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Jung Yong-hwa

Jung Yong-hwa at a charity event in Insadong,

Seoul (August 2012)

Background information

Birth name Jung Yong-hwa

Also known

as

Yong Choding, Yongyong,

Yongyongie, Bolmae Jung, Towel

Guy, Milk Man

Born June 22, 1989

Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, South Korea

Origin Busan, South Korea

Genres Rock, R&B, pop

Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter,

guitarist, rapper, arranger, producer,

actor, MC, model

Instruments Vocals, guitar, clarinet, piano, drums,

recorder, synthesizer, beatbox

Years active 2009–present

Labels FNC Music (Korea)

Warner Music Japan[1]

Warner Music (Taiwan)

Associated CNBLUE

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.

Jung Yong-hwa (정용화; pronounced [tɕəːŋ joŋ

hwa]; born on June 22, 1989) is a South Koreanmusician, singer, songwriter and actor. His first name isalso written as Yonghwa, Yong-Hwa, or Yong Hwa.Jung made his show business debut as “Kang Shin-woo”in the Korean drama You're Beautiful on 7 October2009 and played the male lead as “Lee Shin” in the 2011drama Heartstrings. Jung is the leader, lead vocalist andrhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE.

Contents

1 Life and career

1.1 Early life and pre-debut

1.2 Music career1.3 Songwriting

1.4 Acting career

1.5 Variety shows

1.6 MC appearances

2 Filmography2.1 TV series

2.2 Variety shows

2.3 MC2.4 Music Video

3 Discography3.1 Singles

3.2 Featured singles

3.3 Songwriting and Production Credits

4 Awards and nominations

5 Endorsements

6 References

7 External links

Life and career

Early life and pre-debut

Jung Yong-hwa was born June 22, 1989, in Seoul, South

Korea.[2][3] His family consists of his parents and abrother, who is four years older. He moved to Busan in

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acts

Website cnblue.co.kr (http://cnblue.co.kr)

Korean name

Hangul 정용화

Hanja 鄭容和

Revised Romanization Jeong Yong-hwa

McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Yonghwa

1991 and lived there through high school, where he first

began composing music.[2] After taking his collegeentrance exam, he moved back to Seoul, where he joinedFNC Music. In 2009, Jung left for Japan to study music

with his bandmates.[4] While staying there, they did street

performances and released independent albums.[4]

Before joining the company and his subsequent debut inthe entertainment industry, he was already well known inBusan for his good looks and singing. He was also well-

known on the Internet as an “Eoljjang”.[5] He wasscouted by a FNC casting agent, who happened to seethe photos of Yong-hwa at the ski resort on the internet which were re-uploaded from his personal blog by anunknown netizen on an ulzzang cafe. The casting agent then contacted him, first before his high school exam.However, he didn't accept the company's casting offer as he didn't want to be an artist. Later, 50 days beforehis exam, the casting agent went directly to Yong-hwa's hometown to convince him. He then told his parents,who didn't know that Yong-hwa was approached by the company, regarding the company's request to auditionto be an artist. His parents encouraged him to give it a try and return to his hometown to continue his studies,doubting that he would pass the auditions since they had not heard him sing before. He passed the auditions anddecided to join the company to be the lead singer of a band after considering his lack of self-confidence in thebusiness field, which he wanted to pursue, giving up his college entrance exam temporarily. He went to retake

the exam at a later date.[6]

Music career

Jung Yong-hwa’s first album as a CNBLUE member is Now or Never, a mini album that was released in Japanon August 19, 2009 with an indie label AI Entertainment. Jung composed the third track Love Revolution andthe fourth track Just Please.In all of the CNBLUE's albums, whether releasing in Korea or Japan, both Yong-hwa and his member LeeJong-hyun are always involved in composing and writing majority of the songs.

Jung Yong-hwa made his singer debut with the rock band CNBLUE in Korea on 14 January 2010. Bluetory isCNBLUE's first mini album, and the title track I'm a loner (외톨이야) became an instant hit in Korea. I'm a

loner (외톨이야) reached the top in all major online music stores,[7] and topped the KBS Music Bank chart in

14 days on January 29, 2012.[8][9] I'm a loner (외톨이야) still holds the record in Korea for reaching the 1stin the major TV network music charts in the shortest time.

On 14 January 2011, Jung released his first solo digital single, "For First Time Lovers." The song topped the

charts for 2 consecutive weeks."[10]

On 19 October 2011, CNBLUE made their Japan major debut with Jung self-composed title song "In My

Head" under the major label Warner Music Japan.[1][11] The song "In My Head" was also chosen as the ending

song for the "Supernatural: The Animation".[12]

He also composed and wrote the CNBLUE's 2nd major single "Where You Are" , which was released in Japanon on February 1, 2012. The physical single debuted at number one in Oricon's Daily chart with 32,943 copies

sold on the first day[13] and on the Weekly chart with 60,398 copies sold on the first week. This madeCNBLUE the first foreign band to top the Oricon Singles Chart since January 18, 1971, when the Canadian

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band Mashmakhan released the single "Two in the Fog", and made CNBLUE the fourth South Korean maleartist/group to rank number 1 in Oricon's Weekly singles chart, following Tohoshinki (TVXQ), JYJ

members(Jaejoong & Yoochun) and Jang Geun Suk.[14]

Songwriting

Jung had written many tracks for CNBLUE in addition to other artists as well. He composed and produced"Fool" and "Babo" (Japanese version of "Fool") as a gift for the debut album of Juniel, who is also under the

same agency as Jung. [15] He also composed and produced "Love is Only You" for another FNC artist, girl

group AOA. [16] Jung released 17 compositions for the first half of the year in 2012. [17]

Acting career

Jung Yong-hwa had debuted before his group did, becoming the first member of CNBLUE to appear on thetelevision screen. In 2009, Jung Yong-hwa landed his first acting role as Kang Shin-woo in the SBS dramaYou're Beautiful, which aired from October 7 to November 26, 2009. As the series revolves around the life ofa musical group, he played the role of the lead guitarist in the faux idol band A.N.Jell along with fellow co-starsJang Keun-suk the group leader, Park Shin-hye, and Lee Hongki of FT Island. He gained high popularitythrough his acting as a member of the fictional band, A.N.Jell, and received nicknames such as "Milk Man" and"Towel Guy".

Nearly two years after his acting debut, Jung Yong-hwa was chosen as the male lead of the MBC dramaHeartstrings, along with Park Shin-hye, a co-star from You're Beautiful, and fellow band member Kang Min-hyuk. The drama is a South Korean youthful melodrama about the main characters' love and dreams, which wasfirst aired on 29 June 2011. The drama gained high popularity overseas especially.

Jung Yong-hwa also sang three of the Heartstrings OSTs, "You've Fallen For Me", "Because I Miss You"(composed by himself), and "Comfort Song". "You've Fallen For Me" topped the yearly ringtone chart of

2012 in Japan.[18]

Variety shows

After his successful acting debut, Jung Yong-hwa's next TV contract was for MBC's Sunday Sunday Nightprogram Korea Ecosystem Rescue Centre: Hunters, which featured seven celebrity MCs, including Kim HyunJoong, going out to capture wild boars. The show premiered on December 6, 2009 but was forced to

prematurely cease its run in mid-January 2010 due to protests by animal-rights groups.[19] He subsequentlycontinued as one of the MCs on the replacement program Eco House, which deals with global climate change.In February 2010, he was paired with Seohyun of Girls' Generation as part of a virtually wedded couple,YongSeo Couple (Hangul: 용서커플), for MBC's popular TV show We Got Married. They filmed their finalepisode of We Got Married on 15 March 2011. He has also made several guest appearances on SBS'sRunning Man.

MC appearances

Jung Yong-hwa was an MC at the first-ever Melon Music Awards held on December 16, 2009 together withactress Lee In Hye. Alongside Kim Heechul and Park Shin-hye, Jung was an MC for the 2009 SBS Gayo

Daejeon award ceremony which was held on December 29, 2009.[20] Jung temporarily replaced Tiffany & Yuriof Girls' Generation as co-host MC's for MBC's Show! Music Core episode to be aired on May 29, 2010together with Min Sun-Ye and Kim Yoo-Bin of the Wonder Girls. In June 2010, he was also a co-host MC forMusic Core alongside Yuri and Seohyun of Girls' Generation. Finally on July 18, 2010, he officially started as

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one of the new hosts of SBS's Inkigayo together with f(x)'s Sulli and 2AM's Jo Kwon. He ended being a hostof Inkigayo March 13, 2011 due to his tight schedule. He also appeared as an MC for 2010 SBS Gayo Daejunwhich was held on 29 December along with Jo Kwon, Kim Hee Chul and Hwang Jung Eum . On April 7 of2012, he and Hyoyeon was filled in as one-day MCs in MBC's Music Core and hosted the programme withGirls' Generation's Seohyun, replacing Tiffany and Taeyeon. He also hosted KBS' Music Bank on 2 November2012, which was held in Chile, with Super Junior's Kyuhyun and After School's Uee. The program wasbroadcasted later on the 17th. On the 10th of November, he hosted the SBS' K-Pop Super Concert inAmerica with Girls' Generation's Tiffany and Beast's Lee Gi-Kwang. He and Beast's Gi-Kwang hosted asspecial MCs in SBS' Inkigayo, alongside regular host IU, which aired on December 9.

Filmography

TV series

Year Network Title Role Notes

2009 SBS You're BeautifulKang Shin-

wooActing debut

2011 MBC Heartstrings Lee Shin[21] First lead role

2012 SBSA Gentleman's

DignityHimself

Cameo (Episode 13)[22]

Variety shows

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Year Title Network Notes

2009–2010 Sunday Sunday Night – Hunters: Echo House MBC Co-host

2010, 2011,

and 2012

Strong Heart (*Season 1- ep 17-18, 39-40,

73-74;[23] *Season 2- ep 1-2[24])SBS Guest

2010 Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2 (ep 17) KBS2 Guest

2010 Win Win (ep 5, 19 and 20) KBS2Special guest (on ep 5), Co-host

(on ep 19), Guest (on ep 20)

2010 Star Golden Bell (ep 274) KBS2 Guest

2010 Happy Birthday (broadcasted on 27/07) SBS Guest (with Lee Jung-shin)

2010 Haha Mong Show (ep 11) SBS Guest

2010–2011

We Got Married with Seohyun

Main article: List of We Got Married

(YongSeo) episodes MBC YongSeo Couple

2011 Happy Together (eps 156 and 193) KBS2 Guest

2010–2011 Night After Night SBS Co-host

2010–2013Running Man (eps 7, 11, 17, 35-36, 72-73,104, 127 and 129)

SBS Guest

2012 Sponge (broadcasted on 06/04) KBS2 Guest (with Lee Jung-shin)

2012 Hello KBS2 Guest (with Lee Jung-shin)

2012 Invincible Youth (episode 21-22) KBS2 Guest (with Lee Jung-shin)

MC

Year Title Network

2009, 2010 SBS Gayo Daejeon SBS

2010–2011 Inkigayo SBS

2012 SBS Kpop Concert in America' SBS

2012 KBS Music Bank IN Chile KBS

2012 KBS Gayo Daechukje KBS

2013 Golden Disk Awards in Malaysia JTBC

Music Video

Year Music video Length Album Note

2012"Fool" (Korean:

바보)3:57

My First June (1st mini album) byJuniel

The song "Fool" was producedby and feat himself

Discography

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Main article: CNBLUE discography

Singles

Year Title

Peak

positions

AlbumKOR

Gaon[25]

KOR

Billboard[26]

2011

"For First Time Lovers" (Banmal

Song)1 — Digital Single

"You've Fallen for Me" 5 —Heartstrings OST

"Because I Miss You..." 14 —

"Comfort Song" — — Heartstrings OST Japanese Edition

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Note - Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Chart was established in August 2011 and Gaon Chart was established in 2010. Releases before this, have no

chart data.[25][27]

Featured singles

Year Title

Peak

positions

AlbumKOR

Gaon[25]

KOR

Billboard[26]

JPN

2009 "Promise" (Lee Hongki feat Jung Yong-hwa) — — — You're Beautiful OST

2012 "Fool" (Juniel with Jung Yong-hwa) 46 38 — My First June

2013"Fool"/"Babo" (Japanese Version) (Juniel with

Jung Yong-hwa)— — JUNI

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Note - Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Chart was established in August 2011 and Gaon Chart was established in 2010. Releases before this, have no

chart data.[25][27]

Songwriting and Production Credits

Further information: Jung Yong Hwa writing and production credits

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by CN Blue

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref

2009 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award You're Beautiful Won [28]

2010

MBC Entertainment

AwardsPopularity Award

We Got Married (with Seohyun of

SNSD)Won [29]

SBS Entertainment

Awards

SBS Variety New Star

AwardInkigayo Won [30]

3rd Korea Drama

AwardsPopularity Award You're Beautiful Won [31]

2011

3rd Melon Music

Awards

Music Style Best OST

Song

"You've Fallen For Me"

(Heartstrings OST)Nominated [32]

MBC Drama Awards New Actor Award

Heartstrings

Nominated

2012

48th Paeksang Arts

AwardsPopularity Award Nominated

1st K-Drama Star

AwardsHallyu Star Award Won

Endorsements

See also: CN Blue#Endorsements

2010: NII

2010: Suit House

2010: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

2011: Suit House

2011: Hazzys Acc

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22. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (5 July 2012). "Jung Yong-hwa to make cameo appearance in A Gentleman’s Dignity"(http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2955581). Joongang Daily. Retrieved 4July 2012.

23. ^ http://www.facebook.com/notes/%E5%BC%BA%E5%BF%83%E8%84%8F-strong-heart-%EA%B0%95%EC%8B%AC%EC%9E%A5/list-of-guest-for-season-1-ep1-124-cr-kpopella/10150271877034493

24. ^ http://www.facebook.com/notes/%E5%BC%BA%E5%BF%83%E8%84%8F-strong-heart-%EA%B0%95%EC%8B%AC%EC%9E%A5/raw-season-2-from-ep-125/10150819653439493

25. ̂a b c d "Gaon Singles Chart" (http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon) (in Korean). GaonChart.

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28. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2009/12/sbs_acting_awards_winners

29. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/yoo-jae-suk-wins-daesang-adam-and-khuntoria-couples-also-win-at-the-mbc-entertainment-awards-other-winners

30. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/kang-ho-dong-wins-daesang-at-the-2010-sbs-entertainment-awards-other-winners

31. ^ http://www.kdfo.org/2010_real/ko/drama/award.asp

32. ^ http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/music-shows/winners-from-the-2011-melon-music-awards-r11713

External links

CN Blue official website (http://cnblue.co.kr) (Korean)

CN Blue official Japanese website (http://cnblue.jp/cnblue/jp) (Japanese)

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