Jimin

Jimin whose full name is Park Ji-min is a South Korean singer, dancer and songwriter. The artist is part of the popular boy band in South Korean boy called BTS. His genre of music is K-pop and he is a favorite teenage artist who has found favor with teenagers across the globe especially young girls.

What is Jimin known for?

Park Ji-min was born on October 13, 1995 in South Korea. He is the eldest in the family of two boys with a younger brother Park Jihyun. Jimin’s father owns a café in Busan called Alice’s Table. As a child he went to Busan’s Hodong Elementary School and for middle school he attended Yonsan Middle School. He learned popping and lock dancing at Just Dance Academy whilst he was still in middle school.

At Busan High School of Arts he studied contemporary dance and was the best in the modern dance section. He later auditioned at Big Hit Entertainment after a teacher suggested it to him and he passed the auditions in 2012. After that, he transferred to Korean Arts High School and he graduated in 2014

Music career

Jimin made his first debut as a member of BTS on June 12, 2013 with the release of their single “No More Dream”. In the group he holds the position of vocalist and he released two singles Lie and Serendipity. Both these songs surpassed fifty million streams on Spotify and his songs were the only BTS solo songs most streamed in UK Official Charts 20.

Jimin’s song “promise” in 2018 became Soundcloud’s Biggest 24 Hour Debut Ever surpassing “Duppy Freestyle” by Drake. In 2018, together with other BTS members, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the president of South Korea.