JJ Lin

Hailing from Singapore, JJ Lin crafts Mandopop as a singer and songwriter shaped by R&B and hip-hop influences, attaining award-winning recognition upon issuing his debut album Music Voyager in 2003. Regional popularity across Asia intensified through the mainstream releases No 89757 in 2005 and Cao Cao in 2006, positioning him among the leading male pop figures in the area. He sustained that standing via subsequent projects such as From M.E. to Myself in 2015 and Message in a Bottle in 2017, before extending into broader international territory with the English-language Like You Do in 2021.

Lin Jun-jie was born in Singapore on March 27, 1981, and launched his recording path through an association with Ocean Butterflies. Music Voyager proved especially resonant in Taiwan, earning him Best New Artist honors at the 2003 Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. The next year brought his follow-up Second Heaven alongside mounting large-scale domestic impact, including Best New Act at the Singapore Hit Awards and selection to perform the National Day Parade theme song. Momentum carried forward in 2005 with No. 89757, which delivered four victories at the Singapore Hit Awards. Later sets Cao Cao and West Side in 2006 and 2007 surpassed earlier commercial reach while securing multiple Beijing Pop Music Awards wins that broadened his mainland China profile. Sixth album Sixology arrived in 2008, maintaining the yearly cadence that led to ninth full-length Lost N Found in 2011, his first release on Warner Music Taiwan.

Marking a decade in the industry, Stories Untold included contributions from Leehom Wang and Taiwanese rock band Mayday. After Genesis in 2014 came From M.E. to Myself, which incorporated dummy-head recording technology and captured Golden Melody Awards for Best Composer and Best Mandarin Male Singer plus an American Pensado Award for Best Non-English song with “Twilight.” Following a two-year hiatus that included the documentary If Miracles Had a Sound, he returned with Message in a Bottle, issued as album 13 in the closing days of 2017. Early 2018 brought guest vocals on the Mandarin adaptation of Luis Fonsi’s international megahit “Despacito,” after which he issued the 2019 singles “Show the World” and “Wonderland.”

In 2020 he delivered Drifter, an EP serving as the opening half of a two-part project completed by Like You Do, his first English-language release. The short album, which surfaced in 2021, built upon the sleek synth aesthetic of its predecessor and spotlighted the single “Bedroom” with Anne-Marie along with a Steve Aoki remix of “Not Tonight.”