Hacken Lee (Chinese: 李克勤; Cantonese Yale: Lei5 Hak1kan4; pinyin: Lǐ Kèqín), is a Hong Kong singer, television host and actor, active since the 1980s.

After his HKCEE[1] in 1985, he entered the TVB new talent show along with Alex To, William So, Vivian Chow and Grasshopper, though he was unable to make it into the top 15 finalists.

He then participated in the Second Hong Kong 19 District Singing Contest in 1985, a competition which he won with his rendition of Alan Tam's song "Love in the Fog" (霧之戀).

He turned full-time in the summer of 1987 after failing to gain a university place due to poor HKALE[3] results.

In 1990, Lee, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau were dubbed as "Three Musketeers in the music industry" by the media and were hailed as "tomorrow's highly anticipated superstars".

In 1992, Lee's career began to rise when he released the song "Red Sun" (紅日), for which he penned the Chinese lyrics that made it popular.

In 1993, Hacken switched to Star Record Company and released the song "Look Back," which once again boosted his singing career and allowed him to win TVB Jade Solid Gold's Golden Award as well as reach the top five nominees for the Most Popular Singer Award.

In 1996, Lee was signed on to another company where he released the album "When I Found You" (當找到你), with which sales and popularity improved slightly.

With his signing to Universal Music, Lee released his singles "Feet of Fortune" (前後腳), "I Won't Sing" (我不會唱歌) and "The Grasp of Love" (愛不釋手) in 2001.

Additionally, he was appointed the host of the 2002 World Cup and sang the theme song of TVB, which dominated the local charts for some time.

In 2003, 2004 and 2009, Lee partnered with Alan Tam in a series of concert tours around the world, including multiple shows in Hong Kong and Las Vegas.

By the end of 2003, Hacken won the Most Popular Male Singer in TVB Jade Solid Gold Award" for the second time.

In 2005, Lee released his fourth Mandarin album Ask About Love, and he started a series of promotion activities in mainland China.

In December, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" of TVB Jade Solid Gold Award again, his third such win.

Meanwhile, he hosted the World Cup program for TVB, his third time being a football sportscaster, and wrote the lyrics and sung for the theme song, "I'm Number 10".

All songs were recorded at the Harmony Theatre, Koyang Culture City Hall, Korea from 28 to 31 August 2006 for live taking.

Many local Korean musicians participated in the recording project, including Kwak Jung "Harpist K" on harp, So Kyoung-Jin on Korean big drum, Jang Hyo-Seok on saxophone, Kim Won-Jin as boy soprano, Kim Hyun-Mi and Jung Hyun-Suk performed "Joy of Strings" on violin, Kim Hae-Ryeon on viola, and Chung Yu-Young on cello, David Hodges from New York played an antique 1920 bandoneon while recording.

The album was released on a CD with an accompanying DVD using high-definition 1080i format, dated in November 2006, and following the success of the original Concert Hall, became the favorite of Hi-Fi enthusiasts, selling over 80,000 copies.

He participated in the concert held by Hong Kong Government, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR organization.

At climax of the concert he sang the song "Legend Of The Dragon" and "Red Sun" with 20 professional drummers and over 10,000 primary students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Since he got a great acclaim from collaborating with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, he held his first solo concert tour in mainland China in September.

It occupied iTunes Top Songs list in the first week of release, even reached the success of double platinum album of sales.

In December, Hacken was held the concert with Alan Tam, to commemorate the 10th anniversary as being "Neighbour" (左麟右李), and they're offered the world tours.

On November 28, 2006, Lee married his long-time girlfriend, Emily Lo Suk Yi, the winner of the 1992 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.