Kenny Khoo 邱鋒澤
Singing, Songwriting, Acting, Guitar, Piano
Biography
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Kenny aspires to be a singer since young. After his studies, he began his musical career as a lead vocalist with his band, Kenyen. Their entertaining weekly performances garnered a huge following which secured them the coveted headlining weekend slots at Shuffle Bistro Bars on Friday nights. Their reputation as a live act led them performing in outside functions/events including a PAP awards giving ceremony in 2012.
In 2012, he auditioned and became one of the 12 participants in the Guinness Live! A singing competition which was conducted in front of live audiences in various clubs. Through this, he gained invaluable experience and exposure in the Singapore live entertainment scene.
His performances soon caught the attention of local director Chai Yee Wei which led him to be casted as one of the 4 lead roles in the Singapore music movie– “That girl in a pinafore” After realising a song that one of his favourite songs, 复制人 by Jam Hsiao was written by Singapore music veterans – Eric Ng and Xiaohan. He decided to pick up songwriting from their music school, equipping himself with the skills to evolve into a singer-songwriter.
ACCOMPLISHED STAR
Kenny is now signed to Funkie Monkies Productions, a recording label managed by his mentors Eric and Xiaohan and has just released his first full length self composed Mandarin album “Ten Storeys” in Taiwan April 2014.
The album did really well in Taiwan in terms of Music charts and CD Sales. It was on top 3 of G-Music Chart (for CD sales) for consecutively 7 weeks, and achieved Number One on the third week, beating A-list artists who released their albums at the same period of time. They include Eason Chan, Khalil Fong, Amei. His album went on to become Number One on iRadio weekly music chart in just one month from release.
Kenny just held his very first mini concert “Storey Telling with Kenny Khoo”, sponsored by AMPed and Super.
Kenny’s hard work and talent has recently earned him a few nominations in the prestigious Singapore Hit Awards, namely “Most Popular Newcomer”, “Best Newcomer” and “ Best Lyrics” Awards. He had been awarded “Media Recommendation Award”.