Actor and singer Jacky Cheung will join Jiangsu Satellite TV's New Year's Eve gala on Dec 31, the broadcaster has announced.
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It will mark the first time that the Hong Kong pop idol will perform on a mainland TV station's New Year's Eve special.
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Dubbed the "God of Songs", the baritone will sing his latest hit, the theme from The Last Tycoon, a Hong Kong gang thriller that recently hit theaters.
According to the gala's director, Zhang Lingyan, Cheung will also collaborate with Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang in a special performance.
By 2006, Cheung had sold more than 120 million records, the most of any Chinese singer.
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