# Soridata Artist Profile - Young K

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> **Young K** (영케이) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol. He  started in group Day6. 

Joined JYP in 2010 with Sungjin and Wonpil. He initially trained as a vocalist and guitarist, but was later assigned bass and rapping upon debuting on Day6. 

Young K is known as a prolific songwriting, participating extensively in lyrics and composition for Day6 and other artists.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 1120
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Young K (영케이)
- Aliases: Brian Kang
- Full Name: Kang Younghyun (강영현)
- Date of Birth: 1993-12-19
- Zodiac: Sagittarius
- Height: ~180 cm
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: Day6
- Active Since: 2015
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 0.3
*_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: 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: 2026-08-07
- 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): 109,903+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 32,468,144+

# Related Artists

- [Day6](https://soridata.com/artists/Day6.md)
- [DAY6 (Even of Day)](https://soridata.com/artists/Even-of-day.md)
- [Young K + Song Heejin](https://soridata.com/artists/Young-K-Song-Heejin.md)
- [Young K + Park Moonchi](https://soridata.com/artists/Young-K_Park-Moonchi.md)
- [ONETOP](https://soridata.com/artists/ONETOP.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/from_youngk/)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=895389)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_K)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/Young%20K)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/young-k/1583152693)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/34HmvZztvxqAo2mBSAieRe)