Ted Park
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ted Taewon Park |
| Also known as | Ted Park |
| Born |
December 4, 1994 Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Genres | R&B Hip hop Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer Songwriter |
| Years active | 2014 – present |
| Labels | Capitol Fr, Universal |
| Associated acts | DJ Pain 1, Chevy Woods |
Ted Taewon Park (born December 4, 1994), better known by his stage name Ted Park, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter from Madison, Wisconsin. Ted Park released his single "Hello (Who is this)" on September 15, 2016 which made the Top 10 on Billboard and Spotify's Viral 50 Charts. The notierity and publicity from the single landed Ted Park a deal with Capitol Fr, Universal. Hello has received nationwide radio play, and is over 120,000 streams on Spotify.
Ted Park was born December 4, 1994 in Madison Wisconsin. Park grew up traveling with his parents many times, seeing 46 states before the age of 12. Park's family took trips frequently to give him an experience and understanding of the United States. Park placed 6th in the US out of 200,000+ students in Kumon's Math program. Ted Park started playing the piano at 4 years old and advanced in the arts. By the age of 9, Ted learned to play Beethoven's "Fur Elise" piece in whole. In the beginning of Ted Parks 8th grade year, the Park's family decided to make the move back to South Korea.
Life in Korea was not easy for Park, being monolingual in English. Ted Park found a love for writing and creating records. Armed with his father's webcam microphone and Audacity recording software, began his recording career. Ted Park soon thereafter upgraded to a UFO USB microphone and began uploading his records to YouTube. During this time, Ted desired to pursue his music career and made the move back to America before his Freshman year at first Madison West and Middleton High school. After high school, Ted signed to an indie label, and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in January 2014. Ted Park parted with the label in July 2014, and made the move to New York City in September 2014 to further enhance his career.
2015 (Slamhouse Music, Soulspazm) In March 2015, Ted Park signed with Neal Foggie and Mike Authentik of the in house label/management group Slamhouse Music. The Slamhouse Music partnership led to a distribution deal with Soulspazm Digital. On June 11, 2015, Ted's first single "Go" premiered through DJBooth.net and charted at #1 on their top 20 indie chart. Ted Park then followed up the single "Go" with the smash hit "Held It Down" featuring Taylor Gang artist Chevy Woods. The two records "Go" and "Held It Down" resulted in significant momentum and circulation on soundcloud and national radio. The buzz on the East Coast to an impromptu meeting with Muhamadaou Saho (Known as Saho) at a hotel party in Tribeca, forging collective "Plugged In" movement.
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