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Justin Lo (側田, born July 1, 1976 in New York, United States of America) is a Hong Kong singer, composer and producer.

Biography

Nicknamed "Teen", born in Syracuse, New York and raised in Hong Kong until he turned 12. While in Hong Kong, he studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and . Lo immigrated to Seattle, Washington, United States of America in 1989. He spent two years in the University of Washington and finished his degree in Graphics Design at in Providence, Rhode Island in 1999. After graduation, he worked as a web designer at Yahoo! in Santa Clara, California.

Lo grew up in a family where music has always played an important role. His uncle, Ted Lo, is a famous music arranger and music producer in Hong Kong. In addition, Justin was a member in the and he developed vast interest in music as he was growing up. In 1981, composer Joseph Koo Ka Fai
invited Justin, aged 5 at the time, and his younger sister Roxane to sing in a commercial for Barbie
. Lo also sang in a TV commercial of AXE dish detergent.

Lo felt the work at Yahoo! was boring, hence the decision to move back to Hong Kong to write music.

Sports: Basketball, Tennis, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Bowling, Golf.

Music

For a while Lo did some freelance design work while sending numerous demo tapes to record and label companies. In 2003, his uncle Ted introduced him to Mark Lui, one of the best pop-composers and producers in Hong Kong. Recognizing the talent in Justin, Lui signed him to his music producing company On Your Mark Ltd and Lo officially began his musical career in Hong Kong. He produced the album Day & Night for Janice (衛蘭) and wrote two songs "大雄" and "傷追人" for Leo Ku.

In 2005, he performed in an a cappella section in Ku's Solid Gold Hits Concert. His outstanding performance was validated by Mr. Paco Wong from Gold Label Music Ltd. and Wong signed him up as a singer. So far, his plugged songs "好人", "Erica", "命硬" and "我有今日" (he wrote the latter three) received very positive responses. He is considered as one of the leading contenders of this year's New Male Artist Award.

His debut CD album Justin was released on November 29, 2005. Over half of the songs found in this album are written by him. It was a hit: 15,000 copies were sold on the first day. Sales reached 25,000 copies on December 20, 2005.

He will hold his debut concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum on March 26, 2006, being the first artist ever to hold a concert there by just releasing the debut album. The tickets are sold out in just within 10 minutes at February 13 and thus one more concert will be held on April 19, ].

Lo's goal is to be an Asia-wide recognized producer in five years.

Justin recently released his second album two days before his debut concert "One Good Show" in the Hong Kong Coliseum. It was released in March 24, 2006.

Discography

  • November 29, 2005 - 側田 Justin
  • March 24, 2006 - No Protection

Awards

  • 2005:
  • * Metro Radio Hong Kong - 2005 Hits Award - I-Tech Best New Artist (I-Tech勁爆新人王)
  • * Metro Radio Hong Kong - 2005 Hits Award - New Generation Singer-Songwriter (勁爆新一代創作歌手)
  • * Radio Television Hong Kong - 28th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award - Best Pop Artist (優秀流行歌手)
  • * Radio Television Hong Kong - 28th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award - Best Male New Artist (Gold Award) (最有前途新人獎男歌手金獎)
  • * Radio Television Hong Kong - 28th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award - Top 10 Song Award (十大中文金曲獎: 好人)
  • * Commercial Radio Hong Kong - Ultimate Song Chart 2005 - Best Male New Artist (Gold Award) (叱咤樂壇新力軍男歌手金獎)
  • * TVB - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award - Best Male New Artist (Gold Award) (最受歡迎新人獎(男) 金獎)
  • * Guangzhou Television - Award Show 2005 - Best New Singer-songwriter Award (創作新人獎)
  • * TVB - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award - New Artist Award (新人飆升獎)
  • * Fairchild Radio - Hit Music Chart 2005 - Canadian Recommended Male New Artist (全國推崇男新人)
  • * Fairchild Radio - Hit Music Chart 2005 - Top 10 Canadian Recommended Songs (全國推崇十大歌曲:好人)
  • * Yahoo! - Search "Buzz" Award 2005 - New Musical Force Award (搜尋人氣大獎2005 - 「樂壇新勢力」獎)
  • * one2free - Hong Kong Mobile Phone Entertainment Awards - Top 10 Ring Tone (香港頻道十大手電鈴聲 - 好人)
  • * Friday Magazine - College Students' Favorite - Best Male Artist (大專生熱愛歌手選舉 - 最佳男新人)
  • * Private Magazine - Music Awards - New Male Singer-songwriter Award (唱作男新人)
  • * RoadShow - Roadshow Awards 2005 - Best Male Artist (Roadshow至尊新人男歌手)
  • * i-tech MetroRadio New Artist Show - Best New Artist - 2nd Place (新城新人巡禮 - 現場票選全城鋒湧新星 - 第二位)
  • * Ming Pao - My Favourite Entertainment Awards - Top 10 Favourite Songs (我最喜愛娛樂大賞 - 最喜愛歌曲選舉 - 十大歌曲: 好人)
  • * Sprite - Chinese Music Chart Awards - New Artist (Hong Kong and Taiwan) (優秀新人獎(港台))

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