Editing Jacky Cheung (section)

=== 1993–1998: Commercial success and on-stage musical ===
His subsequent albums included 1993 ''Me and You'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|我與你}}) and 1994 ''Born to be Wild'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|餓狼傳說}}). In 1994, [[Billboard Music Awards]] named him the most popular singer in Asia.<ref name="cha12"/> He received numerous music awards both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including the best-selling Asian artist in the [[World Music Awards]] for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996 held at Monaco.<ref name="un1">Universal music. "[http://new.umusic.com/News.aspx?NewsId=165 Umusic]." ''Jacky Cheung extends long relationship with Universal Music.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref>

Amongst his hit songs, some of his most famous were "Amour", "Just want to spend my life with you" ({{lang|zh-Hant|只想一生跟你走}}) and "Goodbye Kiss" ({{lang|zh-Hant|吻别}}). The 1993 album ''[[The Goodbye Kiss (album)|The Goodbye Kiss]]'' ({{lang|zh-Hant|吻别}}) is one of the best-selling Chinese music albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia than ever attained before, with more than 5 million copies sold in 1993, making him one of PolyGram's top 10 artists worldwide that year.<ref>[http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2009/06/07/2059644.html 金曲20年張學友魅力依舊 《吻別》成歌迷最愛]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=华语歌坛百名歌手销量统计（2006年版）|url=http://ent.gg800.com/html/zixun/20070223/49.html|work=GG800.com|accessdate=1 May 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705162657/http://ent.gg800.com/html/zixun/20070223/49.html|archivedate=5 July 2007}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2022|reason=Argument requires scholarly source for the verification.}} It made him the first singer with non-Taiwanese citizenship to win Taiwan's [[Golden Melody Awards]]. The album was also instrumental in helping Cheung break into the mandopop market. Due to these great songs and albums, Cheung is generally considered to be the pre-eminent member of the [[Four Heavenly Kings (Hong Kong)|Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop]]. He is regarded by some sources as the best singer of the four.<ref>People.com.cn. "[http://hm.people.com.cn/BIG5/42280/9037886.html People.com.cn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910024346/http://hm.people.com.cn/BIG5/42280/9037886.html |date=10 September 2009 }}." ''《東邪西毒》一個時代 他們不再年輕卻風華絕代.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref><!---loosely referenced--->

In 1995, Cheung staged his record-breaking 100-show world tour titled "Yau Hok Yau" ({{lang|zh-Hant|友學友}}), literally a pun of "friendship Jacky Cheung" reusing the same Chinese characters found in his name.<ref name="sinatw1">Sina.com.tw. "[http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090201/1327796.html Sina.com.tw] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624034911/http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090201/1327796.html |date=24 June 2009 }}." ''專輯：張學友《學友光年世界巡回演唱會07》.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> The tour started with 34 shows from 8 April to 9 June at the [[Hong Kong Coliseum]]. Then the tour continued in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and [[Brisbane]], Australia and returned to [[Taipei]] and [[mainland China]].<ref name="Hangzhou">Hangzhou.com.cn. "[http://www.hangzhou.com.cn/20070301/ca1280973.htm China Hangzhou.com]." ''1991–1999张学友演唱会纪录.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2009.</ref> It then expanded to [[Madison Square Garden]]<ref>New York Times. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/10/arts/music-review-so-sweet-so-smooth-such-a-king-of-canto-pop.html So Sweet, So Smooth, Such a King of Canto-Pop]." Retrieved on 22 April 2011.</ref> in the US, different parts of Europe, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Japan.<ref name="Hangzhou" />{{Better source needed|date=May 2022|reason=Argument requires scholarly source for the verification.}} In 1997, Cheung was named best-selling Chinese singer in the world by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', which reported record sales of more than 25 million worldwide.<ref name=":0" />

In 1997, his work on the groundbreaking [[Cantonese]] Broadway-style musical ''[[Snow.Wolf.Lake]]'' was enthusiastically received by both audiences and critics.<ref name="X1">Xinhuanet. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060310180627/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2006-02/18/content_4195962.htm Xinhuanet]." ''四大天王 蓦然回首十五年.''</ref> Cheung not only played the male lead, he was also the artistic director for this production. The first female leads were played by [[Sandy Lam]] in Hong Kong and [[Nadia Chan]] in Singapore. [[Kit Chan]] played the second female lead. They achieved 42 consecutive full-house performances at the gigantic [[Hung Hom]] [[Hong Kong Coliseum]] which remains the record today.<ref name="gof1">Gofuntaiwan.net. "[http://gofuntaiwan.net/columnpage/specol/broadway/broadway.asp Gofuntaiwan.net]." ''華人最大型經典音樂劇－ (雪狼湖).'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> In November 2004, Cheung and his concert manager, Florence Chan Suk-fan, worked on a revised [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] version of ''Snow.Wolf.Lake'' so as to bring it to a wider audience. The female leads this time were [[Evonne Hsu]] and Nadia Chan respectively. The market budget alone exceeded [[HK$]]15&nbsp;million.<ref name="gof1" /> The estimated budget for this revised production was HK$100&nbsp;million and the show premiered on 24 December 2004 in Beijing.<ref>Xinhuanet. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090909235459/http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-01/09/content_4027595.htm Xinhuanet]." ''揭開《雪狼湖》票房收入之謎'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref>