Billy Koh
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Billy Koh is a music producer, best known for producing Singaporean
singers, such as Kit Chan
, A-Do
, JJ Lin
and BY2. He is one of the founders of record label, Ocean Butterflies Music and co-founder of the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore, COMPASS.
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In 2002, Koh crafted a then construction foreman
, A-do, to a singer. A-do's debut album sold for more than 2 millions copies within six months across Asia. Billboard magazine covered the story of A-Do in Feb 8th 2003’s issue.
In 2003, Koh produced & launched another young Singapore composer-singer, JJ Lin. JJ’s debut album lead him to win the Best New-comer in 15th Taiwan’s Gold Melody Awards.
In 2004, Koh was awarded the 'Best Producer' for JJ’s second album, Second Heaven (album) (第二天堂) in China National Music Award (中國原創歌曲獎). This is the first time for Singaporean to received musical awards & recognition from China National Statutory Board.
In 2007, Koh was invited to speak at a high-level conference held in Brussels, jointly organized by the European Commission, SABAM (Belgium Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers) and the Music Copyright Society of China. In the same year, he was invited to lecture to a master class at Peking University.
Since 2008, Koh has spoken at several international music forums including:
1)MidemNet held in Cannes (2008).
2)Canadian Music Industry Mission to Asia held in Tokyo, Japan (2008)
3)Canadian Music Week held in Toronto, Canada (2009)
4)Asia Pop Music Festival held in Hong Kong, China (2011)
Currently, he is the Director of Ocean Butterflies International Pte Ltd and Regional ‘Artiste & Repertoire Director’ of Ocean Butterflies Music. Ocean Butterflies International is the leading independent music powerhouse in Asia which operates in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (www.ob-i.com).
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
singers, such as Kit Chan
Kit Chan
Kit Chan is a Singaporean singer.-Music:She was a member of the pioneer generation of Singaporean singers to successfully break into the international market, marked in particular by her breakthrough into the competitive and highly critical Taiwanese market with her hit Mandarin album Heartache ...
, A-Do
A-do
Do Cheng Yi , popularly known as A-Do , is a singer from Singapore.The ex-construction foreman was spotted by Singaporean producer Billy Koh in his company's talent search. He has since been signed to Ocean Butterflies Music....
, JJ Lin
JJ Lin
JJ Lin is a Singaporean Mandopop Singer-songwriter, Composer and Actor based in Taiwan. JJ Lin is managed by Ocean Butterflies. Lin won Best New Artist for his work on his debut album Music Voyager at the 15th Golden Melody Awards in 2004....
and BY2. He is one of the founders of record label, Ocean Butterflies Music and co-founder of the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore, COMPASS.
Career
In 1994, Koh successfully produced and launched Kit Chan's Taiwan debut album, HeartacheHeartache (Kit Chan album)
Heartache is Singaporean singer Kit Chan's first album in Taiwan. It consists of 10 tracks, of which six are from her debut album, Do Not Destroy The Harmony.-Track listing:...
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In 2002, Koh crafted a then construction foreman
Construction foreman
A construction foreman is the worker or tradesman who is in charge of a construction crew. While traditionally this role has been assumed by a senior male worker, the title in the modern sense is gender non-specific in intent...
, A-do, to a singer. A-do's debut album sold for more than 2 millions copies within six months across Asia. Billboard magazine covered the story of A-Do in Feb 8th 2003’s issue.
In 2003, Koh produced & launched another young Singapore composer-singer, JJ Lin. JJ’s debut album lead him to win the Best New-comer in 15th Taiwan’s Gold Melody Awards.
In 2004, Koh was awarded the 'Best Producer' for JJ’s second album, Second Heaven (album) (第二天堂) in China National Music Award (中國原創歌曲獎). This is the first time for Singaporean to received musical awards & recognition from China National Statutory Board.
In 2007, Koh was invited to speak at a high-level conference held in Brussels, jointly organized by the European Commission, SABAM (Belgium Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers) and the Music Copyright Society of China. In the same year, he was invited to lecture to a master class at Peking University.
Since 2008, Koh has spoken at several international music forums including:
1)MidemNet held in Cannes (2008).
2)Canadian Music Industry Mission to Asia held in Tokyo, Japan (2008)
3)Canadian Music Week held in Toronto, Canada (2009)
4)Asia Pop Music Festival held in Hong Kong, China (2011)
Currently, he is the Director of Ocean Butterflies International Pte Ltd and Regional ‘Artiste & Repertoire Director’ of Ocean Butterflies Music. Ocean Butterflies International is the leading independent music powerhouse in Asia which operates in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (www.ob-i.com).
Awards
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Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... & Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... Regions) for JJ Lin's 'Second Heaven' Lianhe Zaobao Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao , commonly abbreviated as Lianhe Zaobao , is the largest Singapore based Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 176,000. Published by Singapore Press Holdings , it was formed on March 16, 1983 as a result of a merger between Nanyang Siang Pau and... , The Man of the Year (Music category) |
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| 2006 |
The Straits Times The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000... , The Power List of 2006 |