# Lee Ki-chan

Lee Ki-chan (Korean: 이기찬; born January 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 1996, and began acting in 2006. He has appeared in several Korean dramas, as well as the American TV series Sense8.

## Biography

Lee Ki-Chan made his debut as a singer when he was a high school student. In 1996, Lee took part in a talent contest held during a radio show and won the grand prize. Since then, Lee developed his career as a professional singer. At the time of Lee's debut, the Korean pop music world was dominated by dance music, but Lee Ki-Chan received attention for his soft ballads. Having undergone musical training by Han Yong-Jin, a renowned re-mix DJ, Lee Ki-Chan released his first album entitled "Na Na Na Na Nineteen." In three months after its release, 220 thousand copies were sold. The song "Please" was the most popular among its tracks. In November of the same year, Lee released his second album entitled "Indelible Impression." In his third album, Lee Ki-Chan took it upon himself to produce his songs. As a result, the album reflected Lee's personality and characteristics. One of Lee's most successful songs came later in his fifth album, released in 2001. This song, "Another Love Goes Away," was written by Park Jin-Young.
Lee continued to produce hit songs on his next two albums. The song "Cold" (sixth album) spent many weeks on top of the chart, and the song "Repeatedly" (seventh album) was considered one of his very best songs. However, Lee Ki-Chan suffered a financial setback on his eighth album in 2004, when he tried to venture into more high-tempo songs. He selected the dance song "I'm Nothing Without You" as the title song and did not see much success. After that, Lee spent three years on hiatus. He decided to go back to ballads as in his ninth album, "Para Ti." The title song "A Beauty" was again a hit.
He attended the Seoul Arts College and Kyunghee University.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Na Na Na Na Nineteen | Released: December 27, 1996 Label: Cino Records, m-people Formats: CD, cassette | No data | No data |
| Indelible Impression | Released: October 25, 1997 Label: A.R. Media (Anam Records) Formats: CD, cassette | No data | No data |
| The Theme of BY | Released: April 8, 1999 Label: A.R. Media (Anam Records), Rock Records Korea Formats: CD, cassette | 24 | KOR: 20,209+ |
| One Man Show | Released: November 30, 1999 Label: Polydor, Seoul Records, Universal Music Korea Formats: CD, cassette | — | — |
| New Story | Released: August 30, 2001 Label: Yuri Entertainment, YBM Seoul Records Formats: CD, cassette | 2 | KOR: 359,019+ |
| New Story II | Released: November 12, 2002 Label: Yuri Entertainment, YBM Seoul Records Formats: CD, cassette | 6 | KOR: 128,748+ |
| Natural | Released: September 29, 2003 Label: Yuri Entertainment, YBM Seoul Records Formats: CD, cassette | 10 | KOR: 40,472+ |
| I'm Nothing Without You (그대없이 난 아무것도 아니다) | Released: October 4, 2004 Label: WMF Entertainment, YBM Seoul Records Formats: CD, cassette | 15 | KOR: 16,623+ |
| Para Ti | Released: February 2, 2007 Label: How Entertainment, Manine Media, Manwalldang Music Entertainment Formats: CD | — | — |
| Singing All My Song For You | Released: July 10, 2008 Label: How Entertainment, Vitamin Entertainment, Warner Music Korea Formats: CD | No data | No data |

### Compilation albums

* Best (2001)

### Soundtrack appearances

* 2012: "Shout" – MBC Arang and the Magistrate OST part 9
* 2012: "아픈 희망" (Sick of Hope) – KBS Dream High 2 OST part 5
* 2012: "아니기를" – MBC Moon Embracing the Sun OST part 5
* 2014: "Meet You Now" – SBS Doctor Stranger OST part 2

## Filmography
### Television

| Title | Year | Role |
| South Korean ||||
| Real School | 2011 | Teacher |
| Pretty! Oh Man-bok | 2014 | Han Joon |
| Into the Flames | 2014 | Ahn Seung-joo |
| Twenty Again | 2015 | Radio DJ (cameo) |
| Ready for Start | 2016 | Song Chi-sam |
| Still Loving You | 2016 | Sin Jae-min |
| How Are U Bread | 2020 | Jo Yeon-chul |
| My Holo Love | 2020 | Yeon Gang-woo |
| Hyena | 2020 | Kwon Yong-Woon |
| American ||||
| Sense8 | 2015–17 | Joong-Ki |

### Film

| Title | Year | Role | Ref. |
| South Korean ||||
| Like Father, Like Son | 2008 | Byeong-tae | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2007 | Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Ballad Performance | "Beautiful Woman" | Nominated |