Tat Tong

Tat Tong; born Tong Hong Tat; is a Singaporean record producer and songwriter who works in Los Angeles and Singapore. His discography has gone 20x platinum, with over 20 #1 hits out of over 60 Top 20 hits worldwide, and he is a member of production-writing duo The Swaggernautz with American Idol Season 10 alumnus Jovany Javier, as well as the electronic music trio Trouze. He is presently signed to Universal Music Publishing.

Growing up in Singapore, Tong studied piano and composition at Yamaha Music Foundation. In 2001, he accepted a scholarship from the Singapore Armed Forces to study Computer Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and following that, worked in the Republic of Singapore Navy for 6 years before transitioning into a full-time music career in 2011.

Tong co-produced and co-wrote Troye Sivan's "Happy Little Pill" from his 2014 TRXYE album, which was certified Gold in Australia, charted at #1 on iTunes in 55 countries, and reached #5 on the Billboard 200 chart, making him the first Singaporean to have an entry in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. He also cowrote American DJ Elephante's single "Age Of Innocence" featuring Trouze and Damon Sharpe which charted in the Top 20 on the Billboard Dance charts.

In the Latin music space, Tong co-produced and co-wrote CD9's 2016 album "Evolution" with Jovany Javier as well as Luis Salazar of The Dro1dz, which was certified platinum and charted at #1 in Mexico. Tong's global credits with The Swaggernautz and Trouze also include work with Santana, Pitbull, Project 46, Paul van Dyk, A-mei, Karen Mok, Show Luo, 2PM, Vanness Wu, Coco Lee, JJ Lin, Kit Chan, and Paul Oakenfold.

Tong is also a speaker and co-host of the Gamechangers Music Seminar series, and is a noted producer in the contemporary a cappella community.

• COMPASS (Composers and Authors Society of Singapore) 'Wings Of Excellence' Award for overseas achievements

• Troye Sivan: "Happy Little Pill", Universal
• Christina Grimmie: "Shrug"
• Elephante feat. Trouze and Damon Sharpe: "Age of Innocence", Armada Music
• Project 46: "Beautiful It Hurts", Ultra Records
• Trouze: "Intersection"
• CD9 feat. Crayon Pop: "Get Dumb", Sony Music Mexico
• CD9:

• Anahi feat. Gente De Zona: "Arena Y Sol", Universal Music Latin Entertainment
• Anahi feat. Julion Alvarez: "Eres", Universal Music Latin Entertainment
• Vanness Wu: "Rang Wo Geng Ai Wo", Sony Music Taiwan