JJ Lin

JJ Lin
Lin in 2012.
Background information
Chinese name	林俊傑 (traditional)
Chinese name	林俊杰 (simplified)
Pinyin	Lín Jùnjié (Mandarin)
Born	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 Singapore
Residence	Singapore Taipei, Taiwan
Other names	Wayne Lim
Alma mater	Saint Andrew's Junior College
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman
Years active	2003–present
Nationality	Singaporean
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar, drums, beatboxing
Voice type(s)	Tenor
Label(s)	Ocean Butterflies, Warner
Ancestry	Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China
Website	jjlin.com
Awards Golden Melody Awards Best New Artist 2004 Music Voyager Best Mandarin Male Singer 2014 Stories Untold 2016 From M.E. to Myself Best Composer 2016 "Twilight"

Wayne Lim Jun Jie (simplified Chinese: 林俊杰; traditional Chinese: 林俊傑; pinyin: Lín Jùnjié; born 27 March 1981), better known by his stage name JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.^[1] Lin debuted his musical career by releasing his debut album, Music Voyager (2003). Lin has received three Golden Melody Awards, including one Best New Artist and two Best Mandarin Male Singer.^[2]

Early life

Lin was born in Singapore and studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Saint Andrew's Junior College before completing his National Service.

Career

In addition to Mandarin, Lin also sings in English, Hokkien (his mother's dialect) and Cantonese using romanized pronunciation system, and has released his songs in Cantonese. In Taiwan, he was awarded the Best New Artist award at the Golden Melody Awards.^[3]

He is well known for his songwriting skills. He has written songs for various musical artists while he was still a trainee under Ocean Butterflies under his mentors, Billy Koh and Sunkist Ng. His notable compositions include "Remember" (記得) for Taiwanese singer A-Mei, A-Do's "Let Go" (放手), Harlem Yu's "What's Wrong With You?" (幹嘛你看不爽我 , Comic Boyz's "Heart of Superman" (超人心).

In Singapore, he was selected to perform the remixed version of "Home", the theme song of the National Day Parade in 2004. Lin has sold 1 million copies in less than a week and is extremely successful throughout Asia.

In July 2007, he broke a Guinness record by signing 3,052 CDs in 2 hours and 30 minutes. During the signing, he was not allowed to drink or eat. The average time for him to sign a CD was 2.7 seconds.^[4]

In May 2008, he performed at the CCTV charity event The Giving of Love, dedicated to helping victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Lin also donated a large sum of money to the rescue efforts and composed a song "Love and Hope" (愛與希望 Ài Yǚ Xī Wàng) commemorating the tragedy.

In February 2008, Lin released a compilation album entitled Waiting for Love (Chinese: 期待爱; pinyin: Qīdài Ài). It has selected tracks from several of his albums spanning from his debut album to 2007's West Side.^[5] Later that year, in October, his sixth album, Sixology (陸 Liù) was released. 280,000 copies of the album were sold in seven days.

His own fashion line, SMUDGE,^[6] was opened in Singapore during 2008 Christmas with an unofficial launch. The store's official launch was on 13 March 2009.

In May 2009, Lin won three awards at the 14th annual Composers and Authors Society of the UK (Compass) Awards Presentations,^[7] a ceremony that honors performers in the music scene. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore. He was honored with the Top Local Artiste of the Year award, which is given out to Singaporean artists who generated the highest royalty earnings for the year. In that same year, Lin won the Singapore Youth Award.^[8]

In 2009, however, his singing career was put on hold due to his voice being damaged by acid reflux and flu, as well as his hectic touring and recording schedules. It forced him to return to Singapore to recover and receive treatments. He released the seventh album, Hundred Days, on 18 December 2009.

In May 2010, Lin performed in America for the first time at the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Concert Tour (APAHM).^[9]

In June 2010, Lin performed together with the American singer, Sean Kingston at the opening concert of the Marina Bay Sands to thousands of invited VIPs guests. But both were absent at the inaugural YOG Opening Ceremony. Lin's eighth album, She Says (album), was released on 8 December 2010.

Lin's ninth studio album, Lost N Found (學不會) was released on 31 December 2011, right before the end of the year. A preview of his 9th album was made available on 12 December 2011 on various Chinese internet radio channels.^[10]

Lin's tenth anniversary album, Stories Untold (因你而在) was released on 13 March 2013, and also he started his world tour "Timeline " in July 2013 in Taipei (Taiwan).

Lin co-wrote the song "Dreams" with Goh Kheng Long and Corrine May and performed the song live during the grand finale at the Chingay Parade on 27 and 28 February 2015.^[11]

One of his recent ventures in the world of music was a duet with Ayumi Hamasaki, for the latter's music video, "The Gift" (and as of April 27, 2015, has about 1,882,459 page views).^[12][13]

In 2015, he was selected to perform the National Day Theme Song, "Our Singapore", which was composed by Dick Lee. His experimental debut album From M.E. to Myself was released on 25 December 2015.

In 7 July 2016, Lin released "If Miracles had a Sound", a 96-minute music documentary created over the course of 455 days, taking place throughout studios in the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The theme song of the documentary, "Infinity and Beyond" (超越无限) was released on 21 June 2016.

In 19 December 2017, JJ Lin posted on his Instagram page that the past two years "had not been easy" and that he had been "searching constantly for a clear direction", needing a " shelter for the soul, a 'SANCTUARY'". He "penned songs and finished his “Message In A Bottle” album", which was due to be released on 29 December 2017. At the same time, he and his team and "shared a common vision, starting on project “SANCTUARY” and built the space from ground zero."^[14] In early 2018, he announced his "Sanctuary" concert tour began in Shanghai on March 17.^[15]

Other work

Lin has appeared in various advertisements for brands such as Sprite, Durex, Dota 2 and Cornetto Royale.

He is also the tourist ambassador for Singapore.

He was also involved in an anti-drugs event as an ambassador, in Taiwan. The theme song for this event is "Baby Baby", which is from his album Westside.

On August 14, 2015, Lin was selected to be the advisor for Team Harlem Yu on The Voice of China (season 4).

On November 4, 2016, Lin joined the variety show "Dream Voice" as one of the mentors alongside A-mei Zhang, Jam Hsiao, Hebe Tian, and Yu Quan.^[16] He stayed on as a mentor for the second season of the show, which was released in October 2017.^[17]

Discography

• Music Voyager (2003)
• Haven (2004)
• No. 89757 (2005)
• Cao Cao (2006)
• Westside (2007)
• Sixology (2008)
• Hundred Days (2009)
• She Says (2010)
• Lost N Found (2011)
• Stories Untold (2013)
• Genesis (2014)
• From M.E. to Myself (2015)
• Message in a Bottle (2017)

Filmography

Tours

• Just JJ World Tour (2006–2007)
• I Am World Tour (2010–2011)
• Timeline World Tour (2013–2015)
• Sanctuary World Tour (2018)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to JJ Lin.

• Official website