Justin Lo

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Justin Lo (側田 or 羅定偉, born on 1 July , 1976, in New York, United States) is a Hong Kong singer, composer and record producer.

Lo (aka Teen, his romanized Chinese name) followed his parents to Hong Kong when he was two. While in Hong Kong, he studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College. Lo grew up in a family where music plays an important role. His uncle, Ted Lo, is a famous music arranger and record producer in Hong Kong. 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. Lo also sang in a TV commercial of AXE dish detergent with a young Hong Kong singer Nicole Chan.

In 1989, Lo went to Seattle, USA, 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. Soon, Lo felt the work at Yahoo! was boring, hence the decision to move back to Hong Kong to write 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 Mark Lui, 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 (衛蘭) and wrote two songs '大雄' and '傷追人' for Leo Ku.

In 2005, he performed in an a cappella section in Ku's 'Solid Gold Hits' concert. His performance was validated by Mr. Paco Wong from Gold Label Music Ltd. and Wong signed him up as a singer. His plugged songs '好人', 'Erica', '命硬' and '我有今日' (he wrote the latter three) were received 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 in 2005 and second, 'No Protection' in 2006.

Lo's biggest goal is to be an Asia-wide recognised producer before his 35th birthday.