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{{infobox person
| name               = Jun Kung
| image              = Jun Kung Chinese in album 2010.png
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| caption            = Jun Kung in 2010
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1977|8|18}}
| birth_place        = [[British Hong Kong]]
| occupation         = Musician, Producer, Songwriter, Actor
| website            = [http://www.alivenotdead.com/junkung/ Jun's Blog]<br>
| module2            = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = temporary
| origin = [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Filipino people|Filipino]], Chinese, Japanese <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDBJur3gsBY Interview]</ref>
| label = Greyscale Group}}
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'''Jun Kung''' ({{zh|c=[[:zh:恭碩良|恭碩良]]|p=Gōng Shuòliáng}}; born August 18, 1977) is a Hong Kong [[drummer]], singer-songwriter, producer, actor and [[multi-instrumentalist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jun Kung {{!}} Zildjian Drum Set Artist |url=https://zildjian.com/blogs/artist/jun-kung?srsltid=AfmBOoonqQHuWDkCJovUp_d6KDGhHblZqL0wHlapM2VuxxK12iVkd4n9 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Zildjian |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Known as "The Drummer", Jun Kung is a [[singer-songwriter]], [[multi-instrumentalist]] and [[Record producer|music producer]]. Born in [[British Hong Kong]] and later raised in [[Macau]], he began his professional drumming career at age 14. An alumnus of the "DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE" in [[New York City]], he studied under drummers such as [[Kim Plainfield]], [[Ian Froman]] & [[Daduka Fonseca]].
In the summer of 1999, he was signed to [[Universal Music Group]] and released a self-produced album which received the [[Best Newcomer Award]] of 1999. In 2001, he joined guitarist [[Paul Wong (musician)|Paul Wong]] and formed the group [[HANN]], consequently releasing 5 albums under [[Universal Music Group]].  In 2007, he embarked on his first biggest world tour "The Year Of Jacky Cheung World Tour ‘07" for all 105 shows in over 57 cities. Jun's next tour was for Hong Kong/China singer [[Eason Chan]], as a drummer in the "DUO Eason 2010 Concert" held at the [[Hong Kong Coliseum]] consecutively from 20 March to 6 April 2010, consequently continuing onto the "DUO World Tour" with the group.  His concert tours also included [[Faye Wong]], [[Sandy Lam]], [[Khalil Fong]], [[Terry Lin]], [[Na Ying]], [[Liang Bo]], [[Han Hong (singer)|Han Hong]], Tanya Chua, A-Mei, Vinx, Stu Hamm, Eugene Pao, Phil Chang (Zhang Yu), Danny Summer, Karen Mok, Kenny Bee and Alan Tam.
==Awards==
Jun Kung is an accomplished singer-songwriter and music producer. In 1999, he was signed to Universal Music Group and released his first EP "Here & Now." The acclaimed singles "Shoe Size" and "Love Space" won first place in the "Best New Artist" award at the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Award of 2000 and the "Voice of the 21st Century award" from Metro Radio. His original songs "Here to Stay" and "兩心花" won the "Best Original Film Song" award in both the 30th and 31st Hong Kong Film Awards, followed by the "Best Rock Artist" award from Chinese Music Media Awards in 2013.
In 2019, as a co-producer he was awarded the "Best Album of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & overseas regions)" from [[Beijing Pop Music Awards|"Beijing Pop Music Awards"]] and the "Best Duet Song" for "5:59 PM" from the [[Hits Radio North East|Metro Radio Awards]] as the singer-songwriter, featuring Yoyo Sham.
== Solo career ==
Jun has recorded and released multiple solo albums both under major labels and independently. He has scored over 10 full-length feature films and held concerts as a solo artist yearly with show audiences reaching 3–4 thousand people. He is a supporter charity and gives to the [[Hong Kong Dog Rescue]].
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
!align-"left"|Order
!align="left" width="320px"|Album Information
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''1st'''
|align="left"|'''Here and Now'''(EP)
* Release Date: June 1999
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''2nd'''
|align="left"|'''No Where Man''' (LP)
* Release Date: July 2001
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''3rd'''
|align="left"|'''Ginja Rock''' (EP)
* Release Date: 2005
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''4th'''
|align="left"|'''JUN K''' (LP)
* Release Date: September 2010
* Label: Revolution Talent
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''5th'''
|align="left"|'''Here To Stay''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: November 2010
* Label: Revolution Talent
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''6th'''
|align="left"|'''Playback Is A Bitch''' (LP)
* Release Date: June 2012
* Label: Revolution Talent / East Asia Media
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''7th'''
|align="left"|'''Past Future Present Tense''' (LP)
* Release Date: March 2015
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''8th'''
|align="left"|'''原諒愛''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: July 2016
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''9th'''
|align="left"|'''修羅界''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: September 2016
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''10th'''
|align="left"|'''愛後記''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date:  February 2017
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''11th'''
|align="left"|'''We All Fall Down''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: October 2017
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''12th'''
|align="left"|'''Beautiful Fools''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: June 2018
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''13th'''
|align="left"|'''Supermarket Music Vol.1 超級市場伴奏''' (EP)
* Release Date: August 2019
* Label: The Sun Entertainment
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''14th'''
|align="left"|'''Help Is On The Way (Roni Size Remix)''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: April 2020
* Label: LABEL K
|-
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align="center"|'''15th'''
|align="left"|'''78''' (Digital singles)
* Release Date: April 2021
* Label: LABEL K
|}
==Awards==
2000 Best New Artiste award from Commercial Radio Hong Kong
2000 Voice of the 21st century award from Radio 104 FM Select
2011《Here To Stay》The 30th Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song
2012《Leung Sam Fa》The 31st Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song
2013 Best Rock Artiste award in 第十三届《华语音乐传媒大奖》
2019 Best Album Production of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & Overseas Region) from Beijing Pop Music Awards
2019 Best Duet Song 《5:59PM》from Metro Radio Awards
==Tours and shows==
2004 [[Bobby McFerrin]] concert on Hong Kong Arts Festival
2005 Jacky Cheung 張學友 活出生命Live演唱會
2006 Coco Lee World Tour
2007 Jacky Cheung World Tour (over 105 cities in a year)
2008 Khalil Fong Wonderland World Tour (1 year)
2009 JustIn Lo -AIR JUSTIN World Tour
2011–2014 Eason Chan DUO World Tour
2012 [[Faye Wong]] World Tour (1 year)
2012 Sandy Lam - World Tour (1 year)
2015 Sandy Lam- Pranava World Tour
==Solo concerts==
2002	 《My Live》solo concert
2002    《 Rock Affair 》Live @ Sydney Superdome 05/10/02
2010	《Jun on The Moon Live》solo concert
2012	《Playback》solo concert
2012   《Clockenflap》performed /
2013    《Clockenflap》 (as ambassador)
2015	《MOOV Live》Live @ Macpherson Stadium
2016 	《Just A Concert》Live @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium
2016/2017《Wow + Flutter》 Music Festival
2018    《Free Space》performed
2019     Macau《HUSH》Music Festival
2019   《Right Here Right Now》Jun Kung Live @ Macpherson Stadium
==Filmography==
===Filmography===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Time and Tide (2000 film)|Time and Tide]]''<br>順流逆流 || Miguel Joventino || Tsui Hark
|-
|2006|| ''[[The Heavenly Kings]]''<br>四大天王 || Jun Kung || Daniel Wu
|-
|2009|| ''[[Rebellion (2009 film)|Rebellion]]''<br>同門 || Sandpaper || Herman Yau
|-
|rowspan=2|2011 || ''[[Punished]]''<br>報應 || || Law Wing Cheong
|-
| ''[[Lan Kwai Fong (film)|Lan Kwai Fong]]'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Nightfall (2012 film)|Nightfall]]'' || Wong's former acquaintance ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2015 || ''[[Triumph in the Skies (film)|Triumph in the Skies]]'' || TM's manager ||
|-
| ''[[SPL II: A Time For Consequences]]'' || ||
|}
<ref name="one">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719016/ |title=Jun Kung |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://bitetone.com/2011/03/03/bitetone-presents-–我們二零一零年度二十張最佳華語專輯// Bitetone Presents – 2010 Our Best 20 Chinese Records] (《Jun K》)
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