Sandeul

Sandeul
Sandeul at the Yongsan I-Park Mall in November 2013
Background information
Birth name Lee Jung-hwan
Born (1992-03-20) March 20, 1992
Busan, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s) Singer, actor
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels WM Entertainment
Associated acts B1A4
Website Sandeul on Twitter
Korean name
Hangul 이정환
Hanja 李征桓
Revised Romanization I Jeong-hwan
McCune–Reischauer I Chŏng-hwan
Stage name
Hangul 산들
Revised Romanization Sandeul
McCune–Reischauer Sandŭl

Lee Jung-hwan (Hangul: 이정환; Hanja: 李征桓; born March 20, 1992), better known by his stage name Sandeul (Hangul: 산들) is a South Korean singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group B1A4, that debuted on April 23, 2011. He debuted as a solo artist on October 4, 2016.

Career

Pre-debut

Lee was known to have competed in numerous singing contests prior to training and debut. Lee was approached by a company agent after performing a song by Kim Yeon-woo in a talent show. He then underwent a training period of two years.[1]

2011: Debut with B1A4

After years of training, Lee joined as the main vocalist of B1A4. On April 11, 2011, WM Entertainment unveiled Lee as the fourth member to be revealed after the release of the news of B1A4 along with Jinyoung, Baro and Gongchan's pictures. CNU was revealed the next day.[2][3][4][5][6]

On April 20, 2011, B1A4 released their debut Track "OK" and mini album "Let's Fly" and made their debut on April 23, 2011 on MBC Show! Music Core.[7]

After their debut, B1A4 was invited to star in MTV's reality show Match Up with Block B.[8] As one of the projects for the show, B1A4 filmed a music video for "Only Learnt The Bad Things (못된 것만 배워서)."[9]

2012 - 2014: Musicals and Immortal Songs

In May 2012, Lee made his musical debut in Brothers Were Brave, as Joo Bong. In addition, alongside some of B1A4 members, he competed on Immortal Songs number of times. In December, on the Kim Bum Ryong special, he (with Baro) took the trophy for the first time, performing "The Way to Live Like a Man".

In 2013, he entered Myongji University as a Musical Theater undergraduate.[10] Lee continued competing on Immortal Songs. He took his second win on Yim Jae-beom special, dedicating his performance, "I'm a Candle before You", to his late aunt. In October, Lee was cast for the lead role in the musical The Thousandth Man.

In 2014, Lee was cast for the role of Elvis Presley, in the musical All Shook Up. The musical is a remake of the 2004 American jukebox musical, created from Elvis Presley's songs and based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

2015: Flowering Silky Fowl

In April, Lee competed on Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer. A singing competition program, where masked celebrities sing and their identities are revealed only after being eliminated. Under "Flowering Silky Fowl" stage name he became the runner-up of the first generation and, as a result, gained more recognition for his vocal ability. Afterwards, he joined as a fixed panelist on the program. On episode 17 opening, Lee performed a special duet with his role model, Kim Yeon-woo, singing “Is It Still Beautiful?” by Toy.

Lee got his fourth musical role in July, as Prince Christopher in Cinderella. He also acted in the web drama Loss:Time:Life.

2016: Singing programs and solo debut

Throughout 2016 Lee made numerous appearances on singing competition shows.

He returned to do a single performance on Immortal Songs alone, and later that year with B1A4 as a full group for the first time.

He also returned to King of Mask Singer, as a guest panelist. On October 5, Lee participated in the Special Live: Your Choice! King of Mask Singer – a special live edition that brings back contestants who had been eliminated in previous episodes, and a special Mask King is chosen from live voting. Lee was chosen to be King of the live episode and was able to perform as a challenger in Episode 84. However, on that episode he lost to Ali and Kim Dong-myung of Boohwal.

In April, Lee made his first appearance on Duet Song Festival with Jo Seon-young. They have been the first pair to make 3 consecutive wins, and crowned King of Kings on a special episode. He returned to the show to perform a special duet with Ken(VIXX) on episode 28.

In addition, Lee made collaborations on JTBC's Two Yoo Project Sugar Man and Girl Spirit with Baek A-yeon and Oh My Girl's Seunghee respectively.

In February, Lee was cast for the role of D'Artagnan in the musical The Three Musketeers.

In October 2016, Lee debuted as a solo artist with extended play Stay As You Are, where he first took part in writing and composing songs.

2017–present

In February 2017, Lee became the first male idol to be appointed as an honorary ambassador for the presidential election. He was appointed alongside Kim Yeon-woo, Jung Ae-ri, Jin Se-yeon, Jang Na-ra and Yoon Joo-sang.[11] Later, he joined singer Kim Yeon-woo for a special performance in You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook, urging people to vote. [12] In addition, a video of Kim and Lee performing a remake of the song “As One Says” was released by The National Election Commission. [13]

In June 2017, Lee returned to Immortal Songs 2 on the Park Mi-kyung special, winning his third trophy with the song "Like a Dandelion Spore". A month later, on Summer Spent Together with Friends special, singing Yim Jae-beom's "Flight" as a duet with actor Ahn Se-ha, he took his forth trophy. [14] [15] At the end of that year Lee and Ahn participated in Best of the Best Competition special.[16]

On July 6, 2017, the song “Oppa”, a collaboration of Lee and Yoo Seung-woo, was released.[17] In August, Lee featured in Primary's Pop EP.[18]

In August 2017, Lee was confirmed to play the male lead in the musical “Thirty Something”.[19]

Lee first participated in creating B1A4's album, co-writing and co-composing the song "Like a Child", in the EP Rollin'.

On July 6, 2018, Lee was announced to be the 26th DJ for MBC's late night radio show “Starry Night” starting on July 9.[20][21]

Discography

Extended play

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR

Gaon

Stay As You Are
Track listing
  1. Stay As You Are (그렇게 있어 줘)
  2. Home (집)
  3. My Childhood Story (나의 어릴 적 이야기)
  4. Hey! (야!) (feat. Wheein of Mamamoo)
  5. The Way With You (같이 걷는 길)
5 [22]

Songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(DL)		 Album
KOR
Gaon
[24]
Singles
"Stay As You Are" 2016 21 Stay As You Are
As lead artist
"Hey" (feat. Wheein of Mamamoo) 2016 78 [26] Stay As You Are
Collaborative singles
“Oppa” (with Yoo Seung-woo) 2017 40 [27] N/A
As featured artist
“Pick Up” (Primary feat. Sandeul (B1A4)) 2017 81 [29] Pop
Other charted songs
"Home" 2016 97 [26] Stay As You Are
"The Way With You" 96 [26]
Soundtrack appearances
"Because It Hurts" 2014 51
God's Gift: 14 Days OST
"Swallowing My Heart" 2016 22 [32]
Love in the Moonlight OST
"One More Step" 2017 99
Introverted Boss OST
"Tell Me" — Manhole OST
"Other World" 2018 —
Bad Guys: City of Evil OST
"Here I Am" — Lovely Horribly OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Production & songwriting credits

Year Album Song Length Lyrics Music
Credited With/other Credited With/other
2016
Stay As You Are
 "My Childhood Story"
4:45
 Yes — No Yook Joong Wan
"Ya! (feat. Wheein)"
3:50
 Yes RWAM & Moon Minseok Yes RWAM & Moon Minseok
2017
Rollin'
 "Like A Child"
3:17
 Yes Team Columbus & Baro Yes Team Columbus
2018
5
 "Humming Bird"
2:59
 Yes Team Columbus & SoichiroK Yes Team Columbus

Filmography

Television dramas

Musical theater

Year Title Role
2012 Brother Were Brave Lee Joong-bong
2013 The Thousandth Man Kim Eung-suk
2014 All Shook Up Elvis
2015 Cinderella[35] Prince Christopher
2016 The Three Musketeers d'Artagnan
2017 Thirty Something young Hyun-sik
2018 Iron Mask King Louis XIV/Philippe

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best OST by a Male Artist Because It Hurts (God's Gift - 14 Days OST) Nominated
2015 2015 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Rookie Award for Music Talk Shows King of Masked Singer Nominated

References

  1. ↑ (in Korean) 지방돌 비원에이포(B1A4) “친근함으로 무장했어요”(인터뷰) : 네이트 뉴스. News.nate.com (2011-06-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  2. ↑ Upcoming boyband 'B1A4' introduced through webtoon series. allkpop.com (2011-04-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  3. ↑ B1A4 reveals second member, Baro!. allkpop.com (2011-04-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  4. ↑ B1A4 reveals third member, Gongchan!. allkpop.com (2011-04-12). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  5. ↑ B1A4 reveals their fourth member, Sandeul!. allkpop.com (2011-04-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  6. ↑ B1A4 reveals their final member, CNU!. allkpop.com (2011-04-14). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  7. ↑ B1A4 reveals MV for debut title track, "OK" + mini album. allkpop.com (2011-04-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  8. ↑ Block B & B1A4 to hold a battle of charms on MTV's new reality show, "Match Up". allkpop.com (2011-06-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  9. ↑ Block B and B1A4 to release new MVs through MTV. allkpop.com (2011-06-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.
  10. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul Is Accepted into Myongji University". Nate.
  11. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul Becomes First Male Idol To Be Appointed Honorary Ambassador For The Presidential Election | hellokpop.com". hellokpop. February 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul To Reunite With Kim Yeon Woo For Special "Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook" Performance | soompi.com". soompi. March 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Watch: Kim Yeon Woo And B1A4's Sandeul Inspire People To Vote With Cover Of Lee Juck's "As One Says"| soompi.com". soompi. April 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Watch: B1A4's Sandeul Performs Emotional Duet With Ahn Se Ha On "Immortal Songs"| soompi.com". soompi. July 22, 2017.
  15. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul & actor Ahn Sae Ah join forces on 'Immortal Song'| allkpop.com". allkpop. July 22, 2017.
  16. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul & Ahn Sae Ha shake with emotion on 'Immortal Song'| allkpop.com". allkpop. December 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Watch: B1A4's Sandeul And Yoo Seung Woo Like Being Called "Oppa" In Cute MV| soompi.com". soompi. July 6, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Primary reveals 'Right?' feat. Soyu MV + 'Pop' collab MVs with Solji, JB, Sunggyu, Sandeul, & Yoseob| allkpop.com". allkpop. August 30, 2017.
  19. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul Cast As Male Lead Of Upcoming Musical| soompi.com". soompi. August 17, 2017.
  20. ↑ "B1A4's Sandeul Chosen As New DJ For Long-Running Radio Program "Starry Night"| soompi.com". soompi. July 5, 2018.
  21. ↑ "MBC names B1A4's Sandeul and BTOB's Eunkwang as new radio DJs| allkpop.com". allkpop. July 5, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart Sales, 2016-10-02~2016-10-08". gaonchart.co.kr. Gaon.
  23. ↑ "Gaon 2016 year Album Chart Sales". gaonchart.co.kr. Gaon.
  24. ↑ "Gaon Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean).
  25. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart, 2016-10". Gaon Chart.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gaon Download Chart, 2016-10-02~2016-10-08". gaonchart.co.kr.
  27. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart, 2017-07-02~2017-07-08". gaonchart.co.kr.
  28. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Oppa":
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2017-07-02~2017-07-08". gaonchart.co.kr.
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2017-07-09~2017-07-15". gaonchart.co.kr.
  29. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart, 2017-08-27~2017-09-02". gaonchart.co.kr.
  30. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart, 2017-08-27~2017-09-02". gaonchart.co.kr.
  31. ↑ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  32. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart, 2016-08-28~2016-09-03". gaonchart.co.kr.
  33. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Swallowing My Heart":
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2016-08-28~2016-09-03". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2016-09-04~2016-09-10". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2016-09-11~2016-09-17". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
    • "Gaon Download Chart, 2016-09-18~2016-09-24". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  34. ↑
    • "Gaon Download Chart - Week 6, 2017". gaonchart.co.kr. Gaon. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  35. ↑ Seon, Mi-gyeong. "[단독]서현진·백아연·윤하·엄기준·산들·켄, 뮤지컬 '신데렐라' 확정". OSEN. OSEN. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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