Park Jung Min
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Park Jung Min was born on 3 April 1987. He is a South Korean entertainer and member of boyband SS501. He made his musical debut in Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

and was the first SS501 members to debut as a solo artist with mini album Not Alone.

2005: Debut

Park went to Dongguk University
Dongguk University
Dongguk University is a private, coeducational university in South Korea. It operates campuses in Seoul, in Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province and in Los Angeles, United States...

 Teacher’s College High School with fellow member Kim Hyung Jun
Kim Hyung Jun
Kim Hyung Jun was born on 3 August 1987. He is a South Korean entertainer and youngest member of boyband SS501. He debut as a solo artist in March 2011 with mini album My Girl and musical debut in Caffeine.-2005: Debut:...

. He debuted with SS501 on 8 June 2005, and was the second to audition in the group. Park along with members of SS501, except for Young Saeng who was recovering from the sugery, lent their voices to the Korean version of 2006 animated film Pi's Story
Shark Bait
Shark Bait is a 2006 computer animated film. The plot revolves around Pi and his attempt to win the heart of Cordelia while dealing with a bullying shark. The film was a commercial failure...

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In 2006, Park hosted radio programme SS501's Youngstreet on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) with fellow member Heo Young Saeng
Heo Young Saeng
Heo Young Saeng was born on 3 November 1986. He is a South Korean entertainer and main/lead vocalist of boyband SS501. He debut as a solo artist in May 2011 with mini album Let It Go and made his musical debut in The Three Musketeers in November 2011 as D'Artagnan.-2005: Debut:Heo is a former...

 from 1 May 2006. Then continue to host with another fellow member Kim Kyu Jong
Kim Kyu Jong
Kim Kyu Jong was born on 24 February 1987. He is a South Korean entertainer and member of boyband SS501. He made his musical debut in Goong: Musical, playing the lead role of 'Lee Shin' and debut as a solo artist in September 2011 with mini album Turn Me On.-2005: Debut:Kim debuted as a member of...

 when Heo left the programme on 21 August 2006, due to a throat condition requiring laryngeal surgery.

Park starred in television programmes, Human Theater 2010, playing himself as the main character, and What a Women Wants. In 2008, he made his musical debut in Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

, playing the lead role of 'Danny Park', for which he won Best Musical New Talent at the Golden Ticket Awards.

Park is an owner of online shopping mall Royal Avenue. Starting out as an online shopping mall, Royal Avenue has opened a showroom and a café in Korea since April and in July opened its first branch in China.

2010: Solo artist

In June 2010, upon the expiration of Park's contract with DSP Media, he signed with CNr Media, on 10 August 2010, a company jointly set up by Taiwanese producer Comic-Ritz and Korean Roy Media, to embark on his solo career. CNr Media stated that SS501's activities are top priority in his contract and that they have not disbanded.

Park released his debut solo mini album, Not Alone, on 20 January 2011, and visited Taiwan and Singapore to promote it. His albums are distributed in Taiwan by Sony Music Taiwan.

In April 2011, Park perform with Japanese duo Mihimaru GT
Mihimaru GT
Mihimaru GT is an urban and pop group signed to Universal Music Japan and managed by Tearbridge Productions, a subsidiary of Stardust Promotion and Avex.- History :...

 at an UN Charity Concert in Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan to aid vitims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

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Korean

Year |Information |Track listings
2011
Not Alone
  • Released: 20 January 2011
  • Label: CNr Media
  • Format: Mini album
  • Genre: K-pop
    K-pop
    K-pop is a musical genre consisting of electropop, hip hop, pop, rock, and R&B music originating in South Korea...

  • Language: Korean
    Korean language
    Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

  • Repackaged: The, Park Jung Min
  • Released: 1 April 2011
  1. "Not Alone"
  2. "넌 알고 있니" (Do You Know?)
  3. "내 하루는 매일매일 크리스마스" (Everyday Is Christmas)
  4. "Not Alone" (instrumental)
  5. "넌 알고 있니" (Do You Know?) (instrumental)
  6. "내 하루는 매일매일 크리스마스" (Everyday Is Christmas) (instrumental)

Repackaged
  1. "눈물이 흐를 만큼..." (Like tears are falling...)
  2. "가라 가라" (Go Go)
  3. "Not alone"
  4. "넌 알고 있니" (Do you know?)
  5. "내 하루는 매일매일 크리스마스" (Everyday Is Christmas)
  6. "눈물이 흐를 만큼..." (Like tears are falling...)(instrumental)
  7. "가라 가라" (Go Go) (instrumental)

Japanese

Year |Information |Track listings
2011
Wara Wara The, Park Jung Min
  • Released: 25 May 2011
  • Label: CNr Media
  • Format: Mini album
  • Genre: J-pop
    J-pop
    , an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

  • Language: Japanese
    Japanese language
    is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

  1. "涙、流れるほど"
  2. "Wara Wara"
  3. "Not Alone" (リマスター)
  4. "君は知ってる?~届かないメッセージ~"
  5. "毎日クリスマス"
  6. "涙、流れるほど" (instrumental)
  7. "Wara Wara" (instrumental)

TV shows

  • OnStyle Magazine's What Women Want
  • MBC's Human Theater 2010
  • Superstar Mini-Drama Ep.8 Meet

External links

Park Jung Min's official site Park Jung Min's official site
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