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30 years of Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings
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(Clockwise from top left) Hong King singers Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Leon Lai and Jacky Cheung were individual artistes but Oriental Daily News anointed them the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop.
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SINGAPORE - Thirty years ago, a newspaper branded four popular Hong Kong male singers as "Heavenly Kings" - and the label stuck.
Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai were individual artistes - not a band or musical group - but Oriental Daily News anointed them the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop, owing to their throngs of ardent fans.
