JJ Lin

Wayne Lim Junjie (born 27 March 1981), professionally known as JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer, and businessman.

Lin launched his musical career with the release of his debut album, Music Voyager, in 2003.

Lin has received three Golden Melody Awards, including one Best New Artist and two Best Mandarin Male Singer.

Lin was born in Singapore to a Hokkien family and studied at Jing Shan Primary School, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Saint Andrew's Junior College before completing his National Service (NS).

Lin's grandfather used to run a maritime transport business when Lin was young.

Lin's father has a telecommunications-related business while his mother owns a family karaoke chain and has a background in Chinese classical music, hence influencing Lin's music.

His brother, a manager in a European bank, was a major influence in his career choice.

In addition to Mandarin, Lin also sings in English, Hokkien and Cantonese using a 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.

After completing his NS, Lin signed with Ocean Butterflies International, which launched the then 22-year-old Lin's debut album in 2003.

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.

It has selected tracks from several of his albums spanning from his debut album to 2007's West Side.

Later in October of that year, his sixth album, Sixology, was released, and it sold 280,000 copies in a week.

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" commemorating the tragedy.

In February 2008, Lin released a compilation album entitled Waiting for Love.

His own fashion line, SMUDGE, 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, 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.

In 2009, 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.

His poor health 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).

In June 2010, Lin performed together with 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 (她說), was released on 8 December 2010.

In 2011, Lin signed a new contract with the record label Warner Music Taiwan.

He is well known for his songwriting and singing skills.

He wrote songs for various musical artists while he was still a trainee under Ocean Butterflies under his mentors, Billy Koh and Sunkist Ng.

In total, he has written over a hundred songs for other artists.

His notable compositions include "Remember" (记得) for Taiwanese singer A-Mei, A-do's "Let Go" (放手), Harlem Yu's "What's Wrong With You?"

(干嘛你看不爽我), Cyndi Wang's "When You" (当你), Vivian Hsu's "Smiling Eyes" (爱笑的眼睛), and Comic Boyz's "Heart of Superman" (超人心).

Lin's ninth studio album, Lost N Found (学不会) was released on 31 December 2011.