Lee Sung-min (singer)

Lee Sung-min (born January 1, 1986),[1] known mononymously as Sungmin and also LIU[2], is a South Korean singer, song-writer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its sub-groups Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H and Super Junior-M.

This article is about the South Korean idol-singer from Super Junior. For the South Korean actor, see Lee Sung-min (actor). For the South Korean actress, see Clara Lee.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Sung-min
이성민
Sungmin during Super Show 5 in Manila
Born (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986
Ilsan-gu, Goyang, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
  • song-writer
Spouse(s)
Kim Sa-eun
(
m. 2014)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2005 – present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitesungmin.smtown.com
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Seong-min
McCune–ReischauerI Sŏngmin

Biography

Sungmin was born in the Ilsan district of Goyang, Gyeonggi. He has a younger brother, Lee Sung-jin. Sungmin's father Lee Chun-hwa, is the CEO of two companies: SendBill, which creates e-tax software, and Network Mania, an analytics company.

In 2001, he entered the SM Youth Best Contest and jointly won first place for the Best Outward Appearance award with future bandmate Donghae. Together, they signed a contract with SM Entertainment and received training in singing, dancing, and acting.[3]

Music career

Pre-debut

Sungmin was placed in a project R&B group with Junsu and future bandmate Eunhyuk. In 2002, along with Typhoon, Rose and Attack, the six of them made their first television appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock. Moon Hee-jun taught Typhoon, Rose and Attack on to sing rock while Sungmin, Xiah, and Eunhyuk were taught other singing techniques by Kangta. The six trainees separated a year later, then Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as members of rock band TRAX. The trio separated when Junsu went on to debut as a member of TVXQ.[3] Then Sungmin and Eunhyuk joined ten other trainees to form Super Junior 05, the first generation of rotational boy band Super Junior.

In 2005, he played young Kang Dong-shin in MBC drama Sisters of the Sea.

2005–2009: Debut with Super Junior, acting and subgroups

Sungmin debuted as part of 12-member rotational group Super Junior 05 on 6 November 2005, on SBS' music programme Inkigayo, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".[4][5] Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005 and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.[6]

In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.[7] The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on 7 June 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.[8]

Sungmin guest starred in SBS' Banjun Theatre drama Finding Lost Time and played Yoochun's high school friend.

In February 2007, Sungmin was placed in sub-group trot-singing Super Junior-T.[9] In July, Sungmin participated with fellow Super Junior members in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a SM Pictures production. He played the role of a pretty school boy attacked by an unknown criminal.[10] He replaced bandmate Kangin as one of the DJs at Reckless Radio, with Girls' Generation members from June 2007 to July 2008.

In 2008, he became a member of sub-group Super Junior-H and participated in a short half-hour drama Super Junior Unbelievable Story with Leeteuk. Sungmin played himself, a member of Super Junior-T, who is constantly overshadowed by his members.

In 2009, he starred as male lead, Ro, in musical Akilla at the Hanjeon Art Center in Seoul from October 9 to November 8.[11]

2010–2012: DJ, musical theatre, and comeback with Super Junior
Lee Sung-min at Mnet Asian Music Awards in Singapore, 29 November 2011

In 2010, Sungmin starred in the title role of musical Hong Gil Dong, alongside group mate Yesung who also played the historical figure Hong Gildong. The musical ran at the Woori Financial Art Hall at the Olympic Park from February 18, 2010 for two months.[12]

In October, Sungmin was one of 20 South Korean singers selected to record the theme song, "Let's Go", for the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided vocals along with labelmates Seohyun, Jonghyun and Luna.[13] In December, he starred in KBS drama The President as Jang Sungmin, the ambitious son of Jang Il Joon the president.[14]

In January 2011, he was placed in Mandopop sub-group Super Junior-M, as one of two new members along with Eunhyuk. They spent the next few months promoting their third EP Perfection in Taiwan and China. In July and August, Sungmin performed as the male lead Daniel, rotating with Ahn Jae-wook, Um Ki-joon, and Lee Ji-hoon, in the musical Jack the Ripper at Chungmu Arts Hall.[15]

In 2012, Sungmin took part in We Got Married's spin-off program with Sistar's Hyorin called "Pit-a-Pat Shake" to air as a Lunar Year special.[16] Sungmin along with bandmate Ryeowook, took over Super Junior's Kiss the Radio, when former DJs Leeteuk and Eunhyuk left due to their busy schedules. On 29 March 2012, Sungmin released his first solo digital single, "Oh Wa", the ending theme song for KBS sitcom, We Need a Fairy.[17]

In September and October 2012, Sungmin reprised his role of Daniel, with Ahn Jae-wook, in the Korean musical Jack the Ripper and held its Japanese tour at Aoyama Theater in Tokyo, Japan. [18][19] The musical was well-received and, due to its popularity, it was brought back to Japan for another run at the Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama the following year. Japanese media noted that the impact of the Hallyu Wave in general and specifically the casting of Sungmin helped build popularity for the show in 2012.[20]

2012 was considered a successful year of musicals for Sungmin due to his performance in Jack the Ripper musical, he was ranked by OBS’s Unique Entertainment News as the second most powerful musical idol of the year, after Kim Junsu, based on the number of tickets sold.[21]

In June 2012, Sungmin reunited with his Super Junior bandmates for their sixth studio album, Sexy, Free & Single released on July 4. On June 25, his teaser photo was released showing a side-profile of Sungmin with a feminine look and long blond hair holding a large bouquet of baby’s breath flowers.[22]

2013–2015: Break Down, Swing, and continued acting
Sungmin in 2014

On January 7, 2013, Super Junior-M released their second album, Break Down, along with the music video for the lead single of the same name. A press conference took place in Beijing on January 7, and they would promote the album in China.[23]

On February 14, 2013 Super Junior's fifth World Tour: Super Show 5 was announced,[24] along with eight active members, excluding Yesung from SS5 Seoul's last date, and Heechul made comeback in SS5 Manilla[25] Sungmin participated in all Super Shows from March 23, 2013 to February 22, 2014.[26] On December 14, 2013 it was announced that Sungmin would be participating in his new Musical "The Three Musketeers"[27] after group member Kyuhyun's last appearance. He worked along with label mate Key from Shinee as the same character d'Artagnan. The first showings of The Three Musketeers ended on January 25, 2013 and returned in March 2014.

Sungmin continued participating in musicals, with a comeback in Summer Snow which was held in Taiwan for three consecutive days. Sungmin held a press conference on the same day as his Summer Snow Musical, which was on January 16, 2014.[28]

After one year and three months since their second album Break Down, Super Junior-M released their third EP, Swing [29] in China on March 21. Previously on March 18, 2014 Super Junior-M had unveiled the teaser image for the EP.
Sungmin returned to another showing of The Three Musketeers Musical just before comeback promotions for Swing, which started on March 14 and ended on March 19.[30]

In February 2014, Sungmin applied to enlist as a Seoul Metropolitan Police, which would make him enlist in August 2014 [31] but he postponed his enlistment date due to his musicals and seventh album comeback plans.[32] On July 1, 2014, it was announced that Sungmin would be acting as the main character in Vampire musical as Dracula. Due to former label-mate Junsu's musical Dracula,[33] the musical title Dracula was renamed to VAMPIRE, as the two musicals were under the same management, but with different plots and casts.[34] On August 5, 2014, Super Junior World Tour Super Show 6 was announced to be held in Seoul on September 21, 2014, as its usual starting tour in Seoul.[35]

Sungmin returned on the musical stage on August 10, 2014, and returned with a comeback as a Super Junior member between Aug–Oct 2014 with their seventh album Mamacita.

Before beginning his mandatory military service on March 31, 2015, he continued to perform in Super Show 6 until the tour's stop in Macau in early March.

2017–present: Liu Studio, MilkyWave, and solo debut

After completing his military service and getting discharged at the end of 2016, Sungmin resumed his musical solo activities. In January 2017, it was announced that he had been cast in the musical Boys Over Flowers for his first comeback musical role. The musical was scheduled for showing from February 25 to May 7.[36]

In March 2018, Sungmin released a solo ballad "Day Dream" as the 47th track of 'SM Station' project; this was his first solo track since 2012 with the release of "Oh Wa" as an original soundtrack for the Korean drama "I Need a Fairy." [37]

In January 2018, Lee Sungmin started his own YouTube channel[38] under the SM label, and by February 2018 he took on the name Liu and named his channel Liu Studio.[2] He does a variety of shows, from answering letters sent in by fans to advertising different products he discovers, vlogs, video games and composing music. In March 2018, he introduced his new composed group along with his friend Haeun called "MilkyWave". They have collaborated on several songs together: Toward the Moon, You are You, Seu~Reu~Reu (Zzz), and Make the Earth Move.[39]

In November 2019, Sungmin made his debut with his first mini-album, Orgel, meaning "Music box". The album and title song music video were released on November 22. All five tracks on the album were acoustic tracks.[40][41][42] The mini ranked #1 in iTunes top album chart in 11 countries.[43]

In January 2020, Sungmin was featured in the title digital singer "As it is" released by Korean composer Lee Haeun, a song which he also took part in writing and composing.[43]

Personal life

On September 24, 2014, Sungmin confirmed that he was dating actress Kim Sa-eun.[44] They got married on December 13, 2014 in a private wedding.[45]

On March 31, 2015, Sungmin enlisted for his mandatory military service.[46] He was discharged from his military duty on December 30, 2016 after serving 21 months of active duty at the 17th division in Incheon.[47]

Discography
See also: Super Junior discography

Extended plays
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[48]
Orgel 44

Soundtrack and singles contributions
YearAlbumTrackArtist
2007Student's Cheer Song"Power"Sungmin
2008ROCK&GO"For Tomorrow"Sungmin, Moeyan
Sanggeunie's Hope Album"Now We Go to Meet"Yesung, Sungmin
2009The Royal Musical OST"I Akilla You"Sungmin
2010The President OST"Biting My Lips"Sungmin, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun
2010 G-20 Seoul summit Theme Song"Let's Go"Sungmin, Group of 20 (G20 summit artists)
2012We Need a Fairy OST"Oh Wa"Sungmin
2018SM Station Season 2"Day Dream"Sungmin

Filmography
See also: Super Junior filmography

Film
YearTitleRole
2007Attack on the Pin-Up BoysFlower Boy
2010Super Show 3 3DHimself
2012I AM.Himself[50]
2013Super Show 4 3DHimself

Television dramas
YearTitleRoleNetwork
2005Sisters of The Seayoung Kang Dong-shinMBC
Charnel House Boyyoung baseball player boyKBS
2006Finding Lost TimeYoochun's bestfriend (Cameo)SBS
2010-11The PresidentJang Sung-minKBS

Television shows
YearTitleNetwork
2005-06Hello ChatMnet
2009Oppa BandMBC

Musical theatre
YearTitleRole
2009Royal Musical AkillaRo
2010Hong GildongHong Gildong
2011-2013Jack the RipperDaniel
2013-2014Summer SnowJinha
The Three MusketeersD'Artagnan
2014VampireDrácula
2017Boys Over FlowersHanazawa Rui
2018-2019At The Age Of 30Hyonshiku

Radio shows
YearName
2007-2008Chunji Reckless Radio (천방지축 라디오)
2011–2013Super Junior Kiss the Radio (Sukira)

Awards
See also: List of awards and nominations received by Super Junior
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