Yoon Jong-shin (; born October 15, 1969) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and the CEO of Mystic Story.
Early life and education 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.
Career 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.
Personal life 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.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KORRIAK KORGaon 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 8KOR: 107,274 A Guidebook for Brokenhearted People() Released: March 23, 2000 Label: EMI Korea Format: CD, cassette 8KOR: 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 6KOR: 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: 4,132Cumulative sales of Monthly Project 2013 Yoon Jong Shin:
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
Charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Can't Live Without You" () 2010 82Monthly 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 97Monthly 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 92Monthly 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 32Monthly 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 54Monthly Project 2015 Yoon Jong Shin"Good Night" () (with Eddy Kim) 82"Over Sleep" () (with Ken of VIXX) 2016 88Monthly Project 2016 Yoon Jong Shin"Wi-Fi" (with Zico)201779Monthly Project 2017 Yoon Jong Shin"Like It" ()1"Yes" () (with Minseo)1"The Coldness" () (with Jung-in)84"Trace" ()9Hyena on the Keyboard OST
Filmography Television shows 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 Hearer2019 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 Host2023 Phantom Singer 4 Judge 2023 Sing Again 3 Judge
Web shows Year Title Role 2022 Spectator +: Short Buster Host
Movie 2007 "Project Makeover" (Movie) Mr.Yoon
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.1995SBS Star AwardsRadio MC Award1999Mnet Video Music AwardsBest Ballad"Send Off" ()2005MBC Drama AwardsExcellence Award in Radio2 O'Clock Date2009MBC Entertainment AwardsExcellence Award in Comedy or SitcomTaehee, Hyekyo, Jihyun!2011Cyworld Digital Music AwardsTam Eum Mania Award (January)"Happy New Year...With You"MBC Entertainment AwardsProducer's Award2012Top Excellence Award in VarietyRadio Star2014Top Excellence Award in Music or Talk Show2016Special Award in Music or Talk Show2017Gaon Chart Music AwardsK-Pop Contribution AwardPopular Singer of the Year"Like It" ()Melon Music AwardsBallad AwardMnet Asian Music AwardsBest Male ArtistBest Vocal Performance2018Golden Disc AwardsDigital Song BonsangSeoul Music AwardsRecord of the Year in Digital ReleaseMBC Entertainment AwardsTop Excellence Award in Music or Talk ShowRadio Star2019Genie Music AwardsThe Innovator AwardMonthly Project album series
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