Hwang Min-hyun

Hwang Min-hyun (; born August 9, 1995), known mononymously as Minhyun, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. He began his career, debuting as a member of the South Korean boy band NU'EST in March 2012. In 2017, he participated in second season of Produce 101 and finished ninth place, becoming a member of Wanna One. Following Wanna One's disbandment, Hwang returned to NU'EST, remaining until the group's disbandment in 2022. He is a solo artist and actor signed under Pledis Entertainment.

Career Pre-debut Hwang was scouted by South Korean entertainment agency Pledis Entertainment at the age of fifteen and became a trainee for almost two years. Prior to his debut, he became more well known after appearing in Orange Caramel's music video for their single "Shanghai Romance". He also made appearances in labelmates' music releases as a member of 'Pledis Boys'.

2012–2016: NU'EST

On March 15, 2012, Hwang debuted as a member of NU'EST. He also appeared at the 2012–13 Seoul Fashion Week as a model for designer Park Yoon-soo's fashion show 'Big Park'. In 2015, Hwang was featured in indie artist Fromm's new track, "Aftermath". In 2016, Pledis Entertainment released Minhyun and JR's music video for "Daybreak", which is part of NU'EST's fifth mini album Canvas.

2017–2018: Produce 101 and Wanna One

In 2017, NU'EST halted all promotions while JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren participated in the second season of the series Produce 101.

In the third episode of the series, Hwang picked the members for 'Sorry Sorry Team 2', for which he was nicknamed 'producer' and 'CEO Hwang' by online commenters. In the "Position" challenge, he covered I.O.I's "Downpour" and the view count of his fancam reached 1 million within three days. In the "Concept" challenge, he was the center of "Never" team, which charted at number one in multiple music charts. Hwang ranked 9th of the season, garnering 862,719 votes and officially debuted as a member of Wanna One with exclusively promotions for 1.5 years.

2019–2022: Return to NU'EST, solo activities and Wanna One reunion stage While his Wanna One contract officially ended on December 31, 2018, Hwang did not officially return to NU'EST until the end of January 2019. This was due to Pledis and Swing Entertainment coming to an agreement that allowed him to attend scheduled year-end shows and award ceremonies throughout January 2019 as a member of Wanna One. On March 15, Hwang official releases since returned to NU'EST with special digital single "A Song For You" to celebrate the seventh anniversary of their debut. On April 3, he released a digital solo single "Universe" as the pre-release single for the group's upcoming EP Happily Ever After. The single is accompanied by the music video shot in Budapest and Milan. Later in the year, Hwang made his musical theater debut as Count Axel von Fersen in the Seoul revival of the musical Marie Antoinette, which ran from August until November 2019.

On June 26, 2020, Hwang was cast in the lead role of Go Eun-taek in the JTBC drama Live On, which aired from November 2020 to January 2021.

In April 2021, Pledis Entertainment announced that he was cast in the upcoming tvN drama Alchemy of Souls, written by the Hong Sisters. After days of speculation, it was confirmed on November 15, 2021, that Hwang, alongside the other members of Wanna One (except for Lai Kuan-lin), will reunite for a special stage performance at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards in December 2021. While CJ E&M announced that there are talks of a Wanna One reunion concert and subsequent albums, Pledis Entertainment clarified that Hwang will perform with Wanna One only at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards and will return to NU'EST and his solo projects afterward. On December 5, 2021, Hwang released the single "I'll Be With You Every Day" , his first solo original soundtrack, for the MBC series The Red Sleeve.

On February 28, 2022, Pledis announced that NU'EST's exclusive contract will expire on March 14, 2022 with only Hwang and Baekho have renewed their contracts with the agency, signifying the group's disbandment. On March 24, 2022, Hwang confirmed a four-year contract extension with Italian luxury brand Moncler. On November 28, Hwang was announced to cast in upcoming drama My Lovely Liar, written by Seo Jung-eun, plans to aired in 2023.

2023–present: Solo debut On January 20, 2023, Pledis confirmed that Hwang would make his solo debut the next month. He released his first mini-album titled Truth or Lie on February 27, 2023. On October 8, 2023, Hwang held his first solo concert in the Philippines at the New Frontier Theater.

Discography

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions, and sales Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Truth or Lie Released: February 27, 2023 Label: Pledis Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 2 KOR: 84,462

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, sales, and album name Title Year Peak chartpositions Sales Album KOR Circle Hot As lead artist "Daybreak" 2016 91

KOR: 398,062 Happy Pledis 2nd Album "Aftermath" 2015 — Moonbow "Chase Love Hard" 2023 36 Love.zip "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances,with selected chart positions, showing year released, and album name Title Year Peak positions Album KOR The Red Sleeve OST Part 4 "You look pretty" 2022 — 세기말 풋사과 보습학원 OST "Just Watching You" ) — Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow OST "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Their Distance Nam Sang-soo Japanese film

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2020–2021 Live On Go Eun-taek 2023 My Lovely Liar Kim Do-ha

Web series Year Title Role 2025 Study Group Yoon Ga-min

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2013–2014 Reckless Family 3 Himself 2017 Produce 101 Season 2 Contestant 2019 UHSN MC with JR 2023 Boys Planet Star Master

Hosting Year Title Notes 2022 KCON 2022 JAPAN September 19 to 22 7th Asia Artist Awards (Gala Show) with Nako Yabuki

Musical theatre + Musical play and concert performances Year Title Role Venue Date 2019 Marie Antoinette Count Axel Von Fersen 2023 AAA's Beginning Concert 'Male God' AAA'의 비기닝 콘서트 '男神' Himself Yokohama Pia Arena MM July 8, 2023

Accolades Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Asia Artist Awards 2021 Potential Award (Actor) Live On 2022 Popularity Award – Actor Hwang Min-hyun New Wave Award (Actor) Alchemy of Souls Best Acting Performance Korea Musical Awards 2020 Male Rookie Award Marie Antoinette Melon Music Awards 2019 Best Dance Track (Male) "Universe" Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards (SACA) 2019 Best New Actor Marie Antoinette CJ ENM Visionary 2026 2026 Visionary Hwang Min-hyun

Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Placement GQ Korea 2019 Men of the Year Placed