# Soridata Artist Profile - Shin Junghyeon

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> **Shin Junghyeon** (신중현) is a South Korean Male Soloist who debuted solo in 2013. 

In 1955 he became an assistant to the 8th U.S. Army performance Corps after dropping from High School. He was only a carrier running errands who played on the side until 1957, when he was allowed to debut as a guitarist at the stage, becoming an instant hit. He played under the stage name "Hicky"

In 1964, after leaving the U.S. Corps, he formed band Ad Hoo, one of the first bands to introduce the bass guitar to Korea. However he realized it was too soon for Rock in Korea and returned to the 8th U.S. Army Entertainment Corps in 1967, where he composed and played. His song "Pearl Sisters" became a hit and because of that, in 1968, he left the Corps to start a serious work as composer and consultant.

Working with multiple artists, he encouraged them to introduce other genres and is considered by many to be the grandfather of Rock and many other genres in Korea.

During the military regime, he refused to praise the regime and suffered multiple threats and bans on almost all broadcasts. In 1975 he was arrested for smoking Marijuana, even though he didn't.

After the worst of the Military Regime had passed, Shin was able to come back and keep broadcasting and composing until a retirement performance in December 2006.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 7649
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Shin Junghyeon (신중현)
- Aliases: 申重鉉;Hicky Shin;Shin Joonghyun;Shin Junghyun
- Full Name: Shin Junghyeon ()
- Date of Birth: 1938-11-04
- Zodiac: Scorpio
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Active Since: 1957
- Debut Day: 2013-10-20
- 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)._*
- 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): 0+

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# Links and references

- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=843)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/신중현)