Jang's first single as a singer, "Let Me Cry," was released by Pony Canyon in Japan on April 27, 2011. "Let Me Cry" debuted at number 1 on Japan's Oricon
single charts, selling 119,149 copies on its first week of release,
making him the first non-Japanese act to have the debut single to debut
at number 1 on the charts. This won him Best New Artist in the 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards.
In September 2011, Jang teamed up with Big Brother (known as Team H) and released their first Chinese album, an EP titled The Lounge H Vol.1 in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia. The album eventually reached platinum sales. Team H later won Best Selling Album and Best Korean Album at the 2012 IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.
In March 2012, Team H released their second extended play Lounge H (The First Impression) exclusively in Japan. The album contained ten tracks of rock and electronic genre.
In May 2012, Jang released his first full-length Japanese album, titled Just Crazy. It debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon daily singles chart with 53,000 copies sold, and again topped the weekly singles chart with 88,009 copies sold.
Jang became the first male artist to top the Oricon Weekly Chart with a
debut album, and the first time in Oricon history for a foreign male
artist to claim such a feat in Japan.
An eight-page advertisement promoting the album was awarded a prize by the Japanese Press Association. Jang then embarked on his second Asia tour to promote the album.
In February 2013, Team H released their third album titled I Just Wanna Have Fun in both Japan and China, which consists of 12 electronic tracks. The duo held their first concert, 2013 Team H Party - I Just Wanna Have Fun in Japan; and embarked on a series of concert throughout China, Thailand, Taiwan and America.
In May 2013, Jang released his second Japanese album, Nature Boy,
which consists of 11 tracks, including the promotional singles "Nature
Boy" and "Indian Summer" as well as a self-written track titled "Love
Letter". The album debuted at the top of the Oricon Daily Chart, selling 43,000 copies. From 2013 to 2014, Jang embarked on his first Zepp tour which traveled to different cities in Japan for a total of 14 concerts.
In 2014, Jang project band, Team H, released its third full-length album titled Driving to the Highway consisting of fourteen tracks.
The duo then embarked on a concert tour in Japan titled "Raining on
the dance floor", which traveled to four different cities for a total of
eight concerts.
In February 2015, Jang released his third solo album ‘Monochrome’ to celebrate his fifth anniversary in Japan. Monochrome placed third on both the ‘Oricon’ album daily and weekly chart.
He also launched the 2015 "Jang Keun Suk The Cri Show 3" around Japan.
The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely
sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities (Osaka,
Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido) and four arena concerts
in two cities (Kobe, Tokyo), for a total of 16 concerts.
In September 2015, Jang held the "Jang Keun Suk Live in Seoul
2015" concert at the Changchun Stadium in Seoul. It was Jang's first
solo concert in Korea in three years. On October 24 Jang held a concert in Shanghai which was a comeback concert in China since 2013, followed by 4 concerts in Japan in the end of November.
In August 2016, Jang released a new Japanese single titled "Darling, Darling". Jang then kicked off his Asia tour "It's Show Time", performing in Seoul, Japan and China. He went on to unveil two more singles, "Endless Summer" and "Dakishimetai" the same year.
In August 2017, Jang dropped his 4th full-length album Voyage
with a total of 14 songs, including three singles released in 2016. The
album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling
over 21,000 copies the first day.
In March/April 2021, Jang released two new singles entitled "Star" and "Emotion" under EMI Records.
On the March 23, 2022, Jang released a teaser video for the title
track 'Running Through Time' of his new Japanese album 'Blooming'.
On August 11, 2022, Jang released the second teaser video for his
new title track 'Beautiful', which will be released on August 31.
"DISCOGRAPHY" in this Blog
OST Album :
- [2011-12-22] You're Beautiful OST
Albums :
- [2012-05-30] Just Crazy
- [2013-05-29] Nature Boy
- [2015-02-25] Monochrome
- [2017-08-09] Voyage
- [2022-03-30] Blooming
- [2024-02-14] Day dream