Tension is a Taiwanese

Taiwan

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 R&B/Pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

/A cappella

A cappella

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 group that consists of five members. The band was first signed by Shock Records, then signed by record label EMI

EMI

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Jimmy Hung

Chinese Name: Hong Tian Xiang - 洪天祥

Birthdate: August 05, 1977

Birthplace: Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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Height: 180 cm

Vocal Position: Tenor

Tenor

The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...

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John Baik

Chinese Name: Bai Ren Han - 白仁漢

Korean Name: Baek In Han - 백인한

Birthdate: June 18, 1980

Birthplace: Argentina

Argentina

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, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Height: 182 cm

Vocal Position: Bass
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Andy Lee

Chinese Name: Li Han Zhi - 李涵之

Birthdate: August 06, 1978

Birthplace: Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

Height: 178 cm

Vocal Position: Baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

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Brian Fong

Chinese Name: Fang Guan Zhong - 方冠中

Birthdate: November 07, 1977

Birthplace: USA, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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Height: 175 cm

Vocal Position: Tenor

Tenor

The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...

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Raymond Hu

Chinese Name: Hu En Rui - 胡恩瑞

Birthdate: March 20, 1978

Birthplace: Taipei

Taipei

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, Taiwan

Taiwan

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Height: 173 cm

Vocal Position: Baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

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Description

Tension is a Taiwanese R&B/pop group, signed by EMI Taiwan http://www.emimusic.com.tw/music/album/141. The band consists of 5 members - Brian Fong, John Baik, Jimmy Hung, Andy Lee, and Raymond Hu. They were discovered during a performance at a local bar in Los Angeles by Taiwanese artist/producer David Tao

David Tao

David Tao , born Tao Xuzhong , was born on 11 July 1969. He is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well-known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for having popularized R&B in the Mandopop...

. A record contract was offered to them a few months after, which sent them all to Taiwan as one of the first Asian-American groups to hit the market. Their first record album, “Smart” released in 2001, sold over 200,000 copies in a few months, giving them the highest first week album sales during its release. After their success of touring and promoting their first album, they headed back to the states to work on their second album. While Tension was recording their next album, a legal dispute was placed against their first record label, Shock Records, making the group place a hold on its production. Their second album, “Gotta be Your Man" was released in 2003. Tension received Best Album and Best Hit Single at the Singapore awards and they were nominated at Golden Melody Awards for Best Group. They signed with record label, EMI, for their 3rd album, Planet love, which was pushed for an early release a few months after. They also recorded a compilation album, “Story”.

Disbandment

As it was said in a TV show per Jimmy Hung, they are disbanded already 2. After the disbandment they still kept in close contact, though some of the members are in Taiwan and in America. The reason for the said disbandment was also stated by Jimmy Hung, he said that their music company EMI wanted them to sing cover songs from Korean and Japanese boy bands which they did not agree on because almost all 5 of their members are composers. He also stated, the reason why they are in the music industry is to create original music and not use others. In the end after their contract expired, they decided not to renew it, and continue pursuing their dream in a different way.

Smart (May 2001)

1. Once upon a time
2. Smart 聰明
3. Our Story 我們的故事
4. Who are we
5. When I fall in love Tension
6. Sorry 錯
7. Good-bye My Love(piano bar jam)
8. Irresistible
9. Crazy about you
10. Good-bye My Love(last dance jam)
11. Good-bye My Love 先說再見
12. One afternoon with Brian
13. Friends 只做朋友
14. Strange 壞女孩
15. Our Story 我們的故事(A cappella)
16. Thank you(interlude)
17. I'll be with you Tension

Gotta be your man (May 2003)

1. Round 1
2. Challenge 挑戰
3. She's Having My Baby
4. Tell Me Why
5. Gotta Be Your Man 做你的男人
6. Every Step 一步一步
7. Arigato
8. One Minute 一分鐘
9. I Need You So Bad
10. One Life One Love
11. My Angel 恆星
12. Countoff
13. Amazing Grace 奇異恩典

Planet Love (Jan 2004)

1. Planet Love 愛 星球
2. Love ATM 愛的提款機
3. Two Moons 兩個月亮 Tension
4. She's the one 感情線 Tension
5. Baby Girl
6. Miss You
7. Time Letter 時空信
8. True Love 愛星球
9. Always Love You 永遠愛你
10. Goodbye 是明天的 Hello
11. Baby Girl(Remix)

Story (Aug 2004)

1. 別想檔住我
2. 離歌 Tension 何啟弘
3. 我們的故事(A cappella)
4. 感情線
5. 壞女孩
6. Arigato
7. She’s Having My Baby
8. Tell Me Why Tension
9. 先說再見
10. 一分鐘
11. 恆星
12. Goodbye 是明天的 Hello
13. 聰明
14. 跟著月亮慢慢走
15. 愛的提款機
16. 做你的男人
17. 愛你失去自己
18. 同一首歌
19. 挑戰
20. 只做朋友
21. 兩個月亮
22. 愛 星球
23. I’ll Be With You Tension
24. 奇異恩典

《VERY TENSION》

中/英文书

Published on:1st Jan 2003, ISBN: 9867691652
Tension first confession of how they were formed and their initial journey and pursue in their music career with photos of their daily lives.

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《當我們炫在一起》

繁體中文书

Published on：11th Feb 2004, ISBN：9578034601

A record of the Tension's growth.
Complete info on TENSION's childhood, family life, first love, music preference with precious childhood photos and Tension's confession to each other!!
The content of the book is segregated into 4 parts:

1. When we were kids
2. When we were in love
3. When we play music
4. When we are together

Charitable events

Tension participated in the first Yellow Ribbon Charity Concert in Singapore in 2004. Brian specially recomposed the melody of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" to A Capella version for the official launch of the Yellow Ribbon Project and Yellow Ribbon Fund on 2nd Oct 2004.