Kim Jang-hoon

Korean name
Hangul	김장훈
Hanja	金章勳
Revised Romanization	Gim Jang-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Changhun

Kim Jang-hoon
Kim Jang-hoon
	Kim in April 2012
Background information
Born	14 August 1963 (age 61)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Occupation	Vocalist
Years active	1991-present
Labels	Concert World, LOEN Entertainment
Website	www.KimJangHoon.com

Kim Jang-hoon (Korean: 김장훈; Hanja: 金章勳; born 14 August 1963) is a South Korean singer, known for his rock ballads.

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Kim dropped out of school and worked as a DJ at cafes. In 1991, he released his debut album.^[1] Cho Dongik mainly wrote and arranged his music. That album included "On a sunny day", written by You Hee-yeol, "Always between you and I", written by Cho Dongik, "To the tomorrow", written by Cho Dongik. His second album^[2] including "Now", was released in 1993. His third album was I just sang my song.^[3]

On 27 September 2011, Kim released the single, "Breakups are So Like Me" which featured Heechul of boy band Super Junior, who also starred in the music video. Since Heechul enlisted for mandatory military service on 1 September, his parts during the performance on Music Bank and Show! Music Core, was filled in by bandmates, Yesung, Eunhyuk and Shindong, who performed with Kim.^[4]

Also, Kim is on many popular T.V. variety programs as an entertainer. Kim is the #1 musician at University Campuses for 10 years and his popularity ranges from people in their teens to their 60s.

Since his debut, Kim has twenty-two (22) albums, including his best remix albums, digital singles, and Original Soundtrack albums. Moreover, throughout his career, Kim performed at over 1,000 different concerts and shows, including fifteen (15) of his own exclusive concerts, in China and South Korea.

In 2012, Kim released his 10th full-length album, the first in six years. He released a music video for the title track "Nothing" featuring Paris Hilton.^[5]

In 2014, Kim released, along with the girl group Crayon Pop, a new single titled "HERO".

Charitable work

In South Korea, Kim is widely known as the "Donation Angel", donating over 10 billion South Korean won over the course of ten years to various causes. He is active in the Liancourt Rocks territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2012, while during his concert at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in California, Kim received a letter signed by U.S. President Barack Obama, notifying him of his winning the President's Volunteer Service Award.^[6]

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Album#	Album Information	Tracklist
1st	Vol 1 always between you and I Released: 15 September 1991 Language: Korean	"Always between you and I" "In there" "To the tomorrow" "Go separate ways" "On a sunny day" "To the childhood" "For the days left" "Someday"
2nd	Vol 2 Now Released: 10 December 1994 Language: Korean	"Now" "I want to love" "For the hard world" "When I was a young" "To the tearless world" "As we did the past" "My old song" "Now(instrumental)"
3rd	Vol 3 I just sang my song Released: 10 January 1997 Language: Korean	"live happily without thinking of me" "Because I loved you" "I just sang my song" "The hardtime become my song" "I am breathing" "Revolution" "Bluebird" "It will go halves" "I just sang my song (edit)" "On such a day"
4th	Vol 4 1998 BALLADS FOR TEARS Released: 10 March 1998 Language: Korean	"If you were like me" "Should this life sometimes deceive you" "When we live" "On a sunny day" "Always you and I" "To the tomorrow" "As we did the past" "She has gone" "MOTHER" "If you were like me(Acoustic Version)"
5th	Vol 5 Fool Released: 5 October 1999 Language: Korean	"The sad gift" "The way to forget her" "When tomorrow comes" "GOOD BYE DAY" "We never meet but part" "The fool" "Letting her go" "The ring" "The Opera" "Honey, good-bye" "The gift"
6th	Vol 6 INNOCENCE Released: 29 November 2000 Language: Korean	"The monologue" "Last winter (Christmas Version)" "The fool" "I am a man" "The season of the heart" "Your story" "Search for another me" "Our joyful day" "Like a movie" "Elly, My Love" "If I could do" "Please"
7th	Vol 7 Natural Released: 13 December 2001 Language: Korean	"The clown" "Sorry" "Love" "Oh! Beautiful" "The Day" "Go away" "After a while" "The ice rainbow" "On your little hands" "You" "Oh! Beautiful (Club version)"
8th	Novelty Hero Newspaper with Cho PD Released: 2004 Language: Korean
9th	Vol A Piece Released: 4 May 2005 Language: Korean	"Show" "My Profile" "I Love You" "Are you happy?" "Panic Attack" "My father" "A burned tree" "A man waiting for you" "Just stay as you are" "Good-bye my brother" "The song for January"
10th	Vol 9 It's me Released: 24 November 2006 Language: Korean	"Honey" "Face washing" "Let's run and run" "A couple(Happy together)" "I laugh because I am a man" "I cann’t forget" "On a day long after we met" "Go round and round (Zucker version)" "To my angel" "Honey (Mania version)" "Let her go out of my heart"
11th	Project : Maestro Released: 28 September 2007 Language: Korean	"I laugh because I am a man" "Romance"
12th	A Shower - Digital Single Released: 29 April 2008 Language: Korean	"A shower" (original version) "A shower" (pop version)
13th	Letter to Kim Hyun Sik - tribute album Released: 4 November 2010 Language: Korean	"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter" "I've loved" "Like rain, like the music" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" "Faddist" "Making Memories" "Always by your side" "My love by my side" "Love Love Love" "Separation of the terminus" "Korean man (instrumental)"
14th	Make Me Cry Again (w/ Psy) - Digital Single Released: 2010 Language: Korean	"Make Me Cry Again" (original version)

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2008, Publicity Ambassador for Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK)
2008, Publicity Ambassador for Olympic Park
2022, Ambassadors for the Festival of Culture and Arts with Disabilities with Jung Eun-hye^[7]

2002: The Prize for Good Deed Star in Current Year
2008: 4th The Grand Prize for Contribution to Society-Special Award
2008: 6th The Prize for Glorious Civilized People
2012: President's Volunteer Service Award^[8]

[1]
김장훈 1집 '늘 우리 사이엔' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 19 November 1991.
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김장훈 2집 '이제야' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 10 December 1994.
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김장훈 3집 '노래만 불렀지' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 10 January 1997.
[4]
Choe, MinJi "Super Junior Fills in For Heechul for Kim Jang Hoon Duet" CJ E&M enewsWorld. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30
[5]
"Kim Jang Hoon's music video for "Nothing" features Paris Hilton". Asia Pacific Arts. 29 October 2012.
[6]
"Kim Jang-hoon Given U.S. President's Volunteer Award". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
[7]
Park Ah-reum (14 June 2022). "'우블' 정은혜X김장훈, 장애인문화예술축제 홍보대사 위촉[공식]" [Wooble’ Jung Eun-hye X Kim Jang-hoon appointed as ambassadors for the Culture and Arts Festival for the Disabled [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 14 June 2022 – via Naver.
[8]
Sunwoo, Carla (24 July 2012). "Obama recognizes Kim Jang-hoon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Official website
김장훈 (Kim Jang-hoon) on Cyworld (gyhoon77) (in Korean)

[1] [1]
김장훈 1집 '늘 우리 사이엔' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 19 November 1991.

[2] [2]
김장훈 2집 '이제야' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 10 December 1994.

[3] [3]
김장훈 3집 '노래만 불렀지' (in Korean). 인뮤즈닷컴. 10 January 1997.

[4] [4]
Choe, MinJi "Super Junior Fills in For Heechul for Kim Jang Hoon Duet" CJ E&M enewsWorld. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30

[5] [5]
"Kim Jang Hoon's music video for "Nothing" features Paris Hilton". Asia Pacific Arts. 29 October 2012.

[6] [6]
"Kim Jang-hoon Given U.S. President's Volunteer Award". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[7] [7]
Park Ah-reum (14 June 2022). "'우블' 정은혜X김장훈, 장애인문화예술축제 홍보대사 위촉[공식]" [Wooble’ Jung Eun-hye X Kim Jang-hoon appointed as ambassadors for the Culture and Arts Festival for the Disabled [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 14 June 2022 – via Naver.

[8] [8]
Sunwoo, Carla (24 July 2012). "Obama recognizes Kim Jang-hoon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Korean name
Hangul	김장훈
Hanja	金章勳
Revised Romanization	Gim Jang-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Changhun