Song Min-ho

This is a Korean name; the family name is Song.
Song Min-ho

At Style Icon Asia, March 15, 2016
Born (1993-03-30) March 30, 1993
South Korea
Other names MINO
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Years active 2011 (2011)–present
Labels
Y2Y Contents Company
(2011-2013)

YG Entertainment
(2013–present)

Associated acts
Website www.ygfamily.com
Song Min-ho
Hangul 송민호
Hanja 宋旻浩
Revised Romanization Song Minho
McCune–Reischauer Song Minho

Song Min-ho, also known by his stage name Mino, is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. He is a member and main rapper of the boy group Winner and has participated in the Korean drama The Strongest K-POP Survival, and runner up of the show Show Me the Money 4.

Early life

Song Min-ho was born in Yongin, South Korea. He graduated from Hanlim Arts High School. He also has a younger sister named Song Dan-ah, who was a member of a group called New F.O.

Career

Predebut

Min-ho was initially a trainee intended for the male group Block B, but left the group before debut for personal reasons.[1] In 2011, he made his debut as a rapper with the ballad group BoM under Y2Y Contents Company, however the group was disbanded two years later due to its lack of popularity with the public.[2] He made his acting debut in March 2012 The Strongest K-POP Survival in Channel A.[3]

In 2013, he was recruited into YG Entertainment through private auditions after being recognized from his acting debut in the March 2012 cable drama The Strongest K-POP Survival in Channel A.[3] He was introduced in the reality-survival program called Who is Next: WIN as part of "Team A" and was assigned as the group's leader by their CEO, but due to his injury in the middle of the show, Kang Seung-yoon replaced him as the leader of the Team A and continued to be the leader of the team until they debut. Team A and their adversaries Team B were both formed from trainees within YG Entertainment. The teams competed against each other in order to debut as the first YG boy group in eight years, following on the strong legacy of YG's previously debuted male group Big Bang. At the conclusion of the program the title of Winner was given to Team A after they won all three rounds of public voting.[4] Song and fellow Winner teammate Kang Seung-yoon teamed up with Yoon Jong-shin for his monthly project release single called "Wild Boy".[5]

Winner

Main article: Winner (band)

Song Min-ho was debuted as main rapper of Winner after his team, "Team A" winning public voting on survival project Who is Next: WIN in 2014. The group official debut was on Inkigayo on August 17, 2014.

Other activities

Song Min-ho started out as an underground rapper under the stage name "Mino" or "Hugeboy Mino" with other underground rappers-turned-idols, namely Block B’s Zico, Kyung, P.O, Phantom's Hanhae, SPEED's Taewoon and M.I.B's SIMS.

In October 2014, Mino was featured in Epik High's single "Born Hater" with Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I, and Bobby.[6]

In December 2014, it was reported that Mino teamed up with 2PM's Nichkhun, CNBLUE's Yonghwa, Infinite's L and B1A4's Baro for project 'Lucky Boys'(Super 5) for the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejun. He also co-hosted the event with Nichkhun, Yonghwa, L and Baro alongside actress Song Ji Hyo.[7]

In April 2015, it was reported that he will compete on the fourth season of Show Me the Money.[8] During his audition, he stated in one of his verses in the lyrics, that he want to compete fairly without any help from his label.[9] In Show Me the Money, he was under Zico and Paloalto's Team. He placed second in Show Me The Money Season 4, but has been the most successful contestant on digital music charts, with his Semi-Final song 'Fear' the best performing song of the season, Turtle Ship, Moneyflow, Okey Dokey and Victim + Poppin’ Bottles.

On March 9, labelmate Lee Hi released the first half of her comeback album, Seoulite in which Mino featured for the track "World Tour".

Production credits

Artist Song Role Album
Winner "Go Up" Co-Lyricist &

Co-Composer

 YG WIN, ‘FINALE BATTLE’[10]
"Just Another Boy"
"Empty" Co-Lyricist 2014 S/S
"Color Ring"
"Don't Flirt"
"But"
"Tonight"
"Love is A Lie" Co-Composer & Lyricist
"Different" Co-Composer &

Co-Lyricist

"Smile Again"
"I'm Him" Co-Composer & Lyricist
Yoon Jongshin "Wild Boy" Co-Lyricist Monthly Yoon Jongshin
Epik High "Born Hater" Co-Lyricist Shoebox
Song Min-ho "Turtle Ship" Co-Lyricist Show Me the Money 4
"Moneyflow"
"Fear"
"Okey Dokey"
"Victim + 3Poppin’ Bottles"
Winner "Pricked" Co-composer & Lyricist EXIT E
"Baby Baby" Co-Lyricist
"Sentimental"
"Immature"
Lee Hi "World Tour" Co-Lyricist Seoulite

Discography

Singles as a lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[11]		 US World
2014 "I'm Him" (걔 세) 15 —
  • KOR: 208,939 (DL)[12]
 2014 S/S
2015 "Turtle Ship (거북선)" (feat. Paloalto) 4 — Show Me the Money 4
"Money Flow (다 비켜봐)" 1 —
"Fear (겁) (Feat. Taeyang)" 1 9
  • KOR: 1,049,930+ [15]
"Okey Dokey" 9 —
2016 "Pricked" (사랑가시) (with Taehyun) 7 4 EXIT E

Singles as a featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[18]		 US World
2014 "Born Hater"
Epik High (featuring Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I, Mino, Bobby)		 3 5
  • KOR (DL): 852,352[19]
 Shoebox
2016 "World Tour"
Lee Hi 		14 —
  • KOR (DL): 181,102[20]
 Seoulite
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Music videos

Title Artist Length Role Reference
"Ringa Linga" Taeyang 3:49 Himself (Cameo) [21]
"Empty" Winner 4:07 Himself [22]
"Color Ring" Winner 4:24 Himself [23]
"I'm Him" Song Min-ho 3:21 Himself [24]
"Born Hater" Epik High 5:27 Himself [25]
"Sentimental" Winner 3:43 Himself [26]
"Baby Baby" Winner 5:05 Himself [27]

Television

Year Title Role Network
2012 K-POP - The Ultimate Audition Park Ki-bum Channel A
2013 Who is Next: WIN Team A member Mnet
2014 WINNER TV Himself Mnet
2014 Inkigayo Special MC SBS
2014 You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Guest KBS
2014 Weekly Idol Ep 169 Guest MBC Every 1
2015 Show Me the Money 4 Contestant Mnet
2016 You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Ep 307 Guest KBS
2016 Happy Camp Guest HBS
2016 Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Ep 21 Contestant JTBC
2016 Tok!Tok! Boni Hani Short appearance EBS 1TV
2016 Running Man Ep 294 Guest SBS
2016 Half-moon Friends Himself JTBC
2016 Hip Hop Tribe Producer JTBC

Hosting

Year Title Role TV Network
2014 SBS Gayo Daejeon Co-Hosted along with Jung Yong-hwa, L, Nichkhun, Baro & Song Ji-hyo SBS

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015
7th MelOn Music Awards
 Hot Trend Award
Fear (feat. Taeyang)
 Nominated
2016
5th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards
 Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop)
Mino
 Won

References

  1. ↑ MTV Match Up – Block B with Mino
  2. ↑ "BoM Revealed to Have Disbanded in March". Mwave. March 14, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Mino CUT in Strongest Kpop survival drama
  4. ↑ 이지영 기자 (October 25, 2013). "'WIN' 강승윤 속한 A팀, 최종 우승...'WINNER'로 데뷔" ['WIN' Member Kang Seung yoon's A team won the final ... Debut as 'WINNER']. My Daily via Nate News (in Korean). My Daily via Nate News. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "WINNER's Kang Seung Yoon & Song Min Ho team up with Yoon Jong Shin for single 'Wild Boy'". Allkpop. March 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Epik High Explores Dark, Personal Struggles & Tells Off Haters on 'Shoebox' Album". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Nichkhun and Baro to MC '2014 SBS Gayo Daejun' + join project group Lucky Boys with L, Mino, and Yonghwa". Allkpop. 2014-12-15.
  8. ↑ "WINNER's Mino to compete in 'Show Me the Money' Season 4! | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  9. ↑ "WINNER's Song Min Ho (Mino) makes his intention to shed the YG image clear in preview for 'Show Me the Money 4'". Allkpop. 2015-06-19.
  10. ↑ "YG WIN, ‘FINALE BATTLE’ Songs Top 4 Countries’ iTunes Charts!".
  11. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ Total downloads for "I'm Him":
  13. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Turtle Ship (거북선)":
  14. ↑ Cumulative sales of "moneyflow":
  15. ↑ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  16. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Okey Dokey":
  17. ↑ Total downloads for "Pricked": "Week 05 - 2016". February 15, 2016. "Week 06 - 2016". February 15, 2016.
  18. ↑ "2014년 44주차 Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  19. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Born Hater":
  20. ↑ "2016 Weekly Download Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  21. ↑ "VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCENES OF TAEYANG’S "RINGA LINGA" DANCE PERFORMANCE + MUSIC VIDEO". Kempire Daily. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "WINNER - 공허해(EMPTY) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "WINNER - 컬러링(COLOR RING) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "WINNER - 걔 세(I'm him) MINO SOLO M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "EPIK HIGH - BORN HATER M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  26. ↑ "WINNER - 센치해(SENTIMENTAL) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  27. ↑ "WINNER - Baby Baby M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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