Kim Jung-hwan (Korean: 김정환; born November 23, 1990), known professionally as Eddy Kim (에디 킴), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012. He released his first EP, The Manual, in 2014.
On April 5, 2019, Kim was booked by the police for circulating illegally taken pictures of women in the Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms, a mobile chat with fellow celebrities in 2016; a police investigation is ongoing into the Burning Sun scandal. On April 11, 2019, he admitted to spreading hidden camera photos taken without consent which he had downloaded from the internet.
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| The Manual |
Track listing
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| Sing Sing Sing |
Track listing
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales (DL) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR |
KOR Hot 100 | ||||
| As lead artist | |||||
| "2 Years Apart" | 2014 | 22 | 23 |
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The Manual |
| "The Manual" (너 사용법) |
7 | 12 |
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| "Darling" | 34 | —N/a |
|
The Manual Deluxe Edition | |
| "Apologize" | 2015 | 39 |
|
Sing Sing Sing | |
| "My Love" | 12 |
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| "Paldangdam" (팔당댐) feat. Beenzino |
2016 | 14 |
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Non-album single | |
| "Sweet Kiss Like Coffee" (내 입술 따뜻한 커피처럼) feat. Lee Sung-kyung |
3 |
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| "Heart Pound" (쿵쾅대) feat. Angelina Danilova |
2017 | 96 |
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| "Now" (이제는) |
— |
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| "Bet On Me" | — |
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| "Poom" (품) |
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| Collaborations | |||||
| "Coffee & Tea" with Solar |
2015 | 23 | —N/a |
|
Dokkun Project Pt.4 |
| As featured artist | |||||
| "I Smell Autumn" Verbal Jint feat. Eddy Kim |
2014 | 17 | —N/a |
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Non-album single |
| "Double Jack" BoA feat. Eddy Kim |
2015 | 43 |
|
Kiss My Lips | |
| "Lonely" Kanto feat. Eddy Kim |
2016 | — | —N/a | 14216 | |
| "Dear" Mia feat. Eddy Kim |
2018 | — | —N/a | —N/a | Non-album single |
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "One Day" (하루 하나) |
2014 | — | —N/a | —N/a | Pride and Prejudice OST |
| "Roommate" with Lim Kim |
— | Roommate OST Part 1 | |||
| "Empty Space" | 82 |
|
Valid Love OST Part 2 | ||
| "Dream" with Subin |
2016 | — | —N/a | I Am a Movie Director Too OST Part 1 | |
| "A Love Shining Like a Star" (구르미 그린 달빛) |
21 |
|
Love in the Moonlight OST Part 7 | ||
| "2Night" with Punchnello |
— | —N/a | Entourage OST | ||
| "You Are So Beautiful" (이쁘다니까) |
5 |
|
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST Part 5 | ||
| "When Night Falls" (긴 밤이 오면) |
2017 | 34 |
|
While You Were Sleeping OST Part 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. The Kpop Hot 100 chart was inactive between May 17, 2014, and May 29, 2017. | |||||
Other releases
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR Gaon |
KR Hot 100 | ||||
| "버스 안에서" (On The Bus) | 2012 | — | — | —N/a | Superstar K4 |
| "Love Story" | — | — | |||
| "I'll Be There" | — | — | |||
| "아름다운 강산" (Beautiful Lands) | — | — | |||
| "Sing a Song" | — | — | It's Top 12 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Filmography
Variety shows
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Superstar K4 | Mnet | |
| 2014 | Running Man | SBS | Guest episodes 195 and 58 |
| Immortal Songs 2 | KBS | ||
| 2015 | Always Cantare 2 | tvN | |
| Radio Star | MBC | Guest | |
| Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook | KBS2 | ||
| I Can See Your Voice | Mnet | Panelist (Season 1 – Episode 6) | |
| 2017 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant as "The Prince Trumpets the Crown of the Crown" (Episodes 113–114) |
| 2018 | Friendly Driver | tvN | Guest |
Awards and nominations
Mnet Asian Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Eddy Kim | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| Union Pay Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Seoul Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Eddy Kim | Best New Artist | Won |
Chatroom controversy involving Jung Joon-young
On April 4, 2019, MBC Newsdesk reported that Eddy Kim was one of the members in a group chat where Jung Joon-young shared illicit videos of him having sex with other women without their consent. Mystic Entertainment revealed later that day that Eddy Kim was in fact in the chatroom, but denied that he was involved in the filming or spreading of the footage.
On March 6, 2020, all charges against Eddy Kim were dropped by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office because the singer had only shared a photo he found online (on one occasion), and did not directly film nor distribute the illicit footage of the women. Additionally, the chatroom where he shared the photo was revealed as not the chatroom where Jung Joon Young shared the illicit footage, but just a group chat for hobbies.
