# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-jong-hyun-q484484
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:57.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-jong-hyun-q484484"
name: "Kim Jong-hyun"
slug: "kim-jong-hyun-q484484"
description: "Kim Jong-hyun, known mononymously as Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, radio host, and author under the SM Entertainment label. He was the vocalist of the South Korean boy band Shinee for nine years, releasing twelve albums with the group in both Korean and Japanese. He also participated in SM Entertainment's project group, SM the Ballad, for the release of two EP albums."
tagline: "South Korean singer and dancer (1990–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonghyun_at_a_fansigning_in_Busan%2C_in_June_2016_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1990-04-08"
deathDate: "2017-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.01
  momentum:             20.60135834943225
  historical:           26.90646
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/realjonghyun90"
    handle:    "realjonghyun90"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jonghyun.948/"
    handle:    "jonghyun.948"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5057680/"
    handle:    "nm5057680"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5rGgflnIpRNizTCozbYBuY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jonghyun.smtown.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيم جونغ هيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kim Jong-hyun"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jonghyun"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ונגהיון (זמר)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dzsonghjon_(%C3%A9nekes)"
    title: "Kim Dzsonghjon (énekes)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կիմ Ջոնգհյոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kim Jong-hyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kim Jong-hyun (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョンヒョン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "კიმ ჯონ ჰიუნი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3855837"
    title: "Kim Jong-hyun"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump