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梅艷芳1963年10月10日喺香港出世，四歲半就跟家姐梅愛芳喺荔園同酒廊賣唱。1982年她以第一屆新秀歌唱大賽冠軍、憑《風的季節》入行，同年推出首張專輯《心債》，1984年憑電影《緣分》獲第4屆香港電影金像獎最佳女配角。她以百變形象走紅，1985至1989年連續五屆奪得最受歡迎女歌星，代表作有《壞女孩》《夕陽之歌》等，其反叛嘅「壞女孩」造型打破女歌手嘅傳統印象，引起社會廣泛討論。1990年她宣布不再領取樂壇獎項，集中發展電影同舞台。1987年她喺關錦鵬《胭脂扣》飾演妓女如花，先後奪第24屆台灣金馬獎最佳女主角（1987）、第8屆香港電影金像獎最佳女主角（1989）、亞太影展同金龍獎影后，成為四料影后；1998年再憑《半生緣》獲第17屆香港電影金像獎最佳女配角。她曾任香港演藝人協會創會會長，2002年演出《男人四十》，亦曾主演《川島芳子》等片。2003年SARS期間，她發起《1:99音樂會》為受影響家庭籌款。2003年9月她公開患子宮頸癌，仍在病中完成八場紅館演唱會，同年12月30日離世，終年40歲，被稱為「香港的女兒」。她嘅電影作品仲包括《緣分》、《審死官》同《東方三俠》，歌曲則有《心債》、《似水流年》、《赤色梅艷芳》、《妖女》同《親密愛人》等。1993年她創立香港演藝人協會並出任首任會長。2003年11月佢喺紅館舉行八場《梅艷芳經典金曲演唱會》，最後身披婚紗演唱《夕陽之歌》，成為香港舞台上嘅經典一幕。她出身寒微，與姐姐梅愛芳一同賣唱養家，成名後對後輩多所提攜。梅艷芳1984年憑電影《緣分》獲第4屆香港電影金像獎最佳女配角後，逐步由歌手轉向影視雙線發展。1987年佢憑《胭脂扣》成為四料影后，1991年主演《何日君再來》，1998年憑《半生緣》再奪金像獎最佳女配角。她先後提攜草蜢、許志安等後輩，組成所謂「梅家班」；1993年創立香港演藝人協會並出任首任會長。她終身未婚，一生熱心公益，2003年SARS期間發起《1:99音樂會》為受影響家庭籌款，同年9月公開患子宮頸癌，仍堅持完成八場紅館演唱會。她以百變形象走紅，從《壞女孩》嘅叛逆到《夕陽之歌》嘅蒼涼，展現女性喺流行文化中嘅多元面向，樹立香港演唱會嘅新標準。佢1983年憑《赤的疑惑》等歌走紅，1986年嘅《壞女孩》專輯銷量驚人，奠定佢樂壇天后嘅地位。佢嘅電影作品仲包括《川島芳子》同《審死官》，題材橫跨文藝、喜劇同動作，展現佢多變嘅演技；佢亦曾喺紅館舉行多場演唱會，舞台造型同演出風格影響咗日後唔少女歌手。
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Anita Mui was born in Hong Kong on 10 October 1963 and was already singing with her sister Ann at Lai Yuen amusement park and in nightclubs at four and a half. She entered the industry in 1982 by winning the first New Talent Singing Awards with The Wind's Season, released her debut album Heart's Debt that year, and in 1984 won Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards for Behind the Yellow Line. Famous for her ever-changing image, she took the Most Popular Female Singer award five consecutive times from 1985 to 1989, with hits such as Bad Girl and Sunset Song, and her rebellious 'bad girl' look broke the traditional image of female singers and stirred wide public debate. In 1990 she announced she would stop accepting music awards to concentrate on film and the stage. In 1987 she played the courtesan Fleur in Stanley Kwan's Rouge, taking Best Actress at the 24th Golden Horse Awards (1987), the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards (1989), the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the Golden Dragon Awards, a rare clean sweep; in 1998 she won Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards for Eighteen Springs. She was the founding president of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild, appeared in July Rhapsody in 2002, and acted in films such as Kawashima Yoshiko. During the 2003 SARS outbreak she organised the 1:99 Concert to raise funds for affected families. In September 2003 she revealed she had cervical cancer and completed eight Hong Kong Coliseum concerts while ill, dying on 30 December 2003 aged 40; she is remembered as the 'Daughter of Hong Kong'. Her films also include Behind the Yellow Line, Justice, My Foot! and The Heroic Trio, while her songs include Heart's Debt, Flowing Years, Crimson Anita Mui, Witch and Intimate Lover. In 1993 she founded the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild and became its first president. In November 2003 she staged eight Anita Mui Classic Golden Songs concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, ending by singing Sunset Song in a wedding gown, a scene that became a classic of the Hong Kong stage. Of humble origin, she sang with her sister Ann to support the family and, after finding fame, often helped younger performers.
