Jackie Chan is singing instead of acting by Nina Gotzmannova

China is ready for Olympics in 2008. This statement is not about building a new stadium or a new freeway. No. China has finally its official countdown song and its name is "We are ready". The performer of this song is no one less famous than actor Jackie Chan personally. The 53-year-old actor is not a newcomer in the field of singing. He is a famous singer in a genre called cantopop. Cantopop is Cantonese popular music, songs sang in Chinese, but accompanied with popular music. He has released 20 albums since 1984. Chan is also known for singing most of the theme songs appearing in his movies. This song is sung in English, but more than 100 Chinese pop stars also recorded a Chinese version. There is also a possibility the group of singers will record an English version too. The whole process of recording this song didn't take long for Jackie Chan, only three hours. In case the hundred of Chinese singers will do the same, it may take a whole week or two. According to Jackie Chan, the song is really impressive. He said in the countdown ceremony he had goose bumps and every time he hears the song he is proud of China and himself being Chinese. The 2008 Summer Olympics will begin on August 8 2008. Jackie Chens' first album was released in 1980 with the film The Young Master. In 1984 he recorded and released two albums, Love Me and Thank You. In the same year he won Best Foreign Singer Award in Japan. He can sing in five different languages, English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and Taiwanese and has sung over 100 songs.

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by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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