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Kangta
An Chil-hyun (Korean: 안칠현; born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Kangta (강타), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. Known for his worked as a member of boy band H.O.T. He currently an executive of his long-time agency SM Entertainment since 2005, the chief producer of Smashhit from SM's label Kreation Music Rights since 2023 and the general producer of SM's music label SMArt since 2025.
Kangta was discovered at Lotte World, a theme park, when he was only 13 years old. He made his debut on-screen appearance as a backup dancer together with future bandmate Moon Hee-joon for labelmate singer Yoo Young-jin. Kangta eventually decided to become a singer with Moon and three others, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony An, and Lee Jae-won to form H.O.T. in 1996. The group disbanded in 2001, after the group contract expired as the members decided not to renew it.
Kangta released his first studio album "Polaris" on August 16, 2001, and began his solo career with the title track "Polaris". On this album, he wrote, composed and arranged seven songs and produced the album. Even at the beginning of the recession in the music market, it sold 300,000 copies within a week of its release, ranking first in record sales,[full citation needed] and was a great success with sales close to 500,000 copies.[full citation needed] In December of the same year, SM Entertainment's singers began to enter China in earnest, starting with performances in Beijing and Shanghai, China.[full citation needed]
From March 4 to October 20, 2002, he was the main DJ of "Kangta's Declaration of Freedom" at KBS 2FM, and from October 21 to April 20, 2003, he was a double DJ with Shin Hye-sung. Later in March, the heroine Seong-so (played by Lim Eun-kyung) was cast as the beloved singer Ga Jun-oh in Jang Sun-woo's film "The Second Coming of a Match Girl" and made a cameo appearance.[full citation needed]
On August 1 of the same year, he released his second studio album "Pine Tree" for the first time in more than a year, and as with his first album, he recorded more than 70% of his own songs.[full citation needed] Prior to his broadcast activities after the album's release, his first solo concert KANGTA 1ST CONCERT "Pine Tree" was held three times on Aug. 24 and 25 at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium.[full citation needed]
Kangta received several offers and accepted a drama offer in China. In 2004, he starred in a drama called Magic Touch of Fate together with Taiwanese actors and actresses, Ruby Lin and Alec Su. Kangta portrayed the role of the evil magician Jin-Xiu. A few months later, he starred in a KBS drama, Loveholic in Korea.
In 2005, Kangta was appointed director when he re-signed with SM and received a portion of the down payment as a stock.[full citation needed]
Kangta released his third album, Persona, in 2005. In July of the same year, the third studio album Persona was officially released in Taiwan and China. The album became a hot topic because it had 500,000 pre-orders.[full citation needed] The title song "Persona" was a big hit in China.
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Kangta
An Chil-hyun (Korean: 안칠현; born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Kangta (강타), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. Known for his worked as a member of boy band H.O.T. He currently an executive of his long-time agency SM Entertainment since 2005, the chief producer of Smashhit from SM's label Kreation Music Rights since 2023 and the general producer of SM's music label SMArt since 2025.
Kangta was discovered at Lotte World, a theme park, when he was only 13 years old. He made his debut on-screen appearance as a backup dancer together with future bandmate Moon Hee-joon for labelmate singer Yoo Young-jin. Kangta eventually decided to become a singer with Moon and three others, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony An, and Lee Jae-won to form H.O.T. in 1996. The group disbanded in 2001, after the group contract expired as the members decided not to renew it.
Kangta released his first studio album "Polaris" on August 16, 2001, and began his solo career with the title track "Polaris". On this album, he wrote, composed and arranged seven songs and produced the album. Even at the beginning of the recession in the music market, it sold 300,000 copies within a week of its release, ranking first in record sales,[full citation needed] and was a great success with sales close to 500,000 copies.[full citation needed] In December of the same year, SM Entertainment's singers began to enter China in earnest, starting with performances in Beijing and Shanghai, China.[full citation needed]
From March 4 to October 20, 2002, he was the main DJ of "Kangta's Declaration of Freedom" at KBS 2FM, and from October 21 to April 20, 2003, he was a double DJ with Shin Hye-sung. Later in March, the heroine Seong-so (played by Lim Eun-kyung) was cast as the beloved singer Ga Jun-oh in Jang Sun-woo's film "The Second Coming of a Match Girl" and made a cameo appearance.[full citation needed]
On August 1 of the same year, he released his second studio album "Pine Tree" for the first time in more than a year, and as with his first album, he recorded more than 70% of his own songs.[full citation needed] Prior to his broadcast activities after the album's release, his first solo concert KANGTA 1ST CONCERT "Pine Tree" was held three times on Aug. 24 and 25 at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium.[full citation needed]
Kangta received several offers and accepted a drama offer in China. In 2004, he starred in a drama called Magic Touch of Fate together with Taiwanese actors and actresses, Ruby Lin and Alec Su. Kangta portrayed the role of the evil magician Jin-Xiu. A few months later, he starred in a KBS drama, Loveholic in Korea.
In 2005, Kangta was appointed director when he re-signed with SM and received a portion of the down payment as a stock.[full citation needed]
Kangta released his third album, Persona, in 2005. In July of the same year, the third studio album Persona was officially released in Taiwan and China. The album became a hot topic because it had 500,000 pre-orders.[full citation needed] The title song "Persona" was a big hit in China.