Justin Lo (, stage name ; born 1 July 1976) is a

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singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong.

Biography

Lo was born in Syracuse, New York, 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. In 1989, Lo moved to

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, Washington, in the United States to further his studies. He spent two years in the

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and finished his degree in Graphics Design at

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in Providence, Rhode Island in 1999. After graduation, he worked as a

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in Sunnyvale, 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 record producer in Hong Kong. In addition, the singer songwriter 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 invited Justin, aged 5 at the time, and his younger sister Roxane to sing in a commercial for

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. Lo felt that the work at Yahoo! was very boring, so he decided to move back to Hong Kong to pursue his dream of making music. In 2006, Lo made his feature film debut with ''

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'', co-starring alongside youthful singers such as

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, Alex Fong, Stephy Tang, and

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. That same year, Lo also co-starred in ''

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'' opposite

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and

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Name variations

Lo was born as Lo Ting Wei, and has the English name Justin. His Chinese stage name ''Zak Tin'' (側田) derives from the

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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

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, one of the most popular pop-composers and producers in Hong Kong. Recognizing the talent in Justin, Mark 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

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(衛蘭) and wrote two songs "大雄" and "傷追人" for

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. 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. His plugged songs included "好人" (which was not composed by him), "Erica", "命硬" and "我有今日" (he wrote the latter two). "好人" received very positive responses. He was considered as one of the leading contenders of that year's New Male Artist Award. His debut CD album ''

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'' 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. Justin released his second album, "No Protection", on 24 March 2006, two days before his debut concert "One Good Show". He held his debut concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum on 26 March 2006. The title of the show was "One Good Show". The tickets were sold out in just within 10 minutes on 13 February and thus two more concerts (his 2nd and 3rd concert in 2006) had to be held on 18 & 19 April 2006.Orientaldaily.orisun.com
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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's name. Justin held his fourth concert of 2006 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 13 Sep 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. In 2007 and 2008, he performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Charity Gala at

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, British Columbia, Canada with many other artists. Also, Justin went on a 3rd visit to Sydney to have another performance on 26 May 2007 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with

. Justin's third album, "JTV", was released in November 2007. Hits from this new album include "男人KTV" and "紅地氈." From 1–7 October 2008, Justin held another concert titled "Air Justin Live 08" in Hong Kong. He released his next album, "阿田" one day prior to the first show of this concert series. Justin held two concerts from 27 January through 28 at Hong Kong Coliseum, titled "Justin Around the World 2011". This marked his third time holding a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. This concert is sponsored by Philip Stein. Justin will be using a variety of styles of music, including rock, Bollywood and much more. He planned to invite musicians rather than solely singers. In January 2011, Justin Lo officially announced that he would 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

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albums, but will now be based in Beijing rather than Hong Kong. Once in Beijing, Justin also released his first Mandarin songs, including "很想很想說再見" and "風從哪裡來", in which the former was highly praised as one of his best works. In 2014, Justin moved back to Hong Kong to resume his music career. In 2021, Justin released two new songs, which called Light and You Are Full Of Vitality respectively.

Discography

*29 November 2005 –

(Debut Studio Album) *24 March 2006 – No Protection (Second studio album) *5 July 2006 – No Protection (Dual Disc Version) *16 March 2007 – 港樂X側田In Love with the Philharmonic Live CD (Concert) *13 April 2007 – 港樂X側田In Love with the Philharmonic Live CD + Karaoke DVD (Concert) *16 November 2007 – JTV (Third Studio Album) *30 September 2008 –

(阿田) (Fourth Studio Album) *5 December 2008 – Air Justin 08 Live (Concert) (2CD & DVD) *27 February 2009 – From JUSTIN - Collection of His First 3 Years (2CD + Karaoke DVD)) *22 June 2010 – I Never Changed Love Addiction (我沒有變過愛的習慣) (Fifth Studio Album) *15 May 2011 –

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(三个月) (Single) *29 April 2011 – Justin Around The World 2011 (Concert)(Live + Karaoke 2DVD+2CD) (Blu-ray released on 10 June 2011) *19 October 2012 – Gold Typhoon 10th Anniversary Series - Justin Lo (2 CD) *22 May 2013 – Tough Battle (硬仗)(Digital EP) *28 August 2013 – Tough Battle (硬仗) (Sixth studio album) *12 December 2014 – Gold Typhoon Best Sellers Series - Justin Lo (2 CD) *5 June 2015 – NEVER ODD OR EVEN (CD + DVD) (Seventh studio album) *4 September 2015 – Justin WeTouch Live 2015 (Concert)(2DVD + Karaoke DVD + 2CD) (Blu-ray released on 16 October 2015) *26 October 2017 - The Drug Called Music (Eighth studio album)

Filmography

* '' Lan Kwai Fong - 3'' (2013) * '' 72 Tenants of Prosperity'' (2010) * '' Love/Nothing To Hide'' (Micro-Film)(2010) * '' Love Connected'' (2009) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) The Conrad Boys

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) **

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– Ultimate Song Chart 2005 – Best Male New Artist (Gold Award) (叱咤樂壇新力軍男歌手金獎) **

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– 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) **

– 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) **

! – 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) **

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– 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)) **

– 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)

References

External links

Justin Lo Official Facebook Fan PageJustin Lo Official InstagramJustin Lo Official Weibo
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