Tony An
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | An Seung-ho |
| Also known as | Tony |
| Born | June 7, 1978 |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | TN Nation Entertainment |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | Official Site |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 토니안 |
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| Revised Romanization | Toni An |
| McCune–Reischauer | Toni An |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 안승호 |
| Hanja | 安勝浩 |
| Revised Romanization | An Seung-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Sŭng-ho |
Tony An (Hangul: 토니안; born June 7, 1978) is a South Korean singer best known for being part of the popular K-pop boy band H.O.T..
After H.O.T. disbanded in 2001, its ex-members Tony An, Jang Woo-hyuk and Lee Jae-won formed the dance music trio JTL. Eventually, JTL unofficially disbanded as each member, including Tony, released their solo material.
He is the CEO of TN Nation Entertainment, a music entertainment company; Skoolooks, a school uniform company; and Shinenihs, an undergarment company. Popular comedians Jeong Hyeong-don and Jo Hye-ryun were both part of TN Nation Entertainment.
In 1997, Tony was admitted to Dongguk University. He majored in stage performance and graduated in 2003.
Recently, Tony made his hair shorter like in his late H.O.T - JTL days and changed his genre to fast paced soft rock songs and gave a speech, telling about his views on his former H.O.T. members, and how he tried to contact them. He also released a music video title "Melody" featuring SAT from his special album, "Untold Story".
On April 28, 2008 Tony came back with a new special album entitled "Look Blank", with its principle song "Wallet". In September 2010, Tony completed his 2-year army duty and released a new song, "Going To Meet You Now". He released an EP titled 'Top Star' in February 2011 and after leaving as MC for the popular #1 Kpop chart show Mcountdown! in 2012 he released a single called "Beautiful girl" which also features Hyun Jun of SMASH.
When JTL was created, Tony was the lead vocal for the group and not just a back-up vocal and English rapper. H.O.T. fans had mixed feelings for jtL. Many of jtL's music videos were boycotted. However, things changed around when jtL held a 'Guerilla Concert' in front of 12,133 fans.
After Tony wanted to pursue a solo career during his jtL days, he created his own label, TN Nation Entertainment. Artists under this label are Tony and former Click-B member Yoo Ho-suk, going under the name "Evan", along with Jung Ju-ri, Shin Bong-sun, 어썸베이비 (Awe5omeBaby), and others. South Korean comedian and entertainer Jeong Hyeong-don was the member of this company.
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