Justin Lo
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Justin Lo is a singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and record producer working in Hong Kong
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...

 and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

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Biography

Lo was born in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

, and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was two years old. He studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College
St. Paul's Co-educational College
St. Paul's Co-educational College , is located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong....

. In 1989, Lo moved to Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, Washington, in the United States to further his studies. He spent two years in the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 and finished his degree in Graphics Design at Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...

 in Providence
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 in 1999. After graduation, he worked as a web designer at Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

 in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Lo grew up in a family where music has always played an important role. His uncle, Ted Lo, is a famous music arranger and record producer in Hong Kong. In addition, the singer song writer was a member in the Hong Kong Children's Choir, and he developed vast interest in music as he was growing up. In 1981, composer Joseph Koo Ka-Fai
Joseph Koo
Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, SBS is one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran for Mandarin songs. He is the younger brother of famous Chinese singer Koo Mei .-Career:...

 invited Justin, aged 5 at the time, and his younger sister Roxane to sing in a commercial for Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....

.

Lo felt the work at Yahoo! was exciting, but because his true interest lay in creating music, he decided to move back to Hong Kong to pursue his dream.

In 2006, Lo made his feature film debut with Love @ First Note
Love @ First Note
Love @ First Note is a 2006 Hong Kong teen romance film, written, produced and directed by Dennis Law, and starring Alex Fong, Justin Lo, and Kary Ng...

, co-starring alongside youthful singers such as Kary Ng
Kary Ng
Kary Ng is a pop rock singer in Hong Kong. She studied at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. She had made references to her nickname "Lady K" in the album titles "Lady K Live" and "Lady K: Transformation"....

, Alex Fong
Alex Fong Lik-Sun
Alex Fong Lik-san is a professional swimmer-turned-actor and singer based in Hong Kong, nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. As of 2005, he holds several Hong Kong swimming records. He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. He also represented Hong Kong at the...

, Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was formerly the lead singer of the pop group Cookies.-Early life:...

, and Theresa Fu
Theresa Fu
Theresa Fu Wing is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, film and television actress, and model.Fu was introduced by Talent Bang model agency in order to become a pop star. She started her career in 2002 as one of the members of Cookies, the group disbanded in 2005.In 2005 she recorded a duet "自欺欺人" with...

. That same year, Lo also co-starred in 2 Become 1
2 Become 1 (film)
2 Become 1 is a 2006 Hong Kong romantic comedy-drama film directed by Law Wing-Cheong and produced by Johnnie To. The film stars Miriam Yeung as Bingo Leung, a working-class woman who discovers she has breast cancer...

opposite Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung, RN, is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon...

 and Richie Ren
Richie Ren
Richie Jen is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He has become extremely popular throughout Asia, particularly in the Chinese-speaking countries. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department.-Films:...

.

Name variations

Lo was born as Lo Ting Wai, and has the English name Justin. His Chinese stage name Zak Tin (側田) derives from the transliteration
Transliteration into Chinese characters
In Chinese, transcription is known as yīnyì or yìmíng . While it is common to see foreign names left in their original forms in a Chinese text, it is also common to transcribe foreign proper nouns into Chinese characters....

 of his English name. He is also credited as "Justin Lo".

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 Lo introduced him to Mark Lui, one of the most popular 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
Janice Vidal
Janice M. Vidal, often credited mononymously as "Janice", is an award-winning female Cantopop, Hong Kong English pop, Jazz and R&B singer based in Hong Kong. She is the twin sister of singer Jill Vidal....

 (衛蘭) and wrote two songs "大雄" and "傷追人" for Leo Ku
Leo Ku
Leo Ku Kui Kei is a famous China and Hong Kong artist, Cantonese and Mandarin pop singer, actor, host, cartoonist, MV Director and Producer, and designer; he is one of the highest visibility and Greater China Pop Male Artist, a major figure in popular music culture. Leo had earned the "Ten...

.

In 2005, he performed in an a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

 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. His plugged songs "好人" (Good Person), "Erica", "命硬" (Hard Life) and "我有今日" (I Got It Going For Myself) (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 29 November 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 20 December 2005.

He held his debut concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....

 on 26 March 2006. The title of the show is One Good Show. The tickets were sold out in just within 10 minutes at 13 February and thus two more concerts XX( his 2nd and 3rd concert in 2006 )had been held on 18 & 19 April 2006.
In Sydney, Australia, in May 2006, he was in a concert, accompanied by Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was formerly the lead singer of the pop group Cookies.-Early life:...

, Alex Fong
Alex Fong
Alex Fong may refer to:*Alex Fong , Hong Kong TV and film actor*Alex Fong , professional swimmer-turned-actor and singer based in Hong Kong...

 and Wilfred Lau
Wilfred Lau
Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" in the entertainment industry. He was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards International Finals in 1997. Many have made comparisons to his voice to the voice of Eason Chan.Wilfred attended St....

 at Sydney Entertainment Centre and Melbourne Arts Centre on the 19 and 21 May 2006 respectively. The title of the concert was J.A.W.S.: each letter representing the first letter of each artist.
Justin held his fourth concert in Canton, China on 1 September 2006. The title of the concert was "Watson's Distilled Water: Listen to Justin Sing", followed by another show with the same title in Hong Kong Exhibition Center( his 5th concert for 2006) on Sept 13,2006.
His sixth concert was held in Macau on 21 October 2006, One Good Show.
His seventh concert in 2006 will be held in Malaysia on 24 December 2006. Title of the show is Justin Christmas Party Concert 2006, at the MIECC, The Mines in Malaysia. His seventh concert in February 2007, titled "Justin In Love With Hong Kong Philharmonic" was again in the Hong Kong Coliseum, and were sold out as well. His eighth concert was on 14 February 2007, held at Macau's Open Coliseum.

Justin released his second album, "No Protection", on 24 March 2006, two days before his debut concert "One Good Show" in the Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....

.

In 2007 and 2008, he performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. , founded in 1973, is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-religious Canadian organization, located in British Columbia, Canada. Its main goals are to provide settlement and health services, job skills development, and counselling for immigrants and citizens.-Organizational...

 Charity Gala at Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 with many other artists.

Also, Justin went on a 3rd visit to Sydney to have another performance on the 26 May 2007 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with Theresa Fu
Theresa Fu
Theresa Fu Wing is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, film and television actress, and model.Fu was introduced by Talent Bang model agency in order to become a pop star. She started her career in 2002 as one of the members of Cookies, the group disbanded in 2005.In 2005 she recorded a duet "自欺欺人" with...

.

Justin's third album, "JTV", was released in November 2007. Current hits from this new album include "男人KTV" and "紅地氈."

From 1–7 October 2008, Justin will be holding another concert titled "Air Justin Live 08" in Hong Kong. Again releasing his new album, "阿田" one day prior to the first show of his concert.

Justin will be holding two concerts next year from January 27 through 28 at Hong Kong Coliseum, titled "Justin Around the World 2011". This will be his third time holding a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. This concert is sponsored by Philip Stein. Justin will be using a variety kind of music, including rock, Bollywood and much more. He plans to invite musicians rather than singers.

Justin Lo announced officially in January that he will be leaving Hong Kong, temporarily ending his music career there and continuing his music career in Beijing. He stated that he will continue to release Cantonese albums, but he is now based in Beijing and not Hong Kong.

Discography

  • 29 November 2005 — Justin (Debut Studio Album)
  • 24 March 2006 — No Protection
    No Protection (Justin Lo album)
    No Protection is Justin Lo's second album, released on March 24, 2006. It is released in preparation and promotion of his concert, One Good Show.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"決戰二世祖" #"運"#"Kong"#"夢女"#"Volar"#"情永落"...

     (Second studio album)
  • 26 March 2006 — 側田 One Good Show (Concert)
  • 18 April 2006 — 側田 Two Good Shows (Concert)
  • 5 July 2006 — No Protection (Dual Disc Version)
  • 16 March 2007 — 港樂Ⅹ側田In Love with the Philharmonic Live CD (Concert)
  • April, 2007 — 港樂Ⅹ側田In Love with the Philharmonic Live CD + Karaoke DVD (Concert)
  • 16 November 2007 — JTV
    JTV (album)
    JTV is Justin Lo's third studio album which was released on November 16, 2007. This album was prepared for about a year, containing 14 English and Mandarin songs. The production of this album was more rigorous than the first 2 albums...

     (Third Studio Album)
  • 30 September 2008 — Justin (阿田) (Fourth Studio Album)
  • 5 December 2008 — Air Justin 08 Live (Concert)
  • 2 March 2009 — From JUSTIN - Collection of His First 3 Years  (2CD + Karaoke DVD))
  • 22 June 2010 — I Never Changed Love Addiction
    I Never Changed Love Addiction
    -Track listing:#"Intro"#"無限大"#"愛的習慣"#"原來你什麼都想要"#"合唱歌" with Gloria Tang Tze Kei #"Second Best"#"Love 40"#"三歲或八十"#"信口開河"#"膚淺"#"頭條新聞"#"She's Out Of My Life"#"合唱歌"#"B.O.K TWENTIETEN"-External links:*...

     (我沒有變過 愛的習慣) (Fifth Studio Album)

Filmography

  • 72 Tenants of Prosperity
    72 Tenants of Prosperity
    72 Tenants of Prosperity is a 2010 Hong Kong comedy film by Shaw Brothers Studio, Television Broadcasts Limited, United Filmmakers Organization, Sil-Metropole Organisation and Sun Wah Media Group. Directed by Eric Tsang and starring Eric Tsang, Jacky Cheung and Anita Yuen...

    (2010)
  • Love Connected (2009)
  • Love @ First Note
    Love @ First Note
    Love @ First Note is a 2006 Hong Kong teen romance film, written, produced and directed by Dennis Law, and starring Alex Fong, Justin Lo, and Kary Ng...

    (2006)
  • 2 Become 1
    2 Become 1
    "2 Become 1" is a song by the British pop group Spice Girls. Written by the group members, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard during the group's first professional songwriting session, it was produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996...

    (2006)
  • "The Conrad Boys
    The Conrad Boys
    The Conrad Boys is a 2006 drama film starring Justin Lo, Nick Bartzen, Boo Boo Stewart and Barry Shay. The film was written and directed by Justin Loearce.This film was produced by Justin Lo and Jose Ramizer.-Cast:* Justin Lo as Charlie Conrad...

    " (2006)

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
      Radio Television Hong Kong
      Radio Television Hong Kong is a public broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the government under the Broadcasting Authority. RTHK operates seven radio channels, and produces television programmes that are then broadcast through local television...

       - 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
      Commercial Radio Hong Kong
      Commercial Radio Hong Kong , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of only two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. It contains a balanced array of entertainment including informative, educational, arts and cultural programmes...

       - 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
      Guangzhou Television
      Guangzhou Broadcasting Network , also known as GZBN, is a commercial television network in Guangzhou . It made its first broadcast on January 1, 1988.-Channel listing:All the following channels can be viewed in Guangzhou and Foshan ....

       - 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!
      Yahoo!
      Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

      ! - 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
      Ming Pao
      Ming Pao is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming...

       - 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
      Sprite (soft drink)
      Sprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...

       - Chinese Music Chart Awards - New Artist (Hong Kong and Taiwan) (優秀新人獎(港台))

    • Commercial Radio Hong Kong
      Commercial Radio Hong Kong
      Commercial Radio Hong Kong , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of only two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. It contains a balanced array of entertainment including informative, educational, arts and cultural programmes...

       - Ultimate Song Chart 2005 - My Favorite Male Artist - Top 10 Finalist
    • Commercial Radio Hong Kong - 903 Music First Anniversary - Best Song Online Election - 2nd Place (網上全民投票年度十大作品 - 第二位 - 好人)

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