Billy Koh

Billy Koh
Born Singapore
Residence Los Angeles, Beijing
Nationality Singapore
Citizenship Singapore
Alma mater River Valley High School
Occupation CEO/ A&R Director/ Music Producer/ Songwriter
Employer Amusic Rights Management (2014~pres) /Ocean Butterflies (1986~2013)
Organization Amusic Rights Management
Agent Amusic Creative Team Pte. Ltd.
Known for Kit Chan, A-Do, JJ Lin, BY2
Notable work producer of 心痛,天黑,他一定很愛你,江南,一千年以后,可惜没如果
Style pop, folk-rock, urban.
Home town SIngapore
Title founder/CEO
Website www.amusicrights.com

Billy Koh (simplified Chinese: 许环良; traditional Chinese: 許環良; pinyin: Xǔ Huánliáng) 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 a Singaporean to receive 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).[1] 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) 11)Sichuan Music Conservatory of Music, China (2016)

Apart from speaking at international forums, Billy has been judging for many popular TV talent shows including "I am a Singer" ,"Super 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.

Awards

Years Awards
1989
  • 3rd Sing Music Awards, Best Record Production
1992
  • Ear Awards, Best 'TV Commercial' (Growing up, 成長成長, for Scott's Emulsion)
1994
  • Ear Awards, Best 'TV Commercial' (Carrier System-5, 一開得利事事順意)
1995
  • Ear Awards, Best 'Radio Jingle' (Carrier System-5, 一開得利事事順意)
2001
  • Compass Awards, Meritorious Award
2004
  • China National Music Award (中國原創歌曲獎), Best Record Producer (Hong Kong & Taiwan Regions) for JJ Lin's 'Second Heaven'
  • Lianhe Zaobao, The Man of the Year (Music category)
2005
  • Compass Awards, Wings of Excellence Award|
  • China's 3rd South-East Music Award (第三屆東南勁爆音樂頒獎典禮), Best Record Producer (Hong Kong & Taiwan Regions) for JJ Lin's 'Second Heaven'
2006
  • China's Pepsi Music Awards, Best Music Arrangement (Hong Kong & Taiwan Regions)
  • The Straits Times, The Power List of 2006

Major Works

As a songwriter:

As a record producer/A&R Director:

Memberships

References

‘SINGAPORE: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA’ published by the National Heritage Board of Singapore (ISBN 981-4155-63-2)

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