Hacken Lee
Hacken Lee, is a Hong Kong singer, television host and actor, active since the 1980s. In 2013, Lee's song "House of Cards" swept multiple awards in many Hong Kong award ceremonies, including "World's Best Song" and "Broadcasting Index" in Metro's Awards. As of 2013, he has reached 14 times in receiving the "Outstanding Pop Singer Award" at RTHK's "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards" and has established an irreplaceable status in the music industry of Hong Kong and Asia.
Life and career
Early years: 1980s
Lee was brought up in a middle-class family. He lived in Arts Mansion in Happy Valley during his teenage years. He studied in Pun U Association Primary School and Wah Yan College, Hong Kong.After his HKCEE in 1985, he entered the TVB new talent show along with Alex To, William So, Vivian Chow and Grasshopper, though he was unable to make it into the top 15 finalists. He then participated in the Second Hong Kong 19 District Singing Contest in 1985, a competition which he won with his rendition of Alan Tam's song "Love in the Fog". He was subsequently offered a contract with PolyGram Records.
Lee however continued his studies at Wah Yan College while singing part-time. He turned full-time in the summer of 1987 after failing to gain a university place due to poor HKALE results.
His debut EP Hacken Lee EP sold less than 10,000 copies. Symbol of Destiny was released in 1987. His musical popularity lacking, he gained recognition by starring in TVB dramas in the late 1980s, especially the youth drama series "Teenage No More", for which he also sang the theme song. In 1989, his song "Unchanged in Lifetime", the theme song of ATV's Cantonese version of the drama series "Blue Moon," won both the RTHK "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards" and "TVB Jade Solid Gold Awards."
1990s
In 1990, Lee, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau were dubbed as "Three Musketeers in the music industry" by the media and were hailed as "tomorrow's highly anticipated superstars". Later on that year, however, due to the contract disputes between Hacken and his company, Hacken's career faltered.In 1992, Lee's career began to rise when he released the song "Red Sun", for which he penned the Chinese lyrics that made it popular. In 1993, Hacken switched to Star Record Company and released the song "Look Back," which once again boosted his singing career and allowed him to win TVB Jade Solid Gold's Golden Award as well as reach the top five nominees for the Most Popular Singer Award. His first solo concert at Hong Kong Coliseum, later that year, sold out in just a few hours.
In 1994, Lee was crowned the title of "Zero Defect Vocals," alongside Jacky Cheung who was named "Perfect Vocals" the year before, and as well as the successor of the famous Alan Tam.
In 1995, after the unprecedented success of his first solo concert, Hacken held his second concert again at the Hong Kong Coliseum, "Dragon '95 Hacken's Contact of Hear Concert", for a span of 10 days. However, sales had declined around 40%, to which only grew worse after the concert, leading to contractual disputes between the record company.
In 1996, Lee was signed on to another company where he released the album "When I Found You", with which sales and popularity improved slightly. However, due to several personnel changes and contractual disputes since the release of his album "By Hacken Side", his album eventually was postponed indefinitely.
In summer 1998, Lee was chaired as TVB for World Cup association football's sportscaster, and he composed and sang the song for the program, "Adventure of Football Fans", with the success of it leading to the release of a compilation album.
After the contract was expired with the record company, Lee's inability to find a recording company led him in several attempts in maintaining popularity by foraying beyond his singing career into acting in dramas and hosting TV programs.
In late 1999, Lee eventually signed onto Universal Music and issued his album "A Year Or So". In December, he had a musical performance with the Hong Kong Repertory, named "Adventure".
2000s
With his signing to Universal Music, Lee released several hits with "Feet of Fortune" and "Flying Flowers" 飛花" in 2001, and "The Grasp of Love" and "Tall Girl" in 2002.In late 2001, Lee performed in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, "Hong Kong Philharmonic & Hacken Live", organized total in 4 concerts and 2 additional concerts. The concert series was very well-received, as was a recording released CD and VCD of the series, both CD and VCD got "Ten Best Selling Album Award" at IFPI. In July, he launched the album "Flying Flower ", with the song in same title, he won TVB Jade Solid Gold Awards's Golden Melody Award, "Metro Music Awards" Metro Best Song Award, and RTHK "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award" Outstanding Pop Singer Award.
In early 2002, Lee held his solo concert "Hacken Lee Live in Concert 2002" and got the praised again, and its recordings were equally well received at IFPI. In addition, he sang for TVB World Cup program's theme song "Victory"; the song "Tall Girl" was composed by Gigi Leung, with lyrics written by himself, and later on ""The Grasp of Love ". At the Jade Solid Gold Awards 2002, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer Award" for the first time, and he had been re-confirmed as the successor of Alan Tam. Around the time of the 2002 concert, he co-starred in the TVB drama "Legal Entanglement " which was aired. The series achieved high ratings and was one of TVB's most popular dramas that year. He won the "Most Favourite Character" award at the "2002 TVB Anniversary Awards" for his role in the series. Additionally, he was appointed the host of the 2002 World Cup and sang the theme song of TVB, which dominated the local charts for some time. He also won his first Most Popular Male Singer in TVB Jade Solid Gold Award.
In 2003, 2004 and 2009, Lee partnered with Alan Tam in a series of concert tours around the world, including multiple shows in Hong Kong and Las Vegas. Known in English as "Alan & Hacken", the show's Chinese title, "左麟右李", is a play on the Chinese four-character idiom "左鄰右里" which means "neighbor", by using the artists' names homonyms 麟 and 李. By the end of 2003, Hacken won the Most Popular Male Singer in TVB Jade Solid Gold Award" for the second time.
In November 2004, Lee partnered with Joey Yung in a collaboration of a concert, which is better known by another four-character idiom "刻不容緩 ", a play on their names with the homonyms 克 and 容, releasing a single with the same name. He was called one of the "New 4 Heavenly King" by Alan Tam. In the end of 2004, Hacken swept the awards in music award ceremonies again, including Top Ten Chinese Gold Song by RTHK's "Best Pop Male Artist Award", his live album "Alan & Hacken 2004 Concert" got "10 Guangdong Album Sales Award" by IFPI, and he won the "Best Sales Local Singer" again.
In 2005, Lee released his fourth Mandarin album Ask About Love, and he started a series of promotion activities in mainland China. By the end of 2005, He was the first Chinese artist to release a DualDisc, entitled "Hacken Lee Concert Hall". For this album, Universal Music invested over a million dollars, invited 4 Chinese musicians to perform the songs of album, moreover, they gave up the general recording mode, moved to the music hall for recording, the CD side using a coherent approach to record the live recordings of the songs in surround sound, and the DVD side featured the making of footage. The album was out of stock twice in a week after it launched and sales broke through a platinum figure very soon. In December, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" of TVB Jade Solid Gold Award again, his third such win. He then won "My Favorite Singer" award and 5 song awards at "Metro Music Awards". On 1 January 2006, he won the bronze prize of the "My Favorite Singer".
From 28 January 2006 to 5 February, Lee held a series of sell-out concerts at Hong Kong Coliseum, named "Hacken Lee Live In Concert 2006", which was sponsored by Carlsberg) during the Chinese New Year period, and it was the first high-definition video in Cantonese concert. Meanwhile, he hosted the World Cup program for TVB, his third time being a football sportscaster, and wrote the lyrics and sung for the theme song, "I'm Number 10". In mid 2006, Hacken traveled to Seoul for recording the live songs of next album, "Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall II". All songs were recorded at the Harmony Theatre, Koyang Culture City Hall, Korea from 28 to 31 August 2006 for live taking. Many local Korean musicians participated in the recording project, including Kwak Jung "Harpist K" on harp, So Kyoung-Jin on Korean big drum, Jang Hyo-Seok on saxophone, Kim Won-Jin as boy soprano, Kim Hyun-Mi and Jung Hyun-Suk performed "Joy of Strings" on violin, Kim Hae-Ryeon on viola, and Chung Yu-Young on cello, David Hodges from New York played an antique 1920 bandoneon while recording. The album was released on a CD with an accompanying DVD using high-definition 1080i format, dated in November 2006, and following the success of the original Concert Hall, became the favorite of hi-fi enthusiasts, selling over 80,000 copies.
In 2007, Lee launched the selection album "Hacken Lee No. 1 Hits", it was released on 22 November 2007, which contains 4 CDs of his classic hits and new songs. He participated in the concert held by the Hong Kong Government, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR organization. At climax of the concert he sang the song "Legend Of The Dragon" and "Red Sun" with 20 professional drummers and over 10,000 primary students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. This performance was included in the Guinness World Records. In between, his environmental-themed song was named "Whispering Whose"（花落誰家), which won the "Song of The Year" on Jade Solid Gold award. He also announced that his wife had given birth to his first son, Ryan Lee at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital.
Lee hosted a 2008 Chinese New Year concert series, which sold out 11 shows in Hong Kong from 8 to 18 February 2008; because it overlapped Valentine's Day, he featured the new song "Every Day is a Valentine's Day" and followed with a world tour. After, he was begun to prepare his new canton album by inviting some singer-songwriters to participate in the creation, such as Mavis Fan, Eason Chan, Khalil Fong, Hins Cheung, Louis Cheung, Justin Lo, Vincent Chow and Jan Lamb. In order to maximize the quality, the album took 9 months to produce. He sent only two new songs to radio that year, "She merciful and I'm Sad" and "What Year Is Now". Those songs received radio's favor. He was also lyricist for himself of the theme song of "Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Concert 2009", and the song "Needless To Be Scared", and lyricist of the song composed by Eason Chan, named "Season Changed". In late 2009, Lee released the album "Threesome" with the hit songs "Lonely Henchman" and "Twenty-Four Cities".
Lee was a host for the Beijing Olympics broadcast in 2008, as well as the ambassador of Standard Chartered Marathon and ambassador of the East Asian Games 2009.
2010 to present
After the birth of his son, Lee also announced he would continue his concert tours and recording for his new Cantonese album in May 2010. In middle of June, his new song "Sinner" was sent to radio. On 31 July, the song was adapted from the Mandarin-language song "Bad Guy" of Abin Fong. It won awards from three radio stations, including RTHK, CRHK, and Metro. On 4 August, he held a Moov Live mini concert, performed the 7 songs of his upcoming new album. On 15 September, his new album Sinner was officially launched. Because of, Hacken was prohibited to appear on TVB, Lawrence Cheng of, successfully arranged an interview with him, which was included in episode 79, broadcast on 2 October 2010.In 2011, Lee was awarded again at RTHK "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards", making him the first singer to receive song awards through four decades. Then, he held the concert with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, in total of 6 days, named "Hacken & Hong Kong Sinfonietta Concert Hall 2011" in summer vacation. This was Hacken collaboration with Yip Wing-sie again, since "Hong Kong Philharmonic & Hacken Live" at 2001. After the concert, he released a new Mandarin single with his Cantonese album called "Deja Vu". The second plug song in cantonese was "Sky Lanterns", was boarded championship of the three radio stations on 29 October, got the "Three championship" again. At 10 December, Hacken appeared and sang for "Tung Wah Charity Show" on TVB, he was the first artist of HKRIA who can participate in TVB show after ice-breaking of HKRIA Copyright Controversy since 2010.
By January 2012, Lee won the 7th out of 10 of the song award at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards", for the song "Milky Way". He was invited to attend the Jade Solid Gold Awards Ceremony, as a performer and guests of honor. Then, he went to Beijing for the promotion of his new Mandarin album, "'Deja Vu", and create something for his new canton album with two producer, and, which was his first cooperation with Schumann. At early of March, he was invited to sing the Hong Kong version of the theme song, "Armageddon Prairie", for the UEFA Champions League broadcast by Now TV, and he was chair as the host and the commentator of Now TV. In late August, he released the concept of adult rhymes of the new album, Amongst The Forest. Since he got a great acclaim from collaborating with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, he held his first solo concert tour in mainland China in September. In November, he hosted "Minute to Win It", a game show authorized by NBC and production by TVB, and again hosted the TVB game show "Minutes to Fame" in 2005. The first episode of the show received a 30 points rating.
In January 2013, Lee attended for "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards" held by RTHK and won the award for the song "What's The Things Alive For".
In May 2013, Lee's new song "Forward", was invited the Hong Kong Children's Choir for vocal accompaniment, which was rare inspirational song in recent years at local music scene, and also the rare allegro song of him in recent years, and was sent to the radio. "Hacken Lee Concert Hall" series was separated by 7 years, Hacken launched a brand new HiFi album again at July, named "Remakes By Hacken". The album was fully produced by and again. After the album was released, it got the favor by the community of professional musicians, and praised by the fans. It occupied iTunes Top Songs list in the first week of release, even reached the success of double platinum album of sales.
In October 2013, he released the new canton EP, named "House of Cards", the song in same title became the Annual Golden Song, on major radio awards ceremony were impressive results. In December, Hacken held concerts with Alan Tam, to commemorate the 10th anniversary as being "Neighbour", and they went on a world tour after.
By May 2014, Lee issued a song "No Friend", which created by Eric Kwok and Wyman Wong, the song was sent to the radio. The song was got widely radio and fans acclaim followed by "House of Cards". In June, he was the World Cup commentator for TVB, and launched his selection album "Selection To No Friends."
In 2015, Lee directly advanced to the semi-final of King of Mask Singer having become the first Masked Singer to win the preliminaries and reveal his face and identity.
In 2016, Lee participated in the singing competition I Am a Singer (season 4) as the host and starting competitor and began the competition with his rendition of Alan Tam's song "Love in the Fog", the song that brought him into the music industry via the singing competition he participated in 30 years ago. His consistently great weekly performances won over the hearts of many of the audience, with some of his most notable performances being his rendition of Ekin Cheng's "Days of Friendship", C AllStar's "Sky Ladder", and his 4th knockout round performance with renown pianist Lang Lang "I Can't Sing", and he made it to compete in the finale of the competition. Joey Yung sung with him in the Season 4 Biennial concert, shortly before Lee moved away from Universal Music, ending his partnership with Alan Tam, but reuniting him with Joey Yung, after they had a concert in 2015.
In 2017, Lee released his 30th anniversary album titled "30克" which featured the hit songs "C3PO" and "Lost Soul". He later hosted his 30th anniversary concert series in September of 2017 in Hong Kong. The concert featured 9 shows across 9 days.
Personal life
On November 28, 2006, Lee married his long-time girlfriend, Emily Lo Suk Yi, the winner of the 1992 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. On October 22, 2007, Lo gave birth to their first child, Ryan Lee Lap-yan. Their younger son Rex Lee Lik-sze was born on March 26, 2010.Music
Charts
Indicates still standings in chartsIndicates Champion in 2 weeks
Indicates the songs were not sent to TVB due to the with TVB.
Represents the songs were banned by CRHK, because their original songs policy implications.
The bold fonts represents the song won four championship, or three championship while the, which excluded TVB.
Music Awards
| Year | Award | Honored Work |
| 1989 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Eternal Love” |
| 1989 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Eternal Love” |
| 1990 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Love Sick” |
| 1990 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “One Thousand And One Night” |
| 1991 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Best Music Video Performance Award: “Your Shining Knight” |
| 1992 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Best Music Video Performance Award: “Blazing Sun”, “Happy In Past Like A Dream” |
| 1993 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Look Back” |
| 1994 | Jade Solid Gold Best Music Video Performance Award | “Wish” |
| 1994 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Outstanding Artist |
| 1995 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Outstanding Artist |
| 1995 | Singapore Golden Songs Award | Best New Artist |
| 1996 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Adapted song:“Please Keep Early Hours” |
| 1999 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Best Composition Award: “Cherry Blossom” |
| 2001 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: “Precious Moment” |
| 2001 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Outstanding Artist |
| 2001 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Hong Kong Philharmonic & Hacken Live |
| 2001 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Hit song: “Precious Moment” |
| 2002 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Treasure Your Friendship” |
| 2002 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist |
| 2002 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Treasure Your Friendship” |
| 2002 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “The Tall Girl” |
| 2002 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Outstanding Artist |
| 2002 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Highest Sales for Male Artists |
| 2002 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Metro Broadcast & Hacken Lee Live |
| 2002 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Hacken Lee Live in Concert 2002 |
| 2002 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Best Sales Local Male Vocalist |
| 2002 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Hit song: "Victory" |
| 2002 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Hit song: “Treasure Your Friendship” |
| 2002 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Hit song: “Tall Girl” |
| 2002 | Metro Radio Hit Awards | Top Male Singer |
| 2003 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: "I Am Not Your Man" |
| 2003 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist |
| 2003 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Outstanding Singer |
| 2003 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Road To Wed Knot” |
| 2003 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: “Neighbours” |
| 2003 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Highest Sales for Male Artist |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: “Road To Wed Knot” |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: “I Am Not Your Man" |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: “When You Are in Love" |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Album: Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Live Concert 2003 |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Airplay Index Award: “When You Are in Love" |
| 2003 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Male Singer |
| 2003 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: “When You Are in Love" |
| 2003 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: “I Am Not Your Man" |
| 2003 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Ultimate My Favourite Male Singer |
| 2003 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Live Concert 2003 |
| 2003 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Custom Made |
| 2003 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Live Concert 2003 |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: Location of Kissing Goodbye |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: My Daring Trapezist |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Song: Rush Rush |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Male Singer |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit Airplay Index Award: My Daring Trapezist |
| 2004 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Hit World's Male Singer |
| 2004 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: My Daring Trapezist |
| 2004 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Outstanding Singer |
| 2004 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: My Daring Trapezist |
| 2004 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Most Outstanding Male Singer |
| 2004 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Highest Sales for Male Artist |
| 2004 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Most Popular National Male Artist |
| 2004 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "My Daring Trapezist" |
| 2004 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Ultimate Singer-songwriter |
| 2004 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Alan & Hacken 2004 Concert |
| 2004 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Best Sales Local Male Vocalist |
| 2005 | Jade Solid Gold Award | Top 10 Gold Song: Lost In Seoul |
| 2005 | Jade Solid Gold Award | Best Duet Award : Urgency Cannot Afford Delay |
| 2005 | Jade Solid Gold Award | Most Popular Chinese Song : Love is Irrational |
| 2005 | Jade Solid Gold Award | Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Gold Song: Lost In Seoul |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Gold Song: Festival |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Best Creative Album: Hacken Lee Concert Hall |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Top Singer-songwriter |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Top Male Singer |
| 2005 | Metro Radio Hits Top Songs Award | Most Admired Male Singer |
| 2005 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "A Lifeless Home" |
| 2005 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Ultimate Male Artist |
| 2005 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2005 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Songs: Lost In Seoul |
| 2005 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Most Popular National Male Artist |
| 2005 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: 2004 Music is Live - Hacken x Joey |
| 2006 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Song: City of Sorrow |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Top Songs Award: The Woman Before Marriage |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Top Songs Award: City of Sorrow |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Creative Album: “Hacken Lee Concert Hall” & “Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall II” |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Advertisement Song: “The Unbeatable 10” |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Album of the Year: "Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall II" |
| 2006 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2006 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2006 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Songs: City of Sorrow |
| 2006 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | Highest Sales for Male Artist |
| 2006 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Local Artist |
| 2006 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Hacken Lee Live In Concert 2006 |
| 2006 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Hacken Lee Concert Hall |
| 2006 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Cantonese Releases: Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall II |
| 2006 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Best Sales Local Male Vocalist |
| 2007 | Jade Solid Gold Song Gold Award | Top 10 Gold Songs: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | Jade Solid Gold Song Gold Award | Gold Song Gold Award: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | Jade Solid Gold Song Gold Award | Four Stations Combined Best Song Award: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | Metro Radio Hits Best Song Award | Hit Song: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | Metro Radio Hits Best Song Award | Creative Album Award: My Cup of Tea |
| 2007 | Metro Radio Hits Best Song Award | Best Performance Award |
| 2007 | Metro Radio Hits Best Song Award | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2007 | Metro Radio Hits Best Song Award | World's Hit Song: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "A Lifeless Home" |
| 2007 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: A Lifeless Home |
| 2007 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2007 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Ten Best Sales Local Artistes |
| 2008 | Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Songs Award | Top 10 Gold Songs: Humble & Kindness |
| 2008 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2008 | Metro Radio Hits | Hit Song: Humble & Kindness |
| 2008 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2009 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2009 | Metro Radio Hits | Metro Radio Hits Original Songs: "Grandma" |
| 2010 | Metro Radio Hits | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2010 | Metro Radio Hits | Adapted Song Award: "Sinner" |
| 2010 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "Sinner" |
| 2010 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2011 | Metro Radio Hits Award | Original Song: "Kongming Lantern" |
| 2011 | Metro Radio Hits Award | Best Asia Singers Award |
| 2011 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "Galaxy" |
| 2011 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2012 | Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards | Mandarin Original Song: "Happiness More, Loneliness More" |
| 2012 | Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards | Mandarin Best Asia Singer Award |
| 2012 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2012 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "What Are You Seeking For Life” |
| 2013 | Metro Radio Hits World's Top Song | Hit Airplay Index Song: "House of Cards" |
| 2013 | Metro Radio Hits World's Top Song | World's Hit Song: "House of Cards" |
| 2013 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "House of Cards" |
| 2013 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2013 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "House of Cards" |
| 2014 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2014 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "Friendless" |
| 2014 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Highest Sales for Group |
| 2014 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "Friendless" |
| 2014 | CASH Golden Sail Most Performed Works Awards | Cantonese Pop Work: "House of Cards" |
| 2015 | Jade Solid Gold Top Songs Award | Best Duet Gold Award: "The World Is Really Small" |
| 2015 | Metro Radio Hits World's Top Song | World's Best singer Award |
| 2015 | Metro Radio Hits World's Top Song | World's Best Performance Award |
| 2015 | CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards | Top Ten Songs Award: "The World Is Really Small" |
| 2015 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2015 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "You're Most Important" |
| 2016 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Outstanding Singer Award |
| 2016 | RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs | Top 10 Gold Songs Award: "Not One Less" |
| 2016 | Jade Solid Gold Top Songs Award | Gold Songs: "Not One Less" |
| 2016 | Jade Solid Gold Top Songs Award | Gold Song Gold Award: "Not One Less" |
| 2016 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | Good Sales Local Live Recording Release: Joey Yung X Hacken Lee Concert 2015 Live |
| 2016 | IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award | The Best Sales Local Live Recording Release: Joey Yung X Hacken Lee Concert 2015 Live |
Acting career
Apart from his singing career, Lee is also an actor and one of the most popular singer-turned-actor in Hong Kong. He has appeared in numerous Hong Kong dramas, movies, and commercial advertisements. He has also appeared in many large-scale charity drives as a guest performer. One of his notable roles as an actor was his role in Legal Entanglement, which won him "Most Favorite Character" award at the 2002 TVB Anniversary Awards.Programme Host
| Year | TV channel | Programme |
| 1992 | TVB | 暑期玩到盡 |
| 1992 | TVB | 叻人新世紀 |
| 1994 | TVB | 叻人新世紀 PART II |
| 1996 | TVB | 奧運群英至激鬥 |
| 1998 | TVB | World Cup 1998 |
| 1999 | RTHK | I.T. File |
| 1999 | TVB | Jade Solid Gold |
| 2001 | TVB | 好客香港攞滿FUN |
| 2002 | TVB | 香港做得到 |
| 2002 | TVB | 世界盃升級戰線 |
| 2004 | TVB | Belair Gardens Music Video |
| 2005 | TVB | Miss Hong Kong 2005 Final |
| 2005 | TVB | Minutes to Fame |
| 2006 | TVB | World Cup |
Film
| Year | Title |
| 1991 | Fruit Punch |
| 1993 | No More Love, No More Death |
| 1996 | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star |
| 2001 | Comic King |
| 2001 | The Lady Iron Chef |
| 2004 | Six Strong Guys |
| 2006 | We Are Family |
| 2007 | Wonder Women |
| 2015 | Wong Ka Yan |