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Billy Koh () is a Singaporean songwriter, composer and music producer, best known for producing Singaporean singers, such as Kit Chan, A-Do, JJ Lin and BY2. He is one of the most instrumental and influential figures in the Asian C-Pop industry. Since its founding in 1986, together with his team, Billy has transformed Ocean Butterflies Music into the leading independent music powerhouse in Asia. In 2014, he quit as CEO of Ocean Butterflies to pursue his new business, Amusic Rights Management (www.amusicrights.com ) to explore a new music business model for Asia, especially in China. He is also the co-founder of the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore, COMPASS. ==Career== In his music career, Billy has produced more than 200 albums for singers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China & the US. He is also a mentor who has discovered & produced many successful Asian acts including Kit Chan (陳潔儀) in 1994, A-Do (阿杜) in 2002, JJ Lin (林俊傑) in 2003, BY2 in 2008 and DON in 2012. In 1994, Koh successfully produced and launched Kit Chan's Taiwan debut album, ''Heartache''. 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 8 February 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'' (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 organised 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) 5) MacWorld Asia held in Beijing, China (2012) 6) CISAC Seminar on Copyright – Beijing, China (2014) 7) Tencent Academy on The Science of Making Stars – Shenzhen, China (2014) 8) MIDEM Conference in Cannes (2015) 9) TED xTencent on K-Pop Rocks - Shenzhen, China (2015) 10) Asia Music Network on Asia Goes Pop- Seoul, South Korea (2015) Apart from speaking at international forums, Billy has been judging for many popular TV talent shows including "I am a Singer" ,"Supper Boy" in China, “One Million Star” and “Chinese Idol” in U.S., “Asia Song Festival” in South Korea, “Asia New Singer Competition” in Hong Kong and “Project SuperStar” in Singapore. After working as Artist & Repertoire Director for more than 20 years, Billy was elected by the board of directors as CEO of Ocean Butterflies International in September 2013. He quit as CEO of Ocean Butterflies in 2014 to pursue his new business, Amusic Rights Management. Born in Singapore, Billy's footsteps cover Beijing, Taipei & Los Angeles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Koh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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