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Kim Jong-hyun
Kim Jong-hyun, known mononymously as Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, radio host, and author under the SM Entertainment label. He was the vocalist of the South Korean boy band Shinee for nine years, releasing twelve albums with the group in both Korean and Japanese. He also participated in SM Entertainment's project group, SM the Ballad, for the release of two EP al…
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entertainment · South Korean singer-songwriter (1990–2017) · singer · actor · model · songwriter · radio personality · singer-songwriter · musician · also Kim Jong-hyun, Jonghyun, Kim Jong-hyeon, Jong-hyun
Born 8 April 1990 · Died 18 December 2017 · Q484484
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,977 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 843, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
Shinee released a new single album, also titled Poet | Artist
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2018· 1 entry
With all profits from the album sales to be given to Jonghyun's mother, in addition to establishing a foundation "to help those who are living in difficult circumstances"
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2017· 3 entries
Jonghyun debuted on Billboard's Social 50 chart at #2, with 425,000 Wikipedia views, a boost of 17,974 percent
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Died 2017-12-18.
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MBC confirmed that Jonghyun would leave his position as radio host at MBC Blue Night
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2016· 4 entries
SM Entertainment released Jonghyun's first studio album, She Is, consisting of nine songs, most of which were written and composed by Jonghyun
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Followed by his second compilation album, Story Op
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As part of SM Entertainment's SM Station project
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“one can feel his passion as a singer-songwriter the most”
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2015· 1 entry
Jonghyun made his solo debut with his first EP, Base
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1990· 1 entry
Born 1990-04-08.
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1968· 1 entry
“will make everyone interested but also a story which everyone can identify with”
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