Leo Ku's most well known songs include "''Love Coming Home''" , "''Never too late''" , "''Shower''" , "''The Genius and the Idiot''" , "''Monica''", "''Love and Honesty''" , "''Sorrow Hits Man''" , "''Nobita''" , "''Killing Move''" , "''Let Heaven Shed Its Tears''" , "''Holiday in Rome''" , "''Enjoy Yourself Tonight''" , "''Friendship''" , "''Second Most Loved''" and "''Blue Skies and White Clouds''" - A cover of Keisuke Kuwata's song 悲しい気持ち .
On May 2, 2008, Leo Ku was the eighth runner of the Olympic Torch Relay in Hong Kong.
Leo Ku held his Magic Moments performance in Toronto, Canada at Rogers Centre to a crowd of 10,000 on May 30, 2008.
Musical career
One of his songs "''Enjoy Yourself Tonight''" released on 1997 earned him various musical awards most notably the Silver Male pop singer by Commercial Radio. However, his singing career was stalled in the next few years but he regained popularity in 2003, because of efforts of his current manager Paco Wong , with the release of new albums "''Games''" and "''Nobita''" - A reference to the Doraemon character of the same name. He has been referred to as one of the 'New Four Big Heavenly Kings' by veteran singer Alan Tam along with Hacken Lee, Andy Hui and Edmond Leung.
Leo Ku's recent albums have revolved around a specific theme. The album "''Games''" was based on video games, "''Nobita''" was based on the comic books, while "''Jade Solid Gold''" is named after a popular music show of the same name. "''Nobita''" is one of Leo Ku's most successful albums ever, with 64,152 copies sold in 2004. It was the eighth best selling Cantopop album of 2004 in Hong Kong. In 2003 and 2004 has also achieved his dream of releasing his own comic book. "The Story of Kubi" is a set of two comic books hand drawn by Leo. With the continuous amount of work he has today, he is unable to release another book of the series yet.
In April 9 2005, his greatest hits album, "''Jade Solid Gold''" , reached double Platinum . In March, 2005, he held his first major concert . Further tours were held across Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada and , following the success of the Hong Kong concerts, featuring guest performances by Kary Ng and Justin Lo. A total of seventeen concerts were held. Leo Ku's "''Jade Solid Gold''" was one of Hong Kong's top ten albums sold from December 30, 2004 to December 21, 2005.
In October, 2005, Leo was declared one of "Ten Outstanding Young Persons " whekre his hard work on his music and film career, and his excellence in commitment to the community was recognized. He contributed tremendously to the society, and even founded a ''Leo Ku Children Medical Fund'' . A month later, in November, he released his first Mandarin album under Gold Label, nown as "''Final Fantasy''" , it featured Mandarin versions of his well known Cantonese songs as well as original songs, targeting the Mandarin speaking community. Its main song was "''Sleeping Beauty''" .
In December 23, 2005, Leo Ku, and his management company Gold Label announced that he has sold 300,000 copies of the four albums which came out this year, with eight hit songs, including "''The Genius and the Idiot''" which stayed in first place at the karaoke charts for a total of nine weeks in a row.
Leo Ku's 2006 album "''Human''" received mostly positive reviews, as over 25,000 copies of the album were sold within the first three days of release. The concept of the CD was innovative as its theme deviates from romantic love and relationships, a practice most Cantopop albums adhere to. Included in the album is a 60 minute music video directed by Leo Ku himself. This would be his directing debut. The album "Human" is the champion of the play back in Hong Kong at 2006. Expect that, the song "Never to late" is also the Golden song in 903 at 2006. This album had won many prizes.
In July 31, 2007, it was confirmed he filmed a music video called "''Love Coming Home''" featuring Katie Leung as the main actress, who is best known for playing as Cho Chang in the films.
In August 24, 2007, he released his album "''Moments''", all the lyrics were written by Lin Xi , with music composed by Mark Lui, Ivana Wong, Justin Lo and others. Also included with the album was a 60 minute DVD featuring footage shot from , London, Paris, Venice, Vienna and Beijing. Weeks after the album's release, he held his second major concert in Hong Kong Coliseum, known as "''The Magic Moments 2007''" concert, from September 9 to September 12, 2007. Guests which performed in the concert include , Justin Lo, Terence Siufay , Vivian Chow and Ekin Cheng. The Magic Moments X'mas Concert was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 23, 2007.
Discography
Films
*October 1993: ''Love on Delivery''
*June 1995: ''Romantic Dream''
*July 1997: ''Cause We Are So Young''
*November 1997: ''Task Force''
*March 1998: ''Anna Magdalena''
*December 1998: ''When I Look Upon The Stars''
*September 2002: ''So Close''
*July 2005: ''''
*February 2006: ''My Kung-Fu Sweetheart''
*April 2007: ''Super Fans''
Voice-overs
*June 1997: ''''
*June 2000: ''''
*November 2002: ''Stuart Little 2''
*July 2005: ''''
Television drama
*November 1994: ''Instinct''
*January 1995: ''The Trail of Love''
*August 1995: ''Stepping Stone''
*April 1997: ''Weapons of Power''
*January 1996: ''Justice Bao''
*January 1997: ''Corner the Con Man''
*May 3, 2002: ''Romance in the Rain''
*September, 2003: ''''
* 2006: Twist Love
Awards
*2008: MTV Asia Awards for Favorite Artist Hong Kong
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