Akdong Musician (Korean: 악동뮤지션, also known as AKMU) is a South Korean
brother-sister duo under YG Entertainment, consisting of siblings Lee
Chanhyuk (Birthday: Sept. 12, 1996) and Lee Suhyun (Birthday: May 04, 1999.
They won the second season of SBS K-pop Star.
Discography
2016
MAY 04 [SPRING Vol.1]2014 Oct 10 Digital Single [Time And Fallen Leaves]
2014 Apr 07 Debut Album [Play]
Unit Album
2014 Nov 11 HI SUHYUN Digital Single [I'm Different]
Featured Albums
2013 Aug [Extreme Cool Summer Edition] ' Bean Ice Flakes with Rice Cake’
2013 May [Bean Ice Flakes with Rice Cake] ' Bean Ice Flakes with Rice Cake '
2013 Apr [All About My Romance OST Part3] 'I Love You'
2013 Apr [SBS Kpop Star Season 2 TOP3 Part2] 'Foreigner's Confession'
2013 Mar [SBS Kpop Star Season 2 TOP6] 'Crescendo'
2013 Feb [SBS Kpop Star Season 2 TOP10 Part1] 'Is It Ramen?'
2012 Dec [SBS Kpop Star Season 2] ' You are Attractive'
2012 Nov [SBS Kpop Star Season 2] 'Don't Cross Your Legs'
Ambassador
2014 May Teen ambassador for Ministry of Gender Equality & Family
Awards
2015 Feb Korean Pop Music Awards [Best Pop Album]
2015 4th Gaon Chart K-POP Awards [Artist of The Year(April)]
2014 Dec SBS Music Awards SUPER5 [TOP10]
2014 Nov Melon Music Awards [TOP 10 Bon Snag, Best Fork Music]
2013 Winner of SBS Survival Audition Kpop Star Season 2
2013 Korea Advertising Congress [Grand Prize For Advertisement Model]
SBS KPOP STAR Season 2
In August 2012, the duo participated in the preliminary auditions of K-pop Star 2, which were held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul. They passed their audition, and in the show's first round they sang a cover of Miss A's "Breathe" and an original song titled "Don't Cross Your Legs",to praise from all three judges. Park Jin-young, founder and CEO of JYP Entertainment, praised the chemistry between the siblings and the techniques they had incorporated in their performances. Singer and representative of SM Entertainment BoA highlighted and praised the lyrics of their original song, while Yang Hyun-suk, founder and CEO of YG Entertainment, described them as "true artists" among the people who had auditioned for the show. In spite of this, they eventually won the competition.
Some of their original songs performed during the competition were released under LOEN Entertainment and were well received; "You are Attractive", released on 12 December, immediately reached the number one spot on the Gaon Charts. After the competition, despite not being signed under an entertainment agency, they participated in commercials and composed several songs. One of these songs was "I Love You" for the television series All About My Romance.
On 24 May 2013, a month after winning K-pop Star 2, the siblings signed an exclusive contract with YG Entertainment.
Debut under YG Entertainment
In August 2012, the duo participated in the preliminary auditions of K-pop Star 2, which were held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul. They passed their audition, and in the show's first round they sang a cover of Miss A's "Breathe" and an original song titled "Don't Cross Your Legs",to praise from all three judges. Park Jin-young, founder and CEO of JYP Entertainment, praised the chemistry between the siblings and the techniques they had incorporated in their performances. Singer and representative of SM Entertainment BoA highlighted and praised the lyrics of their original song, while Yang Hyun-suk, founder and CEO of YG Entertainment, described them as "true artists" among the people who had auditioned for the show. In spite of this, they eventually won the competition.
Some of their original songs performed during the competition were released under LOEN Entertainment and were well received; "You are Attractive", released on 12 December, immediately reached the number one spot on the Gaon Charts. After the competition, despite not being signed under an entertainment agency, they participated in commercials and composed several songs. One of these songs was "I Love You" for the television series All About My Romance.
On 24 May 2013, a month after winning K-pop Star 2, the siblings signed an exclusive contract with YG Entertainment.
Debut under YG Entertainment
Akdong Musician's debut album, Play, was released digitally on 7 April, and physically on 9 April, nine months after winning K-pop Star 2. The album has eleven songs, all written and produced by Lee Chanhyuk. It has a total of three title tracks accompanied by three different music videos, with the third title song determined by fan voting. The first song, "200%", was chosen by Yang Hyun-suk, and the second song, "Melted", was chosen by Akdong Musician. The album debuted at number two on Billboard's U.S. World Albums Chart. Akdong Musician's debut stage was on K-pop Star 3 on 6 April.
The music video for "200%" was released on 7 April along with the digital album. Shortly after its release, "200%", topped the music charts, with the rest of the songs on the album also charting high. The music video for "Melted" was released on 14 April. The last and third title song was "Give Love", which was the third high-charting song, after "200%" and "Melted". The music video for "Give Love" was released on May 2.
On 16 June, Akdong Musician participated in YG Family's cover project, releasing a cover of Taeyang's "Eyes, Nose, Lips".
Akdong Musician's first live concert tour, called "AKMU Camp", took place on 21–23 November at Blue Square Samsung Card Hall, Hannam-dong, Seoul.
On 10 October, Akdong Musician released a digital single, "Time and Fallen Leaves" (Hangul: 시간과 낙엽; RR: Sigan-gwa Nagyeop), written and composed by Lee Chanhyuk. It was originally going to be the title track of Play, but was held back for an October release because it suited the autumn season better. The song made an "all-kill" two consecutive days after release by ranking number 1 on nine major real-time music charts. It also ranked number 1 on the weekly Gaon Digital Chart the second week of release. The song was not given a music video so the listeners would imagine their own stories.
On 5 November, it was revealed that Suhyun would be a part of the YG Family sub-unit "Hi Suhyun" with Lee Hi. Their debut single, "I'm Different" (Korean: 나는 달라), was released digitally on 11 November.
