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Yoon Jong-shin wins first music show award in 27 years with 'Achim', song also tops royalty charts
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Yoon Jong-shin wins first music show award in 27 years with 'Achim', song also tops royalty charts

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Singer Yoon Jong-shin achieved his first music show win in 27 years with the song 'Achim'.
  • The song 'Achim' became a hit through online word-of-mouth and sing-along videos, leading to its resurgence.
  • Despite only participating in the lyrics, 'Achim' is Yoon Jong-shin's top-earning song through royalties.

Singer Yoon Jong-shin revealed that his song 'Achim' is his most profitable track, despite him only writing the lyrics. Appearing on the KBS 2TV show 'Ok-top-bang-ui Mun-jea-deul' (The Problem Child in a Rooftop Room), Yoon discussed his career and music.

Achim is the song with the highest royalties.

— Yoon Jong-shinDiscussing his most profitable song on the show 'Ok-top-bang-ui Mun-jea-deul'.

He confessed that despite producing many hit songs, he had poor luck with music show timings and never won an award. This changed when 'Achim' secured his first music show win after 27 years in the industry, beating strong competitors like Wanna One and Sunmi.

I had bad luck with music shows, so I never won first place.

— Yoon Jong-shinRecounting his past struggles before achieving his first music show win.

The song's success was fueled by online buzz, particularly videos of male students singing along to its lyrics about heartbreak. This viral phenomenon propelled 'Achim' to a comeback hit. Yoon Jong-shin, who has released over 600 songs in 30 years, expressed surprise that 'Achim' now generates the highest royalties, surpassing 'Instinctively,' which gained popularity later after being covered by Kang Seung-yoon.

The karaoke rooms are big.

— Yoon Jong-shinExplaining the popularity of 'Achim' and 'Instinctively' in karaoke.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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