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Lee Chang-min (singer)

South Korean singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ6781593 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lee Chang-min (Korean: 이창민; born May 1, 1986), most often credited as Changmin, is a South Korean singer. He studied at Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts and is the oldest member of the K-pop group 2AM. He was also a member of duo Homme, along with Lee Hyun.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Filmography

Television

Musical theatre

Radio

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Lee is a devout Roman Catholic.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lee Chang-min (singer)” as south Korean singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chang-min, singer and South.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chang-min, singer and South providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lee Chang-min (singer)”, the useful work is to connect “south Korean singer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6781593. The first chronological checks are 1986.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Lee Chang-min (singer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.