Lee Jong-hyun

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This article is about the South Korean band CNBLUE guitarist. For other people, see Lee Jong-hyun (disambiguation).

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Jong-hyun
File:Lee Jong-hyun - 2014 Workers' Festival6 crop.jpg
Lee recording for Workers' Festival, 2014
Born (1990-05-15) May 15, 1990 (age 33)
Busan, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active 2009–present
Labels FNC Entertainment
Associated acts CNBLUE
Website fncent.com
Korean name
Hangul 이종현
Hanja 李宗泫
Revised Romanization I Jong-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Yi Jonghyŏn

Lee Jong-hyun (Hangul: 이종현; pronounced [iː dʑoːŋ hjəːn]; born on May 15, 1990) is a South Korean guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist of South Korean rock band CNBLUE.

He made his acting debut in an omnibus movie Acoustic in 2010, followed by his television debut in the Korean drama A Gentleman's Dignity in 2012 and the Korean drama Orange Marmalade in 2015.

Life and career

Early life

Lee Jong-hyun was born on May 15, 1990,[1] in Busan, South Korea. His family consists of his parents and two older sisters. He lived in Busan before his family moved to Japan when he was four years old. His family moved back to Busan and he finished his elementary school and middle school there.

In 2010, he was the second generation member in the BEST NINE SCHOOL ULZZANG (meaning #2 ulzzang), with another CNBLUE member Jung Yong-hwa, Block B's Jaehyo, MBLAQ's Lee Joon, and BAP's Himchan, who were the first, third, fourth and fifth generation members respectively.[2][3][4]

The talent scouter from FNC Music (currently known as FNC Entertainment) who visited Busan to see Jung, came across Lee in the street, and suggested scouting immediately. On his way to his audition, he met his current fellow CNBLUE member Jung at the Seoul Station. They then met Kang Min-hyuk, also a current fellow member of CNBLUE, at FNC Music where they auditioned.[5] Eventually, only the three of them passed the auditions and Lee began training in bass technology at FNC Academy.

Before Lee embarked on his musical career, he was a judo athlete who won a gold medal in a judo championship amongst athletes in his hometown when he was in high school.[5] However, he decided to give up on sports upon realizing that this was not the field that he would excel in after losing in a match in just a few seconds. He then started to focus on music. At first, he learned singing, then piano. Then, upon watching English singer-songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton playing the guitar, he was inspired to learn to play the guitar.[6]

Music career

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See also: CNBLUE

Lee debuted with CNBLUE in South Korea on January 14, 2010 with their lead single "I'm a Loner". Before their Korean debut, they debuted as an indie band, with Lee being the leader, in Japan in August 2009. Jung Yong-hwa then took over his place following the band's Korean debut. They made their major debut in Japan in October 2011.[7]

Lee, together with Jung, has also been making significant contributions to the band by composing songs which were released in Japan and Korea. He composed songs such as "Blind Love", "Lie", "Rain of Blessing", "Kimio", "My Miracle", "Come On", "No More", "These Days" etc., which all gained positive feedback. "Come On" ranked number 5 in Oricon's Weekly singles chart while "Blind Love" ranked number 4. "Get Away", one of his compositions, was used as ending theme song for Japanese broadcast of American TV series Gossip Girl.[8] Lee revealed that he composed "These Days" when he was a trainee.

Lee sings "My love" OST for SBS Drama A Gentleman's Dignity which he starred in. The OST song was Lee's first solo release since debut as singer. The OST charted high on various Korean digital music charts for many weeks and became one of the most popular Korean Drama OST in 2012 and win him OST Award from Seoul Music Award.[9][10] "My Love" placed No.6 on Billboard K-POP Hot 100 2012 Year End Chart and placed No. 15 on South Korea's National Gaon Yearly Single Chart[11][12]

Lee and his fellow labelmate Juniel formed a duo called "Romantic J" and released a Winter Special Digital Single Album with the single "사랑이 내려 (Love falls)". The song was composed by himself and written by Juniel.[13] The teaser for the MV was released on December 5, 2013 at 12AM KST and the full MV was released on 12NN KST at the The FNC Official channel. Together with the MV, the making, commentary by Romantic J and CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin, and the recording films were released. The song peaked #27 at Melon chart.[14] Romantic J recorded their debut stages at Simply KPOP", M-net M! Countdown, and SBS MTV The Show.

On August 2, 2015 Lee held his first solo fan meeting in Japan at the Tokyo International Forum and met with 10,000 fans.[15]

Acting career

In 2010, Lee made his acting debut as Kim Seong-won in an omnibus film Acoustic which was released on October 28, 2010. He acted alongside fellow CNBLUE member Kang Min-hyuk who played his brother Kim Hae-won in the second part of the movie called "Bakery Attack". The movie revolves around the story of two brothers who love music but could not make ends meet with it. The older brother decided to sell his guitar but his younger brother accidentally lost it. They found the guitar in a bakery in Hongik University and learned new insights about music from the bakery owner.

On May 27, 2012, Lee made his small screen debut in SBS weekend drama A Gentleman's Dignity with Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ha-neul, Kim Min-jong, Kim Su-ro and Lee Jong-hyuk.[16]

On July 2013, Jong-hyun made a cameo appearance as an important character in KBS2 Adolescence Medley. He also made cameo appearance in 2014 web drama One Sunny Day starring actor So Ji-sub.

In May 2015, Lee starred in the drama Orange Marmalade as Han Si-hoo, a vampire, along with labelmate Seolhyun from AOA.

Equipment

Lee primarily uses a range of Marshall and Orange Amplifiers, notably JVM410 and JCM2000 TSL models when on stage. He uses a variety of guitars, including a PRS Artist V, a Paul Reed Smith Custom 22, a Gibson Les Paul Historic Reissue Goldtop, a Carvin Custom, a Martin HD-28V Acoustic and a Tobacco Burst Fender Stratocaster.

Filmography

TV series

Year Network Title Role Notes
2012 SBS A Gentleman's Dignity Collin Black Supporting Role
2013 KBS2 Drama Special – Adolescence Medley Yang Yeong-woong cameo ep.2-3
2013–2014 tvN Cheongdam-dong 111 Himself Reality show ep.1-8
2014 LINE TV One Sunny Day (web drama) Couple guy cameo ep.4 & 8
2015 KBS2 Orange Marmalade Han Si-hoo Lead Role

Film

Year Company Title Role Notes
2010 Kino Eye/DMC Acoustic ("Bakery Attack") Kim Seong-won acting debut

Variety Shows

Year Title Network Notes
2011 Director's Cut Season 2 (ep 13–14) Mnet Guest (with Kang Min-hyuk)
Radio Star MBC Guest (ep 234)
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 94) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
2012 Radio Star MBC Guest (ep 298)
Strong Heart (ep 142) SBS Special Guest
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 138) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
GO Show (ep 21, 34) SBS Guest
2013 Running Man (ep 127, 129, 138) SBS Guest
Family's Dignity – Full House (ep 3) KBS Guest
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 175) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Blind Test Show 180° (ep 5) MBC Guest
Taxi (ep 277) tvN Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
2014 Running Man (ep 186) SBS Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Weekly Idol (ep 139, 140) MBC Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Hello Counselor (ep 163) KBS Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 224) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Golden Fishery Radio Star (ep 367) MBC Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Weekly Idol (ep 157) MBC Guest (with Kang Min-hyuk, FT Island, AOA)
Sleeping With The Boss (ep 6, 7) JTBC Guest (with Kang Min-hyuk, FT Island, AOA, Juniel )
2015 My Young Tutor (ep 14,15) MBC Guest
Jung Yong-hwa's Hologram MNET Guest
We Got Married MBC Guest (with Gong Seung-yeon)
Exciting India KBS Cast member
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 290) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Weekly Idol (ep 218) MBC Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Cool Kiz On The Block (ep 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131) KBS2 Guest member at judo
Global Request Show A Song For You 4 (ep 14) KBS Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
2016 FTV Changsa 10th year Anniversary Special “Shark” FTV Guest
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (ep 314) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
Entertainment Weekly (Guerrilla date) KBS2 Guest (with other CNBLUE members)
The Return of Superman (TV series) (ep 126 - 127) KBS2 Guest (with Jung Yonghwa)

Music video

Year Music video Length Album Note
2013 "Love Falls (Korean: 사랑이 내려) 5:10 Winter Special Digital Single Album by Romantic J (Duo formed by Lee and Juniel) Male lead
2014 "Mr. Ambiguous" 5:26 "Hello" mini-album by MAMAMOO as himself

MC

Year Title Network Notes
2013 Show! Music Core MBC Special MC along with other CNBLUE members
MTV 'THE SHOW: ALL ABOUT K-POP’ SBS Special MC for 2 episodes with Girl's Day's Hyeri and Yura

Discography

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Main article: CNBLUE discography

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
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Billboard
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2010 High Fly (with Kang Min-hyuk) 102 — Acoustic OST
2012 내 사랑아 (My Love) 4 2
  • KOR (DL): 2,187,150+
 A Gentleman's Dignity OST 2
2013 사랑이 내려 (Love falls) (with Juniel) 27 52
  • KOR (DL): 112,735+
 Romantic J: Winter Special Digital Single Album
2014 사실은 말야 (Young Love) (with Melody Day) 76 — Digital Single
"—" 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. Releases before this date have no chart data.[19]

Song writing and production credits

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List of songwriting and production credits for Lee Jong-hyun
Year Released Artist Title Album Role Notes
2015 CNBLUE "Footsteps" 2gether Co-composer, Lyricist, Co-arranger
"Drunken night" 2gether Co-composer, Lyricist
"Hero" 2gether Co-composer, Lyricist
"Lucid dream" colors Co-composer, Lyricist
"Irony" White, colors Composer, co-lyricist
"White" White, colors Co-composer, co-lyricist
2014 Nam Young Joo "Fragile and Kind" Fragile and Kind Co-composer, co-lyricist
CNBLUE "Foxy" Wave Co-composer, co-lyricist
CNBLUE "Paradise" Wave Co-composer, lyricist
CNBLUE "How awesome" Wave Co-composer, lyricist
CNBLUE "Monster" Go Your Way Co-composer, lyricist
CNBLUE "Heart Song" (English version) / "Footsteps" (Korean version) Truth (English version) / 2gether (Korean version) Co-composer, lyricist, co-arranger (Korean version)
CNBLUE "Sleepless Night..." Can't Stop Co-composer, co-lyricist
2013 Romantic J (Lee Jong-hyun and Juniel) "Love Falls" Love Falls (Digital Single Release) Co-composer
CNBLUE "I Can't Believe" What Turns You On? (English version), Present (Korean version) Co-composer, lyricist (English version) / Co-lyricist (Korean version)
CNBLUE "Crying Out" What Turns You On? Co-composer, lyricist
CNBLUE "With Your Eyes" Blind Love, What Turns You On? Composer, lyricist [20] Charted at #3 (Japan Recochoku K-Pop weekly Asia chart)
CNBLUE "Blind Love" Blind Love, What Turns You On?(Japanese version), Present (Korean version) Co-composer, lyricist (Japanese version) / Co-lyricist (Korean version), co-arranger [20] Charted at #1 (Japan Recochoku K-Pop weekly Asia chart), #4 (Japan Oricon), #7 (Japan Billboard Hot 100), #4 (Japan Billboard Hot Single Sales)
CNBLUE ""Na Geudaeboda" (나 그대보다; "Myself More Than You")" Re:Blue Co-composer Charted at #41 (Korea Gaon), #48 (Korea Billboard), #6 (Taiwan KK Box)
2012 CNBLUE "Starlit Night" Robot, What Turns You On? Composer, lyricist
CNBLUE "These Days" Code Name Blue Composer Unreleased Korean version first performed at Blue Night Concert in Seoul (2012)
CNBLUE "No More" Code Name Blue Co-composer
CNBLUE "My Miracle" Come On, Present Co-composer
CNBLUE "Come On" Come On, Code Name Blue Composer #5 (Japan Oricon), #8 (Japan Billboard Hot 100), #5 (Japan Billboard Hot Single Sales)
CNBLUE "Get Away" Where You Are, Code Name Blue Co-composer Unreleased Korean version first performed at Blue Night Concert in Seoul (2012)
2011 CNBLUE "Rain of Blessing" In My Head Co-composer
CNBLUE "Illusion" 392 Composer, co-lyricist
CNBLUE "Coward" 392 Co-composer, co-arranger
CNBLUE "Kimio" (Japanese Version)/"Yes" (Korean Version) 392 (Japanese Version), First Step +1 Thank You (Korean Version) Composer, co-lyricist (Korean Version) #102 (Korea Gaon) (Korean Version)
CNBLUE "Wanna Be Like You" (Korean Version) First Step (Korean Version) Co-lyricist (Korean Version) Charted at #73 (Korea Gaon) (Korean Version)
CNBLUE "Lie" 392 (Japanese Version), First Step (Korean Version) Co-composer Charted at #52 (Korea Gaon) (Korean Version)
CNBLUE "Eclipse" (Japanese Version)/ "Love Follows the Rain" (Korean Version) (previously released in single "The Way" in 2010 as Part 3), 392 (Japanese Version), First Step (Korean Version) Co-composer Charted at #39 (Korea Gaon) (Korean Version)
CNBLUE "A.Ri.Ga.Tou" (Japanese Version)/ "Thank You" (고마워요) (Korean Version) Thank U (Japanese Version), First Step (Korean Version) Composer, co-lyricist (Korean Version) Charted at #69 (Korea Gaon) (Korean Version)
2009 CNBLUE "Never Too Late" Voice, Thank U Co-composer

Awards and nominations

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See also: List of awards and nominations received by CNBLUE
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Best OST "My Love" (A Gentleman's Dignity OST) Nominated [21]
14th Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) Nominated [22]
4th MelOn Music Awards TStore Best Song Nominated [23]
Best OST Nominated [24]
SBS Drama Awards New Star Award A Gentleman's Dignity Won [25]
2013 22nd High1 Seoul Music Awards Best OST "My Love" (A Gentleman's Dignity OST) Won [10]

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.86wiki.com/view/41578.htm
  4. ↑ http://cnbjonghyun.tumblr.com/post/36588755616/bapblue
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  7. ↑ CNBLUE's Japan major debut,dkpopnews.net, Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ CNBLUE's Get Away Chosen As Gossip Girl Theme Song in Japan,allkpop, Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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  13. ↑ http://www.tenasia.com/archives/75674
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/ong_ying_yi/status/409913373355024384/photo/1
  15. ↑ http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/226933/20150803/cnblue-lee-jong-hyun.htm
  16. ↑ "CNBLUE Lee Jong-hyun shoots 1st scene for new SBS TV series" 10 Asia. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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External links

  • Lee Jong-hyun on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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