John Park (musician)

For other people with the same name, see John Park (disambiguation).

John Andrew Park (born September 13, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. He was a semi-finalist on the ninth season of American Idol; placing twentieth. He is the runner-up of Superstar K 2, a Korean singing contest held by M.net. He is currently signed to Music Farm Entertainment.^[1]

John Park
John Park at Samsung's Life is Tab showcase event, in January 2011
Born	John Andrew Park (1988-09-13) September 13, 1988 (age 36) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter host
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	R&B Soul Pop
Instruments	Vocals guitar drums piano
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Music Farm
Korean name
Hangul	박성규
Hanja	朴成奎
RR	Bak Seonggyu
MR	Pak Sŏnggyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Early life

Park was born in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and attended Glenbrook North High School.^[2] He was a student at Northwestern University, where he majored in economics.

He was a semi-finalist on the ninth season of American Idol, and also took time off from Northwestern to compete in South Korean talent show Superstar K 2; he ended up finishing second.^[3][4] He was a member of his college a cappella group Purple Haze.^[3]

Park is a fan of Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Gavin DeGraw, Marc Broussard, and Jamie Cullum.^[5]

American Idol season 9

Park auditioned in Chicago for the ninth season of American Idol with "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" by Blood, Sweat and Tears. The judges, especially Shania Twain, were impressed with his audition and he made it to the Hollywood round.

He also performed "Sweet Escape" in the group round along with Haeley Vaughn, Jessica Furney and Kelsey Madsen who was cut that round. He made it to the semi-finals. During the top 24, he sang Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" and John Mayer's "Gravity" for the top 20, but he was eliminated.

Week	Theme	Song Choice	Original Artist	Order	Result
Audition	Auditioner's Choice	I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know	Blood, Sweat and Tears	N/A	Advanced
Hollywood	First Solo (Acapella)	(unaired)		N/A	Advanced
Hollywood	Group Performance	The Sweet Escape	Gwen Stefani	N/A	Advanced
Hollywood	Second Solo	(unaired)		N/A	Advanced
Top 24 (12 men)	Billboard Hot 100 hits	God Bless the Child	Billie Holiday	8	Advanced
Top 20 (10 men)	Billboard Hot 100 hits	Gravity	John Mayer	2	Eliminated

Superstar K 2

After American Idol, Park entered the second season of the Korean talent show Superstar K 2, where he finished second.^[3]

Theme	Song Title and Artist	Results
Group Mission	Even if I die, I can't let you go (2 AM)	Eliminated (Later given a Wild Card)
Rival Mission	Soul Vocal (with Huh Gak)	Advanced (Winner)
Remake Hits (1960–2010)	10 Minutes (Lee Hyo Ri, 2003)	Advanced
Lee Moon Sae Special	In The Rain (Lee Moon Sae)	Advanced
Michael Jackson Special	Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson)	Advanced (Super Save, Highest Scorer)
Judges' Hit Remake	Nights Where I Can't Sleep (Lee Seung Chul)	Advanced (Highest Scorer)
Audiences' Song Choice	Your House (JYP)	Advanced
Finale Free Performance Title Song Performance	Drunken Truth (Exhibition) Always (John Park)	Runner – Up

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [6]
Inner Child	Released: July 3, 2013 Label: Music Farm Format: CD, digital download	1	KOR: 8,209[7]
PSST!	Released: October 30, 2024 Label: Music Farm Format: CD, digital download, LP	51	KOR: 2,938[8]

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [6]
Knock	Released: February 23, 2012 Label: Music Farm Format: CD, digital download	3	KOR: 18,741[9]

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart position		Album
		KOR [10]	K-Pop Hot 100 [11]
"I'm Your Man"	2010	14	—	Non-album single
"Falling"	2012	4	6	Knock
"Childlike"		16	27	A Werewolf Boy OST
"Baby"	2013	23	13	Inner Child
"U"	2014	34	—	Non-album singles
"Thought of You" (네 생각)	2016	27	—
"DND (Do Not Disturb)"	2017	—	—
"Smile"		66	—
"Understand"	2018	—	—
"Let Me Stay"		—	—
"You're My Everything"	2019	—	—
"Hold Me"		—	—
"Somehow Today"	2021	—	—	Lovestruck in the City OST
"I'm Always by Your Side"		—	—	Vincenzo OST
"Here I Am"		—	—	Monthly Magazine Home OST
"Stay" (밤새 서로 미루다) (with Jeon Mi-do)		50	51	Non-album single
"The Day You Were Falling" (니가 내리는 날에)	2022	170	—	Forecasting Love and Weather OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart position		Album
		KOR [10]	K-Pop Hot 100 [11]
"Happy Me" (Huh Gak featuring John Park)	2010	24	—	Huh Gak 1st Mini Album
"Would We Have Changed" (Younha featuring John Park)	2012	38	11	Supersonic
"Forever" (Kim Jin-pyo featuring John Park)	2013	35	—	JP 7
"Halyang Dream" (Gary featuring John Park)	2015	—	—	2002
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

Title	Year	Peak chart position		Album
		KOR [10]	Hot100 K-Pop [11]
"Life is Tab" (R&B version)	2011	—	—	Non-album single
"My Best" (with Huh Gak)		43	—	Glove OST
"Switch" (with Song Hye-kyo)	2012	35	22	Song Hye Kyo Debut
"Alcohol"	2014	71	59	Kang Seung Won Making Project Vol.1 Part.1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart position	Album
		KOR [10]
"I'll Give It All"	2010	39	Superstar K2 Up to 11
"In the Rain"		9
"This Ain't It"	2012	31	Knock
"I Wonder Why"		42
"Good Day"		47
"The Song"		56
"Imagine"	2013	104	Inner Child
"Too Late"		112
"Eraser"		145
"Again" (feat. Bizzy)		162
"Childlike"		181
"No More"		191
"Where"		194
"Sipping My Life" (Bonus track)		199

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"I'm Your Man"	2010	Un­known
"Life is Tab"	2011	Jang Jae-hyeok	[12]
"My Best"		Un­known
"Falling"	2012	Digipedi	[13]
"Switch"		Un­known
"Childlike"
"Baby"	2013	Digipedi	[14]
"Alcohol"	2014	Kang Seung-won	[15]
"U"		Digipedi	[16]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards	Best New Male Solo Artist	"Falling"	Won
2013	12th KBS Entertainment Awards	Show/Variety Male Newcomer Award	Cool Kiz on the Block	Won

Variety shows

Year	Show	Notes
2024	Agents of Mystery	Cast[17]
2023–2024	The Genius Paik 2	Cast[18]
2023	The Genius Paik	Cast; with Kwon Yu-ri, Lee Jang-woo and Baek Jong-won[19]
2022	Doll Singles Gaiden	Host; with Yoo Se-yoon[20]
2021	The Da Vinci Note	Host[21]
2019	Wednesday Music Playlist	Cast[22]
2019	4 Wheeled Restaurant Season 3 (U.S.A.)	Cast[23][24]
2017	King of Mask Singer	Contestant as "Voice Blue Ocean Marine Boy" (Episodes 115–116)[25]
2016–2017	Secretly Greatly	Host
2016	Happy Together	"Global Entertainers" Special
	Please Take Care of My Refrigerator	Episode 88–89
	I Can See Your Voice	Season 3 Episode 8
2015	Happy Together	"I am from America" Special
	2 Days & 1 Night	"We Can See Korea Trip"- guest[26][unreliable source?]
	Two Yoo Project	"Finding Sugar Man" – guest
	Running Man	Episode 265 – Tru-Gary Show 2[27][unreliable source?]
2014		Episode 179–180 – Cooking Battle
	Witch Hunt	Guest[28][unreliable source?]
	Laws of the Jungle	Cast[29][unreliable source?]
	Gag Concert	Guest[30][unreliable source?]
2013–2014	Cool Kiz on the Block	Member of Badminton, Basketball Team & Tae-Kwon-Do
2013	Happy Together	Housekeeping Men Special[31][unreliable source?]
		Global Special
	Running Man	Episode 159 – 1% of Friendship, Couple Race
2023	The Time Hotel	Cast member[32]
2024	Agents of Mystery	Cast member[33]

Personal life

On April 8, 2022, it was confirmed that John will marry his non-celebrity girlfriend with an event on June 12, 2022.^[34] His wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on September 25, 2023.^[35]