Kim Jong-hyun (singer)
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Jonghyun at 2016 Korean Popular Culture And Arts Awards
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| Native name | 김종현 |
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Kim Jong-hyun April 8, 1990 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Website | jonghyun |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Hangul | 김종현 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Jong-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chong-hyŏn |
Kim Jong-hyun (born April 8, 1990), better known by the mononym Jonghyun, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, and radio host. He is the main vocalist of the South Korean boy group Shinee, and has further participated in S.M. Entertainment's project group S.M. The Ballad. Jonghyun debuted as a solo artist on January 12, 2015, with his first EP, titled Base. In the same year, on September 17, Jonghyun released a compilation album, Story Op.1. On May 24, 2016, Jonghyun released his first studio album, She Is.
In 2008, he was chosen as a member of the group Shinee. The 5-member boy group debuted on May 25, 2008, on SBS's Inkigayo. Jonghyun debuted as a songwriter when writing the Korean lyrics to Shinee's fourth promotional single, "Juliette", which was the featured on their second mini album, "Romeo", released in May 2009. On November 6, 2009, labelmate Yesung of Super Junior made a surprise appearance on KBS Music Bank with Shinee in place of Jonghyun, who was recovering from influenza, in a performance of "Ring Ding Dong".
Jonghyun went on to participate in the writing of two songs on Shinee's second Korean studio album, "Lucifer", which were released on July 2010. The first, "Up & Down", was co-written with Misfit, with the rap being written by groupmate Minho. The second, "욕 (Obsession)", was completely written by Jonghyun, minus Minho once again working on his own rap. In October 2010, Jonghyun was one of twenty idols from various South Korean groups that recorded the song "Let's Go" with the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided his vocals along with other labelmates, such as: Super Junior's Sungmin, Girls' Generation's Seohyun and f(x)'s Luna. In November 2010, it was revealed by S.M. Entertainment that Jonghyun, along with TRAX's Jay, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, and rookie singer, Jino, would be participating in a project group together under their label. The group was revealed to be named SM the Ballad. Rather than pop, the subunit focused more on releasing songs from the ballad or the R&B ballad genre. The group released their debut mini album, Miss You, on November 29, 2010, and debuted on November 28, 2010, on SBS's Inkigayo with their lead single that shared the same title as the mini album. After finishing the promotions for their first track, the subunit continued on with follow up promotions; the focus was another track on their album entitled "Hot Times".
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