Hwang Min-hyun

Hwang Min-hyun ( (Korean:황민현; Hanja: 黃旼炫; born August 9, 1995), known mononymously as Minhyun, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. Hwang Minhyun was discovered by South Korean entertainment agency Pledis Entertainment at the age of fifteen. After two years of training, Hwang debuted as a member of boy group NU'EST in 2012. In 2017, he represented Pledis Entertainment in the survival series Produce 101 Season 2 along with three members of NU'EST, with him finishing in ninth place and becoming a member of Wanna One.

Hwang Min-hyun
황민현
Hwang in October 2018
Born	August 9, 1995 Busan, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University Institute for Future Talents [1] Inha University (Suspended)[2]
Alma mater	School of Performing Arts Seoul[3]
Occupation	Singer songwriter actor
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Pledis YMC Swing
Associated acts	NU'EST Wanna One
Korean name
Hangul	황민현
Hanja	黃旼炫
Revised Romanization	Hwang Min-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Minhyŏn

Career

Pre-debut

Minhyun became a Pledis Entertainment trainee through scouting. Prior to his debut, he became more well known after appearing in Orange Caramel's music video for their single "Shanghai Romance".[4] He also made appearances in labelmates' music releases as a member of 'Pledis Boys'.[5]

2012–2016: NU'EST

On 15 March 2012, Minhyun debuted as a member of NU'EST.[6]

He also appeared at the 2012–13 Seoul Fashion Week as a model for designer Park Yoon-soo's fashion show 'Big Park'.[7]

In 2015, Minhyun was featured in indie artist Fromm's new track, "Aftermath".[8] In 2016, Pledis Entertainment released Minhyun and JR's music video for "Daybreak", which is part of NU'EST's fifth mini album Canvas.[9]

2017–2018: Produce 101 and Wanna One

In 2017, NU'EST halted all promotions while JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren participated in the second season of the series Produce 101.[10][11][12]

In the third episode of the series, Minhyun picked the members for 'Sorry Sorry Team 2', for which he was nicknamed 'producer' and 'CEO Hwang' by online commenters.[13] In the "Position" challenge, he covered I.O.I's "Downpour" and the view count of his fancam reached 1 million within three days.[14] In the "Concept" challenge, he was the center of "Never" team, which charted at number one in multiple music charts.[15] At the end of the program, he ranked 9th, becoming one of the final 11 members to debut in Wanna One. In accordance with the series’ contract, he promoted exclusively as a member of Wanna One for the duration of the group's contract of 1.5 years.[16]

2019–Present: Return to NU'EST and solo projects

While Minhyun's Wanna One contract officially ended on December 31, 2018, he did not officially return to NU'EST until the end of January 2019.[17] This was due to Pledis and Swing Entertainment coming to an agreement that allowed Minhyun to attend scheduled year-end shows and award ceremonies throughout January 2019 as a member of Wanna One.[17] Minhyun's final Wanna One activity before returning to NU'EST was a final concert (titled Therefore) that was held across four days, ending on January 27, 2019.[17]

Minhyun, along with the rest of NU'EST, announced their contract renewal with Pledis Entertainment on February 1, 2019.[18][19]

On March 15, Minhyun participated in his first song since returning to NU'EST, a special digital single "A Song For You" to celebrate the seventh anniversary of their debut.[20]

On April 3, Minhyun released a digital solo single "Universe" as the pre-release single from the group's first comeback since 2016, Happily Ever After.[21] The single is accompanied by the music video shot in Budapest and Milan.[22]

On June 26, 2020, Minhyun was cast in the lead role of Go Eun-taek in the upcoming JTBC drama Live On, which started airing on JTBC in Nov 2020.[23]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions	Sales	Album
		KOR[24]
"Love Letter" (Son Dam-bi & After School feat. Ara, Hyelim, Minhyun, Baekho)	2011	37	N/A	Happy Pledis 2nd Album
"Aftermath" (후유증) (FROMM feat. Minhyun)[25]	2015	—		Non-album single
"Overcome Acoustic ver." (Minhyun and Joshua)	2016	—		Special Rendition - Q Project[26]
"Universe" (별의 언어)	2019	88		Happily Ever After
"Moonlight" (모든 밤 너에게)	2021	123		Love Revolution X Minhyun

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Their Distance	Nam Sang-soo	Supporting role[27]

Television series

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2013–2014	Reckless Family 3	MBC Every 1	Himself	Main cast
2020	Live On	JTBC	Go Eun-taek	Main cast

Television show

Year	Title	Network	Role	Ref
2017	Produce 101 Season 2	Mnet	Contestant	[28]
2019	UHSN	Mnet	MC (with JR)	[29]

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Marie Antoinette	Count Axel Von Fersen	[30][31]

Ambassadorship

2019
Moncler	Brand Ambassador
매일두유 (Maeil Milk)	Exclusive Model
2020
Moncler	Brand Ambassador
Jo Malone London	Brand Ambassador
매일두유 (Maeil Milk)	Exclusive Model
2021
Moncler	Brand Ambassador

Pictorial

Issue		Title
2019
April	Elle Korea	JUST THE WAY YOU ARE	Moncler
May	Cosmopolitan Korea	Hwang Minhyun on a spring day	Jo Malone Londer
August	Vogue Korea	READY PLAYER ONE	Moncler
September	Elle Korea	황민현의 화양연화	Omega watch
	Elle Korea	황민현이 추천하는 가을의 코랄	Innisfree
October	Cosmopolitan	DO YOU LOVE ME?	매일두유 (Maeil milk)
November	Cosmopolitan	빛나는 남자 황민현	Mac
December	GQ	MAN OF THE YEAR 2019 (cover)	Moncler
2020
February	MIlan Fashion Week	MONCLER GENIUS 2020	Moncler
March	Elle	Lavender land	Jo Malone London
April	Esquire	바르다 황민현 (4 covers)	Moncler
		2020 Blossom collection	조말론 런던
July	Dazed Korea	FACE OF THE NU'EST HWANGMINHYUN (2 back covers)	Lancome
		Moncler voice	Moncler
August	Vogue Korea	리모와브릿지 아이웨어	Rimowa
vol.202	1st look	OPTIMUS UNIVERSE (2 covers)	Swarovski
September	GQ	CANNOT HIDE	Moncler
No.155	Dazed	HWANGMINHYUN with Lancome (2 back covers)	Lancome
October	WAVES china	황민현 :주인공의 자세 (cover)
November	Marie Claire	the VIBE (2 covers)	Moncler

Awards and accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2019	Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards	Best New Actor	Marie Antoinette	Won[32]
	Melon Music Awards	Best Dance Track (Male)	"Universe"	Nominated[33]
2020	4th Korea Musical Awards	Male Rookie Award	Marie Antoinette	Nominated[34]

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