Twins (band)

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Twins is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop duo created in 2001 by mogul Albert Yeung's Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), with elaborate attendant publicity. It consists of two young ex-models, Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin (蔡卓妍) and Gillian Chung Yan-Tung (鍾欣桐), who was originally called Chung Ka-Lai.

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Biography

Charlene Choi, also called Ah Sa/Sasa/Char, was born in Canada on November 22, 1982. Gillian Chung, also called Ah Giu/Ah Gill/Gill Gill, was born in Hong Kong on January 21, 1981. Twins started their career in the summer in 2001, and they are well-known for their first song "Tutorial School of Love" (明愛暗戀補習社). Although they have become hugely popular they have often been criticized for lack of singing ability. In the 2006 Hong Kong Entertainment Awards ceremony Charlene tearfully acknowledged that there have been criticisms of Twins' singing abilities and that she hoped that she could improve in the coming year.

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The start of Twins' show business

Before they worked for Emperor Entertainment Group, Gillian studied in RMIT,Melbourne, Australia and worked as a part-time model during one of her summer vacations in Hong Kong. She was then introduced by her model company to EEG. Similar to Gillian, Charlene was also a part-time model who has appeared in several advertisements. She became famous after her participation in a television program, Y2K, organised by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). They were introduced to each other music industry professional and they tried out for the music industry and later formed the band now known as Twins. Charlene is often regarded as the loud and more out-going one out of the two, while Gillian is known as the prettier and quieter one.

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Singing business

Like most of the other new singers, Twins has made a great deal of effort to boost their popularity. During their first two years, they released 3 EPs and 3 albums, all of them selling very well. Most of their songs stayed at the top of many different pop tables for several weeks. Their achievements highlighted their popularity amongst other new singers. Twins had their first concert in 2002 and three more in 2003, one of which was held in Guangzhou. Between the year 2001 and 2003, they received a total of 48 musical awards, which was a remarkable feat for junior singers, and it showed that their effort had been highly appreciated. In 2003, they got the largest number of awards in the annual prize presentations from the four major media, which are Commercial Radio [1], MetroRadio [2], RTHK and TVB.

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Other business

Apart from their singing business, Twins has also been involved in a number of advertisements, television series and films. Within their first three years, they had appeared in 18 advertisements, a television series, and 16 films, being cast as main characters in 6 of these. (Detailed information listed below)

The Twins have also been selected to promote several social campaigns in Hong Kong, such as summer activities for the Home Affairs Bureau in July 2003.

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Twins' effect

Twins started their singing business, there were very few group singers, of which Beyond was one of the more famous groups. However, after the great success of Twins, other music producers such as EMI and Universal Music realized there was a huge market for group singers. As a result, more group singers, such as Shine, Cookies, at17, Boy'z and 2R started their singing business.

Among those group singers, 2R is commonly compared with Twins because they are similar in many ways. For example, both of them consist of two members, which presents an image of twins. Also, their singing style and the type of songs are similar, too.

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Criticism

Although commercially successful, Twins have been subjected to a wide range of criticism concerning their performance on music as well as filming. Many of the anonymous audiences and named critics criticize Twins with their offtune singing, unclear Mandarin pronunciation, and lack of a reckoning status as singers (since they showed that they have been distracted from their singing career). But they are trying their very best to improve their singing and these could be proven in their recent concert in Hong Kong (2006) by their live singing. Although not the best yet, they are trying very hard.

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Twins' fate in the coming future

Experience shows, many pop group bands break-up after they acquire a considerable level of popularity. There are rumors that Twins is also facing the same fate. It has been suggested by their record company that their concerts due for early 2006 could be their last. However these rumours have been around before and have proved untrue.

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Discography

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2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

See also: Cantopop

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Film Collections

See also: Cinema of Hong Kong

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Television Show Collections

  • February 2002 The Great Monkey King Suen Wu Kong (齊天大聖孫悟空)
  • May 2003 Midnight - Stuck In The Lift (2半3更之困車立)
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Concerts

  • 13th-15 September 2002 Ichiban Amazing Show (Twins Ichiban 興奮演唱會)
  • 18th-19 January 2003 Matsunichi Twins Guangzhou Amazing Show (松日Twins廣州興奮演唱會)
  • 25 June 2003 Tou Hao Ren Wu Chang Hao Music Concert (頭號人物唱好音樂會)
  • 2 August 2003 Netvigator NETCash Pop-up Concert ( 網上行叱吒樂壇Pop-Up音樂會)
  • 31 December 2003 - 4 January 2004 Matsunichi Twins 04 Concert (Twins 04 好玩演唱會)
  • 3 June 2005 Starlight Amusement Park Concert (Australia)
  • 4th-7th January 2006 Twins Star Mobile Incomparable Concert (Twins 星Mobile 一時無兩演唱會)
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Photo Albums

  • November 2001 Twins 1+1 Photo Album 96 pages
  • August 2002 Twins Love The Colorful Travel 112 pages
  • August 2003 Twins Love Hong Kong 112 pages
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Advertisements

  • 2001
    • G.Sushi (Television and banner)
    • Extra Blueberry Suger-free Chewing Gum (Theme song)
    • Broadway electronic appliances (Television)
    • Clean & Clear (Television and banner)
  • 2002
    • Coca Cola (Hong Kong, Macau, China) (Television and banner)
    • Gulong Online (Television and banner)
    • Nissin UFO (China) (Television and banner)
    • Shunde Jiaxin Citi Plaza (Hong Kong, China) (Television and banner)
    • Nissin Cup Noodles (Television and banner)
    • Te Bu Yun Dong Xie (Television and banner)
    • Epson (banner)
    • Saint Honore (Television and banner)
    • G.Sushi (banner)
    • New World Telecom (Twins Mobile) (Television and banner)
    • Matsunichi mp3 (Television and banner)
  • 2003
    • Meng Cai Shampoo (China) (Television and banner)
    • ~H2O+ (Television and banner)
    • Hua Ling "Feng Xue Jie Mei" Pin Pai air-conditioner and refrigerator (Television and banner)
    • G.Sushi (banner)
  • 2004
    • Casio Baby-G watch (Hong Kong, China) (Television and banner)
    • New World Telecom Star Mobile (Television and banner)
    • Broadway electronic appliances (Television and banner)
    • Nissin Cup Noodles (Television and banner)
    • Star Mobile (Twins Mobile) (Hong Kong, China) (Television and banner)
  • 2005
  • 2006
    • Semir Clothing (China) (Television and banner)
    • Casio Baby-G watch (Hong Kong, China) (Television and banner)
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External links

Official
Twins' Pages
Twins' Lyrics
Twins' Fans Club
Twins' Email Address

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