Terence Lam
Hong Kong male singer-songwriter and composer. Entered the business as a composer in 2014, debuted as a singer in 2019, and in 2022 held a first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom.
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Terence Lam, a Hong Kong male singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, was born on September 3, 1991. Terence Lam attended 聖若瑟小學, 聖若瑟書院 (中一 to 中五) and 香港四邑商工總會黃棣珊紀念中學 (中六 to 中七), and in 2013 graduated from Lingnan University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in contemporary English language. The same year, at the Hong Kong ICMA inter-tertiary singing contest 2013, Terence Lam won by singing and playing, and was noticed by that night's guest, the singer-songwriter 林一峰. With 林一峰's discovery and encouragement, after graduation Terence Lam kept a day job and at the same time began a career as a composer. Before entering the business Terence Lam had worked at a technology company.
In 2014 Terence Lam entered the business as a composer, afterwards signed with Warner Music Group as a composer, and for a time wrote a song a week for the company. To protect song copyright and freedom to create, Terence Lam set up an own music-production company, "Terence Lam Production & Company". Terence Lam is a fan of Yoga Lin. In the early stretch of composing, Terence Lam privately messaged Yoga Lin on social media to offer work. Their work together brought about four pieces released in 2016, "壞與更壞", "飛", "勿忘你" and "Off, Do Not Disturb.", all included on Yoga Lin's album "今日營業中". In 2016 and 2017 Terence Lam won the composer award at the RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. In 2018 "心之科學", a Joey Yung song composed by Terence Lam, won an Ultimate Song Chart (Ultimate 903) award. Work composed for other singers also includes 王灝兒's trilogy "矛盾一生", "多少年" and "自由飛翔", and Hins Cheung's "潛水". In 2014 Eason Chan went to Terence Lam's old school for a promotional event. Terence Lam went back to attend, and after the event, through a friend, gave Eason Chan an iPod loaded with Terence Lam's own work, together with a letter and a name card. On January 1, 2017, at a gathering after the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2016, the two recognised each other. After that Terence Lam wrote songs for Eason Chan. In 2020 Eason Chan asked Terence Lam for songs, which brought about "致明日的舞" and "是但求其愛". Terence Lam composed and arranged both, and the two co-produced them. On February 21, 2021, the Commercial Radio Hong Kong programme "903專業推介" confirmed that Eason Chan would release a new album, with all the melodies done by Terence Lam. On November 25, 2022, Eason Chan released the single "人啊人", composed by Terence Lam, with words by 周耀輝 and arrangement by 李荣浩, co-produced by Terence Lam and Eason Chan. On October 27, 2023, Eason Chan released the album "CHIN UP!", five years apart, with all the composing on the album done by Terence Lam.
On January 7, 2019, seven days after winning the Ultimate Song Chart Supreme Song Award as a composer, Terence Lam debuted as a singer, became an independent singer-songwriter, and released a first radio single, "下一位前度", for which Terence Lam did the composing, the arranging, the production and the singing. The same year Terence Lam won Best New Artist at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards. In early May 2020 Terence Lam released the single "一人之境", for which Terence Lam alone did the music, the words, the arrangement and the production. It reached No. 1 on 903專業推介, the Chill Club chart and the Jade Solid Gold chart, and became Terence Lam's first No. 1 hit on all three charts. The same year the album "Major in Minor" was released. On January 1, 2021, at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2020, Terence Lam won the Male Singer Bronze Award and the Composer Award for the first time. The same year the single "神奇的糊塗魔藥", for which Terence Lam did the music, the words, the arrangement and the production, became Terence Lam's first No. 1 hit on all four charts, and the album "Seven" was released. On January 1, 2022, at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2021, Terence Lam won the Male Singer Silver Award, the Singer-Songwriter Gold Award, the Composer Award and the Arranger Award. "風的形狀", a 岑寧兒 song composed, arranged and produced by Terence Lam, placed eighth on the professional-recommendation Ultimate top ten, and "神奇的糊塗魔藥" placed fifth. The same year the EP "MEMENTO" was released. Terence Lam held a first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, seven shows in a row. On August 20, at the second show of "SUMMER BLUES", Eason Chan was the special guest, and they sang "致明日的舞" together.
On January 1, 2023, at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2022, Terence Lam again won the Singer-Songwriter Gold Award, won the Male Singer Gold Award for the first time, and with "邊一個發明了ENCORE" and the record "MEMENTO" won the Supreme Song Award and the Supreme Album Award. The same year the live album "Summer Blues" was released. In October Terence Lam held the "L*underground" concerts at the Londoner Arena in Macau and at the O2 in London. The show at the O2 in London was the first solo concert overseas, and the live album of the London show, "L*Underground: Live at the O₂ London", was released in 2024. In 2024 Terence Lam released a fourth Cantonese record, "ISFP", and for the first time a Mandarin album, "隱形色", which received several nominations at the 36th Golden Melody Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, Best Male Mandarin Singer and Best Album Producer. The same year, for the first time, Terence Lam composed, wrote, arranged, produced and sang the theme "普渡眾生" of the film "破·地獄", and it won Best Original Film Song at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards. On January 1, 2025, at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2024, Terence Lam won the Male Singer Bronze Award, the Singer-Songwriter Bronze Award and the Composer Award. From August 19 to 31 of the same year Terence Lam held the solo concert "White Summer" at the Hong Kong Coliseum. On December 27, at the Metro Radio Hits Awards 2025, Terence Lam won "勁爆唱作人金獎", "勁爆歌曲獎" and "勁爆年度歌手獎", and the same year released the album "Evergreen". On January 1, 2026, at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards for 2025, Terence Lam again won the Singer-Songwriter Gold Award and the Composer Award. On May 29 the Cantonese cover EP "Five Easy Pieces" was released, and the same year the live album "White Summer" was released.
Overview
- Born
- September 3, 1991age 35
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- Entered from another field · 2014
- Active
- 2014 – present12 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 林家谦, 林家謙, Terence
- Instruments
- Vocals, Piano / Keyboard, Guitar
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