# Soridata Artist Profile - Paul Kim

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> **Paul Kim** (폴킴) is a South Korean Male Soloist who debuted solo in 2014. 

He is the 8th most streamed artist in Korea. 

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 406
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Paul Kim (폴킴)
- Full Name: Kim Taehyung ()
- Date of Birth: 1988-02-11
- Zodiac: Aquarius
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Active Since: 2014
- Debut Day: 2014-01-21
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 2.6
*_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: 1742 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: 2026-06-10
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 1
- Most Awarded Song: [Me After You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBzJ0jmHv-4)
- End of year Awards: 5
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 48639 (8° in regards to all artists)
    - First Places: 5
    - Times Charted: 931
    - Times Charted on top 10: 54
    - Songs charted: 27
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 6
- 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): 11,489+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 160,858,941+
- This artist was featured on [Dingo's Killing Voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUSH6ZZ1LU)

# Related Artists

- [ALi + Paul Kim](https://soridata.com/artists/ALi-Paul-Kim.md)
- [Chung ha + Paul Kim](https://soridata.com/artists/Chung-ha_Paul-Kim.md)
- [Paul Kim + Hynn](https://soridata.com/artists/Paul-Kim_Hynn.md)
- [GOMAK BOYS](https://soridata.com/artists/GOMAK-BOYS.md)
- [NuNew + Paul Kim](https://soridata.com/artists/Paul-Kim-NuNew.md)
- [Paul Kim + Han Ji Min](https://soridata.com/artists/Paul-Kim-Han-Ji-Min.md)
- [Yuqi + Paul Kim](https://soridata.com/artists/Yuqi-Paul-Kim.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/pkalbum/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/hoonhoonpaul/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@paulkim.official)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1dlpByUcGnVxlpaZglbVQ)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=752425)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kim_(musician,_born_1988))
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/폴킴)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/paul-kim/id285172014)