Sungha Jung
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| Sungha Jung | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sungha Jung September 2, 1996 Cheongju, South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Other names | colloquially: Sungha Jung,jwcfree(youtube channel's name),jungsungha, blueseaJSH |
| Years active | September 8, 2001–present |
| Known for | Guitar music, fingerstyle |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 정성하 |
| Hanja | 鄭成河 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Seongha |
| McCune–Reischauer | Jŏng Sŏngha |
Sungha Jung (정성하; born September 2, 1996) is a South Korean acoustic finger-style guitarist who has risen to fame on YouTube and other sites. As of October,2012, his channel has over 17 million views and over 965,000 subscribers, with his videos getting a total of over 550 million views.[1]
Sungha typically takes three days to learn and practice a new piece, and video-record it for upload onto YouTube.[2] He learns and plays guitar pieces across a broad range of genres.
Sungha has won 15 awards on YouTube, including 6 "#1" awards. Sungha's video with the most views is the one which shows him playing the theme from "Pirates Of The Caribbean".
In 2010, he was featured on Narsha's solo album "Narsha" for the song "I'm in Love", and in 2011, he performed in the US with Trace Bundy, as well as touring in Scandinavia and Japan.[1]
Sungha has composed 18 pieces as of February 2011, two of which are featured in his debut album, "Perfect Blue". He released his second album, "Irony", on 21 September 2011.
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[edit]Discography
[edit]Albums
- Perfect Blue (2010)
- Irony (2011)
In 2012, he did a collaboration with YG's 2NE1. They did two acoustic versions of 2NE1's hit songs "Lonely" and "I Love You". Later in 2012, he also was on stage with YG's and Big Bang's G-Dragon, on G-dragon's solo performance "That XX"
[edit]See also
- Yuto Miyazawa, Sungha's Japanese electric guitar-playing counterpart
- Trace Bundy, Fellow acoustic guitarist with whom Sungha collaborates
- Ulli Bögershausen, Fellow acoustic guitarist who helped him get his sponsorship with Lakewood Guitars
[edit]References
- ^ a b Yoon, Ja-young (28 February 2011). "How YouTube impacts lives of ordinary people". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Sungha Jung – Guitar Prodigy". Guitar Today. Retrieved 2009-11-13.[dead link]
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