Biography Jay Park

1 biography

1.1 years
1.2 2008–2009: 2pm
1.3 2010: youtube, solo career, , count on me (nothin on you)
1.4 2011: take deeper , rise solo artist
1.5 2012: new breed , fresh air: breathe it
1.6 2013: joah , snl korea, , launch of hip hop label, aomg
1.7 2014—present: growth of aomg , evolution

biography
early years

born in edmonds, washington, in seattle metropolitan area, park showed great interest in hip hop music , breakdancing @ young age. park attended edmonds woodway high school, spent of break , lunch times practicing dance friends. park started listening hip hop , rap music in teens, , spent time learning , writing raps himself during high school. in 2003, park became 1 of first members of seattle-based b-boy crew art of movement (aom). in 2004, park s mother, seeing how son spent more time breakdancing studying, suggested audition korea-based jyp entertainment, brought him korea in january 2005 receive further training in dancing, rapping, singing, , korean language. park completed university education @ dankook university.

2008–2009: 2pm

2pm during press conference wonder girls first wonder live in bangkok in february 2009

park first appeared through mnet s hot blood men, documentary-style reality program showed future members of 1 day, split idol groups 2am , 2pm, in training. park, finishing @ top spot fan votes, became leader of 2pm. on september 4, 2008, 2pm debuted song 10 out of 10 (korean: 10점 만점에 10점; revised romanization: ship jeom manjeome ship jeom) on music program m! countdown after release of first mini-album, hottest time of day, few days prior. aside 2pm s music activities, park created song jeong (korean: 정) yeeun of wonder girls original soundtrack of television drama conspiracy in court, , featured on v.o.s s luv... . participated in special stage performances, such navi s heart damage (korean: 마음이 다쳐서; revised romanization: maeumi dachyeoseo) on may 3, 2009, , k.will s 1 drop per second (korean: 1초에 한방울; revised romanization: il choe hanbangul) on june 20, 2009. in addition idol show , wild bunny fellow 2pm members, became regular cast member in several variety programs, including star king , introducing star s friend. in august 2009, , kara band member, nicole jung, became new hosts cultural variety show called nodaji.

on september 4, 2009, unfavorable comments towards korea found on park’s personal myspace account 2005. comments, written in english friend, translated korean media, spreading across hundreds of news articles. park expressed deep remorse , shame on forgotten words , issued official apology, explained unhappiness experienced during days trainee in unfamiliar country lacked family, ability communicate, , understanding of culture. although outraged protesters demanded park should removed 2pm, jyp entertainment s ceo, park jin-young, stated on september 7, 2009, going continue part of group. following day, park announced on official fancafe leaving group calm situation , return hometown, seattle, washington. apologized other 2pm members, , promised come better person . park jin-young confirmed 2pm continue six-member group. additionally, due sensitive topic of park s departure, 2pm members withdrawn regular appearances on variety shows, , final episode of reality show, wild bunny, postponed indefinitely. park s vocals not removed older songs promoted 2pm, absent newer tracks, , remaining 6 members of 2pm re-filmed music video heartbeat without park on october 31, 2009.

2pm s first official album titled 1:59pm, symbolize park s absence, according 6 remaining members. through acceptance speeches @ end-of-year award shows again & again , members thanked park , reiterated wish return. @ mnet asian music awards, group paid homage him during performance of again & again spotlight shown on usual position in dance formation , lines left unsung.

2010: youtube, solo career, , count on me (nothin on you)

soon after park returned united states, south korean public changed perspective on matter when realized myspace messages had been severely mistranslated , taken out of context, in addition strong fan support park s return. park seen @ b-boy battles fellow art of movement members during time in seattle. however, on february 25, park s comeback looking more , more likely, jyp announced jay park s contract them had been terminated, citing separate personal mistake park had made in 2009. jyp make reference unknown event several times in 2010, never elaborate on details. termination had been agreed 6 members of 2pm , led fan boycotts on 2pm-endorsed products. protests park s return group began take place, not in south korea, internationally well. various jay park-dedicated forums , fansites on world organized silent protests , flash dance mobs. fans hired plane banner showing j, time now? fly on seattle, , broadcast on seattle-based radio stations.

on several occasions, park number 1 trending topic on twitter, topping oscars on march 8. park s fans revealed plans release self-produced album in honor on march 27 commemorate 200th day anniversary of departure korea. however, because album had been in preparation since january , public opinion on 2pm had since changed, fans decided in best interest not release cd, , instead, mailed 10–20 copies seattle, park s hometown.

park created own youtube channel on march 15, jayparkaom , first upload being own version of nothin on , went viral , reached on 2,000,000 views in less 24 hours. in korea, original song b.o.b , bruno mars topped cyworld music chart in matter of hours upon video s release. nothin on reached number 1 on other music sites such dosirak, melon, mnet, bugs, , soribada, making $300,000 in sales through effect of park s video. on june 15, 2010, b.o.b released nothin on featuring park, in south korea, replaces bruno mars vocals. youtube cover helped contribute of song s success in korea, more 5 million copies sold. park subsequently thanked fans support , continued urge them not hate remaining 2pm members.

park , members of b-boy crew, art of movement

he appeared fellow art of movement members @ annual korean-american festival event called project korea iii: ksa cinderella story @ rutgers university, new jersey on april 3, along ailee , clara c. videos of event uploaded onto internet portal sites, footage of park acting mc , dancing beyoncé s single ladies (put ring on it) on stage drew positive interest. on april 24, dumbfoundead released free collaboration track featuring park , clara chung on website, titled clouds .

los angeles-based entertainment attorney ned sherman, ceo of digital media wire, announced on may 28 representing park legal representative. sherman , wife tinzar reached out park, after seeing park s story , feeling bad happened him during myspace controversy. shermans , park worked on lot of projects together, including movie deal hype nation, endorsement deal denizen, levi strauss & co. s new brand, , others.

park returned korea on june 18 @ incheon international airport, biggest crowd ever seen @ airport, filming of hype nation. park jaebeom has returned became biggest headline in korea day, , jayisback shot on trending topics on twitter on june 18 @ 9:30 gmt. pictures of park in hype nation released on july 2, , park able meet korean media interviews first time, talking current activities. revealed single demon included in hype nation s original soundtrack.

it reported on july 8 park sign contract sidushq domestic korean activities in terms of acting , singing; management stated planned redebut rookie artist, , contract sidushq finalized on july 16. park released ep titled count on me (korean: 믿어줄래; revised romanization: mideojullae) containing 3 tracks, including rearranged korean version of nothin on , on july 13. english , korean lyrics written park himself. song reached number 1 on cyworld , bugs music charts, , on other music sites such monkey3, soribada, dosirak, , melon within hour of release. ep sold 21,989 physical copies on first day of release, coming in @ number 1 in sales , number 7 in overall ranking of albums released january july 13. without promotion on music shows, more 41,316 copies sold, , ep placed @ number 32 on gaon s year end chart, earning park approximately 700 million.

park began working singer, producer, , fellow aom member, cha cha malone, releasing bestie in both korean , english, , duet titled speechless . in 2010, park began collaborations , forming close ties rappers dok2 , quiett of illionaire records, titling partnership aom & 1llionaire . on september 5, park participated in 3rd international secret agents los angeles concert held in cerritos, california, well-known youtube celebrities such ryan higa, kevjumba, aj rafael, alyssa bernal, far east movement, , america s best dance crew season 5 champions, poreotix. park s performance drew many positive responses.

park cast 2011 korean movie mr. idol, starring alongside friend , fellow sidushq actor, kim su-ro. park 1 of performers, alongside se7en, taeyang , musiq soulchild, @ seoul soul festival held @ war memorial of korea on october 10. park , musiq soulchild performed latter s song love @ festival. park held charity concert in december called white love party concert , supreme team , dok2 making appearances. park , art of movement performed @ fever seoul live alongside dumbfoundead, david choi, , several international b-boys.

2011: take deeper , rise solo artist

on january 6, park announced winner in best web video category around globe song nothin on @ mashable awards, , nominated in must follow personality category, finishing 2nd. @ beginning of february, park featured in 2 music videos of girl group, 5dolls, called lips stains , s . park chosen sole opener ne-yo in first concert in seoul 2011 hyundai mall 40th anniversary concert held on march 29. cooperated ne-yo charity event children dreaming become musicians on march 28 @ dream academy in seoul. on march 28, park finalist , received votes in special category connecting people award , joint venture between shorty awards , nokia. park finalist in celebrity category @ same event.

park during press conference mr. idol in 2011

park released first korean mini-album, take deeper look, in april, lead single abandoned . take deeper debuted @ number 3 in billboard world album charts , ranked number 26 on billboard heatseekers albums chart. park made debut solo artist on korean music shows such kbs music bank, mnet s m! countdown, mbc s music core , sbs inkigayo, returning first time in 2 years. park made history first artist crowned winner @ debut stage, won music bank on may 6 , won again week later on may 13.

on august 6, park participated in first kbs immortal songs 2 episode, performing candy korean boy band h.o.t. leader moon hee-joon. park followed own r&b rendition of aemo kim soo-hee on next episode, received. on third episode of immortal songs 2, park performed tell me truth jinusean solbi, jang hyuk , kim su-ro, , victor episode, allowing him choose order next episode. fourth episode, park again made own r&b version of feel day kim wan-sun. on fifth episode, park performed remixed version of @ me deux b-boy dance break. on sixth episode , final appearance on show, performed dear, not change nam jin , won trophy last performance, before leaving show focus on next album s preparations. revealed park return immortal songs 2 special episode king of kings other singers have claimed number 1 spot. special episode recorded on november 7 @ kbs open hall , aired on november 19.

the single demon released on september 5 through various korean digital music websites. music video released on same day, , park apologized low quality, saying had no control on release of both music video , song. demon peaked @ number 14 on gaon chart , @ number 8 on itunes r&b/soul chart.

park on cover of koream january 2012

park returned on october 1 perform @ international secret agents los angeles concert. on october 29, park delivered performance on 25,000 fans headlined mtv exit (end exploitation , trafficking) live in manila concert held @ sm mall of asia. concert featured californian alternative rock band, evaline, , international singer-songwriter, jason mraz.

park released single girlfriend , along music video via youtube channel on november 3. park performed single on same day @ 2011 style icon awards, following recording of tvn s taxi. movie mr. idol in park starred in released on november 3. single peaked @ number 28 on gaon chart. park released part 1 of first full-length korean album, new breed, lead single star (korean: 별; revised romanization: byeol) on december 28. star peaked @ number 1 on various sites bugs, olleh music, , soribada while being on top of other charts of music sites. first part of new breed reached top of charts of various music sites including olleh music, bugs, soribada , daum. star peaked @ number 17 on gaon chart.

2012: new breed , fresh air: breathe it

park received disk bonsang mini album take deeper on january 11, on first day of 26th golden disk awards, held in osaka. solo artist receive disk bonsang among other bonsang winners. on january 18, received popular artist award of asia model awards, held in seoul.

several songs composed , written park other artists released in 2012. jay park produced , composed song cha cha malone korean-american singer brian joo, titled can t stop . park wrote korean version of song, while joo wrote english version. on april 25, jay park s 25th birthday, idol group u-kiss released 6th mini-album, doradora, including track 4u written , composed jay. park produced , composed song girl group tiny-g, entitled polaris ; lyrics written actress lee si-young. worked through mbc s music , lyrics. on july 3, korean pop singer younha released fourth korean album, supersonic, including track driver written park. featured in song, providing rap verses.

he released first full-length korean album, new breed, in february, lead single know name . album reached number 1 twice on gaon weekly album chart in south korea, , reached number 1 on hanteo weekly chart solding more 80,000 copies offline in 10 days. new breed debuted @ number 4 on billboard world album charts , ranked number 16 on billboard heatseekers albums chart. park made comeback stage on korean music shows on february 16. won music bank on february 24, 1 week after comeback. on april 27, park began asian promotions asian version release of album new breed, , visited 5 countries: singapore, philippines, indonesia, malaysia , japan. on april 28, jay performed @ 2012 star awards in singapore. on june 13, released japan editions of albums take deeper , new breed through universal j. regular edition of new breed includes english version of love , acoustic version of know name bonus tracks.

jay park held first solo concert, new breed live in seoul, on march 3 @ olympic hall of seoul olympic park. park held second concert new breed asia tour in seoul in seoul on august 18 @ olympic hall of seoul olympic park, , unlike first, held in march, 1 did not have 19+ age restriction. park selected 2012 r-16 korea ambassador korea tourism organization on april 23.

he headlined apahm tour organized verizon in usa in may, including concerts in washington, d.c., new york city, san francisco , los angeles. on may 16, park released first mixtape, fresh a!r: breathe !t, containing songs performed tour. mixtape certified gold datpiff within month since release, meaning downloaded on 100,000 times. jay park became first artist of asian origin achieve result on datpiff.

park closing act @ mtv world stage live in malaysia, along canadian pop singer justin bieber, korean girl band kara, , malaysian singer mizz nina, on july 14. park performed song carefree , included on new breed red edition repackaged album, , showed self-choreographed dance break dirty bass far east movement featuring tyga, later shared on youtube. park held own concerts in sydney , melbourne @ end of september 2012. in july, park started web series, jay park tv, through youtube channel, filmed , edited hep, park s friend , fellow art of movement member. web series shows park s daily life friends, behind-the-scenes of concerts , filming, , fun , games gets to.

in august, jay park released music video new breed , album of same name, recorded during album s photo shoot park featuring rick genest-inspired make-up. park uploaded practice video love , showing complex choreography , prepix members practising upcoming concert. on august 22, park announced fixed panel member on mbc s come play, along kim eung-soo , kwon oh-joong. joined part of new corner on show, titled trueman show . mbc axed show after several months, no prior warning cast nor producers.

later in september, park performed first time in australia, holding concerts in sydney , melbourne. park returned immortal songs 2 king of kings special in october, performed woman in rain shin jung-hyeon. in flying visit los angeles, jay park made last-minute appearance in youtube sketch david so, parodies wong fu productions last.

in november, featured on if love me , digital single ns yoon-g. although park not make appearance in official music video, performed on stage yoon-g on music shows, first being mnet s m! countdown, , makes appearance in behind-the-scenes music video, showing ns yoon-g , park in studio recording song. practice video of choreography released after. park host of december 1 episode of saturday night live korea, garnering attention r-rated skits, acting, , parody music video of eminem s love way lie, bringing in highest ratings of season show.

2013: joah , snl korea, , launch of hip hop label, aomg

on january 18, park held showcase in singapore, making city-state location in has held performances, after korea. in singapore, park gave interview fansite, jay park network, revealing shooting 11 music videos year, , gave short teaser of upcoming single.

park accepting award musician of year @ korean music awards, 2013

on february 6, announced park joining cast of saturday night live korea, having hosted episode in late 2012. on valentine s day, february 14, park released song , music video, appetizer , available free download on soundcloud, produced friend , fellow art of movement member, cha cha malone. on first episode of saturday night live korea, park garnered attention skit parodying film holiday korean actor , host of episode, choi min-soo, , ad lib during skit shin dong-yup , kim seul-gie ended cast trying hold in laughter. in mid-february, mizz nina s single, around world , written , features park, , produced cha cha malone, played on hitz.fm before public release. single officially released on february 25, , had been in works since park , mizz nina performed @ mtv world stage live in malaysia 2012. on february 28, park received musician of year award @ 2013 korean music awards, , 2012 album, new breed, nominated in best r&b , soul album category.

jay park featured on cover of march edition of men s health korea magazine, , cover subsequently chosen staff best in magazine s 7-year history. on march 25, park uploaded 5th episode of jay park tv youtube channel. on march 26, music video mizz nina s around world , featuring park, released, , filmed in korea in december 2012. on march 28, revealed park rejoining cast of kbs immortal songs 2 third time, first episode featuring park airing on april 20.

following on success of jay park s march edition of men s health korea, same cover used april edition of men s health china, magazine s 10th anniversary edition, , included large promotional posters across country. in collaboration ustream korea, park held official livestreamed event titled fan & music live on april 2, , revealed titles of 3 songs upcoming single; joah (korean: 좋아; revised romanization: joha), 1 hunnit (korean: 사실이야; revised romanization: sasiriya), , welcome . title track, joah , revealed mellow feel-good song similar girlfriend produced cha cha malone , instrumentals saturday night live korea in-session band common ground, 1 hunnit rap track featuring dok2, , welcome sexy , provocative r&b track. on april 5, park released music video of 1 hunnit on youtube channel, featuring dok2 , variety of park s friends, including dancers , b-boys. on april 9, park appeared on tvn s taxi fellow saturday night live korea cast member, kim seul-gi. on april 10, park released single album joah , along music video title track. feel-good song features upbeat melody music video filmed in park s hometown of seattle earlier in year starring korean actress clara lee. members of park s b-boy crew, art of movement, feature in music video, including short scene @ beacon, dance studio of fellow seattle-based b-boy crew, massive monkees. on april 16, park appeared on sbs hwasin – controller of heart, sequel of strong heart. on april 20 episode of immortal songs 2, park sang sim soo-bong s men ships, women harbors . on april 20 episode on saturday night live, park s digital short host , singer, lee soo-young, parodied american rapper jay-z s run town , , received attention due scenes park dressed in bikini. on april 25, park s 26th birthday, park released music video welcome on youtube channel. 19+ video starred oh cho-hee opposite park, garnered attention himself due shirtless , sensual scenes. after release of music video, attention drawn various female models , actresses have starred in of park s previous music videos. on april 25, dvd, new breed live in seoul, of park s 2012 concerts released. performed lee moon-sae s sunset glow friend , r&b singer crush of vv:d on april 27 episode of immortal songs 2. park s skit on april 27 episode of saturday night live gayoon of 4minute gained attention park s character mistakenly saying inappropriate , sexual words in korean, , featured return of park s in-character ad lib camera s failed cut away @ end of skit.

on may 3, revealed park participating in soundtrack of m. night shyamalan s 2013 american science-fiction thriller film, after earth, having been contacted smith , jaden smith. song, titled 2 party , intended ending theme of film , written , composed park himself, , produced friend , fellow art of movement member, cha cha malone. during same week, park announced official ambassador of international b-boy tournament , cultural festival, r-16 korea, third year in row. park released 30-second snippet of 2 party short trailer of after earth day. on may 7, park attended after earth red carpet premiere in korea along , jaden smith. on may 11, immortal songs 2 s 100th episode, park performed everyday day deulgukhwa, remixed park s latest single, joah , impressing audience singing ability after dancing , tumbling on stage. later month, jay made guest appearance @ mizz nina s concert in kuala lumpur, malaysia, performed hit single, around world first time. although not in korea live broadcast, park s pre-recorded shenanigans in skit jason mraz on may 18 episode of saturday night live korea drew attention viewers of late-night sketch comedy show. 2 days after event, park appeared on let s go dream team! season 2 , travelled singapore launch collaboration between himself , local capsule speaker company, x-mini. following these events, on may 30th, song korean drama, wow titled rude girl , kim seul-gie , park released music video.

information regarding official anthem of r-16 korea, respect 16 , along music video filmed live during 2013 international b-boy event released on june 17th park. next day, park released sixth episode of jay park tv, showing behind scenes of filming television shows, photo shoots, , music video of single joah .

jay park renewed contract sidushq in july, after public speculation of him signing other labels. perform @ hennessy artistry event in july in guangzhou, china, alongside b.o.b, event cancelled @ last moment due technical difficulties. on july 10, park released four-track ep, 2 party, containing songs 2 party , hot , secret , let s make , , released music video title track 2 party filmed in los angeles. on november 30, park served emcee red bull bc one.

2014—present: growth of aomg , evolution

in april 2014, park chosen dance master season 2 of dancing 9, korea s first dance survival show. park s team on dancing 9 blue eye won season. in september 1, 2014, second full-length album came out called evolution. evolution holds 17 songs, including remix of single release after new breed , new tracks. jay park participated judge on mnet s show me money 4. in 2015 released extensive list of songs including lotto, got time for, on it, want it, mommae , sex trip. released last featuring loco , gray in july 17, 2015. jay park released album worldwide in november 2015. in march 2016 jay park released new song titled truth . in 2014 jay park took part in small number of episodes of america s next top model, cycle 21, filmed earlier year in seoul south-korea.

on november 5, 2015, jay park released studio album worldwide title track know (뻔하잖아) (feat. okasian) produced cha cha malone. mv stars 4minute s hyuna, reddy, , ugly duck, among other notable names in scene, , has been directed production company tiger cave. “worldwide” included total of 18 tracks , featured 27 artists. album available online , physical copy. upon release album ranked number 1 on itunes hip hop/rap charts in indonesia, thailand, singapore, malaysia , hong kong. album ranked top #2 in taiwan, #4 in japan, #5 in philippines, #8 in australia, #11 in usa, #13 in italy , #19 in uk. album debuted @ number 5 on billboard s world album chart. jay park released 3 new music videos tracks ‘bo$$’, ‘worldwide x want it’ , ‘in b*tch x my’.

on october 20, 2016, jay park released lp wanted total of 19 tracks both in english , korean. upon release album ranked top 10 on itunes rnb/soul chart in 18 countries , debuted number 3 on billboard s world album chart, album ranked @ number 4 on billboard s world album chart following week.

on october 21, 2016, far east movement released album identity including track sxwme ft. mnek & jay park).

on july 27, 2017, announced new judge, replacing melanie c , vanness wu, on second season of asia s got talent alongside anggun , david foster.