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The native form of this personal name is Kim Young-hu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Young-hu Kim
Born (1981-11-07) 7 November 1981 (age 43)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentsPiano
LabelsSM Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
김영후
Revised RomanizationGim Yeong-hu
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏng-hu

Young-hu Kim is a South Korean music producer, songwriter and software engineer. He works mainly with SM Entertainment artists,[1] and has written songs for Girls Generation,[2] Exo, TVXQ, BoA, Shinee, f(x), Super Junior, Shinhwa, and Fly to the Sky.[3]

Career

Born on November 7, 1981, in Seoul, South Korea, he started his career when he was signed to SM Entertainment as the youngest producer, signed at the age of 15.[4] His first number 1 single was Shinhwa's "I Pray For You", with work on subsequent hits including TVXQ's "Whatever They Say," Shinee's "Replay," and Girls Generation's "Oh." He co-founded XP Music Publishing based in Los Angeles, with offices in Seoul and Tokyo, taking on projects in tech and building the first online music publishing catalog in Asia. He is currently the CEO of mobile app company Qoop. [5]

Discography

South Korea

  • BoA: My Prayer - 250,000 copies sold (2 platinum)
  • BoA: If You Were Here - 120,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • BoA: Girls on Top(English Version)
  • Exo: My Turn to Cry - 500,000 copies sold
  • Exo: Can't Bring Me Down - 1 Million copies sold
  • Fly to the Sky: How Many Nights, How Many Days - 200,000 copies sold (2 platinum)
  • Fly to the Sky: Magic Song - 170,000 copies sold (platinum) - Number 3 on biggest online chart
  • Fly to the Sky: My Never ending Story - 100,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • F(x): Me + U - 100,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • F(x): Goodbye Summer - 80,000 copies sold
  • F(x): Summer Lover
  • F(x): Diamond
  • Girl's Generation: Let's Talk About Love - 100,000 copies sold(platinum)
  • Girl's Girls Generation: Oh! - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum) - number 1 on several countries. Number 1 on numerous music channels. Winner of Golden Disc Award
  • Girl's Generation: Say Yes - 400,000 copies sold (4 platinum) - won Golden Disk Awards and Seoul Music Awards
  • Isak N Jiyeon: I Dream Of You
  • S.E.S.: You Told Me
  • Shinee: Replay
  • Shinee: Love like Oxygen
  • Shinee: In my room - 150,000 copies sold(platinum)
  • Shinee: 차라리 때려 - 150,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • Shinee: Y.O.U. (Year Of Us)
  • Shinee: Runaway - 250,000 copies sold (2 platinum)
  • Shinhwa: Just 2 be with U - 400,000 copies sold (4 platinum)
  • Shinhwa: I pray 4 U - 400,000 copies sold (4 platinum) - Number 1 song on MBC Music Show, SBS Music Show and several online charts. Japanese Anime “Inuyasha” Korea Territory title song
  • Shinhwa: Soulmate - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum)
  • Shinhwa: Hurricane - 100,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • Super Junior: Over - 100,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • Super Junior: You're my endless love - 200,000 copies sold (2 platinum)
  • Super Junior: She wants it - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum)
  • Super Junior: Shake It Up! - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum)
  • Super Junior: Over - 100,000 copies sold (platinum)
  • The Grace: Dancer In The Rain
  • The Grace: Catch The Shooting Star
  • Tim: Sarang Han Mankeum
  • Tim: My Destiny
  • Tim: Nae Ahn Eh Jun Jeng
  • Tim: Manual For My Heart
  • TVXQ: Whatever They Say - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum) - Number 4 on SBS music show.
  • TVXQ: Free your mind
  • TVXQ: Beautiful Life - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum)
  • TVXQ: 세상의단하나뿐인마음
  • TVXQ: On & On - 535,000 copies sold (5 platinum) - Number 1 album of 2006 + Winner of Golden Disc Award.
  • TVXQ: Crazy Love
  • TVXQ: 넌 나의 노래 - 600,000 copies sold (6 platinum) - Number 1 album of 2008, Winner of Golden Disc Award.
  • TVXQ: Here I stand - 300,000 copies sold (3 platinum)[6]
  • Whee Sung: Angel - 400,000 copies sold (4 platinum)

Japan

  • Girls Generation Oh! single: Oh! - 100,000 copies sold (gold) - Number One on Oricon Chart
  • Girls Generation 2nd album: Oh! - 200,000 copies sold (gold)
  • Shinee 1st single album: Replay - 110,000 copies sold (gold)
  • Shinee 1st album: Replay - 120,000 copies sold (gold)
  • Tenjochiki Piranha album: Just for one day - 100,000 copies sold (gold)
  • TVXQ 3rd album: Beautiful Life -150,000 copies sold (gold)
  • TVXQ 3rd Album: You're my miracle - 150,000 copies sold (gold)
  • TVXQ Bolero album: Wasurenaide - 150,000 copies sold (gold)
  • TVXQ 4th album: Wasurenaide - 300,000 copies sold (platinum)

References

  1. ^ "New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture - MTV".
  2. ^ "Young-Hu Kim - Credits - AllMusic".
  3. ^ "영재 작곡가? 웰컴 투 김영후 월드! - MBC 연예 스포츠".
  4. ^ "Behind the Scenes in K-pop: Interview with SM producer, Young-hu Kim". 21 February 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.koreatowndaily.com/read.php?id=20090512190359&section=local&type=fdb&ss=6
  6. ^ http://www.melon.com/cds/song/web/songdetailmain_list.htm?songId=3971085
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