Justin Lo

Justin's general profile



Name: Justin Lo Ding WaiHeight: 166cm [5.4 feet]Place of Birth: New YorkDate of Birth: 1 July 1976Horoscope: CANCEREducation: University Of WashingtonFavorite Color: Red & BlackFavorite Food: SushiFavorite artist: George Lam, Stevie WonderFavourite Sports: basketball, tennis, badminton, skateboarding, rollerblading, snowboarding, soccer, football, cricket, water polo, gymnastics, table tennis, racket ball, Canadian football, baseball, field hockey, cross-country skiing, bowling, equestrian events, wake boarding, judo, running, women's rugby, yoga, surfing, golfHobbies:Singing



Justin's general information



Justin Lo was born in New York and followed his parents to Hong Kong when he was two years old. While in Hong Kong, he studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College. In 1989, Justin Lo went to Seattle, Washington, in the United States to further his studies. He spent two years in the University of Washington and finished his degree in Graphics Design at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island in 1999. After graduation, he worked as a web designer at Yahoo! in Santa Clara, California.



Justin 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 invited Justin, aged 5 at the time, and his younger sister Roxane to sing in a commercial for Barbie.



Justin Lo felt the work at Yahoo! was challenging and exciting but because his true love was creating music, he decided to move back to Hong Kong to pursue his dream.



Justin Lo has recently appeared in first film debut, Love At First Note. The film also features other youthful singers, including: Kary Ng, Alex Fong, Stephy Tang, and Theresa Fu.



For a while Justin 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 Jonathan Lam, one of the best 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 and wrote two songs for Leo Ku.



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 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 November 29, 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 December 20, 2005.



He held his debut concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum on March 26, 2006. The title of the show is One Good Show.The tickets were sold out in just within 10 minutes at February 13 and thus two more concerts( his 2nd and 3rd concert in 2006 )had been held on April 18 & 19, 2006. In Sydney, Australia, in May 2006, he was in a concert, accompanied by Stephy Tang, Alex Fong and Wilfred Lau at Sydney Entertainment Centre and Melbourne Arts Centre on the 19th and 21st of 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 Sept 1, 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 October 21, 2006, One Good Show. His seventh concert in 2006 will be held in Malaysia on December 24, 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 eight concert was on February 14,2007, Valentine's Day, held at Macau's Open Coliseum.



Justin Lo's goal is to be an Asia-wide recognized producer in five years.



Justin recently released his second album, "No Protection", on March 24, 2006, two days before his debut concert "One Good Show" in the Hong Kong Coliseum.



On the 18th of April Justin relaunched himself with a second, lesser known concert dubbed "Two Good Shows" in the Hong Kong Coliseum. In 2007 he performed at the SUCCESS Charity Gala at Vancouver with many other artists.



Also, Justin will be going on his 3rd visit to Sydney to have another performance on the 26th May at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. He will also bring along Theresa Fu.



Justin has recently released his third album, "JTV", in November 2007. Current hits from this new album include "??KTV" and "???."



Justin is known to always wear a hat as his signature accessory.



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



Movies:



2 Become 1

Love At First Note



Albums:



November 29, 2005 - Justin (EP)

March 24, 2006 - No Protection

March 26, 2006 - One Good Show (Concert)

April 18, 2006 - Two Good Shows (Concert)

July 5, 2006 - No Protection (Dual Disc Version)

March 6, 2007 - LIVE in Love with the Philharmonic

October 4, 2007 - Moov Live With Justin

November 16, 2007 - JTV

September 30, 2008 - Justin (New Album)



Music Videos:



Have Yet To Lose (Original Version)



Thirty Days (Original Version)



Have Yet To Lose (TVB version)



Thirty Days (TVB version)



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