Artiste & Repertoire Director/ Record Producer/ Concert Music Director/ Songwriter

Billy Koh is one of the most instrumental and influential figures in Singapore music industry. Founder of Ocean Butterflies Music Pte Ltd, Billy together with his team, re-shaped Singapore Chinese-pop music landscape in the past 20-over years, making it an impact in the Asia music scene today.
 
Way before the 90’s, no one would have thought seriously about Singapore music in the entire Asia Chinese-Pop scene.

In 1994, Billy successfully produced and launched Kit Chan’s (陳潔儀) debut album in Taiwan & made it a big hit with his composition, ‘Heartache’ (心痛). The move opens a new horizon for Singapore artists as Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Asian countries began to take notice of Singapore music.

In 2002, Billy produced a record-breaking album by successfully crafting a ‘construction worker-turned-superstar’ legend, A-Do (阿杜). With debut album sold for more than 2 millions copies within six months across Asia, A-Do’s fame spread across almost all-Chinese population including that of China, Taiwan, United States & many Asian countries. Billboard magazine covered the story of A-Do in Feb 8th 2003’s issue.

In 2003, Billy produced & launched yet another young Singapore composer-singer, JJ Lin (林俊傑). JJ’s debut album was so well-received across the pan-Chinese regions that led JJ to win for the Best New-comer in 15th Taiwan’s Gold Melody Awards (臺灣金曲獎), an equivalent of Asian Grammy Awards.

In 2004, Billy was awarded the ‘Best Producer’ for JJ’s 2nd album, Haven(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 2006, together with Ocean Butterflies team, Billy launched ‘Just JJ World Tour 2006’ covering six cities in 6 months across Asia, each packed with an average of 20,000 audiences. Billy was quoted ‘The Power List of 2006’ by The Straits Time, Singapore’s No.1 English Daily.

Throughout his 20-over years of full-time music career, Billy has produced more than 100 albums and is credited for discovering and grooming many top artists who made it big in Asia. Currently; he is the Director of Ocean Butterflies Music Holdings Pte Ltd and Regional ‘Artists & Repertoire Director’ of Ocean Butterflies Music.(www.obmusic.net)

1987~1990   Founding member and first director of Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS)
1988~1989   Music Advisory Committee to Ministry of Information & The Arts, Singapore
2005~            Supervisory Board to SAF Music & Drama Company, Singapore.
2006~            Board of Directors, COMPASS

Major Awards

1. Best ‘TV Commercial’ in Ear Awards, Singapore ► Growing up (成長成長) for Scott’s Emulsion
2. Best ‘Radio Jingle’ in Ear Awards, Singapore ► Growing up (成長成長) for Scott’s Emulsion
3. Best ‘TV Commercial’ in Ear Awards, Singapore ► Carrier System-5 (一開得利事事順意) for Carrier Air-Con
4. Best ‘Radio Jingle’ in Ear Awards, Singapore ► Carrier System-5 (一開得利事事順意) for Carrier Air-Con
5. The ‘Meritorious Award’ by COMPASS
6. ‘Best Producer’ (Hong Kong & Taiwan Regions) in China National Music Award (中國原創歌曲獎) organised by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television.(國家廣播電影電視總局) ► JJ Lin’s “Haven”
7. The ‘Wings of Excellence Award’ by COMPASS

1. Kit Chan’s ‘Heartache’(心痛) - top-10 hits in Asia Chinese-pop, 1994~1995. The same song was recorded by Japan artist, Yukie Nishimura (西村由紀江) in 1986
2. A-Do’s ‘Seeing You Everyday’ (天天看到你) – album sold for 2 millions copies across Asia
3. Movie Theme for ‘Just Follow Law’ & ‘The Postmodern Life of my Aunt’(姨妈的后现代生活) ► ‘Alive’（活過）
4. Singapore’s No.1 radio station, YES 933’s Theme（933 最新頻道）
5. Singapore Hit Music Awards Theme（永遠都有夢要追）

As Record Producer cum A&R Director      more than 100 albums including that of

• Kit Chan - 12 albums throughout her 10-year of career with a total sales of 2 millions copies in Asia
• A-Do - total sales of 6 millions copies with 5 albums across Asia. One of his single, ‘He must has loved you more’ (他一定很愛你) became the No.1 Hits of China in 2002
• JJ Lin - total sales of 5 millions copies with 4 albums across Asia. His singles ‘River south’(江南), ‘Thousand years later’(一千年以後), and ‘Cao-cao’(曹操) became the No.1 hits of China in 2004, 2005 & 2006 respectively.
  
• Lin yuzhong, Jin-sha, Tao-zi, Liang wenfu, Eric Moo, Loi Fei-hui, Lee Weisong & many others.
  

• Kit Chan’s first solo concert in Singapore Indoor Stadium. (2001)
• A-Do’s first solo concert in China’s Capital Indoor Stadium  & Singapore Indoor Stadium. (2005)
• JJ Lin’s ‘2006 world-tour’ in Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia, Tian-jin, Wu-han & Taipei. (2006)