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Jang Hyun-seung

Jang Hyun-seung (Korean장현승; born September 3, 1989) most often credited as Hyunseung, is a South Korean singer. He is best known as a former member of the boy group Beast. With Beast, he has released singles and albums in both Korean and Japanese. Beast won the Artist of the Year (Daesang) award at the Melon Music Awards in 2011.

Hyunseung was also one half of the duo Trouble Maker with former Cube label mate, Hyuna. In December 2011, the duo released their debut extended play with eponymous lead single Trouble Maker. In October 2013, the duo released their second extended play, Chemistry, of which the title track "Now" was the first song to max out the score on music show Inkigayo with 11,000 points.

In 2004, at the age of 15, Hyunseung took part in auditions for YG Entertainment. He was eliminated in the second round, but went to see CEO Yang Hyun-suk afterwards out of frustration at being eliminated and was accepted as a trainee.

For a year and four months, Hyunseung trained to debut as part of the boy group Big Bang. During this time, he used the stage name "So-1", a homonym for the Korean word for wish. He first gained media attention when he appeared in the group's pre-debut "Big Bang Documentary", along with members G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Daesung, and Seungri. He appeared in 10 out of 11 episodes, but was cut from the group in a final elimination round against Seungri. Yang Hyun-suk said that Hyunseung's expressiveness and stage presence were underdeveloped at the time. Fellow Beast member Yoon Doo-joon decided to become a singer after watching the Big Bang documentary featuring Hyunseung. Hyunseung refers to his experiences at YG as important to his development as an artist.

Hyunseung later met future fellow band member Yang Yo-seob while they were working as dancers for a show performance team. Yoseob convinced Hyunseung to join Cube Entertainment, which ultimately led to his debut with Beast.

Hyunseung debuted as part of Beast on October 5, 2009. In December 2010, Hyunseung teamed up with fellow member Lee Gi-kwang in a sub-unit to write and compose an R&B track titled "Let It Snow" as part of the group's digital album, My Story.

In December 2011, Hyunseung formed a unit with label mate Hyuna called Trouble Maker. Trouble Maker debuted with their eponymous lead single and extended play, Trouble Maker. On October 28, 2013, the unit released their second extended play, Chemistry, with the lead single "Now".

Hyunseung made his acting debut in the musical Mozart!. He performed as the lead character from late July 2012 to early August 2012 at the Sejong Center.

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