Sammi
Cheng is
one of the most "in" singers in Hong Kong and is incredibly popular. Sammi
Cheng started her singing career in 1988 during a singing contest held
by TVB. At the time, she was 15 and her family didn't want her to join
the contest; but, they didn't strongly oppose it either.
Her mother didn't
think that Sammi would really win,
so she agreed to let her
participate. Surprisingly, Sammi won 3rd prize. Capital Artist offered
Sammi a singing contract at that time. Sammi had a double-status of a singer
and a student at the same time. During the first few years, she postponed
singing in order to finish her school studies. After graduating from secondary
school, she became a
full time singer! Sammi
has had hit songs like Chotto Matte and Ding Dong. But, she never really
became popular until she joined Warner Music in 1995. She has been known
to set fashion trends too. When Sammi started dying her hair different
colors, a lot of people started to do the same...only in HK schools, this
is not allowed! As well, it was not until Sammi started wearing different
colored
sunglasses that fans
started to do the same.