Jay Park | Profile

Jay Park in Melbourne, September 2012
Background information
Birth name	Jay Park Park Jaebeom (박재범)
Also known as	The Fresh Prince of Seoul
Born	April 25, 1987 (age 26) Edmonds, Washington, United States
Genres	Hip hop, R&B, Soul, Pop, Rap, Dance, K-pop
Occupations	Singer, dancer, rapper, b-boy, music producer, songwriter, model, choreographer, and actor
Years active	2008–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment (2008–2010) SidusHQ (2010–present) AOMG (2013–present)
Associated acts	Art of Movement (AOM), Cha Cha Malone, Korean Assassins, Prepix, Project Prepix Asia (PPA), Dok2, The Quiett, Dumbfoundead, SoReal Cru, G.NA
Website	jaypark.com Jay Park’s signature

Profile

English Name: Jay Park
Korean Name: Park Jaebeom
Stage Name: Jay/Jay Park
Nickname: The Fresh Prince of Seoul
Birthday: April 25, 1987
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Basketball, listening music
Favorite Musicians: Eminem, Usher, Musiq Soulchild, Drake, Method Man
Religion: Christianity
Instagram: @jparkitrighthere

Discography

Korean discography Studio albums New Breed (2012) TBA (2013)[218] Extended plays Count on Me (Nothin’ on You) (Korean: 믿어줄래) (2010) Take a Deeper Look (2011) New Breed Part 1 (2011) I Like 2 Party (2013) Singles “Bestie” (2010) “Girlfriend” (2011) “Joah” (2013) Maxi-singles “Take HD Special Maxi Album” (2012)

English discography Singles “Bestie” (2010) “Speechless” (with Cha Cha Malone) (2010) “Demon” (2011) Mixtapes Fresh A!r: Breathe !t (2012)

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR
New Breed	Language: Korean Released: February 7, 2012 Labels: SidusHQ, Universal Music Format: CD, digital download	1	KOR: 90,481+

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Notes
Count on Me (Korean: 믿어줄래)	Language: Korean, English Released: July 13, 2010 Labels: Vitamin Entertainment, Warner Music Korea Format: CD, digital download	The first EP released by Jay Park after his rendition of B.o.B’s hit song “Nothin’ on You” on Youtube
Take a Deeper Look	Language: Korean Released: April 27, 2011 Labels: SidusHQ, Yedang Company Format: CD, digital download	First mini-album of his solo career
New Breed Part 1	Language: Korean Released: December 28, 2011 Labels: SidusHQ, Universal Music Format: digital download	First part of his Korean album New Breed

Mixtapes

Title	Album details	Notes
Fresh A!r: Breathe !t	Language: English Released: May 16, 2012 Format: Digital download	Released in preparation for his 2012 Verizon APAHM US Tour

Singles

Title	Language	Year	Peak positions		Album
			KOR Gaon	KOR Billboard
“Count on Me (Nothin’ on You)” (Korean: 믿어줄래)(Full Melody Korean Version)	Korean	2010	2	–	Count on Me (Korean: 믿어줄래) (EP)
“Bestie” (Korean: 베스티)			21	–	Take a Deeper Look (EP)
“Abandoned” (featuring Dok2)		2011	6	–
“Tonight” (Korean: 오늘밤) (featuring Kang Min Kyung Of Davichi)			22	–
“Demon”	English		14	20	Non-album release
“Girlfriend”	Korean		28	23	New Breed
“Star” (Korean: 별)			17	11
“Know Your Name” (featuring Dok2)		2012	14	9
“Joah”		2013	17		“Joah” (Digital single)

Digital singles

Title	Language	Year	Album
“Bestie”	Korean, English	2010	Take a Deeper Look (EP)
“Speechless” (with Cha Cha Malone)	English		Non-album release
“Demon”	English	2011	Non-album release
“Girlfriend”	Korean		New Breed
“Take HD Special Maxi Album”	Korean	2012	New Breed (Deluxe Edition)
“Appetizer”	English	2013	Non-album release
“Joah”	Korean		“Joah” (Digital single)

Promotional singles

Title	Language	Year	Company
“커피를 마시며” (“While Drinking Coffee”)	Korean	2011	Caffe Bene
“Manifesto Anthem” (with 권리세)			dENiZEN
“I Like It”		2012	Korean Food Foundation

Other charted songs

Title	Language	Year	Peak positions	Album
			KOR
“Count on Me (Nothin’ on You)” (Full Melody English Version)	English	2010	33	Count on Me (Korean: 믿어줄래) (EP)
“Bestie (Remix)” (Korean: 베스티)	Korean		73	Bestie (Digital Single)
“Speechless” (with Cha Cha Malone)	English		74
“I Can’t Be Without You” (Korean: 너 없이 안돼)	Korean	2011	45	Take a Deeper Look (EP)
“Touch the Sky” (featuring The Quiett)			41
“Level 1000” (featuring Dok2)			46

As featured artist

Title	Release Date	Album
“正(정)” (Ye-eun (Wonder Girls) featuring Jay Park & Shorty Jang-goon)	July 7, 2007	한성별곡 OST (Conspiracy in the Court OST)
“To Luv …” (V.O.S featuring Jay Park)	May 27, 2009	Routine Free (EP)
“Clouds” (Dumbfoundead featuring Jay Park & Clara C)	April 23, 2010	Clouds (Digital Single)
“Nothin’ on You” (B.o.B featuring Jay Park)	June 15, 2010	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (South Korea Edition)
“Doin’ Good (Remix)” (Dok2 & Rado featuring Jay Park)	July 29, 2010	It’s We (EP)
“울고 싶단 말야” I Want To Cry (Brave Brothers and Jay Park)	September 3, 2010	The Classic
“Catch Me If You Can (Remix)” (Decipher featuring J.Reyez, Dumbfoundead, Flowsik, Chan, Johnnyphlo, Jay Park, Ailee)	December 22, 2010	Catch Me If You Can (Remix) (Digital Single)
“I’m Ready” (Decipher featuring Dumbfoundead & Jay Park)	January 5, 2011	The Effect
“힙합” (Anthem version) Hip-Hop (Anthem version) (Dok2 & Double K featuring Beenzino, B-Free, Bizzy, Jay Park, Paloalto, Swings, The Quiett & Yankie)	January 25, 2011	Flow 2 Flow (EP)
“Maybe One Day” (J.Reyez featuring Jay Park)	January 29, 2011	Maybe One Day (Digital Single)
“I’ll Be There” (Swings featuring Jay Park)	April 8, 2011	I’ll Be There (Digital Single)
“My Love” (Dok2 featuring Jay Park)	April 19, 2011	Hustle Real Hard
“Single Life” (Cha Cha Malone featuring Jay Park)	September 16, 2011	Single Life (Digital Single)
“Summer Dream” (Jay Park, Ji Hyun Woo, Jang Seo Won, Kim Randy)	September 29, 2011	Mr Idol OST
“Mr. Lonely Part 1” (The Quiett featuring Jay Park)	November 23, 2011	Stormy Friday (EP)
“Can’t Stop” (Brian Joo featuring Jay Park & Beenzino)	January 26, 2012	ReBorn Part 1 (EP)
“Can’t Stop” (English version) (Brian Joo featuring Jay Park & Dumbfoundead)
“처음 있는 일” Then I Saw You (Korean Version)(Prepix featuring Jay Park)	March 8, 2012	Look To Listen (EP)
“Then I Saw You” (Prepix featuring Jay Park)
“Green Light” (G.NA featuring Jay Park)	May 22, 2012	Bloom (EP)
“Driver” (Younha featuring Jay Park)	July 3, 2012	Supersonic
“XX걸” XX Girl (EZIS featuring Jay Park)	July 23, 2012	Invincible (EP)
“Green Light” (English version) (G.NA featuring Jay Park)	September 21, 2012	Oui (EP)
“Congratulations” 축하해 (Primary featuring Dynamic Duo and Jay Park)	October 31, 2012	Primary And The Messengers LP
“If You Love Me” (NS Yoon-G featuring Jay Park)	November 1, 2012	If You Love Me (Single)
“Doin’ Great” (Dok2 featuring Jay Park)	January 11, 2013	South Korean Rapstar Mixtape (Mixtape)
“Gettin’ Rich” (The Quiett featuring Jay Park and Dok2)	February 14, 2013	Ambitiqn (Mixtape)
“Around the World” (Mizz Nina featuring Jay Park)	February 25, 2013	Around the World (Single)
“Zonin'” (Phe featuring Jay Park)	April 22, 2013	December’s Bachelor (EP)
“Unbreakable” (Kim Hyun-joong featuring Jay Park)	July 18, 2013	Round 3 (EP)
“Audition” (Gaia featuring Jay Park)	November 1, 2013	Audition (Digital Single)

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Title	Song
2007	SBS Conspiracy in the Court Released: July 9, 2007	Track 4. “正(정)” (“Jeong”) – 03:20
2011	Hype Nation 3D	“Demon” – 03:06
	Mr. Idol	Track 2. “Summer Dream” (Mr. Children) – 03:54
2012	SBS Rooftop Prince Released: April 19, 2012	Track 3. “해피엔딩” (“Happy Ending”) – 03:16

As a songwriter/producer/composer

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album
2012	“Can’t Stop”	Brian Joo	ReBorn Part 1 (EP)
	“Can’t Stop” (English Version)
	“처음 있는 일”	Prepix	Look To Listen (EP)
	“Then I Saw You”
	“4U (For You)”	U-KISS	DoraDora (EP)
	“Polaris”	Tiny-G	TBA
	“Green Light”	G.NA	Bloom (EP)
	“Green Light” (English Version)		Oui (EP)
	“Driver”	Younha	Supersonic
	“If You Love Me”	NS Yoon-G	If You Love Me (Single)
2013	“Around The World”	Mizz Nina	Around The World (Single)
	“Audition”	Gaia	Audition (Single)

Music videos

Year	Song title	Album	Released
2010	“Count on Me (Nothin’ on You)” (Korean: 믿어줄래)(Full Melody Korean Version)	Count on Me (Korean: 믿어줄래)(EP)	July 13
2011	“Abandoned” (feat. Dok2)	Take a Deeper Look (EP)	April 26
	“Abandoned” (Dance Version) (feat. Dok2)		May 7
	“Tonight” (Korean: 오늘밤) (feat. Kang Min Kyung Of Davichi)		May 10
	“Level 1000” (feat. Dok2)		May 13
	“Demon”	Non-album release	September 5
	“Girlfriend”	New Breed	November 3
	“Star” (Korean: 별)		December 26
2012	“Know Your Name” (feat. Dok2)		February 6
	“Know Your Name” (Acoustic Version Blue)	New Breed (Deluxe Edition)
	“You Know How We Do” (feat. Dumbfoundead)	Fresh Air: Breathe It (Mixtape)	May 23
	“New Breed” (Intro)	New Breed	August 12
2013	“Appetizer”	–	February 14
	“1Hunnit” (사실이야)	“Joah” (Digital single)	April 5
	“Joah” (좋아)		April 10
	“Welcome”		April 25
	“I Like 2 Party”	I Like 2 Party (EP)	July 10
	“Trill” (feat. Dok2)	Trill (Free download)	October 8

Filmography

Notable appearances

• Word of the Day – Bromance (2010) – A short skit alongside Ryan Higa and Philip Wang.
• Dramatic (2011) – First episode aired.
• Mr. Idol (Mr. 아이돌) (2011)
• TvN Taxi (2011, 2013)
• Immortal Song 2 (2011, 2012, 2013) – A regular cast member for parts of 2011, 2012 and 2013.
• Music & Lyrics (2012) – Alongside actress Lee Si-young.
• Come to Play (2012) – A fixed panel member for the ‘Trueman Show’ corner of the show.
• Saturday Night Live Korea (2012, 2013–) – Hosted the highest rated episode of Season 3 in 2012, and rejoined as a permanent cast member in 2013.

Tours and concerts

Headlining

• New Breed Live in Seoul (2012)
• APAHM Tour (2012)
• MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia (2012)
• New Breed Asia Tour (2012)
• Australia Tour (2012)
• Jay Park First European Tour (2013)

Supporting

• Ne-Yo Live in Seoul (2011)

Awards and nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2011	“Abandoned”	Best Dance Performance – Solo	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Nominated

Golden Disk Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2012	Take a Deeper Look	Disk Bonsang (Record of the Year)	Won
2013	New Breed	Disk Album Award	Nominated
	Jay Park	Popularity Award	Nominated

Korean Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2013	New Breed	Best R&B & Soul Album	Nominated
	Jay Park	Musician of the Year	Won

Other Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Result	Notes
2010	Naver Most Popular Search	Male Solo	Won
2011	Mashable Awards	Best Web Video	Won	For his cover of “Nothin’ on You” YouTube video
		Must Follow Personality	1st Runner-up
	Shorty Awards	Connecting People Award	Finalist	Received the most votes, joint venture with Nokia.
		Best Celebrity on Twitter	Finalist
	O Music Awards	Must Follow Artist on Twitter	Nominated
2012	Asia Model Awards	Popular Artist Award	Won

Music Shows

Year	Date	Song	Music Program
2011	May 6	“Abandoned”	KBS Music Bank
	May 13
2012	February 24	“Know Your Name”