Key

Person · Open Library

Born

1849

Died

1926

Works

104

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Film & TV

Acting · Daegu, South Korea

Kim Ki-bum (김기범; born September 23, 1991), known professionally as Key (키), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, actor, fashion designer and television presenter under SM Entertainment. He is a member of the South Korean boy group SHINee. Aside from group activities, as a singer, he has collaborated with various artists, and formed the duo Toheart with Woohyun of Infinite. He made his…

Known for

• K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30 — Self - Host2025
• The Blank Menu for You — Self2025
• 2024 KEYLAND ON : AND ON — Self2024
• SHINee WORLD VI [PERFECT ILLUMINATION] JAPAN FINAL LIVE in TOKYO DOME2024
• Hyell's Club — Self2024
• Hyoyeon Who Buys Me Food Well — Self2024
• G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) IN THE KEYLAND JAPAN — Self2023
• 2023 SHINee FANMEETING ‘Everyday is SHINee DAY’ : [Piece of SHINE] — Self2023
• SHINee World VI: Perfect Illumination — Self2023
• My SHINee World — Self2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

South Korea

Active from

1991

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

349,801

Total plays

18,920,289

There are several artists named Key: 1) Kim Ki-bum (Hangul: 김기범) (born September 23, 1991), better known by his stage name Key (Hangul: 키) , is a South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, songwriter, actor, fashion designer and television presenter. Born and raised in Daegu, South Korea, he later travelled to Seoul after a successful audition at the S.M. National Tour Audition Casting. In May 2008, Key debuted as a member of South Korean boy group SHINee, who later went on to become one of the best-

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,439x

2. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,081x

3. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

   · 2017 · cited 5,480x

4. Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries

   · 2018 · cited 4,217x

5. Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms

   · 2005 · cited 3,704x

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Quotes

• “I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
• “Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.”
• “Pierre Del Rio: What happens when she reaches 100%? Professor Norman: I have no idea. But she is the key — to everything.”
• “This kid may be the key not just to all human potential, but to all spiritual unexplained paranormal phenomena. The key to everything in The X-Files.”
• “Symbolically, Ganesha represents the basic unity of the macrocosm and microcosm, the immense being (the elephant) and the individual being (man). This highly implausible identity is however a fundamental reality and the key to all mystic or ritual experience as well as to Yogic possibilities. Without being aware of Ganesha, and without worshipping him, no accomplishment is possible.”
• “When God has sent his angel to me, then I know of a surety. … When God sends his angel to the soul it becomes the one who knows for sure. Not for nothing did God give the keys into St. Peter's keeping, for Peter stands for knowledge, and knowledge is the key that unlocks the door, presses forward and breaks in, to discover God as he is.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website

key.smtown.com

Image

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