Seventeen unknown truths-Jin Mingyu
Who is Jin Mingyu?
Kim Min-kyu was born on April 6, 1997 in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. He is a rapper and was a member of the K-pop boy group Seventeen under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the Hip-Hop Unit team and is considered one of the main rappers of the band.
Jin Mingyu’s wealth
As of the beginning of 2020, Kim Mingyu’s net worth is estimated to exceed US$200,000, which was obtained through a successful career in the music industry.
Due to the success of the band, he got many opportunities at the age of seventeen, including high-value contracts.
Early life and career start
Mingyu was very outgoing when he was young and had many friends. He also showed a lot of sports tendencies and participated in many sports before finally settled in football. He played in elementary school, he even won the national championship with his team, and they finished second.
During middle school, he continued to play football, but was also interested in finding a career in the entertainment industry. He likes hip-hop music, likes dancing, and also wants to try acting.
While attending Burim Middle School, he was admitted to Pledis Entertainment’s audition and received training from the company for the next four years. This entertainment company has been in operation since 2007. As we all know, it is the venue for several popular performances including After School, Bumzu and NU’EST.
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During the internship, he continued his education and attended Seoul Broadcasting High School, a professional school focusing on broadcasting and entertainment, and a high school with many Pledis Entertainment talents.
Join seventeen
In 2013, Mingyu began to appear in the online broadcast of a show called “Seventeen TV” and saw him working as a member of a new boy band called Seventeen, preparing for performances and small concerts.
Two years after the show was broadcast, Pledis decided to work hard for the group’s debut, showing their preparations in the MBC reality show “Seventeen Projects: Big Debut Project”. They later made their debut through MBC, becoming the first male K-pop actor to debut in a one-hour special on a major TV show.
A few days later, they released their first EP “17 Carats”, which quickly attracted international attention. Their second EP “Boys Be” was the newcomer’s highest-selling album that year, and won numerous awards in the process.
They started touring their music in Korea at the age of 17, and then produced their first full-length album “Love & Letter” in 2016, which attracted a lot of attention in Japan. After the release, they began touring in Asia and the Pacific, and then produced a third EP called “Going Seventeen”, and began to capitalize on their growing fan base in Japan, where they held many events.
Seventeen most recent projects
In mid-2017, the 17th release of the fourth mini album “AI1” topped the charts, with sales exceeding 300,000 copies.
After that, they went on a world tour, visited cities in Asia and North America, then released their second full album “Teen, Age”, and quickly followed up with a special album called “Director’s Cut”, repackaged With their second album, they introduced more songs and catered to their international market more.
The release was very successful, and Time magazine named it one of the best K-pop groups of the year. Then they produced their first Japanese EP “We Make You”, and then their fifth EP “You Make My Day”, which was the first time they received platinum certification.
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In 2019, they produced their sixth EP “You Made My Dawn”, which included one of their most popular singles released so far, “Home”, which has repeatedly won in Korean music programs Honor. Their recently released third studio album “An Ode” is by far the best-selling album, selling more than 700,000 copies in the first week alone, and was named the best K-pop album of the year by Billboard.
personal life
As we all know, Mingyu is single, and like many K-pop artists, they are more willing to keep their romantic career away from the public, so as not to attract unnecessary attention.
Management also likes to pay close attention to their relationship, because this may affect their public image.
He is described as a seventeen-year-old member who differs from his appearance. He often looks and dresses like an introvert, but he is actually one of the loudest people in this group. He plays bass guitar and dreams of traveling to Latin America.
