Showing posts with label K-Singers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label K-Singers. Show all posts

Monday, 6 December 2010

SS501: Kim Hyun Joon


Kim Hyung Jun (born August 3, 1987), is a Korean pop singer, disc jockey and is the youngest member

of SS501. His younger brother Kim Ki Bum is a member of boy group U-KISS. He shared high school with Park Jung Min in High School Attached to College of Education Dankook University.

Kim Hyun Joon
Birthday: August 3, 1987
Position: Main Vocal, Rap
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 66 kg
Blood: O

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He is a member of SS501 sub unit. He has nickname magnae (youngest member) because he is the youngest member in the group. Kim Hyung Jun’s brother Kim Ki Bum (Marumir) was in the new group Xing he then left in 2007, now he is in a new boyband named U-Kiss. Kim HyungJoon is currently a DJ for SBS Music High (daily at 2am) and took over the MC role from member Kim Kyu Jong as the MC for MBC-Every1’s God of Cookery Expedition.
Kim Hyung Joon Discography :
Solo
Impossible Goodbye (Sayonara Ga Dekinai) (‘Kokoro’ August 2007) I Am (‘U R Man’ November 2008)
Hey G (SS501 Solo Collection 2009)

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SS501: Park Jungmin


Park Jung Min (born April 3, 1987) is a member of the famous South Korean group SS501. On 10

August 2010, Jung Min revealed that he has signed with CNR MEDIA. It is made up of Taiwan’s ‘Comic-Ritz’ and Local (Korea) company ‘ROY MEDIA’.

Park Jungmin
Birthday: April 3, 1987
Position: Sub- Vocal
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 67 kg
Blood: O

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Park Jung Min debuted with SS501 in 2005, and was the second to audition in the group. He has guested in variety shows in 2006, hosted radio program Youngstreet with Kim Kyu Jong and Heo Young Saeng. He is the low vocal of the group. He was the main character in a program TV called Human Theater 2010 as himself, Park Jung Min. He also had a TV show entitled What a Women Wants. He shared high school with fellow member Kim Hyung Jun at Dankook University.
Park Jung Min has worked in the musical Grease as lead role of 'Danny Park' for which he won the "Golden Ticket Award" for Best Musical New Talent over YeSung (Super Junior) in ‘NamHanSanSung' and other nominations.

Park Jung Min/CEO Park is an owner of online shopping mall Royal Avenue. Starting out as an online shopping mall,Royal Avenue has opened a showroom and a cafe in Korea since April and in July opened its first branch in China. On the opening of the store, CEO Park Jung Min has expressed that he has prepared a surprise for its Chinese consumers.
On 10 August 2010, Jung Min revealed that he has signed with CNR MEDIA. It is made up of Taiwan’s ‘Comic-Ritz’ and Local (Korea) company ‘ROY MEDIA’.

According to CNR Media, "Park Jung Min signed on to us because he wants to widen his activities in the Asian region, of course inclusive of domestically (Korea). In the future, he will be aiming to attain a firm position in Asia as a multi-entertainer. Also, Jung Min will be positively and eagerly participating in any thing related to SS501 as SS501's Jung Min, and so with that, SS501 activities will be his first and foremost priority in anything".

He finally have his solo career in Japan as he will be appearing in the musical Bonds of Boys from November 18th - 23rd 2010 in Japan. Jung Min will be playing a role of an exchange student.

CNR Media was originally supposed to release Park Jung Min's first solo album, 'Not Alone', on 25th November 2010. Due to North Korea attacking South Korea, the album was postponed until 20th January 2011 for safety reasons and to allow Jung Min to add more songs to 'Not Alone'. CNR Media had stated on Park Jung Min's official website that because of the addition of the new songs, the price will change.

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Tuesday, 30 November 2010

SS501: Kim Kyujong


Kim Kyu Jong is a member of South Korean boyband SS501. Kim Kyu Jong is a favourite of the group

band. Kyu Jong seems like a humble, shy, sweet type of guy.

Kim Kyujong
Birthday: February 24, 1987
Position: Sub-Vocal
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Blood: A

Kim Kyu Jong, Heo Young Saeng, and Kim Hyung Joon had an idea before to make a sub unit of SS501. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″

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Kim Kyu Jong debuted as a member of SS501 on 06 June 2005. Kim Kyu Jong took over the role of DJ from Heo Young Saeng for SBS radio program ‘SS501’s Youngstreet’ on 21 Aug 2006 as Young Saeng had to undergo a throat surgery and require time to recover. He hosted this program with his fellow member Park Jung Min.

Kim Kyu Jong started his acting career with a role in Mnet hip-hop music drama “Break” (11 May 06) showcasing his acting skills and dance skills at the same time while playing the role of a b-boy.
In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama “Boys Over Flowers”, SS501’s album which was originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.
Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed with Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5 members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R Man” (released on November 25, 2008).
Finishing their promotional activities for “U R Man”, they continued their activities to promote “ (Because I am stupid)”, a song they sang for the OST of “Boys Before Flowers”. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.
Kim Kyu Jong joined as one of the regular host for MBC Every1 “God Of Cookery Expedition” since 21 Nov 08.

SS501 has been quite a lot of shows this week including SBS Quiz! Sixth Sense which airs tomorrow. On the show, Kim Kyu Jong stated that he wouldn’t marry someone his parents disapproved of.
He said, “I won’t marry someone if my parents don’t allow it. My parents’ marriage was disapproved of but now they’re happy. But for me, I love my parents so I don’t think I could marry someone if my parents strongly say no.”
This is the first time I’ve heard that kind of answer from someone. Usually, people stand up for their love but I guess Kyu Joong is not capable of giving it his all for his lucky lady.
Kim Hyun Joong and Park Jung Min disagreed with the mama’s boy and said they would still marry the girl even if their parents didn’t want them to.

SS501′s Kim Kyu Jong accomplished his first serious acting role in a web drama called SETI. The first episode aired and in 5 days, it has had 700,000 views. It seems like the show will be a runaway success.
The drama was originally a successful comic series by Yoon Tae Ho and exceeded standards that was built up after his first hit, Ikki.
On the 6th, you got to see the first episode of SETI online which included the comic and web drama version which is a refreshingly new style compared to the norm. The drama started a few days ago but the long awaited success only came recently.

In the drama, Kim Kyu Jong had to kiss Seo Hyo Rim (female Music Bank host) on the cheek. It was noted that he needed many takes to get it right.
An episode of SETI will air every Tuesday and Friday and in total there are 16 episodes.
Kim Kyu Jong will also keep himself busy with SS501′s new mini-album, “REBIRTH,” which will hit stores on the 20th. Watch the first episode of SETI below.

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Monday, 29 November 2010

SS501: Heo Youngsaeng


Heo Young Saeng was a trainee under SM Entertainment, making him close with members of TVXQ and

Super Junior. He later joined DSP Entertainment and debut as a member of SS501 on 8 June 2005.

Heo Youngsaeng
Birthday: November 3, 1986
Position: Main Vocal
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Blood: O

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Heo Youngsaeng's vocal is the backbone of SS501's songs, impressive in its strength and sweet clarity. Youngsaeng started out as a trainee with SM Entertainment where he was friends with members of many of the label's popular groups. For an unspecified reason he decided to take his chances elsewhere and on the advice of a friend auditioned for DSP and gained admittance to the group. Specifically it is known that he is still good friends with Siwon and Yehsung of Super Junior and Jaejoong and Yunho of DBSK.
Youngsaeng has also stated that he admires Lee Minwoo of Shinhwa and hopes to follow in his footsteps. Not long after SS501 had debuted it was announced that Youngsaeng had developed a problem with his vocal chords that required surgery and a period of rest, at the time he had been co-hosting the radio show Youngstreet with fellow member Jungmin so Kyujong took his place.

Youngsaeng is mostly quiet, preferring to let everyone else do the talking. In interviews it is obvious that he suffers from a lack of self confidence stating once that he didn't like his voice and wished it were manlier. Yet he loves to take pictures of himself, perhaps a habit picked up from his SM days. His nickname in the group is “Otter” which was something he didn't like because he didn't know what it was. However once he looked it up he thought otters were cute so he didn't mind being called that anymore. He has been called Dr. Love by the other members because of his impressive knowledge of girls and also Prince by his fans. When Youngsaeng thinks the camera isn't on him he will slack off with his dancing. He can be really cute when he relaxes during performances, giving fans bright smiles and v signs.

Young Saeng hosted SS501’s Youngstreet (SBS, 2006) with fellow member Park JungMin from 1 May 2006. He had to part with the program in Aug’06 due to some problems on his vocal cords which requires surgery and time to recover.

In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama “Boys Over Flowers“, SS501’s album which was originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.

Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed, with Heo Young Saeng as the leader of this sub unit. Other two members in this unit are Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5 members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R Man” (released on November 25, 2008).

Young Saeng composed and wrote his solo song, ‘(Is it Love?)’ which is also included in the special project album. This song is written while SS501 were having activities in Japan in 2007. He is the first member to have both composed and wrote lyrics for a song.

Finishing their promotional activities for “U R Man”, they continued their activities to promote “(Because I am stupid)”, a song they sang for the OST of “Boys Before Flowers”. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.

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SS501: Kim Hyunjoong


Kim HyunJoong (born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is the leader of popular

boyband SS501 and a prominent style icon in Korea, winning multiple icon awards.

Kim Hyunjoong
Birthday: June 6, 1986
Position: Leader, Rap, Vocal
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Blood: B

Kim HyunJoong gained widespread popularity beyond Asia for his role as Yoon Ji Hoo in the 2009 hit drama series Boys Over Flowers.

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Debuting as the leader of SS501 in 2005. They also appeared in "Thank You For Waking Me Up" where he was proven to be a heavy sleeper,"Thank You For Raising Me Up" in 2006 and MNet's "Idol World" in 2007, which showed SS501 doing various missions in Japan.

Kim Hyunjoong joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on May 11, 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior.


They achieved high popularity acting as a newlywed couple. Due to his appearance on We Got Married, he was cast in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango as one of the members of the famous F4. Known as the "Lettuce Couple", Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo went on to win MBC's Best Couple Award. The couple made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts presented by Boys Over Flowers.
In the hit drama series, Boys Over Flowers, he plays Yoon Ji Hoo. The series was a huge media and ratings sensation in Korea during its run from January to March 2009, garnering a huge amount of popularity for the entertainer. The series was not only a hit in Korea, but all around Asia as well. This includes Taiwan and the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal amongst others as well as in Japan and in North America where it was released on DVD with English subtitles.
Not long after him and SS501 members released their album "SS501 Collection," where they each sang a solo song, along with being featured in their mini drama music video.
Their Asia Concert Tour began in mid-August 2009 in Seoul at the Olympic Park. They continued their tour in Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok before returning to returning to Seoul for a closing encore concert. They staged two concerts for the encore closure on the 27th Feb and 28th Feb 2010 respectively.
On September 2009, during promotions in Japan for Boys Over Flowers, Kim HyunJoong was diagnosed with H1N1. While recovering from H1N1, he could not attend Seoul's International Drama Awards. To accept the award on his behalf, his members of SS501, Heo Young Saeng, Kim KyuJong, and Kim Hyung Jun were present for the award show. Kim HyunJoong recovered from H1N1 and was discharged on September 15, 2009.

On October 23, 2009 Kim HyunJoong and SS501 released their album "Rebirth," and performed "Love Like This."


He has also been the spokesperson for cosmetics brand, Tony Moly, an established company with numerous branches across Korea and Asia, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. He had since ended his contract with Tony Moly in End September 2010, and he had been chosen to be the Spokesperson for The Face Shop.
In April 2010, he appeared opposite Jung Ryeo Won in the music video for Korean Singer Gummy's new song As A Man.
In June 2010, him and his band mates of SS501 released an album titled 'Destination'. Their title song 'Love Ya' was received well, rating high in record sales and online music stores. 'Love Ya' went on to top Music Bank (TV series)'s K-Chart for two weeks. Doing great for two weeks was all they could have though, they soon ended promotions, because of SS501's contract was ending.
On June 19, 2010, he then appeared at a concert in the Philippines along side BEAST
On June 28, 2010, It was officially announced that Kim HyunJoong officially left DSP Entertainment and signed a contract with Bae Yong Joon's KeyEast Entertainment company.

Kim HyunJoong is now the leading role of the drama 'Playful Kiss' AKA 'It Started With a Kiss' (Taiwanese version) / 'Itazura na Kiss'(Japanese version) as Baek Seung Jo, who has a stand-offish personality.


He had said at the Playful Kiss press conference, that SS501 will never disband unless you stop buying their album, and that they will make new albums in the future.
Kim HyunJoong was then invited to the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games as the representative of South Korea and he'll sing "Sunshine Again" with other 3 singers. On the 7th of November, Kim HyunJoong was interviewed by CNN's Anna Coren due to his success in Playful Kiss. Playful Kiss Special Edition is a big hit on Youtube as it is the first korean drama to air on Youtube. It's first episode garners 1 million views just in 5 days. This has once again showed that Kim HyunJoong is a global star.

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Friday, 19 November 2010

Big Bang: Lee Seunghyun


Lee Seung-hyun, known by his stage name Seungri (lit. victory), is a member of Korean group Big Bang.

Before joining the group, he was a member of a dance team in Gwangju.

Lee Seunghyun
Stage Name: Seungri and/or Victory
Birthday: December 12, 1990
Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Choreographer
Height: 176cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: A

He first appeared on television on the reality television series Let's Cokeplay: M.Net Battle Shinhwa, a show in which Shinhwa attempted to create a boy band that could be a "second Shinhwa". Although he was noticed for his dance skills, his lack of vocal skills led to him being eliminated. He was later scouted by the record label YG Entertainment and joined the group Big Bang. Although he was initially cut on the ninth episode of the group's documentary series, he was given another chance to impress YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk and succeeded.

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Seungri is known for his dance skills the girlfriend actual of AJT. In his hometown, Gwangju, he was part of the dance group II Hwa. He has competed against his fellow Big Bang member Taeyang in several dance competitions, as well as against Super Junior's Eunhyuk, TVXQ's Yunho, and Shinee's Taemin. Seungri also choreographed some of Big Bang's dance.
Seungri became the first member of Big Bang to act in a musical with the performance in Sonagi in 2008. His next musical, Shouting, was performed in 2009 alongside another Big Bang member Daesung, who was unable to perform at the last minute due to a car accident. Seungri made his film debut in with the movie Why Did You Come to My House?, followed by My 19 alongside another Big Bang member T.O.P. The movie was released on November 12, 2009. Although his first solo song "Next Day" was recorded as part of Big Bang's album track, his second solo song "Strong Baby" was released as a promotional single for the group's second Korean album. In order to shed the "youngest member" look from Big Bang, Seungri promoted the single with a more mature look along with a stylized dance.

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Big Bang: Kang DaeSung


Daesung (Born Kang Daesung on April 26, 1989) is a member of South Korean hip hop group Big Bang.

Since his debut, he has released solo singles, performed in musicals, and became a member of reality-variety series Family Outing.

Kang Daesung
Stage Name: D-Lite
Born: April 26, 1989
Position: Vocalist
Height: 178cm
Weight: 63kg
Blood Type: O

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Although his parents were against the idea of him becoming a singer, Daesung pursued a career as a singer and was eventually recruited by YG Entertainment after auditioning. He later appeared on a documentary show following the potential members of what eventually became Big Bang.
Their first appearance as a group was on August 19, 2006 at YG Family's 10th Anniversary concert. On September 23, 2006, they had their debut performance. The group had its first big hit with "Geojitmal" (Korean: , "Lies") in 2007.
In between various albums and EPs as a group, the members were able to pursue solo activities. Daesung released his debut trot single "Nal Bwa Gwisun" (Korean: "Look at Me, Gwisun") in 2008; he stated that although he was worried about dampening the group's image, he wanted to try something different. The singer also joined the reality-variety show Family Outing as a permanent member. The show revealed that his IQ was 110. He also joined the Korean production of Cats, playing the role of Rum Tum Tiger.

In the midst of Big Bang's break in early 2009, Daesung released his second trot single in early 2009, titled "Daebakiya" ("Korean: "Big Hit"). He was also scheduled to join bandmate Seungri in the autobiographical musical Shouting; however, the singer was injured in a car accident before the musical's run, and ultimately required surgery. The injuries forced Daesung to halt all activities; he eventually made his return in October 2009, joining his group for the Dream Concert.
According to his Agency, YG Entertainment, he is supposed to release his solo album during 2010 along with fellow bandmate T.O.P. Daesung's new song, "Cotton Candy", was released at the end of January.

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