EasonChanisafrequentwinnerofAsia'smusicawards.Heisthesecondnon-TaiwanesesingerafterJackyCheungtowinTaiwan'sGoldenMelodyAward.Hewon"BestMaleSinger"in2003and"BestAlbum"twicein2003and2009.HehaswontheprestigiousHongKong'sMostPopularMaleSingerAwardtwice,intheyear2006and2007.[2]HealsowonhisfirstAsiaPacific'sMostPopularSingerAwardin2007,andagainin2008.HisalbumU87(Thenameofthealbumcamefromhisfavoritemicrophone),releasedin2005,hasbeenrecommendedbyTimeMagazineasoneofthefivebestAsianalbumsworthbuying.[3]U87alsowonthetopsaleofalbum(non-concert,non-collectioncategory)inHongKongin2005.[4]HewasHongKong'shighestsellingmaleartistin2002,2003and2007.HehasbeenoneofHongKong'stopsellingartistsforallyearsstartingfrom2000.[5]HisconcertDVDGetaLifewasthehighestsellingalbumof2006.

　　EasonChanhasbeenpraisedbycriticsandfellowmusiciansalikeasoneofthetopsingersofhisgeneration.Sincetheverybeginningofhiscareer,EasonhasbeenoneofthefavoritestoleadthenewgenerationofCantopop.[6]HehasbeendescribedasabreathoffreshairintheHKmusicscene.[7][8]Overthelasttenyears,EasonChanemergedastheleadingmalesingerofhisgeneration,fulfillinghisroleasaninnovatorandaleaderintheHKmusicscene,winningprestigiousawardsoneafteranother.[9][10][11]EasonChanhasalsobeensuccessfulinhisworkintheMandopopscene.[12][13]HehaswonnumerousawardsinbothMainlandandTaiwan,mostnotablyTaiwan'sGoldenMelodyAward."AdmitIt"wasanothernotableworkofEasonChan,whichledtoanominationforGoldenMelodyAward'sBestMaleSinger;theawardwasultimatelywonbyGaryChaw.Nextyear,hewasagainnominatedforGoldenMelodyAward'sBestMaleSinger(forhisworkinMandarinalbum"Don'tWantToLetGo"),theawardwenttoJayChou.However,EasonwonAlbumofTheYearfor"Don'tWantToLetGo".

　　EasonChanhasbeennamedbyChinesecriticsasthenextGodofSongs(歌神)afterJackyCheung.[14][15]However,Easonhasmorethanonceclarifiedthathewishestobuildhisownnameinstead,andnotjustbethesuccessorofJackyCheung.[16][17]Thereisaduetcalled天下太平sungbyChanandJackyCheunginthealbumPerfectMatchbyAlbertLeung,RonaldNg(伍乐城)releasedinApril2006.ChanandCheunghavecollaboratedonotheroccasionsaswell.TheysangaduetofCheung'sinafundraisingcampaignforSARSvictimsin2003.

　　Channotonlysingsbutalsoplaysavarietyofmusicalinstrumentincludingpiano,violin,accordion,harmonica,bass,guitaranddrums.Hefrequentlyshowcaseshismusicaltalentbyincorporatinginstrumentsintohisliveperformances.Chanisalsoasong-writerwhohaswrittenmanysongs,someincludedinhisalbums.

　　In2009,EasonChanperformedin"PAXMusica2009"inTokyo.HesangsevensongsincludingaJapanesesongbyKojiTamakicalled"Mr.Lonely".ThiswashisfirsttimeperforminginJapanpublicly.Afterthat,JapaneseMusicianIkuroFujiwaraopenlypraisedChanforhisstagecharismaandexpressedhopetocollaboratewithChaninthefuture.EasonChanplanstopromotehismusicalworksinJapanin2010.