Sung Si-kyung

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Sung Si-kyung Biography

Known for such popular albums as Like the First Time and Melodie D’Amour, this Seoul Music Award, Golden Disk Award, and Mnet Asian Music Award-winning ballad singer also had a career as an actor, appearing in episodes of My Husband Got a Family and Banjun Drama, among other South Korean television series.

He earned both a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in journalism from Korea University. During his college years, he won first place in an internet vocal contest and subsequently recorded the hit song “The Road That Leads to Me.”

From 2008 until 2010, he put his music career on hold to serve in the South Korean Army.

He settled in Seoul, South Korea during his early adulthood years.

His seventh album, The First Time, includes a duet with Korean-American rhythm & blues vocalist Lena Park.

Sung Si-kyung (Korean: 성시경 ; born April 17, 1979) is a South Korean singer and television host. He debuted in 2001 and has released seven studio albums in Korean and two studio albums in Japanese. He has also hosted and appeared on numerous South Korean variety television shows including 2 Days & 1 Night, Witch Hunt, and Non-Summit.

While at Korea University, Sung participated in an online singing competition and was awarded 1st place in the country. The winners of the song festival released a compilation album, from which his song “The Road that Leads to Me” became a major hit. Due to the popularity of the song, the compilation album sold nearly 100,000 copies even though it was a promotional album. This helped Sung to attain stardom in November 2000.

Sung’s official debut was in 2001 when he released his first album, 처음처럼 (Like the First Time). Mainly consisting of ballads, his debut album contained three hits and made him the best newcomer singer of the year. Participating as a featured artist on You Hee-yeol’s album also contributed to his rising popularity. His second album released in 2002 was also a success, selling more than 650,000 copies. He continued to release album after album, averaging about one a year.

Sung was a student at Korea University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, and then a Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication. He has also appeared in a number of TV shows including Korean dramas and entertainment shows, gaining favorable response from the public. Sung enlisted for his mandatory military service in 2008 and was honorably discharged in 2010. Sung’s first comeback concert after the discharge attracted more than 6,000 fans from all over the country.

Sung’s comeback track “난 좋아” (Even Now) released on his 7th album debuted at number 5 on Billboard’s Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of September 22.

in September 2011, he made his comeback to the music industry with his seventh album. The album’s title song “The First Time” is a sweet and delicate ballad that was also released earlier in the year as a digital single. He decided to produce and release a regular album instead of a mini or a single to express his appreciation for his fans that had waited so long.

Sung currently has released 7 full albums – 5 are traditional ballad/pop albums, a “remake” album and a “special” album called “Try to Remember.” He also released a “Best of” album in Japan which included his first Japanese title. His sixth and final pre-army was released in 2008.

In 2019, Sung announced his first U.S. concert tour, a six-show trek across most major U.S. markets.

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