Sammi Cheng Sau-man (Chinese: 鄭秀文; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress who has been successful in the Hong Kong music and film industry. Sammi has been one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong since the 1990s. Her albums have sold more than 25 million copies through Asia-pacific, a record-breaking achievement. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Queen". Having success in over 20 years in entertainment industry, Sammi has been regarded as one of the most popular Hong Kong artists known in Asia Pacific.Sammi Cheng breaks the record of having the most best sales albums and The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist awards in the Hong Kong Cantopop industry since her debut. From 1993 to 2010, Sammi Cheng won a total of 12 Top Female Vocalist awards, 14 The Best Sales Local Female Vocalist Awards and has 7 albums that are The Best Sales Cantonese Release of year. She had also previously won the Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist Award in annual Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation for three times, and in a year winning also the Gold Song Gold Award, the highest-ranked award which is the last to be presented at the ceremony. She also received Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for Female Singer in 2011 Metro Radio Hits Awards. She had also won many top honors in various Chinese music awards held in Asia region.She had produced over 80 studio albums, 9 live concert albums, over 120 singles (songs) with also over 30 cover songs, had received around 200 total awards from acting to singing, performed in over 20 films which many received box-office hit, starred in 7 TV dramas in early years, had held over 100 concerts up to date with over 13 concert tours. She is also being recognized as the leading Asian female singer whom brought in unique fashion to singing performance especially in her concerts.
Her song "Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo" (from her 1994 album "Ten Commandments") was released in the same year the Siege of Sarajevo happened. This is likely in homage to the deaths of Admira Ismic (born 1968) and Bosko Brkic (born 1968).
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