G.E.M.Tang Tsz-kei (Chinese: 鄧紫棋) (born Shanghai, 16 August 1991), better known by her stage name G.E.M., is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, and actress. The stage name is an acronym for Get Everybody Moving.Early life and career beginningsGloria Tang Sze-wing (鄧詩穎) wasborn in Shanghai and moved to HongKong at the age of four. She wasbrought up in a musical family, hermother graduated from ShanghaiConservatory of Music, hergrandmother taught her to sing, heruncle played the violin and hergrandfather played the saxophone foran orchestra. G.E.M.’s own musicallife began when she was five, and sheappeared on Educational Televisionfor Mandarin when she was seven.G.E.M. started writing songs as acomposer at the age of ten enteringmany singing competitions, winninginter-school singing competitions.When she was thirteen, she achievedIn 2006, G.E.M. entered the “Spice it Up”competition in which she won first place. She caught the attention of her now-manager, Tan Chang, who offered her a contract with Hummingbird Music thus becoming a professional singer at 16. G.E.M graduated from Heep Woh Primary School and True Light Girls' College in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, scoring 21 points on the HKCEE. G.E.M continued with her education at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in acoustics, as a part-time student. However, her busy schedule made her unable to attend classes frequently, and she decided to quit the course during the first half ofG.E.M. was highly successful in 2008, her debut year, winning ten major awards. G.E.M released her first EP featuring the award-winning song "Where Did You Go."G.E.M. won the gold new female singer award from CRHK Ultimate 903 (903專業推介sponsored by Manhattan ID 信用咭), becoming the first minor to win the award. The media gave G.E.M nicknames such as “巨肺少女”and “巨肺小天后”meaning "Girl with Giant Lungs" and "the Young Empress of Heaven with Giant Lungs" respectively because of her vocal range and she had performed songsIn May 2009, G.E.M. went to Los Angeles, California, to record her first studio album, 18... with Hummingbird co-founder and producer Lupo Groining. Upon her return to Hong Kong in December, G.E.M. proceeded to travel to Toronto and Richmond Hill in Canada for her first mini-concert in Canada, and held an autograph session in Pacific Mall. In the same year, G.E.M appeared in two feature films, Love Connected (保持愛你) and Trick or Cheat (愛出猫), and demonstrating her acting skills onIn May 2010, G.E.M. stayed in Taiwan for ten days to promote the Taiwanese edition of 18.... After the promotional tour,G.E.M returned to Los Angeles to record her next album, My Secret with her producer. The album was recorded in a span of ten days in Santa Monica. During her time in LA, G.E.M has also appeared at the US Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California, as a youth ambassador for Project Kaisei.at the Hong Kong Coliseum, G.E.M’s grandmother died just weeks before her scheduled concert in May, thus not having the chance to watch her granddaughter perform. In memory, G.E.M dedicated a part of her concert especially to her, and sang Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up, thanking her grandmother for her endless love and support. In subsequent concerts, there will always be a front row seat left vacant for her. The song 不存在的存在, whichat the Hong Kong Coliseum, G.E.M’s grandmother died just weeks before her scheduled concert in May, thus not having the chance to watch her granddaughter perform. In memory, G.E.M dedicated a part of her concert especially to her, and sang Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up, thanking her grandmother for her endless love and support. In subsequent concerts, there will always be a front row seat left vacant for her. The song 不存在的存在, whichArtistry ●Online Pesence●Philanthropy●MySecret Album●Xposed Album●18 LiveOnline PesenceWith the help of Hummingbird Music, G.E.M. has successfully gained a large online audience.G.E.M. started her own personal YouTube channel blog in July 2008, and has since gained just under 60 thousand subscribers in the span of four years. G.E.M. has fans from Taiwan, Macau, USA, Australia, Great Britain and other parts of Asia.PhilanthropyG.E.M. has acted as the ambassador for many charity organizations and events. As a role model for Chinese youth, G.E.M. supports the Project Kaisei –a non-profit organization focused on increasing awareness of the scale of marine debris and the solutions for both prevention and cleanup.MySecret AlbumIn 2010, G.E.M released her third album MySecret, with the majority of songs and lyrics written by herself, and became the top selling album in Hong Kong, outselling Taylor Swift’s album Speak Now. On 1 November, G.E.M released her album boxset MySecret Box Set, featuring her hits Get Over You, Good To Be Bad, and My Secret. The album also features three songs sung in Cantonese and seven sung in Mandarin.Xposed AlbumOn 27 June 2012, G.E.M worked iTunes Live @ Hong Kong and performed with Jason Mraz during his Love Is A Four Letter Word Word Tour, along with Khalil Fong at the Hong Kong World Expo., in anticipation of her album release Xposed on iTunes. G.E.M was chosen by iTunes itself to represent thirteen Asian countries, and performed a bilingual rendition of Lucky with Jason Mraz himself . The clip was posted on the Chinese websites Sino and Tudou.18 LiveDuring 2009, G.E.M. held her first concert, 18 Live, from 20 to 22 November[25] at Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Centre Star Hall[8] (香港國際展貿中心). Originally, the concert was slated for two nights, however, due to its popularity, an extra performance was added on 22 November.[26] The concert also featured guests such as Jan Lamb[27] (林海峰), who has previously worked with G.E.M. for the song “食煙飲酒講粗口”, and Justin Lo[28] (側田) who sang the first performance of “合唱歌”with G.E.M. at the concert.G.E.M. Get Everybody Moving World Tour●G.E.M. Get Everybody Moving World Tour concert venues ●X.X.X. Live Concert 2013●G.E.M. Freelance Tour●Episode One & Two●Episode Three●Episode Four, Five, Six & SevenBrand New StarAside from being a singer, songwriter and performer, G.E.M has also had an active role in discovering new artists. In 2010, G.E.M and her music label Hummingbird Music launched an online singing competition Brand New Star, which attracted many young and talented artists in Asia who entered the competition. G.E.M was a judge of the competition, and announced that the prize was a chance to work with music producer Lupo Groining.The Borrower Arrietty (借東西の小矮人亞莉亞蒂)Theme SongG.E.M was asked to re-write a Chinese version of the theme song for the Japanese animated film The Borrower Arrietty.On December 29, 2013 G.E.M. revealed on her Facebook and Weibo that she will participate in the Chinese singing competition I Am A Singer along with fellow singer such as Gary Chaw, Phil Chang and hometown singer -Zhou Bichang of Changsha. In the second episode, aired on January 10, 2014, she gained popularity through her performance of the song "存在", a song originally sung by Chinese rock star Wang Feng, which also increased her online presence in China as her Weibo followers increased almost ten-fold. In the third episode, aired on January 17, 2014, she reached first place by singing a cover of "Intoxicated". G.E.M.'s popularity rose in China after I Am a Singer aired.On the fourth episode aired on January 24, 2014, with the addition of her piano performance, she was once again ranked first place; she was the first to reach first place twice consecutively within a single round in the history of the show. Throughout the show, she showed great versatility in her range of music styles, from languages (English, Mandarin and Cantonese), performance methods (dance, piano performance) and musical styles (high notes, pop, rock, R&B, rap).。
