Derrick Hoh | |
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Alma mater | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
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Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | "Jellies" (m. 2020) |
Children | 1 |
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Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 何維健 |
Simplified Chinese | 何維健 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Hé Wéijiàn |
Website | www |
Derrick Hoh Wei Jian (born 17 September 1985) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter who is active in the Chinese Mandopop scene. He gained nationwide recognition after emerging as the second runner up in Channel U's Project SuperStar in 2005. [1]
He started his career with Warner Music Singapore and establish himself as a professional singer-songwriter with 3 Mandarin albums, 1 English EP, and multiple chart topping singles. He is the first Singaporean artiste to achieve #1 on Singapore iTunes Store with his own composition, and achieving a total of 21 million YouTube views for his songs.
Hoh also received awards including the Mnet Asia Music Awards for Best Asian Artiste in Singapore [2] and multiple Top 20 Songs in the Global Chinese Music Awards.
In April 2005, Hoh auditioned for Project SuperStar , a nationwide talent competition in Singapore organised by Mediacorp.
Judges noticed Hoh's unique singing abilities and Derrick successfully made it through to the finalist round. [3] Hoh gained nationwide recognition when he emerged male second runner-up in the 2005 talent competition Project SuperStar . [4] Derrick was managed by Play Music (presently Warner Music Singapore). [5]
Hoh took a break from the entertainment industry for two years to serve in national service. In 2008, Hoh returned with his debut album Unclassified .
In December 2010, he released his second album Change .
In July 2022, Hoh held his full fledged Here As I Am concert in Singapore.
On 1 April 2020, Hoh announced his marriage to a digital marketing manager, whom he refers to as “Jellies” without revealing her real identity. Their wedding was held on 22 February 2020. He accompanied the marriage news with the release of a single titled "I Found You". [6] Their daughter, nicknamed Nori, was born in August 2022. [7]
Since his debut in 2008, Hoh has released 18 singles and 4 albums:
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1.1 | Unclassified - Debut 無法歸類
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1.2 | Unclassified - Debut 無法歸類 – 慶功改版
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1.3 | Unclassified - Debut 新生何維健
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1.4 | Unclassified - Debut 無法歸類 – 很想你 (終極改版)
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2.1 | Change? 變化
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3.1 | Forever
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4.1 | Lemon Tree 檸檬甜甜的
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1 | 天空
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2 | 讓我陪著你
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3 | 很想你
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4 | Open Happiness with (Jocie Guo)
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5 | 變化
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6 | Refresh.Rise.Roar Coca-Cola's Youth Olympic Games 2010 Theme Song
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7 | Refresh.Rise.Roar (Mandarin Version) Coca-Cola's Youth Olympic Games 2010 Theme Song
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8 | 每時每刻
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9 | Forever
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10 | Show Me What I've Been Looking For
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11 | 柠檬甜甜的
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12 | 假裝不了
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13 | 為夢想閃耀 Mediacorp Channel 8 series 夢想程式 Dream Coder Theme Song
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14 | 換我愛你 Mediacorp Channel 8 series 入侵者 Doppelganger Sub-Theme Song
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15 | 说散就散(合唱版)
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16 | Like You(中文版)
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17 | 情非得已(电音版)
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18 | 找到你
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19 | 我還是我
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Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2013 | Star Awards 2013 | Best Theme Song | "轧" | Nominated |
2018 | Star Awards 2018 | Best Theme Song | "为梦想闪耀" | Nominated |
Global Chinese Music Awards 全球華語榜)年度新加坡傑出歌手 2011 Global Chinese Music Awards 全球華語榜)年度20大金曲 2011
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