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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
K
Person · male · South Korea · Seoul · born 1983
South Korean singer
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography177 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373594961
Biography
Kang Yoon-sung (born November 16, 1983), is a South Korean singer under contract in Japan. He was born in Goyang. In 2004, after achieving little success with his first album in South Korea, Kang crossed over to Japan. His first Japanese album, Beyond the Sea, has achieved a sales of over 300,000 copies.
Kang put his musical activities on hold in 2010 so he could complete the Korean mandatory military service.
Korean albums
K (April 28, 2004)
Beautiful Smile (January 20, 2006)
DVDs
Film K: A Voice from the Heaven (February 15, 2006)
Film K Vol. 2: Music in My Life (June 25, 2008)
film K vol.3 live K in 武道館〜so long〜 20101130 (March 2, 2011)
Other appearances
Wanna Be the Piano Man: "Honesty" (オネスティ, Onesuti) (November 29, 2006)
Céline Dion Tribute: "To Love You More (featuring Aki)" (September 26, 2007)
Live tours
Live K Tour 2006: Beyond the Sea (March—May 2006)
Live K Tour 2006: Winter (November—December 2006)
Live K Tour 2007: Music in My Life (June 2007)
Live K Tour 2008: Ki zu na (June 2008)
Live K Tour 2009 (March—May 2009)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put K head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Sound(band) | 1994 | 2006 | drums (drum set) |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489210genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489210seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_%28South_Korean_singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_%28South_Korean_singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q489210 · MusicBrainz: 5b6f69ce-7fc5-4728-8cb0-91568528d793
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