Kim Jung-hwan (Korean김정환; born November 23, 1990), known professionally as Eddy Kim (Korean에디 킴), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist.[1] He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012.[2] He released his first EP, The Manual, in 2014.[3]

Eddy Kim
Kim in 2014
Kim in 2014
Background information
Birth nameKim Jung-hwan
Born (1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • guitarist
Years active2014–present
LabelsMystic Story
Korean name
Hangul
김정환
Revised RomanizationKim Jeong-hwan
McCune–ReischauerKim Chŏnghwan
Stage name
Hangul
에디 킴
Revised RomanizationEdi Kim
McCune–ReischauerEdi K'im

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.[4][5]

Discography

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Extended plays

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[6]
The Manual
  • Released: April 11, 2014
  • Label: Mystic89, CJ E&M
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. 2 Years Apart
  2. 밀당의 고수
  3. Slow Dance
  4. 너 사용법
  5. Sober Up
  6. It's Over
Sing Sing Sing
  • Released: January 21, 2015
  • Label: Mystic89, CJ E&M
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Sing Sing Sing
  2. My Love
  3. Apologize
  4. Shower Girl
  5. Lovin' You
  6. 조화 (造花)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart
positions
Sales (DL) Album
KOR
[7]
KOR
Hot 100

[8]
As lead artist
"2 Years Apart" 2014 22 23
  • KOR: 145,123
The Manual
"The Manual"
(너 사용법)
7 12
  • KOR: 1,585,680
"Darling" 34
  • KOR: 94,505
The Manual Deluxe Edition
"Apologize" 2015 39
  • KOR: 23,803
Sing Sing Sing
"My Love" 12
  • KOR: 206,075
"Paldangdam"
(팔당댐) feat. Beenzino
2016 14
  • KOR: 327,098
Non-album single
"Sweet Kiss Like Coffee"
(내 입술 따뜻한 커피처럼) feat. Lee Sung-kyung
3
  • KOR: 840,353
"Heart Pound"
(쿵쾅대) feat. Angelina Danilova
2017 96
  • KOR: 41,736
"Now"
(이제는)
  • KOR:
"Bet On Me"
  • KOR:
"Poom"
(품)
  • KOR:
Collaborations
"Coffee & Tea"
with Solar
2015 23
  • KOR: 65,210
Dokkun Project Pt.4
As featured artist
"I Smell Autumn"
Verbal Jint feat. Eddy Kim
2014 17
  • KOR: 128,816
Non-album single
"Double Jack"
BoA feat. Eddy Kim
2015 43
  • KOR: 24,209
Kiss My Lips
"Lonely"
Kanto feat. Eddy Kim
2016 14216
"Dear"
Mia feat. Eddy Kim
2018 Non-album single
Soundtrack appearances
"One Day"
(하루 하나)
2014 Pride and Prejudice OST
"Roommate"
with Lim Kim
Roommate OST Part 1
"Empty Space" 82
  • KOR: 21,255 [9]
Valid Love OST Part 2
"Dream"
with Subin
2016 I Am a Movie Director Too OST Part 1
"A Love Shining Like a Star"
(구르미 그린 달빛)
21 Love in the Moonlight OST Part 7
"2Night"
with Punchnello
Entourage OST
"You Are So Beautiful"
(이쁘다니까)
5 Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST Part 5
"When Night Falls"
(긴 밤이 오면)
2017 34 While You Were Sleeping OST Part 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
The Kpop Hot 100 chart was inactive between May 17, 2014, and May 29, 2017.

Other releases

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KR
Gaon

KR
Hot 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

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Variety shows

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Year Title Network Notes
2012 Superstar K4 Mnet
2014 Running Man SBS Guest episodes 195 and 58
Immortal Songs 2 KBS
2015 Always Cantare 2 tvN
Radio Star MBC Guest
Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2
I Can See Your Voice Mnet Panelist (Season 1 – Episode 6)
2017 King of Mask Singer MBC Contestant as "The Prince Trumpets the Crown of the Crown" (Episodes 113–114)[13]
2018 Friendly Driver tvN Guest

Awards and nominations

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Mnet Asian Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Eddy Kim Best New Artist[14] Nominated
Union Pay Artist of the Year[14] Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Eddy Kim Best New Artist Won

Chatroom Controversy Involving Jung Joon-young

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On April 4, 2019, MBC's "Newsdesk" reported that Eddy Kim was one of the members in a group chat where Jung Joon-young shared illicit videos of him having sex with other women without their consent.[15][16] 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.[17]

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.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Eddy Kim (에디킴)". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sojin of Girl's Day, Eddy Kim confirm relationship". Yonhap News Agency. June 28, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "에디킴 앨범" [Eddy Kim Albums]. Mnet (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Kim, Seung-jae (April 5, 2019). "More K-Pop Stars to Be Questioned in Hidden Cam Scandal". Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Roy Kim, Eddy Kim & Choi Jong Hoon admit to sharing illegally taken photos". SBS Australia. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  7. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  8. ^ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Gaon Download Chart: 2014-12-28~2015-01-03". n.d.
  10. ^ Cumulative sales for "A Love Shining Like a Star":
  11. ^ Cumulative sales for "You Are So Beautiful":
  12. ^ Cumulative sales for "When Night Falls":
  13. ^ Lee So-dam (June 4, 2017). "'복면가왕' 트럼펫 정체는 에디킴..너구리 3R 진출". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  14. ^ a b "MAMA vote 2014". Mwave. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  15. ^ SPOTVNEWS (April 4, 2019). "에디킴 측 "'정준영 단톡방' 멤버? 현재 확인 중" [공식입장]". SPOTVNEWS (in Korean). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "'뉴스데스크' 에디킴도 정준영 단톡방 멤버 "16명중 8명 피의자 신분"". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  17. ^ "에디킴 측 "단톡방 속해 있었지만 불법영상물 촬영·유포 NO" [공식입장 전문]". xportsnews.com (in Korean). April 4, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "가수 에디킴, 음란물 유포혐의 기소유예 처분". sports.khan.co.kr (in Korean). March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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