Andy Lee (South Korean singer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lee Sun-ho |
| Also known as | Jason Lee |
| Born | 21 January 1981 |
| Origin | South Korea |
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| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels |
SM Entertainment (1998–2003) Good Entertainment (2004–2007) ND Entertainment/TOP Media (2007–present) Shinhwa Company (2011–present) |
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| Website |
official website http://www.shinhwacompany.co.kr/ |
| Birth Name | |
| Hangul | 이선호 |
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| Hanja | 李先皓 |
| Revised Romanization | I Seon-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Sŏn-ho |
Lee Sun-ho (Hangul: 이선호; Hanja: 李先皓; born 21 January 1981), mononymously credited as Andy (Hangul: 앤디), is a South Korean rapper and the youngest in the six-member boy band Shinhwa. Besides rapping for his band, Andy has ventured out into television acting, musicals, and solo singing. Andy is also the producer of duo Jumper and boy bands Teen Top, 100% and UP10TION.
Lee went to John F. Kennedy High School, Granada Hills, California at the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley before transferring to and graduating from Korea Kent Foreign School. Lee was the second member to join Shinhwa. He originally planned to be a member of H.O.T. (another Korean boy band) with his friend Tony An. However, his parents pulled their support for him joining H.O.T. because they thought he was too young. Nevertheless, he continued to stay with the management of H.O.T. and was even featured as a rapper on female group S.E.S.'s single I'm Your Girl along with Eric Mun (Mun would later join Lee in Shinhwa as lead rapper).
When Andy was older, his parents let him join Shinhwa. He would continue with Shinhwa until the group's fourth album when he took some time out to study in the U.S. (he later confessed that it actually was due to his care for seriously sick mother). For the group's fifth album Perfect Man he returned and has been with the group ever since. His real English name was actually Jason, but SM Entertainment persuaded him to change it before his debut.
In 2003, when the members of Shinhwa began doing solo activities, Lee surprised everyone by being an actor on various dramas, most notably the drama Lovers In Prague. Although he had a very minor role in the drama, it gained many viewers because of his role as a completely different, serious person. He began appearing in many banjun drama as well alongside former Fin.K.L member Lee Jin. The two acted together in numerous other banjun dramas as well as a couple for 6 months, longer than any other couple or actors/actresses did on the show segment for which they gained a lot of popularity due to their perfect match and chemistry. Lee was also an MC on SBS Inkigayo and MBC Goldfish, though in January 2007, he step down from being MC on both SBS Inkigayo and MBC Goldfish in a period of 3 days (SBS Inkigayo on January 28 & MBC Goldfish on January 31).
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