Yoon Jong-shin

Jong-shin worked across singer, film actor, composer, songwriter and record producer. The registers place that work in sentimental ballad. This article rests on 64 catalogued compositions, 68 issued recordings and 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Yoon Jong-shin • Born — 15 October 1969 • Birthplace — South Korea • Genre — * K-pop • ballad • Occupation — * Singer-songwriter • record producer • record executive • Years Active — 1990–present • Label — Mystic Story Yoon Jong-shin (born October 15, 1969) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and the CEO of Mystic Story.

Yoon completed high school at Daewon Foreign Language High School and studied Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University, graduating in 1993. He joined a music club called Sochangsa where he nurtured his love for music.

In 1990, he made his debut as a guest singer for 015B. In 1991, he announced his first album Like the first time we met as a solo singer which drew huge public interest. He has continuously collaborated with 015B since. In 2000, he made his movie debut in Can hardly stop them with a cameo along with the director, Kim. He became active in the field of entertainment and, in 2003, took a role in a sitcom Nonstop 4 where he played a professor. He owns a talent agency/record label called Mystic89, founded in 2001 with Lee Hak-hee. In 2009, he became a regular cast member in Radio Star, the main segment of MBC's Golden Fishery, and in SBS's Family Outing. He has also been a judge for seasons 1–3 and 5–7 of Mnet's talent show Superstar K. In February 2012, he made an appearance on SBS's Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy where he announced that he had Crohn's disease, an incurable inflammatory bowel disease. He became the co-host of SBS's GO Show in April 2012. In February 2013, he became the co-host of SBS's Hwasin - Controller of the Heart. From April 2013, he is the regular host of SBS reality show, Barefooted Friends. In 2017, Red Velvet released a remake of his 1996 song "Rebirth" through SM Station. In 2019, he was a judge in the JTBC talent show Superband. In 2021, he will become the main host of Mysterious Record Shop. The other co-host will be Wendy, Kyuhyun, and Jang Yoon Jung. A live recording of Yoon's song "Uphill Road" was released as a digital single on August 1, 2025.

Yoon married former professional tennis player Jeon Mi-ra in 2006. They have three children Yoon Ra-ik, Yoon Ra-im and Yoon Ra-oh together. In July 2020, Yoon rushed back to Korea to tend to his ill mother, and she died in September of that year.

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • KOR RIAK — KOR Gaon • Like the First Time We Met — * Released: May 12, 1991 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette — rowspan="6" — rowspan="11" • Sorrow — * Released: November 15, 1992 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette • The Natural — * Released: August 12, 1993 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette • Coexistence — * Released: April 1995 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette • Stupid — * Released: April 1996 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette • Six Years — * Released: November 1996 * Label: Daeyoung AV * Format: CD, cassette • The Latter Half — * Released: January 14, 1999 * Label: EMI Korea * Format: CD, cassette — 8 — *KOR: 107,274 • A Guidebook for Brokenhearted People — * Released: March 23, 2000 * Label: EMI Korea * Format: CD, cassette — 8 — *KOR: 98,128 • Dusk — * Released: July 6, 2001 * Label: Corner Stone * Format: CD, cassette — — • Behind the Smile — * Released: April 12, 2005 * Label: T Entertainment * Format: CD, cassette — 6 — *KOR: 23,334 • Round the Village — * Released: November 17, 2008 * Label: Danal Entertainment * Format: CD, digital download — rowspan="11" • Monthly Project 2010 Yoon Jong Shin (行步 2010 Yoon Jong Shin) — * Released: October 28, 2010 * Label: CJ E&M * Format: CD, digital download — — • Monthly Project 2011 Yoon Jong Shin (行步 2011 尹鍾信) — * Released: December 6, 2011 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — — • Monthly Project 2012 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 3, 2013 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — — • Monthly Project 2013 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: December 12, 2013 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 7 — * KOR: 4,132 • Monthly Project 2014 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 16, 2015 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 4 — * KOR: 1,916 • Monthly Project 2015 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 20, 2016 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 12 — * KOR: 1,754 • Monthly Project 2016 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 19, 2017 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 23 — * KOR: 1,391 • Monthly Project 2017 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 26, 2018 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 24 — * KOR: 1,614 • Monthly Project 2018 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 11, 2019 * Label: Mystic89 * Format: CD, digital download — 28 — * KOR: 1,302 • Monthly Project 2019 Yoon Jong Shin — * Released: January 30, 2020 * Label: Mystic Story * Format: CD, digital download — 39 • "—" denotes release did not chart.

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • KOR • "Can't Live Without You" — 2010 — 82 — Monthly Project 2010 Yoon Jong Shin • "King of Regret" (후회 王) (feat. Kim Yeon-woo) — 88 • "By Instinct" (feat. Swings) — 14 • "The Temperature of Separation" — 93 • "Bar Bar Bar" (바바바 (부제: 화해송)) (feat. Lee Sang-soon) — 2011 — 97 — Monthly Project 2011 Yoon Jong Shin • "Living Without You" (feat. Lee Hyun-woo) — 78 • "Two Farewells" (feat. Lee Jung) — 66 • "Horse Tail" (feat. Jeong Joon-Il) — 86 • "Your Thought" (feat. Kim Greem, Shinchireem) — 94 • "My Ugly Love" — 76 • "Late Autumn" (feat. Kyuhyun) — 58 • "Age" — 52 • "Feel Good" (느낌 Good) (feat. Jang Jae-in) — 2012 — 45 — Monthly Project 2012 Yoon Jong Shin • "Festival for Missing" (feat. Horan) — 89 • "Uphill Road" (with Jung-in) — 41 • "Bad" (with Yoon Sang) — 98 • "Merry Christmas Only You" — 89 • "History of Love" — 2013 — 92 — Monthly Project 2013 Yoon Jong Shin • "Tomorrow" (with Sung Si-kyung) — 17 • "No Schedule" (with Kim Yeon-woo) — 49 • "Going to You" (with Kim Bum-soo) — 52 • "Red Bean Sherbet" (with J Rabbit) — 97 • "Goodbye" (with Park Ji-yoon) — 60 • "Annie" (with Sweet Sorrow) — 95 • "One Day Long Ago" (with Lee Juck) — 78 • "Wild Boy" (with Kang Seung-yoon, Mino) — 2014 — 32 — Monthly Project 2014 Yoon Jong Shin • "New You" (with Lim Seul-ong) — 61 • "Bat Girl" (with Younha) — 89 • "Goyo" (with Jeong Joon-Il) — 58 • "Happy Tears" — 93 • "Exhausted" (with Kwak Jin-eon, Kim Feel) — 13 • "The Color" (with Beenzino) — 2015 — 54 — Monthly Project 2015 Yoon Jong Shin • "Good Night" (with Eddy Kim) — 82 • "Over Sleep" (with Ken of VIXX) — 2016 — 88 — Monthly Project 2016 Yoon Jong Shin • "Wi-Fi" (with Zico) — 2017 — 79 — Monthly Project 2017 Yoon Jong Shin • "Like It" — 1 • "Yes" (with Minseo) — 1 • "The Coldness" (with Jung-in) — 84 • "Trace" — 9 — Hyena on the Keyboard OST

• Year — Title — Note • 2007–2019 — Radio Star — Host • 2008 — Family Outing — Member • 2013 — Barefoot Friends — Member • 2016–2017 — Secretly Greatly — Host • 2017–2018, 2023 — Heart Signal — Host • 2018–present — Movieroom — Host • 2019 — Super Hearer — Hearer • 2019 — Superband — judge • 2021 — Painting Thieves — Cast Member • 2021 — Sea of Hope — Cast member / Music • 2021 — Superband 2 — judge • 2021 — Poetry that become a song — Host • 2021 — ZipCon Live — Host • 2022 — Mischief Job 2 — Host • 2022 — Youth Star — Youth mentor • 2022 — New Festa — Host • 2023 — Phantom Singer 4 — Judge • 2023 — Sing Again 3 — Judge

• Year — Title — Role — Ref. Reference(s) • 2022 — Spectator +: Short Buster — Host

2007 "Project Makeover" (Movie) Mr.Yoon

Yoon Jong-shin was born on 15 October 1969 in Jinhae district. Jong-shin held the nationality of South Korea. Jong-shin was educated at Yonsei University. Married to: Jeon Mi-ra. Jong-shin worked as singer, film actor, composer and songwriter, and the authority record catalogues a further 1 occupations under the same name, among them record producer. Jong-shin was active from 1990. The fields Jong-shin worked in include sentimental ballad. Jong-shin played the piano and the voice. Jong-shin worked in Korean.

• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 1995 — SBS Star Awards — Radio MC Award • 1999 — Mnet Video Music Awards — Best Ballad — "Send Off" • 2005 — MBC Drama Awards — Excellence Award in Radio — 2 O'Clock Date • 2009 — MBC Entertainment Awards — Excellence Award in Comedy or Sitcom — Taehee, Hyekyo, Jihyun! • 2011 — Cyworld Digital Music Awards — Tam Eum Mania Award (January) — "Happy New Year...With You" • MBC Entertainment Awards — Producer's Award • 2012 — Top Excellence Award in Variety — Radio Star • 2014 — Top Excellence Award in Music or Talk Show • 2016 — Special Award in Music or Talk Show • 2017 — Gaon Chart Music Awards — K-Pop Contribution Award • Popular Singer of the Year — "Like It" • Melon Music Awards — Ballad Award • Mnet Asian Music Awards — Best Male Artist • Best Vocal Performance • 2018 — Golden Disc Awards — Digital Song Bonsang • Seoul Music Awards — Record of the Year in Digital Release • MBC Entertainment Awards — Top Excellence Award in Music or Talk Show — Radio Star • 2019 — Genie Music Awards — The Innovator Award — Monthly Project album series