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Learn More About Solo Artist Park Hyo-shin’s Full Profile

December 16, 2019

Get to Know Park Hyo-shin

Park Hyo-shin, the singer known as the ‘King of Ballads’, debuted on November 4, 1999, with the singles “Things I Cannot Do For You” and “Fool”, which both became hits in South Korea. The singer is also a musical theater actor, who has given first-rate performances in musicals such as Hamlet, Tod, Mozart, and others.

In this article, Channel-Korea will give you a rundown of everything about Park Hyo-shin; his full profile, discography, latest news, and much more.

Full Profile of Park Hyo-shin

Stage Name: Park Hyo-shin

Real Name: Park Hyo-shin

Nickname: Oh Reong, Hyo Pang, Hyo Mo

Place and Date of Birth: South Chungcheong-South Korea, September 1, 1981 and registered birth December 1, 1981.

Age: 38 years old

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nationality: Korean

Hometown: South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 65 kg

Blood Type: O

Family: Mother, Older Brother

Occupation: Singer, Musical Theater Actor, Songwriter

Specialty: Trot

Hobbies: Painting coloring books, taking pictures, watching movies

Education: Kyunghee University, major of Post-modern Music

Agency: Originally, Jellyfish Entertainment, currently Glove Entertainment

Instagram: @parkhyoshin.official

Interesting Facts About Park Hyo-shin

Hyo-shin is known for his emotional vocals.
He can speak Korean, Japanese, and English.
When he was young, he used to sing trot at his family’s restaurant.
In high school, his friend said he should become a singer, so he participated in competitive singing festivals, where he won a lot of trophies.
Hyo-shin ended up becoming a trainee at a company, where he trained for 8-9 months but, because of financial problems, the company had to shut down.
Park Hyo-shin attended school with Fly To The Sky’s Hwan Hee and singer Wheesung.
He is close friends with both Hwan Hee and Wheesung.
He’s also close with some ballad singers, such as Gummy, Sung Si-kyung, and Lyn.
Hyo-shin moved to another company. When he wanted to leave this company (without a contract), they made him pay back $50.000 they spent on him during his stay. After that, he promised himself he would never become a singer again.
His friend introduced him to composer Hwang Yoon-min and he decided to start singing again under Yoon Min’s supervision. He did this for a year until he debuted.
His gained a lot of his popularity after he made an appearance on a show called “Lee Sora’s Propose”.
Park Hyo-shin sold 440.000 copies of his debut album, ‘Things I Cannot Do For You’, which made it place 15th on 2000’s Music Recording Sales.
In 2005, he released a remake of the song ‘Snow Flower’, which was originally sung by Mika Nakashima.
After he completed his mandatory military service, he came back in 2014 with his biggest song to date, called ‘Wild Flower’.
Some people say this song is about his own hardships, and others believe it’s about one of his closest friends, actor Park Yong-ha, who committed suicide in 2010.
He is a big fan of Girls Generation’s Sooyoung, and wants to meet her in person.
Park Hyo-shin’s ideal type is a girl with long hair, who is calm and has an easy-going personality.
His favorite motto is “If I want to be a happy person, I could give other people love.”

Park Hyo-shin’s Discography

As a legendary ballad singer who has many hit songs, Park Hyo-shin has released seven studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, one cover album, and twenty singles.

Albums

Year	Title	Details
December, 1999	Things I Can’t Do For You	Studio Album
January 19, 2001	Second Story	Studio Album
September 13, 2002	Time Honored Voice	Studio Album
April 19, 2004	Soul Tree	Studio Album
January 29, 2007	The Breeze of Sea	Studio Album
September 15, 2009 (Part 1) December 13, 2010 (Part 2)	Gift	Studio Album
October 3, 2016	I am A Dreamer	Studio Album
December 22, 2005	Next Destination…New York	Live Album
October 30, 2003	Park Hyo Shin Best Voice=2003-1999	Compilation Album
April 20, 2009	The Gold	Compilation Album
March 22, 2012	Gift E.C.H.O	Compilation Album
June 2, 2005	Neo Classicism	Compilation Album

Singles

Year	Albums	Title
2019	Non-album Single	“Lovers”
2019	Non-album Single	“Goodbye”
2019	Non-album Single	“The Wind Is Blowing”
2018	Non-album Single	“The Other Day”
2018	Non-album Single	“Sound of Winter”
2016	I am A Dreamer	“Beautiful Tomorrow”
2016	I am A Dreamer	“Home”
2016	I am A Dreamer	“Breath”
2015	Non-album Single	“Shine Your Light”
2014	Non-album Single	“Happy Together”
2014	Non-album Single	“Wild Flower”
2012	Non-album Single	“Overcoming Myself”
2010	Gift – Part 2	“I Promise You”
2010	Gift – Part 2	“Goodbye Love”
2009	Gift – Part 1	“After Love”
2008	Hwang Project Vol.1 – Welcome to the Fantastic World	“The Castle Of Zoltar”
2007	The Breeze of Sea	“Memories Resembles Love”
2005	Neo Classicism	“Scattered Days”
2004	Soul Tree	“Standing There”
2002	Time-Honored Voice	“Good Person”
2001	Second Story	“Far Away”
1999	Things I Can’t Do for You	“Fool”
1999	Things I Can’t Do for You	“Things I Can’t Do For You”