Eddy Kim

Kim Jung-hwan (; born November 23, 1990), known professionally as Eddy Kim , is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012. He released his first EP, The Manual, in 2014.

On April 5, 2019, Kim was booked by the police for circulating illegally taken pictures of women in the Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms, a mobile chat with fellow celebrities in 2016; a police investigation is ongoing into the Burning Sun scandal. On April 11, 2019, he admitted to spreading hidden camera photos taken without consent which he had downloaded from the internet.

Discography

Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR The Manual Released: April 11, 2014 Label: Mystic89, CJ E&M Format: CD, digital download — Sing Sing Sing Released: January 21, 2015 Label: Mystic89, CJ E&M Format: CD, digital download — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Other releases Title Year Peak chart positions Sales AlbumKRGaonKRHot 100 "버스 안에서" (On The Bus)2012 — — Superstar K4 "Love Story" — — "I'll Be There" — — "아름다운 강산" (Beautiful Lands) — — "Sing a Song" — —It's Top 12"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Variety shows

Awards and nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Best New Artist Union Pay Artist of the Year Mystic Entertainment revealed later that day that Eddy Kim was in fact in the chatroom, but denied that he was involved in the filming or spreading of the footage.

On March 6, 2020, all charges against Eddy Kim were dropped by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office because the singer had only shared a photo he found online (on one occasion), and did not directly film nor distribute the illicit footage of the women. Additionally, the chatroom where he shared the photo was revealed as not the chatroom where Jung Joon Young shared the illicit footage, but just a group chat for hobbies.