Jay Park (Park Jaebeom

Jay Park is an Korean American recording artist, dancer, rapper, music producer, b-boy, songwriter, composer, model, actor, and a member of the Seattle-based b-boy crew Art of Movement (AOM). Park rose to fame in the late 2000s as the leader of South Korean boy band 2PM, formed by record label JYP Entertainment in 2008. Park left 2PM and returned to his hometown Seattle in September 2009, after comments he wrote when he was a 17-year-old trainee in 2005 towards Korea, taken out of context and severely misinterpreted by the Korean media, were leaked by a netizen who hacked his MySpace account. His first appearance since his departure was a cover video of B.o. B's hit Nothin' on You with his own rap and lyrics, filmed in his bathroom, and posted on YouTube in March 2010, which went viral and reached over 2,000,000 views in less than 24 hours. Park returned to South Korea in June 2010, for the filming of Hype Nation, while being represented by Digital Media Wire's CEO and entertainment attorney Ned Sherman. Park signed a contract with Sidus HQ in July 2010, one of the largest agencies in South Korea, for his Korean activities, redebuting as a solo singer and an actor. Park's cover of Nothin' on You led Warner Music Korea to release his first EP, Count On Me in July 2010, a cover EP of Nothin' on You, with lyrics written by Park himself. The EP debuted at number one on the Gaon chart. In April 2011, Park released his first Korean mini-album Take A Deeper Look, which went on to become one of the most successful albums of the year, garnering sales of over 70,000 copies, and winning a Disk Bonsang (Records of the Year) at the 26th Golden Disk Awards. In February 2012, Park released his first full-length Korean album New Breed, debuting at number one on the Gaon chart and reaching it twice, and sold over 80,000 copies in ten days.