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Jeon Jung-kook (Korean: 전정국;born September 1, 1997) is a South Korean singer and songwriter who goes by the stage name Jungkook. He is the vocalist and youngest band member of the South Korean boy group BTS. With BTS, Jungkook has released three solo songs: "Begin" in 2016, "Euphoria" in 2018, and "My Time" in 2020. All three songs have achieved success on the Gaon Digital Chart in South Korea. Additionally, he sang the song "Stay Alive" from the 7Fates: Chakho soundtrack, which was created by BTS. He was a featured artist on Charlie Puth's 2022 single "Left and Right," which reached its peak at number 22 on the U.S. charts. The Billboard Hot 100.
Jung-kook obtained his high school diploma from the School of Performing Arts Seoul in 2017. He made the decision to forego the CSATs, Korea's national university entrance exam, in November 2016. He graduated from the Broadcasting and Entertainment Department of Global Cyber University in March 2022. The President's Award, the highest accolade bestowed by the school, was given to him.
On September 1, 1997, Jeon Jung-kook was born in Busan, South Korea. His parents and his older brother make up his family. He went at Busan's Baekyang Elementary and Middle Schools. He changed schools to Seoul's Singu Middle School after becoming a trainee. When he was younger, Jungkook first wanted to be a badminton player, but after watching G-Dragon perform "Heartbreaker" on television, he changed his mind and decided he wanted to be a singer instead.
Jungkook participated in the 2011 Daegu auditions for the South Korean talent competition Superstar K. Seven entertainment organizations made casting offers to him even though he was not chosen. He ultimately decided to join Big Hit Entertainment as a trainee after seeing RM, who is now his bandmate and BTS's leader, perform. He traveled to Los Angeles in the summer of 2012 to take dance instruction at Movement Lifestyle in order to hone his dancing abilities in front of his debut. He performed in Jo Kwon's "I'm Da One" music video in June 2012, and before to his debut, he supported Glam as a backup dancer.
For a list of Jungkook's collaborations with BTS, see the discographies of their singles and albums. With his bandmates, Jungkook has resided in Hannam-dong in Seoul, South Korea, since 2018. He spent $4 billion on an apartment in Seoul's Yongsan District in July 2019, which he later gave to his older brother in December 2020. Jungkook's net worth was estimated to be $20 million as of July 2021.
The single 2 Cool 4 Skool, which was released on June 12, 2013, marked Jungkook's entrance into the BTS family. He has performed three solo songs for BTS. The first is the pop song "Begin" from the 2016 album Wings. The second is the future bass song "Euphoria," which was released on April 5, 2018, along with an accompanying nine-minute short film as the introduction to the third installment of BTS' "Love Yourself" series. The third solo, "My Time," is an uptempo R&B song from the band's 2020 studio album Map of the Soul: 7, and it peaked at number.
In honor of the Korean War, Jungkook collaborated on a song with a number of other Korean musicians in September 2015 as part of the "One Dream, One Korea" campaign. The song was published on September 24 and debuted on October 15 at the One K Concert in Seoul. Jungkook was chosen to appear in Flower Crew's premiere episode in 2016. Additionally, he had an appearance on Celebrity Bromance and participated in King of Mask Singer as "Fencing Man," making an appearance in episode 72.
On November 6, 2018, during the MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards, Jungkook and Charlie Puth, the song's original vocalist, performed "We Don't Talk Anymore" on a dedicated collaboration stage. He had already performed the song twice, once alone himself and once with Jimin of BTS. As part of BTS' yearlong debut festivities, Jungkook made the song "Still With You" available for free on websites like SoundCloud on June 4, 2020. The song has "tinkling synths, lightly strummed guitars, and brushed drumming," according to Billboard. The song was created by Jungkook by himself.
A brand-new webtoon based on BTS called 7Fates: Chakho had Jungkook sing the soundtrack in February 2022. The song, "Stay Alive," was written by fellow BTS member Suga and debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also marked Jungkook's first solo top-ten entry on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart at number eight.] In the UK, where it debuted on the OCC's Official Singles Chart at number 89, it became the first Korean soundtrack in history to do so. Again working with Puth, Jungkook appears on the June 24th song "Left and Right" as a featured artist.
Due to his widespread appeal, Jungkook has acquired the moniker "Sold Out King". Jungkook came in third place among South Koreans' most-loved celebrities of the year in a 2019 Gallup Korea survey. Jungkook came in third place among South Koreans' most-loved celebrities of the year in a 2019 Gallup Korea survey. In 2018, Jungkook topped the list of China's most adored celebrities for ten consecutive weeks according to the publication Hi China.
Fans of Jungkook love to follow him on social media. His in-studio singing performance in a video earned South Korea's most-retweeted tweet of the year in December 2018. I Decided to Live as Me by Kim Soo-hyun, a best-seller in both Korea and Japan, and Hanbok are two examples of novels. Artists like Kim Dong-han and Hyeongseop X Euiwoong have recognized him as an inspiration and a role model. Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, and Usher have all been mentioned as musical influences by Jungkook.
According to Google's mid-year ranking, Jungkook was the most searched male K-pop idol in 2019 and the most sought male K-pop idol on YouTube in both 2019 and 2020. He had the most liked tweet on Twitter in 2019 and the second most liked tweet in 2020. John Geesnell Yap, the mayor of Tagbilaran in the Philippines, uploaded Jungkook to persuade residents to get the COVID shot.
