Name Billy Simpson Role Singer-songwriter | ||
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Albums Lukisanku, Christmas with Billy Simpson Similar People Giring Ganesha, Regina Ivanova, Armand Maulana, VanVelzen, John de Mol - Jr | ||
Billy Simpson (born 17 July 1987) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the winner of the first season of The Voice Indonesia.
Contents
- Lost coldplay covered live by billy simpson
- Early life
- Early years
- The Voice Indonesia
- Album
- Lukisanku Track listing
- Single
- Filmography
- Advertisements Endorsements
- Other Media Appearances
- Awards and honors
- Personal life
- References
Lost coldplay covered live by billy simpson
Early life
Simpson was born in Jakarta on 17 July 1987 to parents who have neither the interest nor background in music that throughout his childhood years, his exposure to music was thus relatively limited. In fact, the closest exposure to music that he had as a child was obtained from watching Disney movies.
Being encouraged by his sister, Simpson's first ‘official’ encounter with music occurred as he began playing bass at a church at the age of 13. A few years later, he moved to Melbourne, Australia to pursue his collegiate studies. There he started to discover his love of singing through his involvement in various musical events organized by Indonesian students. Apart from his participation in musicals, Simpson also acted in Kado Kendo, a student-initiated movie filmed in Melbourne, Australia in 2007.
Early years
After completing his studies in Business and Economics in Melbourne, Simpson returned to Indonesia. He was then asked to join and become one of the lead-vocalists of a band called VoZ for an album called Putus Cinta before the members dispersed and went on their separate ways. He then carried on with his own music career, performing at weddings and a variety of events. Aside from those, Simpson wrote his own music, produce them in his own home-based music studio and create videos based on them. He also ran his home studio as a production house, regularly creating music for other singers, bands and corporations.
The Voice Indonesia
In February 2013, Simpson passed the Blind-Audition of The Voice Indonesia which is aired in Indosiar TV. Singing the song One by U2 gave him a 4-chair-turn and he picked Giring Ganesha from the band Nidji as his coach.
In the Battle Rounds, Simpson performed "I Won’t Give Up" by Jason Mraz, competing against Andreas Galih. After seeing the duet performance of both singers onstage, coach Giring finally chose Billy to carry on to the next round of the competition: the Top 24 LIVE show.
At the TOP 24, Simpson presented his own ‘twist’ of "Beautiful", a song originally performed by Cherrybelle, and managed to get to the next stage of the competition.
Fans from all over Indonesia started to follow Simpson and call themselves "Billyvers"
Today, Billy Simpson is the first winner of the show.
Album
Lukisanku: Track listing
All tracks written by Billy Simpson, with lyrics by Billy Simpson except where noted.
"Lukisanku" is the winning album from the winning of The Voice Indonesia (season 1) produced by Universal Music Group.
Single
Filmography
Advertisements & Endorsements
Other Media Appearances
- Favorite New Comedian won by Raditya Dika
- Sexiest Dad won by Mike Lewis
Awards and honors
Personal life
After returning from Australia, Simpson joined Jakarta Praise Community Church (JPCC). A few years later, he started recording LIVE with JPCC Worship - True Worshippers as a singer and songwriter. Also, he became the frontman of True Worshipper Youth.
Simpson is active on Social Media and could be found on Flickr, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. for updates. Simpson's website is: www.billysimpsonmusic.com On 3 October this year, Billy Simpson is the worship leader on a Live JPCC Concert at the KDCA Kota Kinabalu.