Billy Simpson
Born (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 36)
Jakarta
OriginIndonesia

Billy Simpson (born 17 July 1987) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist.[1] He is the winner of the first season of The Voice Indonesia.

Early life

Simpson was born in Jakarta on 17 July 1987[2] 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.

Career

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.[3]

In the Battle Rounds, Simpson performed "I Won’t Give Up" by Jason Mraz, competing against Andreas Galih.[4] 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.[5][6]

Fans from all over Indonesia started to follow Simpson and call themselves "Billyvers"[7]

Today, Billy Simpson is the first winner of the show.[8][9][10][11][12]

Discography

Album

Lukisanku: Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Simpson, with lyrics by Billy Simpson except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Sabarlah"3:33
2."Janjimu Itu"3:39
3."Dekat Hati (lyrics by Billy Simpson, music by Billy Simpson and Andre Hermanto"3:51
4."Tak Kusangka"3:31
5."Kamu (lyrics and music by Billy Simpson & Bian)"4:40
6."Aku Menyesal (lyrics by Billy Simpson, music by Giring Ganesha of band Nidji, Ariel of band Nidji and Billy Simpson)"4:38
7."Jembatan Pengharapan"4:02
8."Indah Hidup Ini (lyrics by Billy Simpson, music by Billy Simpson and Lucky Barus)"4:25
9."Cerita Mentari"5:03
10."Lukisanku (lyrics by Billy Simpson, music by Giring Ganesha of band Nidji, Ariel of band Nidji and Billy Simpson)"3:33
Total length:41:00

"Lukisanku" is the winning album from the winning of The Voice Indonesia (season 1) produced by Universal Music Group.

Singles

Filmography

Advertisements & Endorsements

Billboard at ITC Roxy Mas, Soekarno Hatta Billboard and Wall Panels (May 2013 - April 2014)

Other Media Appearances

  1. Favorite New Comedian won by Raditya Dika
  2. Sexiest Dad won by Mike Lewis

Awards and honors

Personal life

After returning from Australia,[106] Simpson joined Jakarta Praise Community Church (JPCC).[107] 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.

On 24 November 2018, he was married to Sally Santoso.[108]

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Awards and achievements Preceded byN/A The Voice IndonesiaWinner 2013 Succeeded byMario G. Klau
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