Kim Jong-min

For the South Korean footballer, see Kim Jong-Min (footballer).
Kim Jong min
김종민 (金鍾旼)
Background information
Birth name Kim Jong-min
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979
Origin South Korea
Genres K-pop, dance
Occupation(s) singer entertainer
Instruments Singing, piano
Years active 2000-Present
Labels

Trifecta Entertainment

2012 KYT Entertainment
Associated acts Koyote
Website

Official : http://www.kytent.com/

FANSITE : http://koyotekjm.com
Kim Jong-min
Hangul 김종민
Hanja 金鍾旼
Revised Romanization Gim Jong-min
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chong-min

Kim Jong-min (Korean: 김종민, 金鍾旼) (born September 24, 1979) is a South Korean dance music singer and entertainer, also well known as a member of Koyote.[1] He is the male lead singer and the leader of the band. In 2000, Kim replaced Cha Seung-min (Korean: 차승민), who returned to the United States for studies and officially made his debut in Koyote's third album, Passion. It was known that he got into Koyote because of his looks and popularity at the time.

Career

Predebut

Before debuting as a member of Koyote, Kim was a backup dancer for Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Jung Hyun, Kim Wan-sun, R.E.F and many other artists. He was on the dance team "Friends" for five years. Kim attended Dobong Information and Industrial High School and Mokwon University, Department of German Language and Literature.

Variety Appearances

Kim is notable for being a popular mainstay of many Korean variety shows (such as KBS's Heroine 6 and Choi Hong Man Strong Friends and formerly SBS's Real Romance Love Letter), as he has become a goofy, naïve "character" known for silly comments and actions. He was also an assistant soccer coach on KBS's FC Shoot Dori. Kim has also made appearances as a guest on MBC's King Saturday Driving School and Happy Shares Company, SBS's Love Choice (Selection Couple), X-Man, and Ya Shim Man Man, and KBS's Star Golden Bell and Happy Together Friends.

In 2007, Kim was a permanent member of KBS's Happy Sunday lineup as part of 1 Night 2 Days, in addition to promoting Koyote's Best album. He is now the only original member still on the show. It was reported in November that Kim has started his mandatory military service, and replacements are being sought out for his shows. During this time, Koyote performed as a duo. As of December 18, 2009. he was released from his military service.[2]

Kim has won many awards, the most recent of which was the Top Excellence Award from KBS Entertainment Awards in 2015.[3]

As soon as he finished his mandatory military service, he immediately became regular guest and permanent member on 3 different variety shows including SBS's Star King, KBS2's Sweet Night, and KBS2's 1 Night 2 Days which he was one of the members before he was enlisted. This was also noted to be the first time a Korean celebrity who went into the army returned to the same program he was on before. His return helped create high viewership for the variety shows that he appeared in. He was also on the first season of KBS2's Invincible Youth for a short time in the role of a mentor after the show had recently undergone a cast change.

However, his return performance was not well received by viewers and he was met with harsh criticism and many people signed petitions to request for him to leave the well-received show "1 Night 2 Days". Despite the negative comments, he kept his determination to succeed.

In the first quarter of 2011, after 13 years since he joined the entertainment industry, he released his very first single, named "Oppa Find Strength". His promotional clip from the MV depicted the negative comments that he received after his return from military service.

On 30 December 2013, Kim Jong-min won the best entertainer awards (Star King) along with Kwanghee and Park Jungyu (also from Star King).

Solo Singing Career

He made his solo comeback on 3 September 2014 as he released his third single, "Sali Go Dali Go", an electronic dance music composed by DanDi. The music video of his featured Chun Myung-hoon (NRG) and comedian Ahn Young-mi. His new track peaked at ranking No. 8 on China's popular music video sharing site, Yinyuetai.[4]

Discography

Main article: Koyote discography

Singles

Single # Single Information Track listing
1 OPPA, FIND STRENGTH
  • Released: April 26, 2011
  • Language: Korean
  1. 오빠 힘내요
2 Pit-A-Pat
  • Released: May 11, 2012
  • Language: Korean
  1. 두근두근(Feat. 길미)
3 Sali Go Dali Go
  • Released: September 3, 2014
  • Language: Korean
  1. 살리고 달리고
  2. 살리고 달리고 (inst.)

Film and television career

Variety show

MC

Drama

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2006 KBS Entertainment Awards Best Entertainer Award Happy Sunday: Heroine 6 Won
2013 SBS Entertainment Awards Star King Won
2014 KBS Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award - Variety Category 2 Days & 1 Night Nominated
2015 Won[5]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ (Korean) http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_txc&where=people_profile&ie=utf8&query=%EA%B9%80%EC%A2%85%EB%AF%BC&os=162679
  2. ↑ (Korean) http://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20091218603012
  3. ↑ (Korean) http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_txc&where=people_profile&ie=utf8&query=%EA%B9%80%EC%A2%85%EB%AF%BC&os=162679
  4. ↑ http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/108485/20140905/kim-jong-min-makes-viral-live-it-dance-while-topping-music-charts.htm
  5. ↑ "2015 KBS Entertainment Awards: Who Are the Big Winners of the Night?". Soompi. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
No Ju Hyun, Kim Jong-kook		 KBS Entertainment Awards for Best Entertainer
2006 		Succeeded by
Kim Gura, Lee Su Geun, Kim Sung Eun
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