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Ken Lim is an album producer, composer, publisher, artist manager & concert promoter from Singapore.
Two decades of significant contributions towards the development of Singapore's pop culture. Currently runs one of Singapore most creative and prolific record company Hype Records, a set up that promotes music and artistes across the Asia Pacific region with record production, recording facilities, artiste management, concert promotions, campaign management, publishing and television and film productions.
- 1977~Started career at the young age of 13 when he was awarded a scholarship from The Yamaha School of Music and participated actively in concerts and performances all over Asia;
- 1981~Awarded ‘The Most Outstanding Composition Award’ at the Asia Popular Song Festival at the age of 17;
- 1984~Represented Singapore at the prestigious Seoul Song Festival held in Korea with composition ‘I Live In The past’;
- 1985~Awarded the ‘Most Outstanding Television Theme Song’ for 2 consecutive years;
- 1987~Composition featured in Miss Universe Pageant opening segment hosted by Singapore;1991~Commissioned to produce the official theme songs for the XI Asian Games in Beijing;
- 1993~Commissioned to produce XVII Sea Games in Singapore;
- 1994~Released debut album entitled ‘Empyrean’ under the EMI International label;
- 1995~Secured a record-breaking recording contract for Stella Chang Chin Fang with EMI International;
- 1998~Commissioned by the Television Corporation of Singapore to write, produce and brand its channel with the theme ‘Your World at Home on 5’;
- 2001~Commissioned by Ministry of Information and the Arts to produce the new version of the National Anthem of Singapore, 'Majulah Singapura';
- 2001~Wrote‘The ‘V’ in you’, to commemorate the international year of volunteers’’ (Was the first Asian composition to be presented and performed at the United Nations Assembly in New York. This prestigious invitation was both Singapore’s and Asia’s first cultural presence at the United Nations);
- 2002~Partnered Tsui Hark, Hong Kong’s top film director, and produced the world’s first cyber recording artistes, AM FM and won the prestigious Siggraph awards in New Orleans.
Credited for discovering and developing numerous talents in the likes of Jessica, Gurmit Singh, Kym Ng, Zann, Dreamz FM, Stella Ng, RuiEn, etc, etc.
Responsible for exporting many local artistes in the likes of Ann Kok, Fann Wong, Phyllis Quek, Michelle Saram to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and China.
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