| Kangta |
Ahn Chil-hyun (안칠현), better known by his stage name Kangta (강타), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor and radio DJ. He was a member of the boy group H.O.T..
He was born on October 10, 1979, in Seoul, South Korea.
Kangta first debuted as H.O.T.'s lead singer along with the four other members under SM Entertainment. He showed promising potential in songwriting early on in his career. The group officially disbanded in May 2001, leaving Kangta to pursue a solo career.
After the release of his second solo album, he participated in a group project called S along with fellow friends Shin Hye Sung and Lee Ji Hoon.
In 2005, Kangta made his acting debut with one of the main roles of the joint drama production between Korea and Taiwan entitled The Magic Touch of Fate alongside Ruby Lin and Alec Su. Later in that same year, he also starred the Korean drama Loveholic.
In 2006, Kangta and Taiwanese singer, Vanness Wu, formed the duo KANGTA & VANNESS. Together, the two released their first single "Scandal".
Kangta was originally scheduled for his mandatory two-year military service at the beginning of 2008; however, SM Entertainment helped him defer the date so that he could released his fourth album Eternity in March. On April 1, 2008, he started his mandatory service and was discharged on February 19, 2010.
Kangta made his comeback to the music in September 2010 with the digital Taiwanese single "Breaka Shaka".
Discography[]
Albums[]
- [2001.08.16] Polaris
- [2002.08.01] Pine Tree
- [2005.03.04] Persona
- [2008.03.12] Eternity
- [2022.09.07] Eyes On You
Mini Albums[]
- [2016.11.03] 'Home' Chapter 1
Live Albums[]
- [2003.03.28] Kangta 1st Concert Pinetree
Digital Singles[]
- [2017.10.27] Doll (인형) (with Seulgi & Wendy)
- [2021.01.15] Cough Syrup
- [2021.03.24] Freezing
- [2021.07.14] Free to Fly 2021
- [2021.07.28] Christmas in July
- [2021.10.12] Maybe
- [2022.01.12] Slow Dance
- [2023.04.22] When I Close My Eyes
OSTs[]
- 2002: "Seom" (섬) [Resurrection of the Little Match Girl OST]
- 2007: "Still My Heart" (가슴에 남아) [Dear My Love OST]
- 2007: "Perguntas" (질문) [Air City OST]
- 2011: "Arrow" (화살) [Athena OST]
- 2017: "Theme Of Prontera" [The Memory of Ragnarok OST]
Featurings[]
- 2001: "White" [SMTOWN - Winter Vacation In Smtown.Com - Angel Eyes]
- 2001: "The First Noel" [SMTOWN - Winter Vacation In Smtown.Com - Angel Eyes]
- 2002: "Blue..." [SMTOWN - Summer Vacation In Smtown.Com]
- 2002: "Yeoreumnalui chueok" (여름날의 추억) [SMTOWN - Summer Vacation In Smtown.Com]
- 2002: "Bonaeneun geul" (보내는 글) [SMTOWN - 2002 Winter Vacation In SMTown.com]
- 2002: "Silver Bell" [SMTOWN - 2002 Winter Vacation In SMTown.com]
- 2003: "Yeonga" (연가) [SMTOWN - 2003 Summer Vacation In SMTown.Com]
- 2003: "Geurimeuro tteonaneun yeohaeng" (그림으로 떠나는 여행) [SMTOWN - 2003 Summer Vacation In SMTown.Com]
- 2003: "The Christmas Song" [SMTOWN - 2003 Winter Vacation In SMTown.com]
- 2004: "Michyeoganabwa" (미쳐가나봐) [SMTOWN - 2004 Summer Vacation In SMTown.com]
- 2006: "Summer Night Love" (한 여름밤의 고백) [SMTOWN - 2006 Summer Smtown]
- 2006: "White Christmas" [SMTOWN - 06 Winter Smtown]
- 2007: "Last Year's Summer Night Story" (지난 여름밤의 이야기) [SMTOWN - 2007 Summer SMTOWN]
- 2007: "Winter Wonderland" [SMTOWN - 07 Winter SMTOWN]
- 2011: "For The First Time" [SMTOWN - 2011 SMTOWN Winter 'The Warmest Gift']
As a featured artist[]
- 2012: Dear My Family (with SMTOWN) [I AM. OST]
Concerts & Tours[]
Concerts[]
- 2002: Kangta 1st Concert: Pinetree
- 2016: THE AGIT: Coming Home (보통의 날)
Filmography[]
Film[]
- 2002: Emergency Act 19 (긴급조치 19호) - as himself
- 2002: Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (성냥팔이 소녀의 재림) - as Special Guest Star
- 2012: I AM. - as himself
- 2012: Secret Garden (秘密花园) - as Oscar
- 2015: SMTOWN The Stage - as himself
- 2016: Mad Monk Ji Gong - as TBA
Drama[]
- 2005: Magic Touch of Fate (魔術奇緣) - as Jin Xiu
- 2005: Loveholic (러브홀릭) - as Seo Kang-wook
- 2007: Love In The City 2 (男才女貌2) - as Zhang Wei Qi
- 2012: Happy Ending (해피엔딩) - as Goo Seung-jae
- 2016: Circle of Friends
- 2017: Tri-Path Journey
TV Shows[]
- 2012: Kangta's Pasta e Basta
- 2012: The Voice of Korea
- 2013: The Voice of Korea Season 2
- 2017: Suddenly Heroes
- 2018: Idol Moms
- 2018: Song One
- 2019: Super Hearer
Theater[]
- 2018: The Bridges of Madison County - as Robert Kincaid
Radio[]
- 2011: KBS 2FM 'Freedom Declaration'
- 2016–2018: MBC Starry Night
Songwriting Credits[]
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | H.O.T. | Resurrection | Hope (빛) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Promise Of H.O.T. (우리들의 맹세) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Techno Love | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Wedding X-Mas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 1999 | I Yah! | My Girl (나의 너) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Celebrate (축복) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| It's Been Raining Since You Left Me (환희) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Together, Forever (고마워, 미안해) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Fly to the Sky | Fly To The Sky | In My Dream (Feat. H.O.T.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| A Song For Love (사랑을 닮은 노래) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| SMTOWN | Christmas In Smtown | Jingle Bell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| H.O.T. | Graduation (졸업) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Jingle Bell (H.O.T. Version) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2000 | Lee Jihoon | Eternity Friend | For You... (천애) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eternity Friend (친구라는 이름) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| H.O.T. | Age Of Peace OST | The Best | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| TTTrack #1 (Techno Time Track #1) | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| TTTrack #2 (Techno Time Track #2) | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Outside Castle | Delight (신비) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| We Can Do It (그래! 그렇게!) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| My Mother | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | |||
| Pray For You (꿈의 기도) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| GoodBye For The Last (Good-Bye 이젠) |
✖ | ✓ | ✖ | |||
| Illusion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Always My Love (늘 지금처럼) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Winter Vacation In SM Town.com | Silver Bell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2001 | Lee Jihoon | Sepecial With... | Doll (인형) (with Shin Hyesung) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| My Romance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Fly to the Sky | Promise | I Want (Feat. Kangta, BoA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Shy Love | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| NRG | Sorrow | Sorrow (비(悲)) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Shinhwa | Hey, Come On! | I Swear... (바램) |
✖ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Kangta | Atlantis: The Lost Empire OST | Faith (꿈) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Polaris | Polaris (북극성) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| My Life (스물 셋) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Last Winter (겨울-나의 이야기 하나) |
✓ | ? | ? | |||
| In Your Eyes | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
| Still... (당신이 알고 있던 난...) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| I Will (나...세상...나-나의 이야기 두울) |
✓ | ? | ? | |||
| Late Summer Night (그 해 여름) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Blue Moon | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
| Dana | Dana | Pretty... | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Kangta | Winter Vacation In Smtown.Com - Angel Eyes | White | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| The First Noel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2002 | BoA | No. 1 | Waiting.. (늘..) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Beat it! (난) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Kangta | Pine Tree | Happy Happy | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Memories (사랑은 기억보다) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Propose | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| The Best | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Memories#2 (추억은 기억보다) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Flower | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2032 In Cuba | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
| Nocturne (야상곡) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| One Snowing Day (이별 후에는) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Pine Tree (상록수) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2003 | S | Fr. In. Cl | I Swear | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Love Is... (사랑니) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Just One Moment (미쳤었죠) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Tears Of The Moon (달이 꾸는 꿈) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| I Was... (왜...) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Sentimental | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| BoA | Shine We Are! | Always (이별풍경) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2004 | NRG | NR6G | 어깨동무 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2005 | Kangta | Persona | Persona (가면) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Illusion (쓰레기) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Agape (느리게 걷기) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Paralysis (마비) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Just One Day (하루만큼만) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Blue Snow | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
| Always (그녀의 목소리가 들립니다) (Feat. Song Kwangsik) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |||
| Prayer (잠든 기도) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |||
| S | Going Out OST | 섬 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2006 | KANGTA & VANNESS | Scandal | 127 Day | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One Day | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2007 | Girls' Generation | Girls' Generation | 7989 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2010 | Kangta | Athena: Goddess of War OST | Arrow (화살) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Breaka Shaka | Remember (记得) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Habit (不习惯) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2013 | Yesung | That Winter, the Wind Blows OST | Gray paper (먹지) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Taeyeon | Only One (그리고 하나) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2014 | Ji Seehee | Blooming | 사랑해서 행복했나요 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shin Hyesung | Once Again #2 (Single) |
Doll (인형) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| S | Autumn Breeze | Without You (하고 싶은 거 다) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| One Last Memory (내려놓기) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Utopia (세상 속으로) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| One Fine Day (이런 어느 날) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Secret Letter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2016 | Kangta | 'Home' Chapter 1 | Diner (단골식당) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2021 | Baekhyun, DOYOUNG | Rewind : Blossom (Single) |
Doll (인형) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Kangta | Christmas in July (Single) |
Memories of Summer 2021 (그 해 여름) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| SMTOWN | 2021 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU EXPRESS | Hope from KWANGYA (빛) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| 2022 | Youngjun, Lee Yejun | Cause You (Single) |
Cause You (혼잣말이 많아졌어) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kangta | Eyes On You | Persona 2022 (가면 2022 ) |
✓ | ✓ | ✖ | |
| 2023 | Tony Ahn | My Shiny Day (Single) |
Shiny Day | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2024 | DOYOUNG | Youth 청춘의 포말 | Warmth (온기) | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kim Woo Jin | I Like The Way | Hold | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |