Kim Hyun Joong

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Kim Hyun Joong

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Kim Hyun Joong (born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is the leader and main dancer of popular boyband SS501 and a prominent style icon in Korea, winning multiple icon awards. He gained widespread popularity beyond Asia for his role as Yoon Ji Hoo in the 2009 hit drama series Boys Over Flowers and is now known worldwide as the perfect Baek Seung Jo in the hit series drama Mischievous/Playful Kiss.

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. He joined the cast of We Got Married a famous reality show in 2008. 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. His latest TV drama is Playful/Naughty Kiss with Jung So Min. 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 INDIA, Taiwan, Nepal and the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, 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 Seoul for a closing encore concert. They staged two concerts for the encore closure on the 27th Feb and 28th Feb 2010 respectively. In 2011, he admitted on a talk show that he had some plastic surgery work done.[1]He explained that his nose was hit by a stone as a kid. He got treatment and had his nose done at the same time.

On September 2009, during promotions in Japan for Boys Over Flowers, Kim Hyun Joong 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 Kyu Jong, and Kim Hyung Jun were present for the award show. He recovered from H1N1 and was discharged on September 15, 2009. On October 23, 2009 Kim Hyun Joong 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" (남자라서). In June 2010, him and his band mates of SS501 released an album titled Destination (produced by Steven Lee). 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 Hyun Joong officially left DSP Entertainment and signed a contract with Bae Yong Joon's KeyEast Entertainment company. Kim Hyun Joong is now the leading role of the drama Playful Kiss (Korean adaptation of the Taiwanese drama It Started With a Kiss and Japanese drama Itazura na Kiss) 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 Hyun Joong was then invited to the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou as the representative of South Korea to sing "Sunshine Again" with other 3 singers. On the 7 November, Kim Hyun Joong 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. Its first episode garners 1 million views just in 5 days and it proves so popular that there is a record channel view of 6.3 million and 17.5 million total upload views, still fans from all over the world have not stop asking for more or a part 2 of Naughty Kiss. This has once again showed that Kim Hyun Joong is a global star. In the early of December 2010, Kim Hyun Joong went to Singapore and Malaysia to promote The Face Shop which he endorses. He received massive success in both countries, over 5000 people went to his fanmeetings.He also became the 2nd most expensive cosmetic endorser in Korea after actress Go Hyun Jung with his contract with Face Shop. His contract was worth 1.8 Billion won. Kim Hyun Joong released his very first solo debut mini album on the 8th of June, titled Break Down, which is the name of his title track, featuring Double K. Besides, Hyun Joong will have another music video for 'Please' which is one of the tracks in his album. The music video teaser for 'Please' has been released on Hyun Joong's official Youtube account on the 26th of May and it's set to be released through music sites on the 31st of May, while the music video on the 2nd of June. "Break Down" Album is produced by famous music producer Steven Lee (music producer), which is the composer for SS501 previous hits like Love Like This and Love Ya. Kim Hyun Joong's album has achieved more than 100,000 copies sold on Hanteo Chart in 2 weeks.His album also topped the Gaon Chart for the 2nd week of June and the Oricon chart in Japan in the International imported Album category for the first week of July.The Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Japan’s Oricon and America’s Billboard charts. On the 16th of June 2011, he became the winner for two weeks on Mnet M! Countdown, making him the first SS501 member to win an award on any music shows; also Kim Hyun Joong clinched his win for two consecutive weeks on KBS2's Music Bank (TV show) with his title song "Break Down". Right now he's promoting with his follow-up track Kiss Kiss. "Break Down" is certified platinum in Taiwan. Warner Music Tawian CEO Chen Ze Shan personally awarded him with a Platinum Record in a press conference held in Taiwan. Kim Hyun Joong also became the first Korean celebrity to appear in the Taiwanese TV show "The Person". 'The Person’ is a talk show that only invites the best celebrity stars in the industry, as it consistently ranks #1 in TV ratings in Taiwan.

Filmography


  • 2011: Dream High (Cameo KBS2) 
  • 2010: Playful Kiss (MBC) 
  • 2009: Boys Over Flowers (KBS2)
  • 2009: Samsung Anycall Haptic Mission with F4 and Som Dam-Bi
  • 2008: Spotlight- (with SS501 Cameo MBC) 
  • 2008: We Got Married (MBC- Ep 9-38) 
  • 2007: Hotelier- (with SS501 Cameo Ep 7 TV Arashi) 
  • 2006: Pi Story- (Voice) 2005: Can Love Be Refilled?- (Sitcom KBS2) 
  • 2005: Nonstop- (Ep 208 MBC) 
MV 

  • 2011 Kim Hyun Joong - Kiss Kiss 
  • 2011 Kim Hyun Joong - Break Down 
  • 2011 Kim Hyun Joong - 제발(Please) 
  • 2010 Gummy - As A Man 
  • 2009 Kim Joon - Jun Be O.K 
  • 2006 Eru - Black Glasses 
  • 2005 2Shai - She Laughed
Album
  • 2011- 2nd mini album "Lucky"
  • 2011- 1st mini album "Break Down"
  • 2008- Digital Single "Thank You"

TV commercials / Advertisements / Model
DVDs 
  • 2010 Ready,Action! Spain Photo Book 
  • 2010 Kim Hyun Joong's "First Love Story DVD"
Source: Wikipedia
 

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