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Show Luo (traditional Chinese: 羅志祥; simplified Chinese: 罗志祥; pinyin: Luó Zhīxiáng; born July 30, 1979), also known as Alan Luo or Show, is a Taiwanese singer, host, dancer, and actor. He also speaks fluent Japanese.
Biography
Show started playing drums at the tender age of 3 and performed onstage with his parents as a child.[citation needed] He won a silver award at a singing contest when he was only 7.[citation needed] Show joined the '4 Heavenly Kings imitation concert' in 1995 and managed to clinch 1st place.[citation needed] In 1996, 'Four Heavenly Kings' debuted and their 1st album was released. The group was active in the following years before breaking up in 1998. In the same year, Show joined another group named 'ROMEO' and was active in it until year 2000. In 2003, Show launched his solo debut and released his 1st album 'Show Time' and has since worked on a plethora of genres including hip hop, R&B, and ballads, as well as collaborations with stars like Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou,and Vivian Hsu.
2005: Hypnosis SHOW & 1st concert
On October 14, 2005, Show released his 3rd album "Hypnosis SHOW". He collaborated with Jolin Tsai in the song 'zhen ming tian zi' (traditional Chinese: 真命天子) and invited good friend Barbie Hsu to star in his MV 'Self-Hypnotised' (traditional Chinese: 自我催眠) which is written by Jay Chou [1]
At a later part of the same year, Show held his 1st concert at Taipei Arena.
2006: SPESHOW
After one full year, Show finally released the album 'SPESHOW' on November 17, 2006. Show decided to titled this album 'SPESHOW" because this was his fourth album with his name included.[citation needed] The word SPE refers to four in Chinese followed by his name SHOW. Show worked with various artists from different place.[citation needed] This album was so popular that within three months, four different version of the original copy were created with few additional bonus songs.[citation needed]
In this album, Show created his own version on one of the song by Daniel Bedingfield's 'James Dean (I Wanna Know).' Show's version of this song's name is 'The Dance Gate,' translated from Chinese name.
In this album, Show has sang many affectionate and love songs, inviting actress Ariel Lin(MV Good Friend) and good friend Koda Kumi(Feat Twinkle) to starred with him in few of his movie videos. This was his first attempt to sing an English song, something that was difficult for him.[citation needed] He admitted that he spent many hours in trying to pronounce an English word.[citation needed]
Over 400,000 copies of SPESHOW were sold within a few weeks of its release.[citation needed]
2007
In June 2007, Show moved from Avex Trax to EMI Capitol Records. EMI Capitol Records plans to send Show abroad to countries such as New York,London and Tokyo to learn more advanced dancing.[citation needed] On August 13, Show was selected to be the Mandarin spokesperson for High School Musical 2 by singing the Mandarin version of the themesong Bet On it called Bi Sha Ji and the song is included in the High School Musical 2 Soundtrack (Asia Edition).
SHOW YOUR DANCE
Show released the 5th album 'SHOW YOUR DANCE' on November 16,2007. Chinese: Wu Suo Bu Zai
'Show on Stage' Concert Tour
The tour kicked off on June 9, 2007 in Shanghai. The Hong Kong girl group Twins was invited as guests and they sang 'Expert Lover' together with Show.[citation needed] The tour continued on June 30, 2007 in Nanjing, with Jolin Tsai as the guest. The tour travelled to other cities including Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Jiangsu and Hong Kong in the later part of the year till 2008.[citation needed]
Show Luo had been endorsing McDonalds for many years.[citation needed] He has also been appointed the "Love Ambassador" for McDonald’s World Children’s Day since 2005.[2][3][4] He donates to Ronald McDonald's Charity house as well.[5] During his concerts in Taipei, the Guinness World Records of "most couples hugging simultaneously" was achieved in conjection with the World's Children Day Concert.[6] This gesture was to inform society to spread love and care to the sick children in hospitals.
2008
Show released his first concert live DVD 'Show On Cruel Stage'on July 11,2008.
