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Se7enAll Night Long(remix)Better TogetherGirlsI'm Going CrazyI KnowLa La La
He began training under the management agency YG Entertainment at the age of
fifteen. After four years of training in voice and dance, he made
his debut in 2003. He released his debut album Just Listen on March
8, 2003. Seven and YG Family (including Big Bang, 2NE1, Jinusean and Gummy) have made an appearance on MTV K, followed by 3 concerts in Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles, to celebrate YG Family's 10th Anniversary [2] and to help promote Seven before his American debut. The MTV K documentary aired on December 11, 2006. Seven is a featured guest on Amerie's Take Control on her album, Because I Love It, which was released in May 2007.[3] This remix is available on Asian versions of the album.[4] Yang Hyun Suk, (CEO of YG Entertainment) had announced that Fabolous will be featured in Seven 's first U.S. single.[5] However, due to a leak in March 2007 of his US debut song, "This is My Year" featuring Fabolous, which is produced by Rich Harrison and Lionell Davis,[6] on Myspace and YouTube, this caused some changes in Seven's U.S. debut. Se7en has been working with former CEO of LaFace Records, Mark Shimmel and Grammy-winner Rich Harrison and Richcraft producer Lionell Davis on his first American album.[7] A new production team called Noize Trip, who produced The Black Eyed Peas' Disco Club[8] has also contributed some work. It was also reported that Teddy from 1TYM has produced a song for Seven's American album and possibly will make more songs.[9] Darkchild has also joined the team and produced songs for Se7en.[10] It was also reported from Far East Movement's blog that they, as well as Three 6 Mafia will also participate in his upcoming English album. In other blogs, an upcoming singer in the USA and a extremely famous singer, Franklin Ramos, better known as Frankshizzle, will be featuring Se7en and Tae Yang in his upcoming album, Here I Come.[11] YG Entertainment and Se7en also took necessary steps to ensure his debut such as trademarking his name in America.[12][13] Seven began promoting his English songs through a U.S. album preview party tour with his first stop at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City on March 14, 2008 (produced by Swerve Media and Base NYC). Three of his U.S. album tracks were played at this preview party. He is currently holding other album preview parties across the U.S. and Canada.[14][15] Verizon Wireless has been sponsoring his preview parties and autograph signings by Seven for a charitable cause.[16] On March 10, Seven 's first single "Girls" featuring Lil' Kim was released through digital stores such as iTunes and Amazon MP3. The music video for "Girls" was also released on Myspace that same day. Seven 's "Girls" music
video premiered on BET 106 & Park on June 2, 2009. Se7en made an official comeback in Korea after
a 3 year long hiatus on July 31, 2010 with his 1st mini-album "Digital Bounce." It has been popular online and offline music charts since its release in mid
July, followed by "I'm Going Crazy". The album consisted of 6 songs including a song from his American debut titled
'Money Can't Buy Me Love'. His title song 'Better Together' won
an award on M!Countdown as well. His 2nd track 'Digital Bounce'
featured the rapping skills of Big Bang's TOP. Se7en began his
follow up promotions in October with the song 'I'm Going Crazy'
which featured his long time girlfriend Park HanByul as the main
actress in the music video. Throughout his comeback, Se7en attended
many variety shows such as Strong Heart, Knee Drop Guru, Running
Man, and even featured in fellow labelmate 2NE1's hit reality show
2NE1TV, and told his stories of his hardships in America and his
hiatus. Se7en ended his 2010 comeback promotions on the 30 of October
with Digital Bounce and Better Together. Se7en has recently revealed, by means of 2NE1's
Nolza Japan Concert, that he is planning a comeback in Japan after
his four year hiatus since 2007. He has revealed that this album
will have a Pop concept and that his first official fanmeet will
be on November 6 of this year. Se7en has also revealed that he
will be releasing a digital single named 'Angel' in November of
this year, and will release a full Japanese album along side a
Korean album in January of 2012. Seven accepted the lead role for the Korean drama Goong S, a spinoff of the drama Goong. The first episode of Goong S premiered on January 10, 2007 on MBC; the average nationwide rating for the entire series was 9.7%. Goong S was the most searched and rewatched drama online; it ranked higher than its competition: KBS2 Dal Ja's Spring and SBS Surgeon Bong Dal Hee.[17] The drama has also gained a wide variety of support from international fans in the U.S., Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, and Singapore.[18] Se7en has stated an intention to continue acting
in the near future.[19] Seven had said that even though the drama
was not of much of a success, he does not ever regret accepting
the role of his character in the drama. It even helped Seven to
sing with more emotion during performances. He also mentioned that
he was thankful to have a chance to work with the drama crew and
take his career to a new level by acting.[20] The following WikiProjects or Portals may be able to help recruit one: • WikiProject Musicians • WikiProject Korea/Popular culture If another appropriate WikiProject or portal exists,
please adjust this template accordingly. (February 2009) Seven 's vocal range can be classified in the
tenor range. His voice can be described as smooth, mellow, and
sometimes mildly abrasive (see vocal belting) when songs, such
as "Crazy," "La La La," "Hikari" and "I Know," call for it. He often sings with a vibrato in his voice that American R&B singers are known for, and also incorporates beatboxing into many of his songs
such as "Passion." Seven maintains an adamant belief that he should not lipsync during his live
performances.[21] In June 2009, Seven acknowledged on his website
that he and actress Park Han-byul had been in a relationship for
seven years, with the couple having first met when they were seniors
in high school. Seven had previously denied rumours that they were
a couple in order to protect Park's privacy and let the relationship
grow naturally.[22][23] Han-byul was featured in Se7en's music
video for his song "I'm Going Crazy". [24] Korean studio albums Just Listen (2003) Korean Extended plays Digital Bounce (EP) (2010)
Japanese studio albums FIRST SE7EN (2006) Chinese studio albums Must Listen (2006) [edit] Tours 'FIRST SE7EN' JAPAN YOYOGI CONCERT (2006) [edit] Filmography 2003 M.net KM Music Festival: Best New Male Artist 2004 19th Golden Disk Awards: Bonsang 2005 2005 Channel V Thailand Music Awards: Asian Sensation Award 2006 20th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Japan-Korea Friendship
Year Spacial Award 2007 2007 M.net 20's Choice: Best Male Artist Award
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