Ken Lim

Ken Lim (born 1964) is an album producer, composer, publisher, artist manager and concert promoter from Singapore who came under the spotlight in 2004 as a chief judge of the Singapore Idol series. His remarks and deadpan expressions invariably drew attention with his comments.

Ken has appeared in numerous magazine covers and press articles and is a respected & well known all-rounder entertainment icon in the Singapore music industry. Known to excel not only in one but in many areas of the music and entertainment industry. Famous on being very particular on the delivery on his task, he has had more than two decades of significant contribution with regards to the development of Singapore's pop culture.

He currently runs one of Singapore's most established record companies, Hype Records, a set-up that does PR & Campaign conceptualization, Concert Promotions, Artiste & Music Promotions across Asia Pacific region, Record Production, Recording Facilities, Artiste Management, Music Publishing, TV & film productions.

Reputed to be a godfather to the local music and entertainment industry, Ken represented Singapore in numerous song festivals and competition since he was 16. Amongst them, Asia Song Contest, Seoul Song Festival, World Popular Song Festival.

It is known that during the first Asian Idol competition in Jakarta, Indonesia when Ken was the last judge, the other judges were praising other contestants to win while Ken predicted the unlikely victory of Hady Mirza. IN another occasion, during the audition rounds of the third season of Singapore Idol, Ken also accurately foretold, despite opposition from the other judges, that one of the contestants, Sylvia, would be amongst the top 10 out of the thousands of participants that auditioned.

Ken is married to Judy Hsu, a Taiwanese Canadian and Singaporean PR who is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank Singapore. They met while she was a successful recording artiste more than 30 years ago. They have two young boys, Jax and Kaz who attend Anglo Chinese School.

Discovered and developed numerous talents in the likes of Stella Chang Chin Fang, Rui En, Jeanette Aw, etc. & also responsible for exporting many local artistes Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and China.

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