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Singer Lim Young-woong, No. 1 K-celebrity power and solo singer the world is paying attention to
Lim Young-woong, who is currently at the top of male solo singers, also had a time when he was unknown. He released the digital single [I Hate You] in August 2016, [What's the matter?] in 2017, and [Elevator] in 2018, but he began to receive public love in earnest in 2020 when he appeared on the TV Chosun entertainment program [Tomorrow's Mr. Trot]. From doing this.
At that time, the real-time national vote was 7,731,781 votes, and it received a whopping 25% of the votes, and was selected as the winner, 'Jin'.
Afterwards, he released his first full-length album [IM HERO] last year, selling over 1.1 million copies (based on Hanteo Chart) in the first week of release, breaking the record for highest first-week sales among solo singers.
The songs included in 'IM HERO' are still at the top of the charts even today, marking the 1st anniversary of the album's release.
Meanwhile, they also showed their presence at awards ceremonies such as winning Album of the Year at 'MMA 2022' and being nominated for Best Pop Album at the '20th Korean Popular Music Awards'.
And the national tour concert ‘IM HERO’ also attracted explosive interest. Lim Young-woong, who met fans with a total of 21 performances over 3 days in 7 regions, successfully concluded the encore concert held in Seoul following Busan, painting Hero's Day and the entire country with a sky-blue light with about 240,000 people.
Afterwards, he held Lim Young-woong's concert 'IM HERO - in Los Angeles' at the Dolby Theater for two days at 7pm on February 11th and 6pm on the 12th (local time).
In March, the movie 'IM HERO THE FINAL', which contains the live concert, was released. This film set an unusual record for a live concert film, mobilizing 250,000 people.
Lim Young-woong appeared as a spectator in the 6th round match of 'Hana One Q K League 1 2023' between FC Seoul and Daegu FC held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on April 8.
He performed a halftime performance, and Lim Young-woong passionately sang Hero (ver, EDM) on the ground. Ive's After LIKE dance performance received warm applause.
The soccer field was shaken by the appearance of Lim Young-woong. 38,000 tickets were sold in advance. The total number of spectators was 47,000, and the number of paid spectators was 45,007, setting the record for the largest number of spectators for professional sports in the COVID-19 era.
Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr
