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changmin at the k-pop world festival 2003 -- present shim chang-min seoul , south korea max max changmin changmin チャンミン yes = associated_acts = website = background = solo_singer instrument = genre = label changmin 심창민 18 february 1988 kpop world festival 109 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg changmin
 ko singer actor kyung hee university konkuk university inha university
changmin

shim chang-min -lrb- born february 18 , 1988 -rrb- , also known by his stage name max changmin or simply max , is a south korean singer , actor , and a member of the pop duo tvxq .
born and raised in seoul , south korea , changmin was scouted by an s.m. entertainment talent agent when he was fourteen years old .
he made his debut as tvxq 's youngest member in december 2003 .
fluent in both korean and japanese , changmin has achieved commercial success throughout asia as a member of tvxq .
known as `` asia 's stars '' and the `` kings of k-pop '' , tvxq have released fifteen studio albums and performed on record-breaking concert tours ; their sixth japan-wide tour , the , was the highest-grossing concert tour ever held by a foreign music act in japan .
tvxq are the first non-japanese music act to hold a concert in the nissan stadium , japan 's largest outdoor stadium .
according to the oricon , tvxq records the most number-one singles for a foreign music act in japan .
they have since sold over 7 million albums there , making them one of japan 's best-selling foreign artists .
