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Young-hu Kim

b. 1981

South Korean Songwriter and Producer

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Born 1981. Young-hu Kim is a South Korean songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur.

Young-hu Kim (; born 7 November 1981) is a South Korean music producer, songwriter and software engineer. He works mainly with SM Entertainment artists, and has written songs for Girls' Generation, Exo, TVXQ, BoA, Shinee, f(x), Super Junior, Shinhwa, and Fly to the Sky.

Career Born on November 7, 1981, in Seoul, South Korea, Young-hu Kim started his career when he was signed to SM Entertainment as the youngest producer at the age of 15. His first number 1 single was Shinhwa's "I Pray For You", with work on subsequent hits including TVXQ's "Whatever They Say," Shinee's "Replay," and Girls' Generation's "Oh." He co-founded XP Music Publishing based in Los Angeles, with offices in Seoul and Tokyo, taking on projects in tech and building the first online music publishing catalog system in South Korea.

Discography

South Korea BoA: My Prayer - 250,000 copies sold (platinum) BoA: If You Were Here - 120,000 copies sold BoA: Girls on Top(English Version) Exo: My Turn to Cry - 500,000 copies sold (2 platinum) Exo: Can't Bring Me Down - 1 Million copies sold Fly to the Sky: How Many Nights, How Many Days - 200,000 copies sold (platinum) Fly to the Sky: Magic Song - 170,000 copies sold - Number 3 on biggest online chart Fly to the Sky: My Never ending Story - 100,000 copies sold F(x): Me + U - 100,000 copies sold F(x): Goodbye Summer - 100,000 copies sold F(x): Summer Lover F(x): Diamond Girls' Generation: Let's Talk About Love - 100,000 copies sold Girls' Generation: Oh! - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) - number 1 on several countries. Number 1 on numerous music channels. Winner of Golden Disc Award Girls' Generation: Say Yes - 400,000 copies sold (2 platinum) - won Golden Disk Awards and Seoul Music Awards Isak N Jiyeon: I Dream Of You Parc Jae-jung: As much as I loved you S.E.S.: You Told Me Shinee: Replay Shinee: Love Like Oxygen Shinee: In my room - 150,000 copies sold Shinee: 차라리 때려 - 150,000 copies sold Shinee: Y.O.U. (Year Of Us) Shinee: Runaway - 250,000 copies sold (platinum) Shinhwa: Just 2 be with U - 400,000 copies sold (2 platinum) Shinhwa: I pray 4 U - 400,000 copies sold (2 platinum) - Number 1 song on MBC Music Show, SBS Music Show and several online charts. Japanese Anime "Inuyasha" Korea Territory title song Shinhwa: Soulmate - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) Shinhwa: Hurricane - 100,000 copies sold Super Junior: Over - 100,000 copies sold Super Junior: You're my endless love - 200,000 copies sold (platinum) Super Junior: She wants it - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) Super Junior: Shake It Up! - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) Super Junior: Over - 100,000 copies sold The Grace: Dancer In The Rain The Grace: Catch The Shooting Star Tim: Sarang Han Mankeum Tim: My Destiny Tim: Nae Ahn Eh Jun Jeng Tim: Manual For My Heart TVXQ: Whatever They Say - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) - Number 4 on SBS music show. TVXQ: Free your mind TVXQ: Beautiful Life - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) TVXQ: 세상의단하나뿐인마음 TVXQ: On & On - 535,000 copies sold (2 platinum) - Number 1 album of 2006 + Winner of Golden Disc Award. TVXQ: Crazy Love TVXQ: 넌 나의 노래 - 600,000 copies sold (2 platinum) - Number 1 album of 2008, Winner of Golden Disc Award. TVXQ: Here I stand - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) Whee Sung: Angel - 400,000 copies sold (2 platinum) Xdinary Heroes: Beautiful Life - 100,000 copies sold

Japan Girls' Generation Oh! single: Oh! - 100,000 copies sold (gold) - Number One on Oricon Chart Girls' Generation 2nd album: Oh! - 200,000 copies sold (gold) Shinee 1st single album: Replay - 110,000 copies sold (gold) Shinee 1st album: Replay - 120,000 copies sold (gold) Tenjochiki Piranha album: Just for one day - 100,000 copies sold (gold) TVXQ 3rd album: Beautiful Life -150,000 copies sold (gold) TVXQ 3rd Album: You're my miracle - 150,000 copies sold (gold) TVXQ Bolero album: Wasurenaide - 150,000 copies sold (gold) TVXQ 4th album: Wasurenaide - 300,000 copies sold (platinum) YUTA 1st album: If We Lose It All Tonight

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Who is Young-hu Kim?

South Korean Songwriter and Producer

When was Young-hu Kim born?

Young-hu Kim was born on 7 November 1981 in Seoul.

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Young-hu Kim is a songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur.

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Young-hu Kim is South Korean.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Young-hu Kim

· Wikidata: Q16935066

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