# Soridata Artist Profile - Kim Sung Jae

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> **Kim Sung Jae** (김성재) was a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 1995. He  started in group Deux.  He passed away in 1995.

He was found dead with multiple needle marks, on the hotel he was staying with his party the day after his solo debut and broadcast. Police ruled it as a murder with his girlfriend being found guilty and sentenced to Life in prison, but an appeal to the Supreme Court found her innocent on the grounds of insuficient evidence. She also successfuly blocked an investigative segment about his death to be broadcast. His death remain a mistery to this date.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 7391
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Kim Sung Jae (김성재)
- Full Name: Kim Sung Jae ()
- Date of Birth: 1972-04-18
- Zodiac: Aries
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: Deux
- Active Since: 1993
- Debut Day: 1995-11-11
- Current Status: Deceased

# 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: 1995-11-11
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 0
- End of year Awards: 0
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010): Artist never ranked in top 100
- 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): 0+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 201,291+

# Related Artists

- [Deux](https://soridata.com/artists/Deux.md)

# Links and references

- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=5136)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Sung-jae)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/김성재)