Sungmin

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Sungmin


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lee Sungmin
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Origin = Seoul, Republic of Korea
Instrument = piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Voice_type = Tenor
Genre = K-pop, trot
Occupation = Singer, dancer, actor, DJ
Years_active = 2005–present
Label = SM Entertainment
Associated_acts = SMTown
Super Junior
Super Junior-T
Super Junior-Happy
URL = [http://min01.smtown.com/ min01.smtown.com]
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title=Lee Sungmin
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hanja=李晟敏
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mr=I Sŏngmin

Lee Sungmin (born January 1, 1986), more commonly credited as Sungmin, is a singer, dancer, actor, former DJ, and a member of Korean boy band Super Junior. He was a regular DJ of "Reckless Radio" and is one of the two members in Super Junior who performs Chinese martial arts, the other being Han Geng. [ [http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/enter/music_artists_detail.htm?No=103847 KBS Artist Search - Super Junior] ] He currently attends Seoul Institute of the Arts, majoring in Broadcasting and Television Entertainment.

Pre-debut years

Sungmin became a trainee under SM Entertainment after he won first place at the "1st SM Youth Best Selection Best Outward Appearance" in 2001. Sungmin was then placed in a project R&B group with Xiah Junsu and future bandmate Eunhyuk in 2002. Along with Typhoon, Rose, and Attack, the six of them made a brief appearance in a show called "Heejun vs. Kangta Battle of the Century Pop vs. Rock" where Heejun and Kangta taught them techniques on singing. However in 2003, the trio disbanded because Xiah Junsu debuted as a member of TVXQ. On the other hand, Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as members of TRAX.

Music career

2005–present: Super Junior

After Xiah Junsu left, both Sungmin and Eunhyuk were placed in Super Junior along with ten other male trainees under the same company. Together, the twelve members made the project group, Super Junior 05, the first generation of the all-male rotational group, Super Junior.

Sungmin debuted with the other eleven members of Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005, performing the group's first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)." The group released their first studio album a month later and it debuted as #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.cite news | author= | title=Album Sales of December 2005 | date= | work=Recording Industry Association of Korea | pages=1 | url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200512.htm | accessdate=2007-10-16 | language=Korean] As the group's second promotional single, "Miracle", came to an end, his talent agency was about to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, Super Junior 06, with Sungmin still as an undergraduate member of Super Junior. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared that future Super Junior generations were rumors. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially Super Junior. The new group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer in 2006, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts, leading Super Junior to set #1 records in their music career since then.

In early 2007, SM Entertainment placed Sungmin in a new six-piece subgroup of Super Junior, Super Junior-T. Different from Super Junior's usual urban music style, the group specializes in singing modernized versions of trot, an old style of Korean pop music. On February 25, 2007, Super Junior-T debuted on "Popular Songs" with their title song, "Rokuko". Super Junior-T released their first single, "Rokkugo" on February 23, 2007, ultimately selling 45,998 units by the end of the year, ranked as the sixteenth best-selling album of the year and he first best-selling single of the year. [ko icon MIAK.or.kr. [http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200712.htm] Retrieved January 24, 2008.] Super Junior-T ended subgroup activities in the end of the year and in September, Super Junior as a whole released their second official album, "Don't Don", which became the group's best-selling album and Korea's second best-selling album of the year.cite news | author= | title=Super Junior, SG Wananbe first and second place in 2007 album sales | date=2007-12-12 | work=Moneytoday | pages=1 | url=http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?type=1&no=2007121213453100351 | accessdate=2007-12-12 | language=Korean] In the summer of 2008, Sungmin made a comeback as a member of Super Junior-Happy, the fourth official Super Junior sub-unit. Their first mini album, "Cooking? Cooking!" was released on June 5, 2008.

Other works

Television and film

Similar to bandmates Heechul and Kibum, Sungmin made his first television appearance as an actor before his debut with Super Junior. In August 2005 he appeared briefly in the MBC drama, "Sea of Sisters." A year later Sungmin appeared in the SBS Banjun Theatre drama "Finding Lost Time" as a guest star acting alongside TVXQ's Micky Yoochun. His first big-scale film was "Attack on the Pin-Up Boys", an SM Pictures production that starred all Super Junior members except Kyuhyun. He played the role of a pretty schoolboy who later got attacked by an unknown criminal. Despite positive critical ratings, that film did not do well in the box-office, but all four versions of the film's DVD were all sold out and broke chart records. [zh icon [http://yule.sohu.com/20070820/n251671717.shtml 釜山电影节10月4日开幕 将举办 "SM之夜"] August 20, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2007.]

DJ career

Sungmin replaced bandmate Kang-in as one of the key DJs of "Reckless Radio" and was hosting it with Sooyoung of Girls' Generation in 2007. Until February 3, 2008, Sunny, also a member of Girls' Generation, replaced Sooyoung.

Discography

Digital single

In early 2007 Sungmin released a digital single with The Grace's Dana and Lina. However, the single was never released as an official CD.

Infobox Discography
Type = Digital single
Name = 소중한 열매
Released = March 9, 2007
Label = SM Entertainment
Producer = Lee Soo Man
Format = Digital single
* Tracks
**소중한 열매
**소중한 열매 (Students' Version)
**소중한 열매 (Cheerleading Version)
**소중한 열매 (Instrumental)

Filmography

Film

References

External links

* [http://www.smtown.com/ SM Entertainment Official Site]
* [http://min01.smtown.com/ Lee Sungmin Official Site]
* [http://www.super-junior.co.kr/ Super Junior Official Site]
* [http://www.avex.com.tw/superjunior/ Super Junior Official Avex Site] zh icon
* [http://superjunior-jp.net/ Super Junior Official Japanese Site] jp icon
* [http://t.super-junior.co.kr/ Super Junior-T Official Site]
* [http://superjunior-happy.iple.com/ Super Junior-Happy Official Site]

Persondata
NAME = Lee, Sungmin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Sungmin
SHORT DESCRIPTION = South Korean singer, actor
DATE OF BIRTH = January 1, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH = South Korea
DATE OF DEATH =
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