Editing Jacky Cheung (section)

=== 1985–1992: Career beginnings and early breakthrough ===
Cheung originally started working as a reservation officer for the airline [[Cathay Pacific]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Jacky Cheung |script-chapter=zh:《张学友：蜗牛的哲学》|chapter=Jacky Cheung: The Philosophy of Snail |script-title=zh:《青年文摘》|trans-title=Youth Literary Digest |year=2008 |publisher=China Youth Press |location=Beijing |pages=211–215 |isbn=978-7-5006-6472-7 |language=zh}}</ref> His music career started when he won the Amateur [[Districts of Hong Kong|18-Hong Kong district]] singing contest in 1984 with the song "Fatherland" ({{lang|zh-Hant|大地恩情}}) by [[Michael Kwan]].<ref name="Sinajinfo">Sina.com. "[http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2007-08-15/12021677194.shtml Sina.com]." ''资料：张学友--永恒的歌神 不朽的传奇.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> He outcompeted more than 10,000 other contestants. After winning the contest, he was signed by the then [[Polygram Records]], now [[Universal Music Group]]. Although encouraged by a bright start, he did not achieve immediate supremacy in [[Cantopop]], then dominated by [[Leslie Cheung]], [[Alan Tam]], [[Anita Mui]] and [[Danny Chan]]. In 1985, he won his first two major awards together with the [[1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards]] and the [[1985 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards]].<ref>TVB. "[http://tvcity.tvb.com/jsg/awards/awards_4957565316481164106171108186113170247166177188250.html TVB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305090713/http://tvcity.tvb.com/jsg/awards/awards_4957565316481164106171108186113170247166177188250.html |date=5 March 2012 }}." ''JSG 1985 TVB.'' Retrieved on 13 April 2009.</ref><ref>RTHK. "[http://www.rthk.org.hk/classicschannel/goldsong08.htm# RTHK]." ''RTHK 1985 TVB.'' Retrieved on 13 April 2009.</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title='Four Heavenly Kings' of Hong Kong – net worths, ranked |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3154978/four-heavenly-kings-hong-kong-net-worths-ranked-how-much |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> From 1985 to 1998, he won the Top 10 Songs award from Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards every year, except in 1988.<ref name=":1" />

In 1991, he released the song "Loving You More Every Day" ({{lang|zh-Hant|每天愛你多一些}}), a translated version of the Japanese [[Southern All Stars]] hit "Midsummer's Fruit" ({{lang|ja|真夏の果実}}). The album ''True Love Expression'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|真情流露}}) in 1992, as well as the subsequent release, ''Love Sparks'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|愛火花}}) in 1992, achieved sales of over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong alone.<ref>Anhui news. "[http://news.big5.anhuinews.com/system/2003/07/09/000385531.shtml Anhui news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630214939/http://news.big5.anhuinews.com/system/2003/07/09/000385531.shtml |date=30 June 2009 }}." ''歌神張學友明日42歲 希望自己唱到80歲.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref>