About Jonghyun

Kim Jonghyun (Hangul: 김종현), also known monomously as Jonghyun, is a South Korean idol singer, songwriter and dancer. He is most famous for being a member of the quintet contemporary R&B and pop boy band, Shinee and project ballad group SM The Ballad, both under the SM Entertainment label in South Korea. He is known for his strong and powerful vocals, as Shinee's lead vocalist, the sole reason for his being part of SM The Ballad.

Jonghyun 종현
Kim Jonghyun 김종현
Background information
Birth name	Kim Jonghyun
Born	April 8, 1990 (age 21)
Genres	Dance-pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, dancer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocal, Bass guitar, Piano, Guitar
Years active	2008–present
Labels	SM Entertainment (South Korea) EMI Music Japan (Japan)[1]
Associated acts	Shinee, SM The Ballad, SM Town

Birth name
Hangul	김종현
Hanja	金鐘鉉
Revised Romanization	Gim Jong-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chong-hyŏn

Career

Jonghyun was scouted on the streets, and auditioned at the "2005 S.M. Casting System" Before debuting, Jonghyun sang a duet, "Wrongly Given Love" (交错的爱), with Zhang Liyin for her debut Chinese album, I Will.

Shinee

Main article: Shinee

After training for three years at his label company SM Entertainment, Jonghyun became a member of the five member contemporary R&B and pop boy band, Shinee. The group debuted on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)" ("누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)", lit. "Older Girl, You're So Pretty (Replay)"). Since then, they have released two albums and three mini albums in South Korea that were commercial successes. Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. The group has starred in various shows as guests as well as in their own reality shows like Mnet's Shinee's YunHaNam and KBS's Hello Baby. Shinee has also endorsed and promoted numerous commercial products like Smart, Korean cosmetic company Nana's B, and Reebok. The group has also recorded songs for OSTs of various films and dramas. He and his band mates also participated in tours of SM Town as well as in their own concert, Shinee World, held in Tokyo (2010) and in Seoul (2011). SM Town has been to New York's Madison Square Garden on October 23, 2011. The show was sold out. Shinee signed a contract with EMI Music Japan for their impending Japanese debut in June 22, 2011 with a remake of their Korean debut single, "Replay".
He had written songs such as "Juliette" in Romeo, "Yok (Obsession)" and part of "Up & Down" in Lucifer.

SM The Ballad

Main article: SM The Ballad

In November 2010, it was revealed by SM Entertainment that Shinee's Jonghyun along with TRAX’s Jay, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, and rookie singer, Jino, have formed a project group, SM The Ballad, under their label. The group focuses more on ballad rather than pop and R&B themes.^[9] The group released their debut album, "Miss You", on November 29, 2010. They debuted on November 28, 2010 on SBS's Inkigayo with their lead single, "Miss You." They also promoted another single from the album, "Hot Times."

Other activities

In October 2010, Jonghyun was one of 20 idols from various South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go," for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided vocals along with labelmates Sungmin, Seohyun and Luna.
He was also a cast member in KBS's Immortal Song 2 for two episodes with fellow labelmate Yesung.
In June 2011, Jonghyun recorded a song titled "So Goodbye" for drama series City Hunter. The song for ‘City Hunter OST Part 2' was released June 3.

Relationships

Jonghyun has dated Shin Se-kyung. When they first revealed it to the public, there was a huge uproar. Many SHINee fans were unsupportive, while the majority encouraged them, hoping to see a relationship between K-Pop idols work out. However, they broke up in 2011.