| Tony An | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | An Seung Ho |
| Also known as | Tony |
| Born | June 7, 1978 |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, R&B, dance |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | TN Entertainment |
| Associated acts | SMTown, H.O.T., JTL |
| Website | Official Site |
| Stage name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 토니안 |
| Revised Romanization | Toni An |
| McCune–Reischauer | Toni An |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 안승호 |
| Hanja | 安勝浩 |
| Revised Romanization | An Seung-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Sŭng-ho |
Tony An (토니안) (born on June 7, 1978) is a South Korean singer best known for being part of the popular K-pop boy band H.O.T.. After H.O.T. disbanded in 2001, its ex-members Tony An, Jang Woo Hyuk and Lee Jae Won formed the dance music trio JTL. Eventually, JTL unofficially disbanded as each member, including Tony, released their solo material. He is also the CEO of TN Entertainment, a music entertainment company; Skoolooks, a school uniform company; and Shinenihs, an undergarment company. Popular comedians Jung Hyung Don and Jo Hye Ryun are both part of TN Entertainment. He studied stage performance at the graduate level at Dongguk University.[1]
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Recently, Tony made his hair shorter like in his late H.O.T - JTL days and changed his genre to fast paced soft rock songs and gave a speech, telling about his views on his former H.O.T. members, and how he tried to contact them. He also released a music video title "Melody" featuring SAT from his special album, "Untold Story".
On April 28, 2008 Tony came back with a new special album entitled "Look Blank", with its principle song "Wallet". In September 2010, Tony completed his 2-year army duty and released a new song, "Going To Meet You Now".
After Tony wanted to pursue a solo career during his JTL days, he created his own label, Tn Entertainment. Artists under this label are Tony and former Click-B member Yoo Ho Suk, going under the name "Evan", along with Jung Juri, Shin Bongsun and others. South Korean comedian and entertainer Jeong Hyeong-don is also the member of this company. Tn Entertainment has also debuted a new boyband named SMASH, who released a PV for their song "비상[Emergency]" on August 14, 2008. On November 4, 2008, Tony left for military service so on November 21, 2008, Tony had a special album released.He demobilized from the army on 14,sept.2010 and immediately released a digital single "right now i'm going to see you" for free download and showed up in several TV shows.By the end of the year Tony An went to Hangzhou,China for a fashion award and found himself still very popular.After being a permanent guest in KBS's variety show Oh! My School, he left the show to be a MC of Mcountdown, the popular music show every Thursday. The mini album <Topstar> came as the 2011's spring did, it was a challenge because the title song<topstar> was very different from the style tony used to have and it was a present from his friend in the army, the well-known singer\songwritter Psy. The album worked out fine and in the summer Tony went to China and Japan for fanmeeting. After constant working Tony went on a vacation with his friend from the army Kim Jae Deok, the former member of Sechskies.
When JTL was created, Tony was the lead vocal for the group and not just a back-up vocal and English rapper. H.O.T. fans had mixed feelings for JTL. Many of JTL's music videos were boycotted. However, things changed around when JTL held a 'Guerilla Concert' in front of 12,000 fans.[2]
Behind The Clouds
Untold Story
Look Blank(우두커니)
Top star
Volume 1 - Believe
Volume 2 - Yutzpracachia's Love