# K (singer)

Kang Yoon-sung (born November 16, 1983), better known by his stage name K, is a South Korean singer under contract in Japan. He was born in Goyang. In 2004, after achieving little success with his first album in South Korea, K crossed over to Japan. His first Japanese album, Beyond the Sea, has achieved a sales of over 300,000 copies.
K put his musical activities on hold in 2010 so he could complete the Korean mandatory military service.

## Discography
### Japanese studio albums

| Year | Album Information | Chart positions | Total sales |
| 2006 | Beyond the Sea Released: January 18, 2006 Label: Sony (SRCL-6221) | 2 | 142,000 |
| 2006 | Music in My Life Released: December 13, 2006 Label: Sony (SRCL-6454) | 25 | 22,000 |
| 2009 | Traveling Song Released: March 18, 2009 Label: Sony (SRCL-6985) | 44 | 4,500 |

### Other Japanese albums

| Year | Album Information | Chart positions | Total sales |
| 2007 | The Timeless Collection Vol. 1 Cover album Released: March 21, 2007 Label: Sony (SRCL-6503) | 42 | 6,000 |
| 2009 | Merry Christmas Christmas extended play Released: December 2, 2009 Label: Sony (SRCL-7189) | 63 | 3,100 |
| 2010 | K-Best Greatest hits album Released: December 1, 2010 Label: Sony (SRCL-7442) | 22 | 9,500 |
| 2013 | 641 Extended play Released: June 10, 2013 Label: Sony (SRCL-8274) | 38 | |

### English albums

| Year | Album Information | Chart positions | Total sales |
| 2014 | On My Journey Cover album Released: June 16, 2014 Label: Sony (SRCL-8551) | 67 | |
| 2015 | Ear Food Cover album Released: August 5, 2015 Label: Sony (SRCL-8856) | 71 | |

### Korean albums

* K (April 28, 2004)
* Beautiful Smile (January 20, 2006)

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Release | Title | Chart positions | Total sales | Album |
| 2005 | "Over..." | 5 | 168,000 | Beyond the Sea |
| 2005 | "Dakishimetai" (抱きしめたい, "I Want to Hold You") | 10 | 31,000 | Beyond the Sea |
| 2005 | "Girlfriend" | 19 | 10,000 | Beyond the Sea |
| 2005 | "Only Human" | 5 | 200,000 | Beyond the Sea |
| 2006 | "The Day" | 14 | 13,000 | Music in My Life |
| 2006 | "Brand New Map" | 20 | 14,000 | Music in My Life |
| 2006 | "First Christmas" (ファースト・クリスマス, Fāsuto Kurisumasu) | 25 | 12,000 | Music in My Life |
| 2007 | "Birth of Treasure" | 42 | 3,800 | Traveling Song |
| 2007 | "Kono Uta o........" (この歌を・・・・・・・・♪, "This Song") (K x ET-King) | 19 | 10,000 | Traveling Song |
| 2008 | "Play and Pray" | 48 | 2,700 | Traveling Song |
| 2008 | "525600 Min. (Seasons of Love)" | 49 | 2,100 | Traveling Song |
| 2010 | "Aitai Kara" (会いたいから, "Because I Miss You") | 33 | 3,600 | K-Best |
| 2010 | "Dear..." | 24 | 4,500 | K-Best |
| 2013 | "Christmas Time Again" | 70 | | On My Journey |
| 2015 | "Years" | | | Ear Food |
| 2016 | "Ano kumo no mukō-gawa" (あの雲の向こう側, "Beyond that cloud") | 67 | | Non-album Single |
| 2017 | "Shain" (シャイン, "Shine") | 44 | | Non-album Single |
| 2017 | "Kiridansu no uta" (桐箪笥のうた, "Song of Kiri Tansu") | TBA | TBA | | Non-album Single |

#### As featured artist

| Release | Artist | Title | Chart positions | Total sales | Album |
| 2008 | Bright feat. K | "Tegami" | 39 | 2,300 | Notes 4 You |
| 2010 | Tatsuya Ishii feat. K | "Ocean Drive" | 37 | 3,100 | TBA |

### DVDs

* Film K: A Voice from the Heaven (February 15, 2006)
* Film K Vol. 2: Music in My Life (June 25, 2008)
* film K vol.3 live K in 武道館〜so long〜 20101130 (March 2, 2011)

### Other appearances

* Wanna Be the Piano Man: "Honesty" (オネスティ, Onesuti) (November 29, 2006)
* Céline Dion Tribute: "To Love You More (featuring Aki)" (September 26, 2007)

## Live tours

* Live K Tour 2006: Beyond the Sea (March—May 2006)
* Live K Tour 2006: Winter (November—December 2006)
* Live K Tour 2007: Music in My Life (June 2007)
* Live K Tour 2008: Ki zu na (June 2008)
* Live K Tour 2009 (March—May 2009)