# Soridata Artist Profile - Kangta

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> **Kangta** (강타) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2001. He  started in group H.O.T. 

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 874
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Kangta (강타)
- Full Name: Ahn Chilhyun ()
- Date of Birth: 1979-10-10
- Zodiac: Libra
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: H.O.T
- Active Since: 1996
- Debut Day: 2001-08-19
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 0.0
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: Not reached or 'nugu'
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2022-09-14
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 0
- End of year Awards: 0
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 2
    - First Places: 0
    - Times Charted: 1
    - Times Charted on top 10: 0
    - Songs charted: 1
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 0
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts): Artist never ranked in top 200
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 12,012+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 5,871,133+
- This artist was featured on [Dingo's Killing Voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pausgsCceZg)

# Related Artists

- [H.O.T](https://soridata.com/artists/HOT.md)
- [S](https://soridata.com/artists/S.md)
- [Kangta + Vanness](https://soridata.com/artists/Kangta-Vanness.md)
- [Kangta + Wendy + Seulgi](https://soridata.com/artists/Kangta-Wendy-Seulgi.md)
- [Kangta + Lee Areum](https://soridata.com/artists/Kangta-Lee-Areum.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/an_chil_hyun/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/kangta/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@kangta.official)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxMdO8z6xdaT_LvCbdWZE5Q)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=1582)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangta)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/강타)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/kangta/450122964)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Bm6d9Fbsmln3CpXv8VrMG)