Billy Crawford (born Billy Joe Crawford on May 16, 1982) is a
Filipino American musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop,
and Soul. Billy Crawford became known around Europe and Asia with song
titles such as "When You Think About Me", "Never My Love",
"Steamy Nights" and "Bright Lights". Billy is also known for being multilingual;
speaking in three languages Tagalog - his native language, English, and French.
He is also close friends with singers Lemar, Justin Timberlake and the rest of
the singers in *NSYNC. Billy has been living in New York City since 1998
until this present time.
Early Life
Billy Crawford was born in Manila, Philippines to a Filipina mother named Mayette
and an American father named Jack and he has a half-brother named John. Billy was
discovered at an early age of 3 years, singing at a bowling alley that his mother visited
often. He would become a series regular on an afternoon television show called That's
Entertainment under the name Billy Joe. He acted in a few movies, moved to the United
States at age 11 years, and started a music career, performing mostly in the United
Kingdom and France, as well as in Asia. His pre-career started in Dallas, Texas where
he lived and performed his singing and then moved to New York City. During this time
he legally changed his name to Billy Crawford, giving an alias name for himself. He went
to school where lots of other famous children also attended. Just a few names: Mandy
Moore, Macauley Culkin (the main character from the movie "Home Alone"),
Nina Sky and with many other famous people. In 1996 Billy danced with Michael Jackson
on-stage when he was 14 years old and appeared as one of his backup dancers at the
1995 MTV Video Music Awards. He previously dated Mandy Moore for about several
months (a year almost) when he was 17 and she was 15.
