Park Ji-ung (; born October 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Park Hyun-bin (), is a South Korean

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singer. Dubbed the "Prince of Trot", he made his debut in 2006 and has released three studio albums. His songs have become popular chants and rally songs sung at sporting events or election campaigns due to their catchy lyrics and tunes.

Early life

Park was born and raised in

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and moved to the

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area when he was in middle school. He was exposed to music from an early age as his father was an amateur saxophone player and his mother is a former vocal instructor. After completing his

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in the

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, where he was part of the band, he decided to pursue a career in music and majored in voice at the

Chugye University for the Arts Chugye University for the Arts () is a South Korean institute of higher education in the music and fine arts. The campus is in Seodaemun District in central Seoul, the country's capital. Academics Undergraduate courses are offered toward Bach ...

. During his second year in college, he auditioned at Jang Yoon-jeong's agency and was selected.

Career

Park debuted in 2006 with the album ''Gondre Mandre''. At that time he was given the sobriquet "Male Jang Yoon-jeong" by netizens and fans as both were under the same management and embodied a new generation of trot singers who possessed good looks and charismatic stage presence. He was recognized by the with the Rookie of the Year award in 2007. In 2008 Park released his second album, ''Shabang Shabang'' in 2008. He won the award in the Trot category at the

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that year, beating veterans such as

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and

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. In 2011 he released a Japanese version and it became a hit in Japan, topping the USEN

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charts. He was one of the performers at the 2011 Music Bank World Tour and became the first trot singer to perform at the

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and the only trot singer in the line-up, which mostly consisted of pop singers and idol groups. That year he returned to the domestic music scene and released his third album ''Hourglass''.

Personal life

In 2015 Park married

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r Kim Joo-hee. They have a son and a daughter, both of whom have appeared with him on '' The Return of Superman''. in 2016 Park was involved in a traffic accident near Julpo IC on the upbound line of the West Coast Expressway. In this accident, he suffered a fracture to his right leg and thigh, and the manager who was driving suffered a crushing injury to his face. Because this accident left him traumatized , he now avoids using cars at all and takes the KTX to most local events. Park is the younger of two sons. His older brother Ji-su is an opera singer (baritone) based in Germany and graduated from

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and the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

. The brothers performed together during the episode of '' Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend'' broadcast on May 24, 2019 and were the final winners.

Discography

* ''Gondre Mandre'' () (2006) * ''Shabang Shabang'' () (2008) * ''Hourglass'' () (2011)

Filmography

Television shows

Awards

References

External links

Artist Profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Hyun-bin 1982 births Living people People from Gwangmyeong Singers from Gyeonggi Province Trot singers Chugye University for the Arts alumni 21st-century South Korean male singers