam Yeung
. While Stephen started his career in acting and later shift toward to directing and producing Hong Kong films such as Enter the Phoenix
.
Even the group only lasted about a year, they have produced 3 studio albums
and one compilation album.
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...
music duo that formed between 1997 and 1998 with Mark Lui
Mark Lui
Mark Lui is a composer and producer of pop music based in Hong Kong.He is a Cantopop composers and producer in Hong Kong, well-known for employing Brit-pop-style in the Cantonese song he composes....
and Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
as bandmates. The group was formed when Mark decided to create a band with himself and another person. After meeting Stephen through friends introductions, they agreed to start a music duo with Universal Music. A year after they formed, they decided to part ways to pursue different career paths. Mark continued as songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
to many cantopop artists such as Leon Lai
Leon Lai
Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...
and Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung, RN, is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon...
. While Stephen started his career in acting and later shift toward to directing and producing Hong Kong films such as Enter the Phoenix
Enter the Phoenix
Enter the Phoenix is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Stephen Fung.-Plot:...
.
Even the group only lasted about a year, they have produced 3 studio albums
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
and one compilation album.
Discography
Album # | Album Information |
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1st | Dry One Dry One Dry One is first album by Dry, and it was released on 1997.The tracks on the album are:#One Orange Day #Must Have You To Have Me #Next Century #20000 Days Around The World #Boyfriend...
|
2nd | Dry Two Dry Two Dry Two is second album by Dry, and it was released on 1998.The tracks on the album are:#You Have Everything#椗跑車落海#Who Will Ask #Your Wrong Is My Right #And Then #Innocence with Great Ambition... |
3rd | Dry Free Dry Free Dry Free is first compilation album by Dry, and it was released on October 1, 1998.The tracks on the album are:#Get Rid Of #In the Past #Stay With Her #Love Group Song #One Orange Day #Must Have You To Have Me... |
4th | Dry & Friends Music Is Alive Dry & Friends Music Is Alive Dry Free is first concert album and the last album by Dry, and it was released on November 1, 1998.The tracks on the album are:#Must Have You To Have Me #Get Rid Of #Next Century #20000 Days Around The World... |
Awards
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | Ref |
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1997 | 1997 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards 1997 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards The 1997 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation was held on January 1998. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.-Top 10 song awards:... |
Best Newcomer |