# Soridata Artist Profile - Yesung

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> **Yesung** (예성) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2016. He  started in group Super Junior. 

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 220
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Yesung (예성)
- Aliases: 김종운; Kim Jong Woon; Jerome Kim; Kim Jong Hoon
- Full Name: Kim Kang Hoon ()
- Date of Birth: 1984-08-24
- Zodiac: Virgo
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Fanclub Name: Clouds
- Parent Artist: Super Junior
- Active Since: 2005
- Debut Day: 2016-04-18
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 1.3
*_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: 1139 days
*_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: 2026-04-23
- 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: 663
    - First Places: 0
    - Times Charted: 2
    - Times Charted on top 10: 0
    - Songs charted: 2
    - 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): 567,124+ units
*_All Sales for this artist are available. Including data prior to 2010 fetched from different sources other than Circle._*
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 53,242,623+

# Related Artists

- [Super Junior](https://soridata.com/artists/Super-Junior.md)
- [Super Junior-K.R.Y.](https://soridata.com/artists/Super-Junior-KRY.md)
- [Super Junior-H](https://soridata.com/artists/Super-Junior-Happy.md)
- [Yesung + Luna](https://soridata.com/artists/Yesung-Luna.md)
- [S.M. THE BALLAD](https://soridata.com/artists/SM-THE-BALLAD.md)
- [Yesung + Seulgi](https://soridata.com/artists/Yesung-Seulgi.md)
- [ALi + Yesung](https://soridata.com/artists/Ali-Yesung.md)
- [Chung ha + Yesung](https://soridata.com/artists/Chung-ha_Yesung.md)
- [Yesung + Bumkey](https://soridata.com/artists/Yesung_Bumkey.md)
- [Yesung + Suran](https://soridata.com/artists/Yesung-Suran.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/yesung1106/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@yesung003)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-A42LutO5qF-fuKopOGx7g)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=261447)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesung)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/예성)