Sungmin
| Sungmin | |
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 Sungmin at Kaohsiung Arena, Taiwan in 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lee Sung-min |
| Born | January 1, 1986 Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Genres | Pop, Dance, R&B |
| Occupations | Singer, Dancer, Actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | SM Entertainment |
| Associated acts | SM Town, Super Junior, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-Happy, Super Junior-M |
| Website | min01.smtown.com |
| Lee Sungmin | |
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| Hangul | 이성민 |
| Hanja | 李晟敏 |
| Revised Romanization | I Seong-min |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Sŏngmin |
Lee Sung-min (born January 1, 1986), better known simply as Sungmin, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the K-pop boy band Super Junior. He is considered to be one of the four main vocalists of Super Junior.
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[edit] Biography
Sungmin was born in the Hogae district of Anyang, Gyeonggi. He has a younger brother, Lee Sungjin.[1]
In 2001, he entered the SM Youth Best Contest and jointly won first place for the Best Outward Appearance award with future band mate Donghae. Together, they signed a contract with SM Entertainment and began to receive training in singing, dancing, and acting.
In 2002, Sungmin was briefly placed in a project R&B group with Xiah and future band mate Eunhyuk. Along with Typhoon, Rose and Attack, the six of them made their first television appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock Moon Hee-jun taught Typhoon, Rose and Attack on how to properly sing rock while Sungmin, Xiah, and Eunhyuk were taught other singing techniques by Kangta. The six trainees quickly separated a year later, however, when Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as member of rock band TRAX and Xiah debuted as a member of TVXQ. Both Sungmin and Eunhyuk joined ten other trainees and formed the group Super Junior 05, being the first generation of the rotational boy band Super Junior.
[edit] Music Career
[edit] Super Junior
Super Junior 05 officially debuted on November 6, 2005 on SBS's music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". Their debut performance attracted over 500 fans and also garnered oversea viewers from both China and Japan. A full studio album was released a month later, which debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.[2]
In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.[3] The re-polished group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.
During his career with Super Junior, Sungmin has been put into three subgroups, smaller groups that are branched off of the larger main group. In February 2007, Sungmin was placed in the trot-singing Super Junior-T. A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-Happy. In 2011, he was also placed as one of the two new members of Super Junior-M along with Eunhyuk.
[edit] Solo
In October 2010, Sungmin was one of the twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided vocals along with labelmates Seohyun, Jonghyun and Luna.[4]
[edit] Other Activities
[edit] Acting
In 2005, Sungmin played young Kang Dong-shin in the MBC drama Sisters of the Sea, right before the debut of Super Junior. A year later, Sungmin guest starred in SBS's Banjun Theatre drama Finding Lost Time and played Micky's high school friend.
In July 2007, Sungmin's first big-scale film was the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, an SM Pictures production that premiered for the first time. He played the role of a pretty school boy who later gets attacked by an unknown criminal.
In 2008, Sungmin participated in a short half-hour drama Super Junior Unbelievable Story with Leeteuk. Sungmin starred as himself, a member of the popular group Super Junior-T who is constantly overshadowed by his members.
In 2009, he was casted in the musical "Akilla" starring as the main lead, Ro.
In 2010, he was casted in the musical "Hongildong" starring as the main lead, Hongildong, alongside fellow bandmate Yesung.
In 2010, SM Entertainment announced that Sungmin was cast in the KBS drama "President" as Jang Sungmin, the ambitious son of Jang Il Joon the president. [5]
Last year, Sungmin performed as Daniel in the musical "Jack the Ripper" from July 7, 2011 to August 10, 2011.
Recently, Sungmin was announced as candidate for We Got Married's spin-off program with Sistar's Hyorin called "Pit-a-Pat Shake" to air as a Lunar Year special.[6]
[edit] DJ
Sungmin replaced band mate Kangin as one of the key DJs of Reckless Radio and was hosting it with Sooyoung of Girls' Generation in the later half of 2007. On February 3, 2008, Sooyoung's band mate Sunny replaced her position. The program ended in late July 2008. Sungmin, along with band mate Ryeowook, took over "Super Junior's Kiss the Radio" late 2011 when former DJs Leeteuk and Eunhyuk stepped off due to busy schedules.
[edit] Twitter Controversy
Last August 9, 2011, a user with the Twitter username "Mystericsmile" came out on twitter and claimed to be Sungmin's official Twitter account. But, later that day, Sungjin, Sungmin's younger brother officially announced that his brother doesn't have any Twitter account and that the user "mystericsmile" was a fake. He also stated that this was the reason why his brother doesn't like Twitter.[citation needed] Sungmin used to have an account under the ID, "myblacksmile" but he removed it after a couple of months and also, he removed his cyworld for unspecified reasons. He continues to update his fans through his me2day account.[citation needed]
After reading a letter from his father in SUKIRA, in which the latter stated that Twitter was a way that he can communicate with his fans. ELFs all welcomed him back (#WelcomeBackSungmin) on January of this year. He is now under @imSMl and has been updating it together with his blog on NAVER.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles and Soundtracks
| Year | Title | Song | Format | Artist | Notes |
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| 2007 | Student's Cheer song | 소중한 열매 (Power) | Digital Single | Sungmin feat. CSJH Dana/Lina | |
| 2007 | "Homicide Investigation Team OST" | 히트 (H.I.T) | OST | KRY, Kangin, Sungmin, Donghae | |
| 2008 | SJ-T Rokkuko album Japanese ver |
Asita No Tameni 明日のために (For Tomorrow) | Track | Sungmin feat. Japanese duo Moeyan ソンミン(SuperJunior-T×ﾓｴﾔﾝ) |
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| 2008 | Sanggeunie's Hope album | Jiguem Mannaro Gayo 지금 만나러 가요 (Now We Go to Meet) |
Track | Yesung, Sungmin | written by Leeteuk, Sungmin |
| 2010 | "Haru OST" | Angel | OST | Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun | |
| 2010 | KBS2TV "President OST" | 입술을 깨물고 (Biting my Lips) | OST | Sungmin, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun | Sungmin also starred in this drama |
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2007 | Attack on the Pin-Up Boys 꽃미남 연쇄 테러 사건 |
Himself | Limited release in South Korea |
[edit] Television Drama
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Other notes |
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| 2005 | Sisters of the Sea |
young Kang Dong-shin | MBC | (Ep 1. ~ Ep. 60) |
| 2005 | Charnel House Boy |
young baseball player boy | KBS | One-Episode Drama |
| 2006 | Finding Lost Time | Yoochun's Bestfriend | SBS | One-Episode Drama |
| 2008 | Super Junior Unbelievable Story |
Main role / himself | MBC | One-episode drama[7] |
| 2010 | The President | Jang Sung-min | KBS | 20 Episodes |
[edit] Variety Shows
| Year | Station | Title | Note |
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| 2007 | MNET | Hello Chat | VJ With Shindong |
| 2007 | MNET | Idol World | Regular MC. With SJ-T |
| 2007 | MNET | Girls' Generation Goes to School | Narrator |
| 2008 | MBC | Idol Show Season 1 | Regular MC. With SJ-H |
| 2008 | MBC | Unbelievable Outing S3 | With Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Yesung and Kangin |
| 2009 | KBS | Miracle Show | With Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk and Kangin |
| 2009 | KBS | Intimate Note | Ep. 24 & 25. With Super Junior |
| 2009 | MBC | Oppa Band | Regular MC, Vocalist/Guitarist. With TRAX's Jungmo |
| 2011 | KBS | Happy Together S3 | Ep. 176. With the cast of The President |
[edit] Music Appearances
[edit] Musical Stages
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2009 | The Royal Musical "Akilla" | Ro | Main Lead |
| 2010 | HongGilDong | HongGilDong | Main Lead |
| 2011 | Jack the Ripper | Daniel | Main Lead |
[edit] Music Videos
| Year | Song title | Artist | Role |
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| 2009 | "S.E.O.U.L. MV" | Super Junior and Girls' Generation | The Photographer |
| 2010 | World Cup "Victory Korea" |
Super Junior-Happy | Himself |
| 2010 | G20 Seoul Summit "Let's Go" |
2010 G-20 Seoul summit | Himself |
[edit] Radio shows
| Date | Name | Note |
| June 4, 2007 – February 3, 2008 February 3, 2008 – July 30, 2008 |
Chunji Reckless Radio (천방지축 라디오) | with Sooyoung with Sunny |
| December 5, 2011 - present | Super Junior Kiss the Radio (Sukira) | with Ryeowook |
[edit] Awards
- 1st SM Youth Best Selection: Best Outward Appearance
[edit] References
- ^ "Super Junior's Official Site". http://superjunior.smtown.com.
- ^ "Album Sales of December 2005" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea: pp. 1. http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200512.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-16.[dead link]
- ^ (Chinese) Sina.com. Super Junior adds new member, transformed into 13-person super group May 24, 2006.Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "20 idol singers unite to sing the G20 Seoul Summit theme song". allkpop.com. September 30, 2010. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/20-idol-singers-unite-to-sing-the-g20-seoul-summit-theme-song. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ^ Sungmin to be in President
- ^ Pit-a-Pat Shake featuring Sungmin
- ^ (Korean) Gamespot.com. SuJu's Leeteuk, Sungmin show's idol talent – first lead roles March 19, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
[edit] External links
- SM Entertainment Official Site
- Lee Sungmin Official Site
- Super Junior Official Site
- Super Junior Official Avex Site (Chinese)
- Super Junior Official Japanese Site (Japanese)
- Super Junior-T Official Site
- Super Junior-Happy Official Site
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- 1986 births
- Japanese-language singers
- Living people
- South Korean idols
- South Korean pop singers
- South Korean male singers
- South Korean film actors
- South Korean pianists
- South Korean radio presenters
- South Korean rhythm and blues singers
- South Korean singer-songwriters
- South Korean television actors
- South Korean television presenters
- Super Junior members
- Super Junior-Happy members
- Super Junior-M members
- Super Junior-T members
- Trot singers
- Myongji University alumni
