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'''Brian Joo''' ([[Korean name]]: Joo Min-gyu ({{
== Early life and education ==
Brian Joo was born on January 10, 1981, in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] to Korean immigrant parents.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-01-03|title=브라이언 "가수였던 어머니 피 물려받았죠"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001511395
While attending [[Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)|Holy Spirit High School]], a friend signed him up for an audition with Brothers Entertainment without Joo's knowledge. The company has discovered several Korean-Americans who wish to pursue an entertainment career in South Korea. After several months of training, he was sent to [[SM Entertainment]] in South Korea, and on December 9, 1999, made his debut as one of the two members of [[Fly to the Sky]], along with [[Hwanhee]], at the age of 17.
Joo was accepted to [[Rutgers University]], but did not end up attending due to the demands of his music career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Mai|date=2011-09-02|title=Just Waiting for the Right Time: An Interview with Brian Joo|url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa-just_waiting_for_the_right_time_an_interview_with_brian_joo_17340.aspx.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Asia Pacific Arts|publisher=University of Southern California|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020051503/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa-just_waiting_for_the_right_time_an_interview_with_brian_joo_17340.aspx.html |archive-date=October 20, 2018 }}</ref> He later enrolled in [[Dongguk University]], where he graduated from the Department of Theatre and Film.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
== Fly to the Sky ==
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In August 2009, Fly to the Sky decided to work on separate projects and have become solo singers under different labels.
On April 14, 2014, Brian Joo announced on his Twitter that Fly to the Sky will be making their comeback in May. The band later signed up with H2 Media, the agency of member Hwanhee.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.skyedaily.com/news/news_spot.html?ID=17543 | title=플라이 투 더 스카이, 9집 앨범으로 컴백 | access-date=April 7, 2018 | archive-date=April 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182623/http://www.skyedaily.com/news/news_spot.html?ID=17543 | url-status=live }}</ref> Their 9th new album "Continiuum" has been released and the main title track is "You You You".<ref>[http://www.soompi.com/2014/04/30/fly-to-the-sky-returns-with-continuum-on-may-20/#.U301kfldVT0 Fly to the Sky Returns with “Continuum” on May 20] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408224436/https://www.soompi.com/2014/04/30/fly-to-the-sky-returns-with-continuum-on-may-20/#.U301kfldVT0 |date=April 8, 2018 }} Soompi.com (April 30, 2014). Retrieved on May 20, 2014.</ref> The single peaked at number one on Gaon digital chart.<ref>[http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/index.php?nationGbn=T¤t_week=22¤t_year=2014&chart_Time=week Gaon Digital Chart Week 22 of 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601000545/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/index.php?nationGbn=T¤t_week=22¤t_year=2014&chart_Time=week |date=2014-06-01 }} Gaon.co.kr (May 2014). Retrieved May 31, 2014</ref>
Although being on hiatus for five years, Hwanhee and Brian expressed their good teamwork and solid friendship in an interview, telling "There were rumors about us being gay and liking men, but it's not like that. We're that close so people feel that way about us".<ref>[http://www.soompi.com/2014/06/11/fly-to-the-sky-rumors-that-we-are-a-couple-are-better-than-rumors-of-us-fighting Fly to the Sky: “Rumors That We Are a Couple Are Better than Rumors of Us Fighting”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409071716/https://www.soompi.com/2014/06/11/fly-to-the-sky-rumors-that-we-are-a-couple-are-better-than-rumors-of-us-fighting/ |date=April 9, 2018 }} Soompi.com (June 11, 2014). Retrieved on June 15, 2014.</ref>
== Solo career ==
=== 2006-2008: ''Show! Music Core'' and solo debut with ''The Brian'' ===
In May 2006, Joo became a co-host of ''[[Show! Music Core]]'' alongside actress [[Jang Mi-inae]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2006-05-07|title=브라이언-장미인애 '쇼! 음악중심' 시청률 상승세|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2006050707531224094
Joo released his debut solo album, ''[[The Brian]]'', on December 18, 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2006-12-20|title=브라이언, 감성 발라드로 여심 유혹|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001502011
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The album debuted at #7 on the monthly Recording Industry Association of Korea album chart and sold 15,376 copies by the end of December.<ref name="2006_12_RIAK">{{cite web|title=2006. 12월 - 가요음반 판매량|url=http://miak.or.kr/stat/Kpop_200612.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228162929/http://miak.or.kr/stat/Kpop_200612.htm|archive-date=February 28, 2009|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko}}</ref> The album's lead single, a ballad titled "Don't Go", topped various South Korean real-time music charts upon its release<ref name=":0" /> and was awarded first place on ''[[Inkigayo]]'' on January 21.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-01-21|title=브라이언, 솔로데뷔후 첫 '인기가요' 1위 감격|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2007012116140542185
Joo left his position on ''Show! Music Core'' in November 2007 to focus on overseas promotions.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2007-11-05|title=빅뱅 탑, '쇼! 음악중심' 새 MC..브라이언 1년반만에 하차|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2007110516255678125
=== 2009-
On December 10, 2009, Joo released his second solo album, ''Manifold'', which sold 15,000 pre-order copies.<ref name="newsen_200912091744351001">{{Cite web|date=2009-12-09|title=브라이언 새 앨범 中사이트 '전곡 유출' 소속사 "경찰 조사중"|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200912091744351001
Joo signed an exclusive contract with [[Jellyfish Entertainment]] in October 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-25|title=브라이언, 소속사 이적..성시경·박효신과 한솥밥|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2010102508093723044|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Star News|language=ko|archive-date=September 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922060405/https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2010102508093723044|url-status=live}}</ref>
On April 7, 2011, Joo released his first mini album, ''Unveiled'', including for its lead single an emotional ballad titled "Love Is Over Now".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-07|title=브라이언, 1년 만에 첫 무대, 감성+애절··여전한 가창력|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2011040717061151123
Upon returning to South Korea, Joo made his musical theater debut in August in a Seoul production of ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', in which he played the role of Mark.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-06-28|title=가수 브라이언, '렌트'로 뮤지컬 데뷔|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&oid=001&aid=0005135965&sid1=001|access-date=2021-02-24|website=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|language=ko|archive-date=November 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117174445/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0005135965?sid=001|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, Joo performed as a principal cast member representing the Korean culture in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]-style musical called Loving the Silent Tears and based on [[Supreme Master Ching Hai]]'s poetry collection to commemorate the 19th Anniversary of Supreme Master Ching Hai Day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Liz-Callaway-Debbie-Gravitte-Jon-Secada-and-More-Set-for-LOVING-THE-SILENT-TEARS-in-LA-1027-20120808#sthash.XlzDBxZl.dpbs|title=Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Jon Secada and More Set for LOVING THE SILENT TEARS in LA, 10/27|author=BWW News Desk|date=8 August 2012|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=September 29, 2012|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116102911/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Liz-Callaway-Debbie-Gravitte-Jon-Secada-and-More-Set-for-LOVING-THE-SILENT-TEARS-in-LA-1027-20120808#sthash.XlzDBxZl.dpbs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silenttearsmusical.com |title=Loving the Silent Tears... - A New MusicalLoving the Silent Tears… - A New Musical |work=Loving the Silent Tears... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926064004/http://www.silenttearsmusical.com/ |archive-date=2012-09-26 }}</ref>
== Discography ==
{{See also|Fly to the Sky discography}}
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! style="width:3em;" |<small>[[Gaon Music Chart|KOR]]</small><br /><ref name="gaon_album_chart">Gaon Album Chart positions:
* ''Manifold'': {{cite web|title=2010년 1주차 Album Chart|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2010&targetTime=1&nationGbn=T|url-status=live|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215052221/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2010&targetTime=1&nationGbn=T|archive-date=2019-02-15}}
* ''Unveiled'': {{cite web|title=2011년 16주차 Album Chart|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=16&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week
* ''ReBorn Part 1'': {{cite web|title=2012년 4주차 Album Chart|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2012&targetTime=4&nationGbn=T
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* KOR: 4,466<ref>{{cite web|title=2011년 04월 Album Chart|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=month&hitYear=2011&targetTime=04&nationGbn=T
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! scope="row" |''ReBorn Part 1''
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==Filmography==
▲=== Television shows ===
▲{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2006–2007
|
| Host
| <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''[[Strong Heart (TV series)|Strong Heart]]''
| Regular guest▼
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-21|title='컴백' 환희, 27일 '강심장 '서 브라이언과 만남 '입담대결'|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200910211709401001
▲|Regular guest
▲|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-21|title='컴백' 환희, 27일 '강심장'서 브라이언과 만남 '입담대결'|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200910211709401001|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Newsen|language=ko}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''[[Welcome Back to School]]''
| Regular cast▼
| <ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2014-06-13|title=성동일-김종민-브라이언, '학교 다녀오겠습니다' 예능 출격|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20140613001109|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=The Herald Business|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614172913/http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20140613001109 |archive-date=June 14, 2014 }}</ref>▼
▲|Regular cast
|-
▲|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2014-06-13|title=성동일-김종민-브라이언, '학교 다녀오겠습니다' 예능 출격|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20140613001109|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=The Herald Business|language=ko}}</ref>
! scope="row" | 2021
| ''Cooking - The Birth of a Cooking King''
| Contestant
| <ref>{{cite web|author=Yoo Jung-min|date=November 25, 2021|title=브라이언X정세운X김승수, 요섹남들의 숨막히는 대결 ('쿡킹')|trans-title=Brian X Jeong Se-woon X Kim Seung-soo, a breathtaking confrontation between sexy men ('Cooking')|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000513755|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103031748/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000513755|archive-date=January 3, 2022|access-date=November 25, 2021|publisher=Ten Asia|language=ko|via=Naver}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| ''Cleaning Freak Brian''
| Host
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Rosa |date=March 13, 2024 |title='청소광 브라이언' MBC 파일럿 편성 [공식] |trans-title='Brian the Cleaning Maniac' MBC Pilot Scheduled [Official] |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/broadcasting-service/10963137 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]] |language=ko}}</ref>
|}
===
{| class="wikitable
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! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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! scope="row" | 2011
| ''[[The Greatest Love (South Korean TV series)|The Greatest Love]]''
|Kang-min (cameo)
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-17|title=브라이언, 유인나 위해 '최고의 사랑' 카메오 출연|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01777766596249904&mediaCodeNo=258
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''[[My Beautiful Bride]]''
| [[Chaebol]] man (cameo)▼
| <ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-19|title=플라이투더스카이 브라이언, '아름다운 나의 신부' 깜짝 출연|url=http://enews24.tving.com/news/article?nsID=787470|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Enews|language=ko}}</ref>▼
▲|[[Chaebol]] man (cameo)
▲|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-19|title=플라이투더스카이 브라이언, '아름다운 나의 신부' 깜짝 출연|url=http://enews24.tving.com/news/article?nsID=787470|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Enews|language=ko}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| ''[[Yeonnam-dong 539]]''
| Lion
| <ref>{{cite web|date=December 20, 2017|script-title=ko:[공식] 브라이언, 연기자 겸업 선언…'연남동539' 캐스팅 확정|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3185256|website=News1|language=ko|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028150637/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3185256|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
===Web series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders
|-
! scope="col" | Year
|''No Choice But to Meet You''▼
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
|Brian▼
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-31|title='만날수밖에없는' 김정남·양정원·브라이언, 폭소 뿜뿜 코믹 케미|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201811010100002910022019&servicedate=20181031|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko}}</ref>▼
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
▲| ''No Choice But to Meet You''
▲| Brian
▲| <ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-31|title='만날수밖에없는' 김정남·양정원·브라이언, 폭소 뿜뿜 코믹 케미|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201811010100002910022019&servicedate=20181031
|}
==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2022
| '''K-Pop Connection''
| Special DJ
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=003&aid=0011135679|author=Hwang Ji-hyang|title=플라이투더스카이 브라이언, 영어 라디오방송 스페셜 DJ|trans-title=Fly to the Sky Brian, Special DJ for English Radio|publisher=[[Newsis]]|via=[[Naver]]|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=November 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117174446/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=003&aid=0011135679|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
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