# Soridata Artist Profile - Tei

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> **Tei** (테이) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2004. He  started in group HANDSOME PEOPLE. 

He have 1 songs among the most popular in Korea.

Got married on May 29th, 2023 to a non-celebrity woman

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 1521
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Tei (테이)
- Full Name: Kim Hokyung ()
- Date of Birth: 1983-04-04
- Zodiac: Aries
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Fanclub Name: TENIA
- Parent Artist: HANDSOME PEOPLE
- Active Since: 2004
- Debut Day: 2004-01-06
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 0.8
*_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: 2025-06-06
- 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: 4414
    - First Places: 0
    - Times Charted: 82
    - Times Charted on top 10: 5
    - Songs charted: 13
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 1
- 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): 941+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 29,480,557+
- This artist was featured on [Dingo's Killing Voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klXn-o06Jbw)

# Related Artists

- [Tei + Yim Jae Bum](https://soridata.com/artists/Tei_Yim-Jae-Bum.md)
- [Tei + Kan Mi Youn](https://soridata.com/artists/Tei_Kan-Mi-Youn.md)
- [HANDSOME PEOPLE](https://soridata.com/artists/HANDSOME-PEOPLE.md)
- [Tei + TANAKA](https://soridata.com/artists/Tei-TANAKA.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kim_hokyoung/)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpbj0X8xllgQwA9mXNPq_kg)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=51893)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tei_(singer))
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/테이)