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(Top) 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Film production 2.3 Music 2.4 Books 2.5 Art exhibition 3 Philanthropy 4 Personal life 5 Awards and nominations 6 Honors 7 See also 8 Awards and achievements 9 References 10 External links

Andy Lau

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Andy Lau

SBS BBS MH JP

劉德華

Lau at the 2013 Beijing International Film Festival

Born

Lau Fuk Wing (劉福榮)

27 September 1961 (age 62)^[1]

Tai Po, British Hong Kong

Other names

Wah Zai (華仔)

Lau Wah (劉華)

Wah Dee (華 Dee)

Ngau Wah (牛華)

Hui Guo (慧果)

(Dharma name)

Alma mater

Ho Lap College

Occupations

Actor

singer

film producer

lyricist

composer

businessman

Years active

1981–present

Works

Filmography

discography

Spouse

Carol Chu

(m. ) ^[2]

Children

Hanna Lau

Parent

Lau Lai (father)

Relatives

Lau Tak-sing (brother)

Awards

Full list

Musical career

Origin

Hong Kong

Genres

Cantopop

Mandopop

Instrument(s)

Vocals

Labels

Capital Artists (1985)
EMI Music Publishing (1987–1989)
Polygram (1990–1992)
UFO Record (1992–1995)
Bertelsmann Music Group
(1996–2001)
Catchy Entertainment Ltd. (2002–2004)
Focus Music
(2005–present)

Chinese name

Transcriptions

Liú Déhuá

Làuh Dāk Wàah

Lau4 Dak1 Waa4

Website

Andy Lau Official Website

Signature

Andy Lau Tak-wah SBS BBS MH JP^[3] (simplified Chinese: 刘德华; traditional Chinese: 劉德華; pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s.^[4]

Lau won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor three times, the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor twice, and was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist" in 2000, with a total of 444 music awards by 2006.^[5] Forbes magazine has ranked Lau as one of the world's highest-paid actors.^[6] In 2018, Lau became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[7]^[8] In 2024, Lau was elected vice chairman of the 11th China Film Association.^[9] Over a career of four decades, Lau has been one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in the Chinese world.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Early life[edit]

Lau was born Lau Fook-wing in Tai Po, British Hong Kongtofireman Lau Lai (1934–2023). He is the fourth of six siblings and has three elder sisters, one younger sister, and a younger brother named Lau Tak-sing. Although his family was wealthy due to his grandfather being a landowner with farmland and villages, his father moved them to the slums of Diamond Hill when he was six years old so he could receive a bilingual education to improve his English. The area was full of wooden houses, which unfortunately burnt down when he was eleven. During his childhood, Lau had to fetch water for his family up to eight times a day as their house lacked plumbing.^[13] He graduated from a Band One secondary school, Ho Lap CollegeinSan Po Kong, Kowloon.^[14] He also practices Chinese calligraphy and hair styling.^[15] He was raised in a nominally Buddhist household and is a follower of the Lingyan Mountain Temple in Taiwan.^[16]

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

In 1980, Lau enrolled in TVB's actor training program and graduated the next year, signing a contract with TVB. ^[1] He was propelled to fame by the TVB series The Emissary (1982). His popularity soared the next year with his role as Yang Guo in the TVB wuxia series The Return of the Condor Heroes; at the end of the year, Lau was featured in the TVB Anniversary Gala Show, alongside Tony Leung, Michael Miu, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong. Since then they were known as the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB".^[17]

Meanwhile, Lau also started his film career. He made a guest appearance in one of Susanna Kwan's music videos in 1981 and caught the eye of the manager Teddy Robin, who gave Lau his first minor role in the film, Once Upon a Rainbow.^[18] Lau then landed a role in Ann Hui's 1982 film, Boat People.^[1] In 1983, he had his first leading role in the Shaw Brothers-produced action film, On the Wrong Track.^[19]

Since TVB insisted on a binding five-year exclusive contract, which Lau declined to sign, leading to his blacklisting by the network. In the late '80s, Lau departed from TVB and shifted his focus towards films.^[13] He established himself for his performances in films such as The Truth (1988), Wong Kar-wai's As Tears Go By (1988) and Benny Chan's film A Moment of Romance (1990). His first major acting prize came with A Fighter's Blues, which was his first Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor.^[20] He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor award that year for Running Out of Time.^[21] In 2004, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance in Infernal Affairs III.^[22]

Since the early 21st century, Lau has started working with filmmakers from China and beyond, notably in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers (2004) and Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves (2004). In 2006 he starred in the pan-Asian blockbuster A Battle of Wits (2006), followed by a series of big-budget historical films such as The Warlords (2007), Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008), and Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010).

Lau being interviewed at the 2005 Hong Kong International Film Festival

In 2005, Lau received the『No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005』award of Hong Kong, yielding a box office total of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years.^[13]^[15] The aforementioned figure is as compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow's (HKD 1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan's (HKD 894,090,962). For his contributions, a wax figure of Lau was unveiled on 1 June 2005 at the Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.^[23] In 2007, Lau also received the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" award by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen).^[3]

April 2017, he starred in the Hong Kong action film Shock Wave,^[24] which earned him another Best Actor Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2018.^[25] In February 2021, Lau reunited with Tony Leung since the Infernal Affairs series in the action film The Goldfinger.^[26]

Film production[edit]

In 1991, Lau set up his own film production company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, which in 2002 was renamed to Focus Group Holdings Limited. He was awarded the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" in the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.^[3] The films Lau has produced include Made in Hong Kong, A Simple Life, A Fighter's Blues, Crazy Stone, Firestorm and Shock Wave.

Music[edit]

Andy Lau in concert 2011

Lau released his first album Just Know I Only Love You (1985) under the record label Capital Artists to minimal commercial success.^[13] However, he achieved mainstream success in 1990 with the release of the album Would It Be Possible which won Lau his first RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Award.^[27] The following year, he released the single "The Days We Spent Together" which topped Hong Kong's music charts and was an international hit across Asia. The song was lauded by Time Out which described its popularity as 'practically a national anthem' and 'one of the most notable hits' in Lau's career.^[28] His subsequent albums brought him further recognition spawning hit singles such as "Ice Rain" (1993), "Forget Love Potion" (1994), and "Stupid Fellow" (1998). His popularity as a music artist was such that Lau was dubbed as one of the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings along with Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, and Leon Lai.^[4] His album Love Notes Written in Bone Upon My Heart (1997) is certified 2x Platinum in Taiwan and is one of the best-selling albums with 640,305 copies sold. His other albums Because of Love (1996) and Love is Mysterious (1997) also reached 2x Platinum status there.^[11]

At the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards, he won the "Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist" award 7 times and the "Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist" award 15 times.^[13] By April 2000, he had already won an unprecedented total of 292 awards.^[13] That same year, he entered the Guinness World Records for "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist" and again in 2021 for "Most Douyin Followers Gained in 24 hours" and "Fastest Time to Reach Ten Million Followers on Douyin".^[29]^[30]^[31]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lau sang "Please Stay, Guests From Afar" alongside Jackie Chan and Emil Chau during its closing ceremony. In addition, Lau, who has been supporting disabled athletes in Hong Kong for more than a decade, was appointed as the Goodwill ambassador for the 2008 Summer Paralympics.^[32] He led other performers in singing and performing the song "Everyone is No.1" at the Beijing National Stadium before the 2008 Paralympics opening ceremony began.^[33] He also sang the theme song "Flying with the Dream" with Han Hong during the Paralympics opening ceremony on 6 September 2008.^[32]

In 2022, Lau set records when an online concert he held via Douyin attracted more than 350 million viewers.^[34]

In addition to singing in Cantonese and Mandarin, Lau has also sung in other languages such as English, Japanese and Taiwanese Hokkien. He has held concerts in Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania, and continues to tour with an upcoming Mainland China leg set for Summer 2024.^[35]

Books[edit]

Lau has written two books, This Is How I Grew Up (我是這樣長大的) (1995), an autobiography,^[36] and My 30 Work Days (我的30個工作天) (2012), a collection of his 30 personal diaries written while working on the 2011 film, A Simple Life.^[37]

Art exhibition[edit]

In 2023, Lau opened his debut art show titled the 1/X Andy Lau X Art Exhibition, which ran on 25 August at the Freespace venue located in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The exhibit includes a sculpture which Lau designed, a projection of images from his films and concerts, paintings made by him and his daughter, and works where he collaborated with other artists, such as collaborating with Hong Kong artists Sticky Line on a statue of his character from Running on Karma, collaborating with Beijing artist Xu Zhuoer in glass covered film props from A Moment of Romance, and a collaboration with ink painter where Lau showcases his calligraphy.^[38]^[39]

Philanthropy[edit]

In 1994, Lau established the Andy Lau Charity Foundation which helps people in need and promotes a wide range of youth education services.^[3] In 1999, he received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World award, being the third person from Hong Kong at that time to receive this distinguished honour.^[3] In 2008, Lau took a main role in putting together the Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign for relief toward the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.^[40]

Personal life[edit]

In 2008, Lau secretly married Carol Chu in America and acknowledged his marriage the following year, ending decades of speculation over their relationship. Both Lau and Chu are vegetarians and Buddhists.^[41] On 9 May 2012, Chu gave birth to their daughter Hanna.^[42]

In January 2017, Lau sustained a serious pelvic injury after being thrown off and stomped on by a horse during a commercial shoot in Thailand.^[43]^[44] He made a full recovery by the end of the year.^[45]^[46]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Lau's hand print and autograph at the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong

Year

Award

Honors[edit]

Lau was noted for his highly positive energy, his hard work and active involvement in charity works throughout his 30 years in showbiz and honoured as a "Justice of Peace" by the Hong Kong SAR government in 2008.^[47] In May 2010, he received the "World Outstanding Chinese" award and an "honorary doctorate" from the University of New Brunswick, Canada.^[48] On 14 December 2017, Lau was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, with the citation highlighting his popularity among locals which stated: "His low-key, modest, friendly and approachable personality has endeared him to millions of fans and ordinary folks alike, who also consider him to be a 'heartthrob' and the 'unofficial Chief Executive of Hong Kong'".^[49]

In 2018, asteroid 55381 Lautakwah, discovered by Bill Yeung at the Desert Eagle Observatory in 2001, was named for Lau. The asteroid measures approximately 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) in diameter and is located in the outermost region of the asteroid belt, just inside the Hecuba gap. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 11 July 2018.^[50]

In 2023, Lau was presented with a Special Tribute award at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.^[51]

Awards and achievements[edit]

Awards and achievements

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation

Preceded by

Leslie Cheung

Most Popular Male Artist
1990–1992
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Leon Lai

Preceded by

None

Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist
1993
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Jacky Cheung

Preceded by

Leon Lai

Most Popular Male Artist
1994
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Leon Lai

Preceded by

Jacky Cheung

Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist
1995–1996
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Jacky Cheung

Preceded by

Aaron Kwok

Most Popular Male Artist
1999
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Aaron Kwok

Preceded by

Aaron Kwok

Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist
2000–2006
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Eason Chan

Preceded by

Hacken Lee

Most Popular Male Artist
2004
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Hacken Lee

Hong Kong Film Awards

Preceded by

Anthony Wong Chau-sang
for Beast Cops

Best Actor
2000
Andy Lau
for Running Out of Time

Succeeded by

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
for In the Mood for Love

Preceded by

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
for Infernal Affairs

Best Actor
2004
Andy Lau
for Running on Karma

Succeeded by

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
for 2046

Preceded by

Gouw Ian Iskandar
for After This Our Exile

Best Supporting Actor
2008
Andy Lau
for Protégé

Succeeded by

Liu Kai-chi
for the Beast Stalker

Ming Pao Power Academy Awards

Preceded by

None

Honorary Award
2000
Andy Lau
& Leslie Cheung

Succeeded by

Stephen Chow

Preceded by

None

Outstanding Actor in Film
2000
Andy Lau
for Needing You...

Succeeded by

Andy Lau
for Love on a Diet

Preceded by

Andy Lau
for Needing You...

Outstanding Actor in Film
2001
Andy Lau
for Love on a Diet

Succeeded by

Leslie Cheung
for Inner Senses

Preceded by

Leon Lai

Performance Power Award
2001
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

Jessica Hsuan
Shing Ka-ying

Preceded by

Leslie Cheung
for Inner Senses

Outstanding Actor in Film
2003
Andy Lau
for Running on Karma

Succeeded by

Jacky Cheung
for Golden Chicken 2

Preceded by

Leo Ku

Performance Power Award
2005
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

vacant

Preceded by

Liza Wang
Franco Yuen

Honorary Award
2006
Andy Lau

Succeeded by

vacant

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External links[edit]

Media from Commons

Quotations from Wikiquote

Data from Wikidata

Official website
Andy Lau at the Hong Kong Movie Database
Andy LauatIMDb

Andy Lau

Filmography

Discography

Films directed

Love Under the Sun (2003)

Films produced

Days of Tomorrow (1993)

Tian Di (1994)

Made in Hong Kong (1997)

A Fighter's Blues (2000)

Fulltime Killer (2001)

Dance of a Dream (2001)

Jiang Hu (2004)

My Mother Is a Belly Dancer (2006)

Firestorm (2013)

The Bodyguard (2016)

Mission Milano (2016)

Shock Wave (2017)

The Adventurers (2017)

Chasing the Dragon (2017)

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)

Find Your Voice (2020)

Shock Wave 2 (2020)

Endgame (2021)

The Movie Emperor (2023)

I Did It My Way (2023)

Raging Havoc (TBD)

High Forces (TBD)

Television produced

The Trading Floor (2018)

Books written

My 30 Work Days (2012)

Carol Chu (wife)

Focus Group Holdings Limited

Teamwork Motion Pictures

Five Tiger Generals of TVB

Asian Filmmaker of the Year winning actors

2000-2010

Mohsen Makhmalbaf (2003)

Hou Hsiao-hsien (2004)

NHK (2005)

Andy Lau (2006)

Edward Yang (2007)

Gulnara Sarsenova (2008)

Yash Chopra (2009)

Tsai Ming-liang (2010)

2011–2020

Tsui Hark (2011)

Kōji Wakamatsu (2012)

Rithy Panh (2013)

Ann Hui (2014)

Studio Ghibli (2015)

Abbas Kiarostami (2016)

Seijun Suzuki (2017)

Ryuichi Sakamoto (2018)

Hirokazu Kore-eda (2019)

2021–present

Im Kwon-taek (2021)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2022)

Chow Yun-fat (2023)

Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actor

China

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2001)

Ge You (2002)

Jiang Wen (2003)

Ge You (2004)

Alex Fong (2005)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2006)

Fu Dalong (2007)

Zhang Hanyu (2008)

Fan Wei (2009)

Chen Wen-pin (2010)

Ge You (2011)

Sean Lau (2012)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2013)

Nick Cheung (2014)

Qin Hao (2015)

Feng Xiaogang (2016)

Hong Kong / Taiwan

Hu Jun (2002)

Anthony Wong (2003)

Andy Lau (2004)

Golden Horse Award for Best Actor

Wang Yin (1962)

Tang Ching (1963)

Ko Hsiang-ting (1965)

Zhao Lei (1966)

Ou Wei (1967)

Tsui Fu-sheng (1968)

Peter Yang (1969)

Ko Hsiang-ting (1970)

Wang Yin (1971)

Ou Wei (1972)

Peter Yang (1973)

Charlie Chin (1975)

Chang Feng (1976)

Charlie Chin (1977)

Chin Han (1978)

Ko Chun-hsiung (1979)

Wang Kuan-hsiung (1980)

Alan Tam (1981)

Eddie Chan (1982)

Sun Yueh (1983)

Danny Lee (1984)

Chow Yun-fat (1985)

Ti Lung (1986)

Chow Yun-fat (1987)

Alex Man (1988)

Chen Sung-young (1989)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (1990)

Sihung Lung (1991)

Jackie Chan (1992)

Jackie Chan (1993)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1994)

Lin Yang (1995)

Xia Yu (1996)

Tse Kwan-ho (1997)

Lopsang (1998)

Ko Chun-hsiung (1999)

Francis Ng (2000)

Liu Ye (2001)

Leon Lai (2002)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2003)

Andy Lau (2004)

Aaron Kwok (2005)

Aaron Kwok (2006)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2007)

Zhang Hanyu (2008)

Huang Bo and Nick Cheung (2009)

Ethan Juan (2010)

Andy Lau (2011)

Sean Lau (2012)

Lee Kang-sheng (2013)

Chen Jianbin (2014)

Feng Xiaogang (2015)

Fan Wei (2016)

Tu Men (2017)

Xu Zheng (2018)

Chen Yi-wen (2019)

Morning Mo (2020)

Chang Chen (2021)

Anthony Wong (2022)

Wu Kang-ren (2023)

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor

Michael Hui (1982)

Sammo Hung & Karl Maka (1983)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (1984)

Danny Lee (1985)

Kent Cheng (1986)

Sammo Hung (1989)

Eric Tsang (1992)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (1993)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (1994)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1995)

Roy Chiao (1996)

Kent Cheng (1997)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1998)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (1999)

Andy Lau (2000)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2001)

Stephen Chow (2002)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2003)

Andy Lau (2004)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2005)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2006)

Lau Ching-wan (2007)

Jet Li (2008)

Nick Cheung (2009)

Simon Yam (2010)

Nicholas Tse (2011)

Andy Lau (2012)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2013)

Nick Cheung (2014)

Sean Lau (2015)

Aaron Kwok (2016)

Gordon Lam (2017)

Louis Koo (2018)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2019)

Tai Bo (2020)

Patrick Tse (2022)

Sean Lau (2023)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2024)

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Shum Wai (1985)

Mang Hoi (1986)

Paul Chun (1987)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1988)

Jacky Cheung (1989)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1990)

Ng Man-tat (1991)

Kwan Hoi-san (1992)

Liu Kai-chi (1993)

Paul Chun (1994)

Jordan Chan (1995)

Law Kar-ying (1996)

Eric Tsang (1997)

Jiang Wen (1998)

Patrick Tam (1999)

Ti Lung (2000)

Francis Ng (2001)

Wong Yat-fei (2002)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2003)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2004)

Yuen Wah (2005)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2006)

Gouw Ian Iskandar (2007)

Andy Lau (2008)

Liu Kai-chi (2009)

Nicholas Tse (2010)

Teddy Robin (2011)

Lo Hoi-pang (2012)

Zhang Jin (2014)

Eric Tsang (2017)

Ben Yuen (2019)

Cheung Tat-ming (2020)

Fung Ho-yeung (2021/2022)

Michael Hui (2023)

David Chiang (2024)

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor

Leslie Cheung (1994)

Stephen Chow (1995)

Francis Ng (1996)

Lau Ching-wan (1997)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (1998)

Francis Ng (1999)

Francis Ng (2000)

Lau Ching-wan (2001)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2002)

Andy Lau (2003)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2004)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2005)

Jet Li (2006)

Tony Leung Ka-fai (2007)

Nick Cheung (2008)

Wang Xueqi (2009)

Teddy Robin (2010)

Lau Ching-wan (2011)

Chapman To (2012)

Nick Cheung (2013)

Lau Ching-wan (2014)

Michael Ning (2015)

Gordon Lam (2016)

Yasuaki Kurata (2017)

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2018)

Chang Chia-nien & Terrance Lau (2019)

N/A (2020)

Patrick Tse (2021)

Louis Cheung (2022)

Wu Kang-ren (2023)

Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actor

Li Rentang (1995)

Gao Ming (1996)

Liu Peiqi/Fu Xuecheng (1997)

Tang Guoqiang (1998)

Zhao Benshan/Shao Bing (1999)

Chen Daoming/Li Xuejian (2000)

Wang Xueqi/Wang Qingxiang (2001)

Hou Yong/Wang Ying (2002)

Liu Peiqi/Lu Qi (2003)

Liu Wei/Zhou Xiaobin (2004)

Pu Cunxin/Wu Jun (2005)

Fu Dalong/Chen Kun (2007)

Zhang Hanyu/Guo Jinlin (2009)

Ge You/Li Xuejian (2011)

Huang Xiaoming/Liu Zhibing (2013)

Andy Lau (2015)

Wu Jing (2018)

Zhang Yi (2020)

Liu Ye (2023)

Forbes China Celebrity 100 top 10 (by year)

2004

Yao Ming

2005

Yao Ming

2006

Yao Ming

2007

Yao Ming

2008

Yao Ming

2009

Yao Ming

2010

Jackie Chan

2011

Andy Lau

2012

Jay Chou

2013

Fan Bingbing

2014

Fan Bingbing

2015

Fan Bingbing

2017

Fan Bingbing

2019

Wu Jing

2020

Jackson Yee

2021

Jackson Yee

In 2010, the list started to include Chinese celebrities born in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries. Prior to that it only included celebrities born in mainland China.