Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Lee Jae-won
Person · male · South Korea · Gangdong District · born 1980 · recording since 2005
South Korean singer and rapper
Also known as Lee Jae Won · 李載沅
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: No Pain No Gain
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography207 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378765960
Biography
Lee Jae-won (Korean: 이재원; Hanja: 李在元; born 5 April 1980) is a South Korean singer, rapper and DJ. He is the former member of Korean groups H.O.T. and jtL.
Solo
In 2005, Lee released his first solo album, No Pain, No Gain. The album received disappointing sales. In 2007, he released his second album, Lee Jae Won Vol. 1.5. A part of the single "I'm So Hot" samples a rhythm from Mariah Carey's It's Like That. Again the album received disappointing sales. In 2008, he was accused of rape and arrested. The charges were dropped 3 hours later, but because of the event, he was unable to release his next album. In 2012, Jae Won released his new album in Chinese language titled It's the Time. It's received a positive response from fans in China. During his comeback performance, it was speculated that he planned to bring back the H.O.T. group to make a new album.
Military service
In 2009, Lee enlisted for his compulsory military service, where he served for 22 months at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. He was discharged on 7 March 2011.
Personal life
On 10 January 2015, Lee's representatives announced that the singer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in April of the previous year.
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 | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1No Pain, No Gain2My Heart's Girl3Say One4Just A Memory5Turn Around6돌아온 D.J7내 이름을 불러줘 (Say My Name)8One Mic Soldier9불면증 (Insomnia)10Hard To Believe11Solitude Love
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | OutSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:241Out3:24 | 14 August 2007 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lee Jae-won head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.O.T.(band) | 1996 | 2001 | original |
| JTL(band) | 2001 | 2003 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_jae_won.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f34ac097-3a7c-4f8a-b273-7583d418be13discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f34ac097-3a7c-4f8a-b273-7583d418be13core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483991genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483991seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-won_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-won_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of K-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: 기억이직캠 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q483991 · MusicBrainz: f34ac097-3a7c-4f8a-b273-7583d418be13
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