| Anita Mui | |||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant-HK | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1963 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Mong Kok, British Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Burial Place: | Tian Tan Buddha, Lantau Island, Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1982–2003 | ||||||||||
| Family: | Ann Mui (sister) | ||||||||||
| Awards: | Full list | ||||||||||
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Anita Mui Yim-fong (; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva. She was dubbed as the "daughter of Hong Kong" and is considered one of the most iconic Cantopop singers.[1]
Mui once held a sold-out concert in Hammersmith, London, England, where she was dubbed the "Madonna of the East" (Chinese: 東方麥當娜), which brought her to further international fame.[2] That title stayed with her throughout her career, in both Eastern and Western media.[3] [4]
In the 1980s, the gangtai style of music was revolutionised by Mui's wild dancing and on-stage femininity.[5] She was famed for her outrageous costumes and high-powered performances in tandem with contralto vocals, which are rare in female artists.[6]
Her fan base reached far beyond Hong Kong into many parts of Asia, including Taiwan, mainland China, Singapore, Korea, Japan[7] [8] and Malaysia. In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, where stars often rise and fall quickly, Mui consistently remained in the spotlight for 21 years (1982–2003). Her career came to an abrupt end in 2003 when she announced she had cervical cancer. She died later that year at the age of 40;[1] [3] her sister, Ann Mui, died three years earlier, at the same age from the same disease.
Mui was born at Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon, in October 1963.[2] [9] She is the youngest daughter in a family of four children, and the only one of the four born in Hong Kong, as her siblings were born in China. Her mother Mui Tam Mei-kam was born at Xiguan in Guangzhou. She was a Chinese medicine practitioner, who opened Yuet Wah Chinese Medical Clinic, Wah Geong Chinese and Western Music College, and a music brand in Hong Kong. Her siblings are Mui Kai-Ming, Mui Tak-Ming and singer Ann Mui,[3] The children were raised in a single parent family. Mui's father died when she was very young. In some of her interviews, Mui mentioned that she had little memory of her father and the family were very poor. This meant that she had to help provide for her siblings at an early age, dropping out of school at the age of 13 or 14. More hardship followed the family when the bar that her mother ran was destroyed by a fire.[2] To earn a living, Mui entered show business around the age of four with her sister Ann.[10] She performed Chinese operas and pop songs in theatres and on the streets.[10] Both Mui and her elder sister Ann performed in practically any nightclub that offered them a chance to make a living.[2]
At the age of 15, due to the frequency of performances at different venues (up to six venues per day) that she had, her voice was affected due to the development of nodules on her vocal cords. Following the advice of the doctor, she took a year off and to keep herself occupied, she attended art lessons with her cousin. After a year, she started performing again despite the change in her vocal range, which lowered her voice by an octave.
In 1982, as encouraged by her sister, Mui competed in the first New Talent Singing Awards. There, Mui got a big break by emerging champion with the song "The Windy Season" (風的季節), originally sung by Paula Tsui, beating over 3,000 contestants.[10] [11] Despite her title as "new talent" at that time, she had already been a singer for more than 10 years from street and club performances during her childhood.
As a reward for winning the New Talent contest at the time, Mui's first album was released with the local record company Capital Artists.[12]
Her debut album, Debt Heart (Chinese: 心債), drew a lukewarm response from the audience. However, her subsequent albums, Red (Chinese: 赤色梅艷芳) (1983) and Leaping in the Spotlight (Chinese: 飛躍舞台) (1984) fared much better, as she developed her personal style and image, with guidance and support from fashion designer Eddie Lau. In 1983 and 1984, she won the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs awards back to back.[13] [14]
Her winning streak continued as she won another major award in 1985, her first top 10 Jade Solid Gold Best Female Singer award.[15] Thereafter, she won the award every year until 1989.[16] [17] [18] [19] She was awarded the Gold Songs Gold Awards (Chinese: 金曲金獎) in 1989 for the ballad "Song of the Sunset" (Chinese: 夕陽之歌), which became one of her signature songs throughout her career.[20]
Mui released 50 albums in total.[21] Her best-selling album was the 1985 "Bad Girl" (Chinese: 壞女孩), which sold over 400,000 copies in a week (platinum 8x by Hong Kong's standards) and broke the selling record in Hong Kong.[12] [22] [23] [24] In 1994, she sold over 10 million albums. She was the first female singer in Hong Kong to achieve such sales result.[25] [10] [26]
In terms of live performances, in 1985, at the age of 21, her first concert was held lasting 15 nights (thus being one of the youngest singers to hold a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum). Beginning in late 1987, a series of 28 consecutive concerts at the Coliseum was held through early 1988. This established a record at the time and dubbed Mui the title of "Ever Changing Anita Mui" (Chinese: 百變梅艷芳), which had become her trademark.[27] Her popularity was also gaining prominence outside of Hong Kong, as she was invited to sing at the 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul together with Janet Jackson as well as also performing her own solo with one of her hit songs of that year, "Blazing Red Lips (烈燄紅唇)".[28] [29] [30] She performed in 300 concerts in her career.[25] [10] In 16 April 1992, CNN compared her singing career with stars like Diana Ross and Madonna.[31]
On February 12, 1994, Mui was invited to hold a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena which is located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The venue opened on December 31, 1993, with a concert by Barbra Streisand, and subsequent concerts by Luther Vandross, Anita Mui and Janet Jackson.[32] In 1995, Mui performed the song "Bad Girl" (a Cantonese cover of Sheena Easton's "Strut") in Guangzhou, China, where it was banned,[5] [33] as it was considered pornographic in nature.[5] The government authorities in Guangzhou were infuriated when she chose to sing the song on the last day of her concert.[33]
In 1990, during her birthday celebration with her fan club, Mui announced that she would put an end to receiving music awards to give a chance to newcomers. She held farewell concerts for 33 consecutive nights before retiring from the stage. At the age of 28, she stepped down from the industry, only to return from retirement in 1994.[34] Mui mentored several Hong Kong newcomer singers who have since become successful, most notably Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Edmond Leung, the band Grasshopper, and Patrick Tam.[12]
In 1998, aged 35, she was awarded the RTHK Golden Needle Award, being one of the youngest recipients to receive the award as a lifetime achievement.[35]
Mui was also well known as an actress across Asia, as she starred in more than 40 films over a 20-year period.[36] Her films were mainly of the action-thriller and martial arts variety, but she had also taken comedic and dramatic roles.
Her first acting award as a supporting actress was won at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in Behind the Yellow Line (1984) alongside fellow Cantopop icon Leslie Cheung. Three years later in 1987, her performance in Stanley Kwan's Rouge, which also starred Cheung, won her the Best Actress Award at the Golden Horse Awards.,[3] as well as at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989.[37] In the same year, she starred alongside Chow Yun-fat in Tsui Hark's, which features her iconic ballad "Song of the Sunset". She also co-starred with Chow Yun-fat in the 1988 romantic comedy The Greatest Lover.
In 1990, she was cast in the titular role for Kawashima Yoshiko, a biopic of the flamboyant cross-dressing spy Yoshiko Kawashima based on the novel by Lilian Lee, who also authored the original novel and screenplay for Rouge. In 1992, she starred alongside comedy icon Stephen Chow in Justice, My Foot!, proving her calibre in the comedy genre. She also paired up with Stephen Chow in 1993 in Fight Back to School III. In the same year, she starred in The Heroic Trio with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1994 and 1995, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in The Legend of Drunken Master and Rumble in the Bronx.[2] In 1996, she starred in Who's the Woman, Who's the Man with Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen in a gender-bending love triangle story.
Later, in 1997, she also won another best supporting actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Eighteen Springs. In 2001, she starred in yet another Johnnie To comedy Wu Yen alongside Sammi Cheng and Cecilia Cheung as the lewd yet charming Emperor Qi. In 2002, she won Best Actress at the Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Awards for Best Actress with her performance in July Rhapsody, which she starred alongside Jackie Cheung.[38]
Mui was originally cast in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers (2004), but she resigned only two weeks before her death. Zhang had reserved her scenes to be shot last due to her poor health.[39] Out of respect for Mui, Zhang did not cast another actress in the role and the character was removed from the screenplay. She received a dedication titled "In Memory of Anita Mui" (Chinese: 謹以此電影緬懷梅艷芳小姐) during the closing credits.[39]
Throughout her career, the tabloid magazines were unforgiving. Rumours relentlessly plagued Mui, who was accused of having tattoos on her arms and plastic surgery, and being addicted to drugs, suicidal and linked to the death of a triad leader in the 1980s and 1990s.[12] Rumours of affairs with leading actors also circulated.[2]
Mui attended a local Hong Kong rally publicly calling for democracy during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that reportedly drew in 1 million people, which led to the founding of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.[40] [41] She also performed at the 1989 Hong Kong concert for Chinese Democracy and vowed never to perform again in mainland China.[42] Her rendition of Bloodstained Glory (血染的風采) has been praised as best among many. According to the posthumous memoirs of democracy activist Szeto Wah, Mui lent significant financial and material support to Operation Yellowbird, to help activists flee from China after the Tiananmen protests.[43]
Mui was also actively involved in charitable projects throughout her career to give back to the community. After the Eastern China flood of 1991, she changed her mind about her boycott of mainland China and took part with other Hong Kong stars in a Beijing concert to raise funds for victims of the catastrophe.
The Tibetan red-crown Shamarpa (Of Kagyudpa Lineage) once said "She had a true heart. She was an unconventional woman and brought happiness to lots of people during her life."[25] [10] Her establishment of a nursing home in San Francisco, prompted the mayor of the city in 1992 to name 18 April as "Anita Mui Day".[2] In 1993, she established the "Anita Mui True Heart Charity Foundation" (Chinese: 梅艷芳四海一心基金會). That same year, she was also one of the founders of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.[12] [44] The Canadian city of Toronto declared 23 October 1993 to be "Anita Mui Day".During the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, she initiated a fundraising concert titled the to raise money for SARS-affected families, which attracted famous fellow celebrities such as Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung.[3] She was also awarded the "Fighting Against SARS Award" from RTHK and the newspaper Ming Pao.[44] In 2003, she wrote and published the book The Heart of the Modern Woman (Chinese: 現代女人心). Profits from the book went to the Children's Cancer Foundation.[4]
In 1990, Mui began dating Benjamin Lam Kwok-bun, who was a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. The relationship ended three years later.[45] Despite rumours of her dating several men, Mui remained single for the rest of her life.
On 5 September 2003, Mui publicly announced that she had cervical cancer, from which her sister had also died.[1] [10] She held a series of eight shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum from 6–11 November and 14–15 November 2003, which were to be her last concerts before her death.[12] [46]
Her symbolic act was to "marry the stage", which was accompanied by her hit song "Sunset Melody" (Chinese: 夕陽之歌) as she exited the stage. The last song she performed on stage was "Cherish When We Meet Again" (Chinese: 珍惜再會時), a rendition of The Manhattans' "Kiss and Say Goodbye," on 15 November 2003, where she was accompanied by her friends on stage. She eventually succumbed to cervical cancer and died of respiratory complications leading to lung failure at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on 30 December 2003 at 2:50 am Hong Kong Time.[1] [3] [4] She was 40 years old. Thousands of fans turned out for her funeral at North Point in January 2004.[25] [10] Mui was cremated and her ashes are interred at the Po Lin Monastery's mausoleum on Lantau Island.
In 1998, an ATV-produced television series Forever Love Song told a story of a character which was loosely based on that of Mui, but the character names were purposely changed. In 2007, a television series was produced in China titled Anita Mui Fei (Chinese: 梅艷芳菲) to tell the story of her life. The 42-episode series was broadcast by China Education Television. Some subjects, such as her suffering from cancer, Leslie Cheung's suicide and her mother's real estate dilemma, were avoided.[47] Alice Chan portrayed Mui in the series.[48]
On 23 September 2004, the Anita Mui True Heart Digital Multimedia Studio was opened at the University of Hong Kong. It included state-of-the-art equipment for digital audio and video editing.[49] In Causeway Bay, an Anita Mui-themed cafe called Happiness Moon (Chinese: 囍月) is also dedicated to her legacy.[50]
On 11 October 2008, a show on TVB, titled Our Anita Mui (Chinese: 我們的梅艷芳), was dedicated to Mui. Many fans and off-stage personnel who worked with her had a chance to talk about their personal experiences with Mui. Singers who participated in the show included Andy Hui, Edmond Leung, and Stephanie Cheng.[51] On 18 July 2014, a statue of Anita Mui was unveiled on Hong Kong's Avenue of Stars.[52]
In 2019, she was the subject of the film Dearest Anita. The film centered around individuals whose lives had been shaped by her work, including her fans and beneficiaries of her philanthropic work.[53]
In 2021, she was portrayed in the biopic Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳), directed by Longman Leung.[54] [55] [56] She was played by the Hong Kong model Louise Wong.[57]
In her will, Mui bequeathed two properties to her fashion designer, Eddie Lau, and the remainder to the Karen Trust – a trust she had set up and looked after by HSBC International Trustees. Its beneficiaries included her mother,, and four nieces and nephews. The Karen Trust provided Tam with a life tenancy of HK$70,000 per month; upon Tam's death, the estate would go to the New Horizon Buddhist Association (Chinese: 妙境佛學會).[58]
In 2005, Tam received a HK$705,000 lump-sum payment from the trust in May. She applied for and obtained a hardship grant to pay for medical expenditure of $50,000 in December; her application for funds from the estate to challenge the will was denied.[59] In 2008, Mui's estate was estimated to be worth HK$100 million. Tam Mei-kam contested the will, arguing that Mui was mentally unfit when she executed her will in 2003, weeks before her death. The High Court ruled that Mui was of sound mind when she signed the will, and that she simply did not trust her mother with money.[1]
Over the years, Tam mounted several legal challenges to the will, and succeeded in having the life tenancy varied to HK$120,000.[60] Tam was reportedly owing $2 million in legal costs in 2011.[58] A fresh appeal by Tam and Mui's elder brother Peter Mui Kai-ming failed at the Court of Final Appeal in May 2011.[61]
After that challenge, the Court of First Instance of Hong Kong declared Tam bankrupt on 25 April 2012 for failing to pay legal fees, whilst allowing her to continue receiving her monthly allowance.[62] In January 2013, the court ruled that the monthly tenancy of HK$120,000 to Tam, suspended since the previous July, would continue to be frozen due to mounting debts of the estate.[63] Her brother was declared bankrupt on 17 January 2013 for failing to pay legal fees relating to the appeals.[64] In May 2013, the court ordered the estate to pay Tam HK$20,000 a month for her living costs, as well as $240,000 to settle her overdue rent.[65]
Usually, English translations of Chinese titles from AnitaMuiNet.com are used.[66] However, some English titles are different from the website, and some other albums are romanised in case accurate translation may not be possible.
Also includes solo recordings by members of the Hong Kong pop band, Siu Foo Deui (The Tigers) Chinese: [[:zh:小虎隊 (香港)|小虎隊]]
Sometimes referred as Red Chinese: 赤色 (Chek sik)
Sometimes it is called Yook mong ye sau gaai (Jungle of Desire) Chinese: 慾望野獸街
Sometimes, it is referred to as This Is Anita Mui Chinese: 梅艷芳是這樣的 (Mui Yim Fong si tze yeung dik)
English titles are official English titles used by record labels for below releases:Express (part of EMI Japan)
"Fantasy of Love" is the Japanese version of the Cantonese song "Gau cheut ngo dik sum" (Chinese: 交出我的心). "Debt of Love" is the Japanese version of the Cantonese song "Sum chai" (Chinese: 心債).
Marry Me Merry Me is sometimes referred as Marry Me Marry Me.
Hong Kong edition of this album consists of Cantonese versions of some Mandarin songs.
Compilations released after 2004 are not included here:Capital Artists Ltd. (Cantonese)
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTHK | TVB | 903 | 997 | |||
| "Debts of the Heart Chinese: 心債" | 1982 | 1 | — | — | — | Debts of the Heart Chinese: 心債 |
| "Red Doubts 赤的疑惑" | 1983 | 1 | — | — | — | Red Anita Mui Chinese: 赤色梅艷芳 |
| "Hand Over My Heart Chinese: 交出我的心" | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| "Red Impact Chinese: 赤的沖擊" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Leaping in the Spotlight Chinese: 飛躍舞台" | 1984 | 6 | — | — | — | Leaping in the Spotlight Chinese: 飛躍舞台 |
| "Don't Believe Love Is a Crime Chinese: 不信愛有罪" | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| "The Years Flow Like Water Chinese: 似水流年" | 1 | — | — | — | The Years Flow Like Water Chinese: 似水流年 | |
| "Dream Embrace Chinese: 夢幻的擁抱" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Manjusaka Chinese: 蔓珠莎華" | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| "Towards a New Day Chinese: 邁向新一天" | 3 | — | — | — | Chinese: 華星影視新節奏(第二輯) | |
| "Bad Girl Chinese: 壞女孩" | — | — | — | — | Bad Girl Chinese: 壞女孩 | |
| "Flame on the Iceberg Chinese: 冰山大火" | 1986 | 1 | 9 | — | — | |
| "Walking My Way Alone Chinese: 孤身走我路" | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| "Dream Partner Chinese: 夢伴" | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| "Temptress Chinese: 妖女" | — | 3 | 7 | — | Temptress Chinese: 妖女 | |
| "Break the Iceberg Chinese: 將冰山劈開" | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| "Love Warrior Chinese: 愛將" | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | ||
| "Gossip Girl Chinese: 緋聞中的女人" | 1987 | — | 6 | 16 | — | |
| "Burning Tango Chinese: 似火探戈" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Burning Tango Chinese: 似火探戈 | |
| "Decorated Tears Chinese: 裝飾的眼淚" | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | ||
| "Cherish When We Meet Again Chinese: 珍惜再會時" | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| "Relax Chinese: 放鬆" | — | 7 | 14 | — | ||
| "Oh No | Oh Yes!" | — | — | 17 | — | |
| "Flaming Red Lips Chinese: 烈焰紅唇" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Flaming Red Lips Chinese: 烈焰紅唇 | |
| "Church of Sadness Chinese: 傷心教堂" | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | ||
| "If I Were a Man Chinese: 假如我是男人" | 1988 | — | — | 9 | — | |
| "Rouge Chinese: 胭脂扣" | — | 9 | 16 | — | ||
| "Better Not To Meet Chinese: 不如不見" | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | Drunk in Dreams Together Chinese: 夢裡共醉 | |
| "Drunk in Dreams Together Chinese: 夢裡共醉" | — | 1 | 13 | — | ||
| "Stand By Me" | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | ||
| "Love You, Miss You Chinese: 愛你，想你" | — | — | 25 | — | ||
| "Lady Chinese: 淑女" | 1989 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Lady Chinese: 淑女 |
| "Love at First Dance Chinese: 一舞傾情" | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | ||
| "Night Leopard Chinese: 黑夜的豹" | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | ||
| "Little Angel Chinese: 小天使" | 5 | — | 15 | — | 親親小天使歌集 | |
| "United in Heart Chinese: 四海一心" | — | — | 23 | — | The Legend of the Pop Queen Part I | |
| "Sunset Melody Chinese: 夕陽之歌" | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | In Brasil | |
| "Summer Lover Chinese: 夏日戀人" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| "Say It If You Love Me Chinese: 愛我便說愛我吧" | — | 7 | 15 | — | ||
| "Life of Passion Chinese: 火紅色人生" | — | — | 14 | — | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTHK | TVB | 903 | 997 | |||
| "Cover Girl Chinese: 封面女郎" | 1990 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Cover Girl Chinese: 封面女郎 |
| "Yelia Chinese: 耶利亞" | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | ||
| "Heart Remains Cold Chinese: 心仍是冷" | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| "Heart Remains Cold (solo) Chinese: 心仍是冷" | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Facing Fate with a Smile Chinese: 笑看風雲變" | — | — | 10 | — | ||
| "Return Chinese: 似是故人來" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Music Factory. Queen's Road East | |
| "The Road Has Come to an End Chinese: 路...始終告一段" | — | — | 13 | — | The Legend of the Pop Queen Part II | |
| "Jungle of Desire Chinese: 慾望野獸街" | 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Jungle of Desire Chinese: 慾望野獸街 |
| "What Day Chinese: 何日" | 20 | — | 26 | — | The Legend of the Pop Queen Part II | |
| "Dream Temptress Chinese: 夢姬" | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | Jungle of Desire Chinese: 慾望野獸街 | |
| "Faithfully" | — | 3 | 17 | — | ||
| "Godfather's Woman Chinese: 教父的女人" | — | — | 25 | — | ||
| "Touch" | 1 | — | 3 | — | The Legend of the Pop Queen Part I | |
| "Too Late to Turn Back Chinese: 回頭已是百年身" | 1992 | 4 | — | 5 | — | |
| "It's Like This Chinese: 是這樣的" | — | — | 18 | — | ||
| "Intimate Lover Chinese: 親密愛人" | 9 | — | 8 | — | Intimate Lover Chinese: 親密愛人 | |
| "Woman's Heart Chinese: 女人心" | 1993 | — | — | 15 | — | Drama of Life Chinese: 戲劇人生 |
| "Where Does Love Belong Chinese: 情歸何處" | 1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | It's Like This Chinese: 是這樣的 |
| "In the Hazy Rainy Night Chinese: 朦朧夜雨裡" | 1 | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Like the Night Chinese: 如夜" | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| "Grateful Chinese: 感激" | 11 | — | 10 | — | ||
| "It's Not Me Chinese: 他不是我" | 10 | — | — | — | IFPI 100% Chinese: 正版 | |
| "Free Your Head and Mind Chinese: 放開你的頭腦" | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | Caution Chinese: 小心 | |
| "Caution Chinese: 小心" | — | — | 22 | — | ||
| "Drunk Twilight Chinese: 醉矇矓" | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| "The Song Girl Chinese: 歌之女" | 1995 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | The Song Girl Chinese: 歌之女 |
| "Lonely Love Chinese: 愛我的只有我" | — | — | 14 | — | ||
| "Total Eclipse Chinese: 心全蝕" | — | — | 14 | — | ||
| "Love Does Not Compromise Chinese: 愛是沒餘地" | — | — | 27 | — | ||
| "We Cried Chinese: 我們都哭了" | — | — | 6 | — | We Cried 我們都哭了 | |
| "Night Snake Chinese: 夜蛇" | 1997 | 10 | — | 12 | — | Illusions Chinese: 鏡花水月 |
| "Embrace the One in Front of You Chinese: 抱緊眼前人" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| "Flower Woman Chinese: 女人花" | — | — | — | — | Flower Woman Chinese: 女人花 | |
| "Day and Night Chinese: 朝朝暮暮" | 1998 | 11 | — | 9 | — | Love Songs Chinese: 情歌 |
| "You Keep Me Here Chinese: 你留我在此" | 17 | — | — | 17 | Variations Chinese: 變奏 | |
| "Beautiful Penang Chinese: 檳城艷" | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| "East Mountain Rainy West Mountain Sunny Chinese: 東山飄雨西山晴" | 8 | 8 | — | — | ||
| "Moonlight on My Bed Chinese: 床前明月光" | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | Moonlight on My Bed Chinese: 床前明月光 | |
| "The Wolf Love the Sheep Chinese: 愛上狼的羊" | 3 | — | — | 9 | ||
| "Brilliant Stage Chinese: 艷舞台" | 1999 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | Larger Than Life |
| "Nausea Chinese: 不快不吐" | — | — | 10 | — | ||
| "Women's Problem Chinese: 女人煩" | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| "Hanging the Bell on the Rattan Chinese: 長藤掛銅鈴" | 5 | 2 | 9 | — | Nothing to Say Chinese: 沒話說 | |
| "Dont Be a Woman in Your Next Life Chinese: 下輩子別再做女人" | — | 7 | — | 6 | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTHK | TVB | 903 | 997 | ||||
| "I'm So Happy Chinese: 我很快樂" | 2000 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | I'm So Happy | |
| "Lessons in Love Chinese: 愛的教育" | 13 | — | 6 | 5 | |||
| "Welcome Bed Chinese: 牀呀! 牀! " | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| "Glamour Forever Chinese: 芳華絕代" | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | With | |
| "Love Is Difficult Chinese: 相愛很難" | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Single Woman Chinese: 單身女人" | — | — | 5 | 7 | |||
| "Women's Sorrows (duet) Chinese: 女人之苦" | — | — | — | 9 | On Hits (Special Edition) | ||
| "Return (Live Version) Chinese: 似是故人來" | 2003 | — | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Year | Native name | English name | Released formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–1986 | Chinese: 梅艷芳盡顯光華演唱會 | Anita Mui in Concert '85 | television broadcast |
| 1987–1988 | Chinese: 百變梅艷芳再展光華演唱會 | Anita Mui in Concert 87–88 | LD/CD/VHS |
| 1990 | Chinese: 百變梅艷芳夏日耀光華演唱會 | Anita Mui in Concert '90 | LD/CD |
| 1991–1992 | Chinese: 百變梅艷芳告別舞台演唱會 | Anita Mui Final Concert | VHS (limited edition)/DVD/VCD |
| 1994 | Chinese: 情歸何處II梅艷芳感激歌迷演唱會 | Anita Mui Appreciating the Fans Concert | TV broadcast only |
| 1995 | Chinese: 梅艷芳一個美麗的回嚮演唱會 | Anita Mui in Concert '95 | LD/CD/VCD |
| 1999 | Chinese: 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999 / 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999延續篇 | Anita Mui in Concert 1999 / Anita Mui in Concert 1999 Part 2 | Not released |
| 2001 | Chinese: 梅艷芳 Mui Music Show | Anita Mui Mui Music Show | Radio / TV broadcast only |
| 2002 | Chinese: 梅艷芳極夢幻演唱會 | Anita Mui Fantasy Gig 2002 | CD/DVD/VCD |
| 2003 | Chinese: 梅艷芳經典金曲演唱會 | Anita Classic Moment Live |
| Year | English Title | Chinese name | Role | Leading man | Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | The Sensational Pair | Chinese: 叔侄．縮窒 | Herself | align=center | - | align=center | - |
| 2 | Mad Mad 83 | Chinese: 瘋狂83 | Red Line Girl | Johnny Ngan | Yuen Chor | |||
| 3 | Let's Make Laugh | Chinese: 表錯七日情 | Fong | Kenny Bee | Alfred Cheung | |||
| 1984 | 4 | Behind the Yellow Line | Chinese: 緣份 | Anita | Leslie Cheung | Taylor Wong | ||
| 1985 | 5 | The Musical Singer | Chinese: 歌舞昇平 | Jannie Fong | Russell Wong | Dennis Yu | ||
| 6 | Lucky Diamond | Chinese: 祝您好運 | Ah Ji | Alex Man | Yuen Cheung-yan | |||
| 7 | Young Cops | Chinese: 青春差館 | Man Rou Yim | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | align=center | - | ||
| 1986 | 8 | Why, Why, Tell Me Why? | Chinese: 壞女孩 | Fong Yim Mui | Anthony Chan | align=center | - | |
| 9 | Happy Din Don | Chinese: 歡樂叮噹 | Singer in Club | Michael Hui | Michael Hui | |||
| 10 | Last Song in Paris | Chinese: 偶然 | Anita Chou | Leslie Cheung | Yuen Chor | |||
| 11 | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Chinese: 殺妻二人組 | Fang | Kenny Bee | Kenny Bee | |||
| Chow Yun-fat | ||||||||
| 12 | Chocolate Inspector | Chinese: 神探朱古力 | Kiu-kiu | Michael Hui | Philip Chan | |||
| 1987 | 13 | Scared Stiff | Chinese: 小生夢驚魂 | Miss Mui | Michael Miu | Lau Kar-wing | ||
| 14 | Happy Bigamist | Chinese: 一屋兩妻 | Yuan Tung/Park | Anthony Chan | Anthony Chan | |||
| Kenny Bee | ||||||||
| 15 | Troubling Couples | Chinese: 開心勿語 | Mui Tai-heung | Eric Tsang | Eric Tsang | |||
| 1988 | 16 | Rouge | Chinese: 胭脂扣 | Fleur(Ju Fa/Ru Hua) | Leslie Cheung | Stanley Kwan | ||
| 17 | One Husband too Many | Chinese: 一妻兩夫 | Yuan Tung/Park(Pai Jia) | Anthony Chan | Anthony Chan | |||
| Kenny Bee | ||||||||
| 18 | The Greatest Lover | Chinese: 公子多情 | Anita Ko | Chow Yun-fat | Clarence Fok | |||
| 19 | Three Wishes | Chinese: 黑心鬼 | Mui Tsai-fa, Mui Lan-fa | Anthony Chan | Billy Chan | |||
| 1989 | 20 | The Canton Godfather | Chinese: 奇蹟 | Luming Yang | Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan | ||
| 21 | A Better Tomorrow 3
| Chinese: 英雄本色3:夕陽之歌 | Chow Ying-kit | Chow Yun-fat | Tsui Hark | |||
| Tony Leung Ka-fai | ||||||||
| 1990 | 22 | The Fortune Code | Chinese: 富貴兵團 | Jane | Sammo Hung | Kent Cheng | ||
| Andy Lau | ||||||||
| 23 | Kawashima Yoshiko | Chinese: 川島芳子 | Yoshiko Kawashima | Andy Lau | Eddie Fong | |||
| 24 | Shanghai Shanghai | Chinese: 亂世兒女 | Mary Sung Chia-pi | Sammo Hung | Teddy Robin | |||
| Yuen Biao | ||||||||
| George Lam | ||||||||
| 1991 | 25 | The Top Bet | Chinese: 賭霸 | Mei | Ng Man-tat | Corey Yuen | ||
| Jeffrey Lau | ||||||||
| 26 | Au Revoir, Mon Amour | Chinese: 何日君再來 | Ng Mui Yee | Tony Leung Ka-fai | Tony Au | |||
| Kenneth Tsang | ||||||||
| 27 | The Banquet | Chinese: 豪門夜宴 | Herself | Eric Tsang | Alfred Cheung | |||
| Joe Cheung | ||||||||
| Clifton Ko | ||||||||
| Tsui Hark | ||||||||
| 28 | Saviour of the Soul | Chinese: 91神鵰俠侶 | Yiu May-kwan, Yiu May-wai | Andy Lau | David Lai | |||
| Corey Yuen | ||||||||
| 1992 | 29 | Justice, My Foot | Chinese: 審死官 | Madam Sung | Stephen Chow | Johnnie To | ||
| 30 | Moon Warriors | Chinese: 戰神傳說 | Yue Ya-er/Princess | Andy Lau | Sammo Hung | |||
| 1993 | 31 | Fight Back to School III | Chinese: 逃學威龍3之龍過雞年 | Judy Tong Wong | Stephen Chow | Wong Jing | ||
| 32 | The Heroic Trio | Chinese: 東方三俠 | Tung/Wonder Woman/Shadow Fox | Damian Lau | Johnnie To | |||
| 33 | The Mad Monk | Chinese: 濟公 | Goddess of Mercy | Stephen Chow | Johnnie To | |||
| 34 | The Magic Crane | Chinese: 新仙鶴神針 | Pak Wan-fai | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Benny Chan | |||
| 35 | Executioners | Chinese: 現代豪俠傳 | Tung/Wonder Woman/Dorothy | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | - | Ching Siu-tung | ||
| 1994 | 36 | Drunken Master II | Chinese: 醉拳2 | Wong Fei-Hung's Step-Mother, Ling | Jackie Chan | Lau Kar-leung | ||
| 1995 | 37 | Rumble in the Bronx | Chinese: 紅番區 | Elaine/Yi Ling | Jackie Chan | Stanley Tong | ||
| 38 | My Father is a Hero | Chinese: 給爸爸的信 | Insp. Fong Yat Wa | Jet Li | Corey Yuen | |||
| 1996 | 39 | Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars 1996 | Chinese: 運財智叻星 | Herself | Natalis Chan | Wong Jing | ||
| 40 | Who's the Woman, Who's the Man | Chinese: 金枝玉葉2 | Fan Fan, Fong Yim Mui | Leslie Cheung | Peter Chan | |||
| 1997 | 41 | Eighteen Springs | Chinese: 半生緣 | Gu Manlu | Leon Lai | Ann Hui | ||
| 2001 | 42 | Wu Yen | Chinese: 鍾無艷 | Emperor Qi(King Xuan of Qi) | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | - | Wai Ka-fai | |
| Great Great Great Great Great Ancestor(Duke Huan of Qi) | Johnnie To | |||||||
| 43 | Midnight Fly | Chinese: 慌心假期 | Michelle To | Simon Yam | Cheung Chi-leung | |||
| 44 | Let's Sing Along | Chinese: 男歌女唱 | Chu Wai-tak | Dayo Wong | Matt Chow | |||
| 45 | Dance of a Dream | Chinese: 愛君如夢 | Tina Cheung | Andy Lau | Andrew Lau | |||
| 2002 | 46 | July Rhapsody | Chinese: 男人四十 | Chan Man-ching | Jacky Cheung | Ann Hui | ||
| 2003 | 47 | House of Flying Daggers, Anita's posthumous work | Chinese: 十面埋伏 | Big Sister | Zhang Yimou |
| width=4% | Year | width=3% | English Title | Chinese name | Role | Leading man | Producer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | Summer Kisses, Winter Tears | Chinese: 香江花月夜 | Fong Chi Mei | Michael Miu | Tian-Lin Wang |
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