Kim Sung-kyu

Kim Sung-kyu
Native name 김성규
Born Kim Sung-kyu
(1989-04-28) April 28, 1989
Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Alma mater Daekyung University
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 2010–present
Labels Woollim Entertainment
Associated acts Infinite
Website Infinite
Korean name
Hangul 김성규
Revised Romanization Gim Seong-gyu
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sŏng-kyu

Kim Sung-kyu (Hangul: 김성규; hanja: 金聖圭, most often credited as Sunggyu,[1] born April 28, 1989) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is the leader and main vocalist of the South Korean boy band Infinite under Woollim Entertainment. He made his debut as a solo artist on November 7, 2012 with his first EP titled Another Me, released on November 12, 2012. He released his second album, 27 on May 11, 2015.

Biography

Kim Sung-kyu was born on April 28, 1989[2] in Jeonju, South Korea. He attended Jeonju National University High School and was in the school rock band called "Coma Beat." When Sung-kyu first told his parents about his dream to become a singer, they rejected it because they wanted him to have a normal life and told him they'd rather he leave the house instead. He continued to practice in secret and came to Seoul alone to pursue his dreams after graduating from high school. In 2007, he auditioned for SM Entertainment but failed to make the cut. Due to his admiration for rock band Nell, he initially auditioned at Woollim Entertainment under the recommendation of Nell's manager whom he'd met coincidentally at the cafe where he worked at part-time. With a hurting stomach, Sung-kyu went to his audition and lightly threatened them by saying, "If you don't pick me, you're going to regret." Afterwards he rushed to the hospital immediately and got an appendectomy. On the day of his release, he received the notification that he had passed his audition. Originally intending to pursue rock music in a band, Sung-kyu instead became a trainee for the dance group Infinite, of which he would later assume the positions of Leader and Main Vocalist. Despite being criticized by his school friends, he believed that it was an opportunity nonetheless and persisted. In 2010, Sung-kyu finally made his debut with Infinite on June 10.

On February 15, 2013 Sung-kyu graduated from Daekyung University's Practical Music program and received along with members L, Sungyeol, Hoya, and Dongwoo, the 'Proud Daekyung University Student award' in hopes that the group would continue to grow and bring prestige to the school. The members had been accepted through a special screened admittance in early 2011.

Sung-kyu is currently a student of Practical Music at Hoseo University.

Music career

Infinite

Main article: Infinite (band)

Sungkyu made his debut as member of South Korean boyband Infinite in 2010. He was first introduced as a leader and main vocalist of the group. The group official debuted in June 10, 2010.[3]

Other activities

In 2010 he was playing the guitar in Epik High's music video "Run" along with fellow members Woohyun, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong.

In October 2013, he featured in rapper Kanto's debut single What U Want. It's his first time featuring since debut.

On May 15, 2015 Sung-kyu & L with other artists such as EXO, Girl's Day, Sistar, Niel and Ailee, sang the KBS1 Special Program 'I Am Korea' theme song, "The Day We Met", for Gwangbok's 70th Anniversary".[4]

Solo debut

2012: Another Me

Sung-kyu was the first member out of Infinite to release a solo album, titled Another Me. Nell's Kim Jongwan composed the single "Shine" and was given to Sung-kyu as a gift. The single was pre-released on November 7. On this album, Sung-kyu worked with Sweetune to create the modern rock lead single "60 Seconds". For the MV filming, fellow Infinite member L starred as the main character. Sung-kyu also personally participated in writing the lyrics for his single "41 Days".[5] Despite a short promotion period of three weeks, the album was well received and became the top selling physical album for the month of November with 62,958 copies sold.[6] The album ranked at #22 for Gaon Chart's yearly physical album chart for 2012.[7] The album sales record 70,552 copies until the end of year 2012. In 2013, almost every months, Another Me managed to be in Monthly Top 100 Gaon album sales and at the end of the year 2013 recording 13,283 copies. Within the year 2014, the album additional sales were 6,098 copies. Since released until March 2015, the total album sold was 91,212 copies.


2015: 27

In May, Sung-kyu released his second solo album "27." The whole album is produced by Sung-kyu's respected artist Kim Jong Wan, the frontman of the indie rock band Nell.[8] It was revealed later that Sung-kyu would be promoting with double title tracks "The Answer" and "Kontrol".The album was released on May 11 along with the music video for "The Answer" and "Kontrol". As of June 2015, the album has sold over 75 thousand copies locally.[9]

Acting career

Musicals

Sung-kyu made his debut as a musical actor, along with band member Woohyun, in the musical "Gwanghwamun Sonata".[10] Sung-kyu plays the role of Jiyong, the son of the female lead. The musical lasted from January 3 to March 11, 2012.

In 2014, Sunggyu cast in the musical VAMPIRE along with Super Junior's Sungmin and FT Island's Lee Hongki.

In 2015, Sungkyu cast in the musical In The Heights, along with bandmate Dongwoo cast as the male lead 'Usnavi'. Sungkyu played the main role 'Benny' with EXO's Chen and actor Seo Kyung-soo. The musical was produced by SM C&C, a subsidiary of S.M. Entertainment, and ran from September 4 to November 22 at 'Blue Square'.[11]

Voice Acting

Sungkyu and other members of Infinite dubbed children's cartoon Wara Store from December 27, 2011 to March 27, 2012 as themselves.

Sitcom

In 2013, Sung-kyu made a cameo appearance in KBS's new sitcom A Bit of Love alongside four other idols, MBLAQ's G.O., KARA's Seungyeon, ZE:A's Siwan, and SECRET's Ji Eun. According to representatives, they’ll appear as the younger versions of the five main characters for about three weeks. Sung-kyu will be playing the younger version of Lee Hoon.[12]

Hosting career

Radio hosting

Sung-kyu along with Infinite members Lee Sung-yeol and Lee Sung-jong became the special DJs for Super Junior's Kiss the Radio while Super Junior's Leeteuk and Eunhyuk were away. They were in charge of the radio broadcast from October 24 to the 30th in 2011.[13]

Sung-kyu was also a DJ for a special corner on Melon Radio for 19 May 2015 and 26 May 2015 in conjunction with his solo comeback.

Television hosting

He special host a variety show Weekly Idol with bandmate Hoya for Tasty episode on October 10, 2012.

In November 2015, he once again returned to Weekly Idol as the first special idol guest host from November 2, 2015 until November 9, 2015, following regular host Jung Hyung Don's temporary leave.[14]

Variety show appearances

In May 2012, it was announced that Sung-kyu would join Immortal Songs 2 as a fixed member alongside Super Junior's Ryeowook.[15] His first performance on the show was aired on June 23. In July, it was announced that he would be leaving the show due to Infinite's overseas promotions.[16] His final episode aired on August 25.

In January 2013, Sung-kyu was confirmed to be a fixed cast on JTBC Lee Soo-geun and Kim Byung-man’s High Society 2 along with Super Junior's Shindong.[17] The first episode was aired on February 9. It was revealed that the show broadcast on the 16th managed to achieve double the rating from the previous week. The rating for the broadcast on the 16th was 1.6% when it was only 0.7% the week before.[18] The show aired its final episode on June 15.

In April 2013, Sung-kyu was confirmed for tvN's new reality program, The Genius: Rules of the Game, alongside 12 other representative figures from different fields of work such as TV personalities, politicians, gamblers, and more. The premise of the show is that participants must use their brain power to find a winning formula and win the game through betrayal and the elimination of their competitors. The winner is to receive about 100 million KRW (approximately $90,000 USD). The first episode which earned Sung-kyu the tile of 'Icon of Betrayal' was broadcast on April 26 on tvN. Sung-kyu had been considered one of the players with the strongest game ability.

In September, Sung-kyu and fellow Infinite member L made a guest appearance on SBS Running Man's Idol Special with twelve other idols from groups such as MBLAQ, Sistar, 2PM, A Pink, Girl's Day, and Beast. In addition, Sung-kyu was also featured in KBS2's new variety show "The Sea I Wanted", which tells the story of six men's travel and experience on the open sea. The show is initially planned for a three episode pilot with the first episode airing on September 11.[19]

In December 2014, he made another guest appearance on SBS Running Man episode 179 with Rainbow's Jaekyung, Lee Dong Wook, Park Soo Hong, Sung Kyung Ah, John Park and Kim Kyung Ho.

On January 29, 2015, Sung-kyu was confirmed to star in new KBS variety show, Fluttering India, along with EXO's Suho, CNBLUE's Jonghyun, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, TVXQ's Changmin, and SHINee's Minho.[1]

On September 17, 2015, it was revealed that Sung-kyu will star in a new KBS series, Youth Express, alongside comedian Kim Sook and actor Park Jaemin.

Discography

EPs

Charted Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KR
Gaon
 KR
Hot 100
2012 Shine 29 —
  • KR (DL): 83,695+
 Another Me
60초 (60 Seconds) 16 —
  • KR (DL): 365,402+
2015 너여야만 해 (The Answer) 3 ×
  • KR (DL): 243,024+[20]
 27
Kontrol 8
  • KR (DL): 122,410+[21]
Daydream 25
  • KR (DL): 61,639+[22]
Alive 26
  • KR (DL): 46,084+[23]
답가 (Reply) (Feat. 박윤하) 29
  • KR (DL): 43,966+[24]
27 41
  • KR (DL): 29,777+[25]

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Album Song Notes
2011 Over the Top Because
2013 Non album-single What You Want with Kanto
2014 Season 2 Light
The Duets Part. 1 Reply To Me with Yoon Sang

Songs written by Sungkyu

Year Song Album Artist Label Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2012 41 Days Another Me Sungkyu Woollim Entertainment Yes Lee Junghoon Yes N/A
2014 Light Season 2 Yes N/A Yes N/A
2015 Just Another Lonely Night For You Infinite Yes N/A Yes N/A
Can't Get Over You Yes N/A Yes N/A

Sungkyu also composes the music part for most of the songs in Infinite album. He's in charge mostly on writing the music/instruments of the songs.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2012 INFINITE Concert Second Invasion Evolution The Movie 3D Himself
2014 Grow: Infinite's Real Youth Life

Television dramas

Year Title Type Network Role
2012 The Thousandth Man Drama MBC Himself (Cameo)
2013 Pure Love Drama KBS Lee Hoon (Young)

Television series

Year Title Network Role
2011 Wara Store Tooniverse Himself

Variety Shows

Year Title Network Role Notes
2010 Children of the Night MBC Guest Episode 1-4
Scandal Mnet with Woohyun
1 vs. 100 KBS2 with Dongwoo, Woohyun and L
2011 Director's Cut Mnet with Hoya and L
2012 Immortal Song 2 KBS2 Appeared for 8 episodes
Miss and Mr. Idol Korea Chuseok Special MBC
Weekly Idol MBC Special Host Episode 64, with Hoya
2013 Happy Together 3 KBS2 Guest "Weak Men" episode
Lee Soo Geun and Kim Byung Man’s High Society JTBC Episode 45-47 with Infinite and Episode 62-79 with Shindong
The Genius: Rules of the Game tvN
Infinity Challenge MBC
Running Man SBS with L
The Sea I Wanted KBS2
Emergency Escape No. 1 KBS2
2014 Running Man SBS Episode 179, 180 & 201
The Genius: Rule Breaker tvN Episode 9
Happy Together 3 KBS2
We Got Married MBC
Crime Scene Season 1 JTBC Episode 7
The King of Food KBS2
Vitamin KBS2 Episode 539
4 Things Show Mnet Episode 14
2015 Fluttering India[1] KBS2 Regular Cast with Minho (SHINee), Lee Jong-hyun (CN Blue), Kyuhyun (Super Junior), Suho (EXO)
You Hee-Yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 Guest with Yoon Sang
After School Club Arirang TV Episode 160
Weekly Idol MBC Every1 Episode 190
You Hee-Yeol's Sketchbook KBS2
Hello Counselor KBS2
Heart A Tag Mnet Episode 6
Please Take Care of My Refrigerator JTBC Episode 32-33
Radio Star MBC
We Got Married MBC
Witch Hunt JTBC Episode 105
Searching For Sugar Man JTBC Episode 2
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 Episode 253
A Song For You 4 KBS
Youth Express KBS
Wednesday food talk tvN
Weekly Idol MBC Every1 Special Host Episode 227 & 228

Musical

Year Title Role Note
2012 Gwanghamun Sonata Jiyoung Main role
2014 Vampire Count Dracula Main Role
2015 In the Heights Benny Main role
2016 All Shook Up (musical) Elvis Main role

Music Video appearances

Year Song Artist
2010 Run Epik High
2013 BAAAM Dynamic Duo
2013 What U Want Kanto
2014 Goodnight Like Yesterday Lovelyz

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015
7th MelOn Music Awards
 Top 10 Artists N/A Nominated
Best Rock Song
The Answer
 Won
The 7th Philippines KPOP Awards Best Solo Male Artist N/A Won
Best Collaboration Of The Year Daydream (feat. Tablo, Jongwan) Won
KPOP Meetings Germany Awards Best Male Artist N/A Won

Music Show Awards

Song Program Date
"The Answer" The Show May 19, 2015[26]
Show! Music Core May 23, 2015[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Won, Ho-jung (April 10, 2015). "‘Exciting India’ glitters with K-pop stars". The Korea Herald. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  3. ↑ "Infinite debuts on M! Countdown". Allkpop. June 10, 2010.
  4. ↑ "EXO, A Pink, INFINITE, MFBTY, SISTAR, & more come together to sing in MV for documentary 'I Am Korea'". Allkpop. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ [빌보드가 만난 사람] 인피니트 성규 '여친보다 부모님 집장만이 소원'. Billboard (in Korean). 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for the month of November 2012". Allkpop. 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  7. ↑ "Gaon Chart releases Yearly Chart Ranking for 2012". Allkpop. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  8. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2015/04/27/infinites-sunggyus-new-album-27-includes-song-written-by-nells-kim-jong-wan/
  9. ↑ http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=06&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month
  10. ↑ 인피니트 성규 우현+서인국, '광화문연가'로 뮤지컬 배우 데뷔. Nate (in Korean). 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  11. ↑ "Chen, Sunggyu, Dongwoo, Key, Luna, & more cast in musical 'In The Heights'!". Allkpop (in Korean). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "G.O, Seungyeon, Siwan, Ji Eun, and Sung-kyu to cameo in upcoming KBS sitcom". Allkpop. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  13. ↑ "인피니트, 뉴욕간 슈주 대신해 ‘키스더라디오’ 임시 DJ". Newsen (in Korean). 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  14. ↑ "INFINITE’s Sunggyu to Be First Idol Guest MC on "Weekly Idol"". Soompi. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  15. ↑ "슈주 려욱vs인피니트 김성규 ‘불후’ 고정합류, 아이돌 대결 활활". Nate (in Korean). 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  16. ↑ 인피니트 성규 ‘불후2’ 하차 해외스케줄-콘서트 연습 주력. Newsen (in Korean). 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  17. ↑ 슈주 신동-인피니트 성규, ‘상류사회’ 고정 ‘확정’. Daum (in Korean). 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  18. ↑ ‘상류사회’ 포맷·출연진 보강...시청률 2배 뛰어’. Daum (in Korean). 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  19. ↑ "Sung-kyu, Jung Hyung Don, and others to star in new KBS' pilot variety show 'The Sea I Wanted'". Allkpop. 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  20. ↑ Cumulative sales for "너여야만 해":
  21. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Kontrol":
  22. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Daydream":
  23. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Alive":
  24. ↑ Cumulative sales for "답가 (Feat. 박윤하)":
  25. ↑ Cumulative sales for "27":
  26. ↑ "INFINITE’s Sunggyu Takes First- Ever Solo Win on "The Show"". Soompi. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  27. ↑ "Sunggyu Takes Home Second Solo Win on "Music Core"". Soompi. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

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