51 Facts About Kang Daniel

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Kang Daniel is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, television host, and businessman who rose to fame in early 2017 as the first-place winner of the second season of reality competition series Produce 101.

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Kang Daniel is a former member of the show's resulting boy group Wanna One that, at the time, was a major power player in the K-pop industry.

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Kang Daniel then released the third and final chapter of his "color trilogy", Yellow, which topped the Gaon Album Chart and contained his first domestic number one single titled "Antidote".

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Alongside his music career, Kang Daniel appeared as the host of Mnet's Street Woman Fighter, the spin-off show Street Dance Girls Fighter, and the sequel Street Man Fighter in addition to the one-episode television special titled Be the SMF that preceded it.

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Kang Daniel made his acting debut through the first-ever Korean Disney+ Star original series, Rookie Cops.

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Kang Daniel is the recipient of numerous accolades including four Seoul Music Awards, one Melon Music Award, one Circle Chart Music Award, and a Guinness World Record.

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Kang Daniel's acting debut earned him various accolades including two Asia Artist Awards, one Blue Dragon Series Award, and a Seoul International Drama Award.

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Kang Daniel has made the Gallup Korea list of Most Preferred Idols in 2017,2018, and 2019, the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list in 2019 and 2022, and appeared on People's list of talented emerging artists making their mark in 2022.

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Kang Daniel was born as Kang Eui-geon in Busan, South Korea as the only child of his family.

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Kang Daniel began dancing in eighth grade through a b-boy club he joined due to a teacher's suggestion and later attended a dance academy in Busan called Nataraja Academy.

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Kang Daniel initially started as a trainee under B2M Entertainment until the company's acquisition and then became a trainee under MMO Entertainment.

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In 2017, Kang Daniel was one of the five contestants who represented MMO Entertainment on the second season of Mnet's Produce series.

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Kang Daniel is known for finishing first in the final episode of the survival show and becoming the center of the temporary boy group Wanna One that was initially managed by YMC Entertainment and later managed by Swing Entertainment.

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Kang Daniel was signed as a cast member for SBS's newly launched variety show Master Key, for which he was awarded the variety rookie award at the 2017 SBS Entertainment Awards.

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Kang Daniel was later awarded the variety rookie award at the 2018 MBC Entertainment Awards for his work at the respective show.

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Kang Daniel continued to promote with Wanna One, including as a part of Wanna One's unit "Triple Position" which won the Best Unit Award at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards for the single "Kangaroo".

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On January 31,2019, it was reported that Kang Daniel would move to LM Entertainment after the end of his activities with Wanna One.

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However, after a week of promoting, Konnect announced that Kang Daniel would take a break to focus on his health.

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In 2020, Kang returned to scheduled activities with travel reality show Hello, Daniel which premiered on March 4.

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Kang Daniel joined the lineup for KCON:TACT 2020 Summer and the Pepsi Online Showcase, for which he hosted the opening and later performed as Pepsi's global K-pop partner.

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In September 2021, Kang Daniel was featured on Japanese musician Miyavi's "Hush Hush" from the studio album Imaginary.

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Kang Daniel joined the lineup for "Cyworld BGM 2021", a large-scale project to remake the top 100 BGM songs that were most popular on the Cyworld platform in the 2000s.

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That same month, Kang Daniel was re-selected as the fixed MC for the spin-off show Street Dance Girls Fighter.

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Two months later, Kang Daniel embarked on the first concert tour of his solo career, performing in multiple different cities throughout Asia, Europe, and North America between August 2022 and April 2023 before ending off with encore concerts in Seoul on July 1 and 2.

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Kang Daniel is set to have a comeback on June 19 and was scheduled to perform at the 2023 Summer Sonic Festival on August 19 and 20.

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Kang Daniel has been described as "one of the highest-earning and most significant male solo acts in K-pop" with his domestic popularity earning him the nickname "Nation's Center" from South Korean media.

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In 2018, Kang Daniel was appointed to be an honorary ambassador for the special Korean cultural exhibit at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

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In October 2020, Kang Daniel participated in the 4352nd anniversary ceremony of Korea's National Foundation Day held by the Korean government at Gyeongbokgung Palace as the only singer invited among 30 national figures, including the prime minister of South Korea.

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An Shinae of South Korean doo-wop trio The Barberettes divulged that Kang Daniel was the inspiration for their lead single "SHOO".

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In January 2019, Kang Daniel set a Guinness World Record for the "fastest time to gain one million followers on Instagram".

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Kang Daniel then became the first male celebrity, globally, to front a campaign for Givenchy Beauty after being chosen as its brand ambassador.

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Kang Daniel has been recognized for his marketing power, having topped the Korean Business Research Institute's 'Male Model Brand Power Ranking' and 'Individual Boy Group Members Brand Power Ranking'; becoming the first artist in history to spend 13 consecutive months at the top of the latter.

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Kang Daniel's influence is further seen through webtoons as the writer of Ideal Relationship confirmed that Kang was the inspiration behind the character Noah's physical appearance.

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The first episode of Kang's travel reality show Hello, Daniel caused a surge in sales for the travel guide If You Want to Live in Portland and led to increased success for the publishing company.

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In June 2019, Kang Daniel established two companies named Konnect Entertainment and KD Corporation Ltd.

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Kang Daniel has maintained numerous endorsement deals in various industries throughout his career.

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In July 2019, Kang Daniel became the model for South Korean telephone company, KT Corporation, advertising the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Aura Red.

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In January 2020, Kang Daniel became the new brand ambassador for German sportswear brand Puma.

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In February 2020, Kang Daniel collaborated with KakaoTalk's emoticon service, Kakao Friends.

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In December 2020, Givenchy Beauty announced that Kang would continue to be its official model for another year and divulged its best selling item in 2020 as the Teint Couture Cushion.

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In January 2021, Kang Daniel was selected as the brand ambassador for global beauty brand Mernel.

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Later that month, Mexicana Chicken announced that Kang Daniel would continue to be the face of its restaurant chain for another year by confirming the extension of his modeling contract.

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Kang Daniel expanded his activities as the brand ambassador of Givenchy Beauty by modeling the brand's newly launched perfume collection, composed of nine unique scents.

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In January 2022, Kang Daniel released a collection in collaboration with Wonderwall ArtLab and was selected as the brand ambassador for skincare brand Bio Heal.

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In January 2018, two months after Kang Daniel was seen wearing a duffel coat designed by LAP to the Incheon International Airport, it was announced that he became the official model of the fashion brand.

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Later that year, Kang Daniel was chosen as the newest muse for Chanel Fine Jewelry, making him the second Korean male celebrity to take on the role.

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In March 2019, Kang Daniel returned to the cover of Elle Korea as Louis Vuitton's new style icon.

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In September 2019, Kang Daniel was chosen to be the cover model for the prestigious September issues of fashion magazines Arena Homme+ Korea and Vogue Korea.

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Kang Daniel was chosen as a model for Calvin Klein Jeans for its special 50th anniversary celebration.

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Two days later, the Seungil Hope Foundation reported its website crashed due to exceeded traffic and there were nearly a thousand donations since Kang Daniel participated in the challenge.

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Two weeks after Kang Daniel was revealed as the exhibition portrait model, Cho divulged the orphan photographed with Kang Daniel was adopted.