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| Native Name: | 이창섭 | ||||||||
| Birth Name: | Lee Chang-sub | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1991 2, mf=yes | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | ||||||||
| Education: | Howon University | ||||||||
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Lee Chang-sub (; born 26 February 1991), known mononymously as Changsub, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, host and musical actor. He is the lead vocalist of the South Korean boy group BtoB.[1]
Lee Changsub was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.[1] He studied Practical Music at Howon University with BTOB group-mate Im Hyunsik. They both got admitted in 2011 with a cutthroat 3000:5 ratio at that time.[2]
Prior to his debut as an idol, he won a Daesang at the 16th Suwon Music Festival 2008, and even became vice president of Red Cross Youth Gyeonggi Province in 2009.[3]
He began his military duty by enlisting as an active duty soldier on January 14, 2019.[4] On July 24, Lee recorded a special single— a new theme song for the ROK Army alongside Shinee's Onew and Key, Exo's Xiumin, Infinite's Kim Sung-kyu, 2AM's Jo Kwon and Jinwoon, Yoon Ji-sung and actors Kim Minseok, and Lee Jae-kyoon.[5]
He was officially discharged on August 21, 2020 following the COVID-19 protocol.[6]
On October 21, 2017, Lee Chang-sub visited his alma mater and delivered a scholarship of ₩10 million to his high school alma-mater, Samil Commercial High School. Changsub said, "I couldn't have imagined this when I was in school. It's an honor to be in a situation where I’m able to deliver this scholarship for the younger generation of students. I’ve been able to come this far thanks to my teachers and my school who helped me until the end when I was a student."[7]
Lee debuted as the lead vocalist of BTOB on March 21, 2012.[8]
Lee has also participated in lyrics composition of some tracks by BTOB including, "Last Day", "Killing Me" and "Melody".[9] [10] [11]
He became a contestant on King of Masked Singer introducing himself as "Mr. Wifi" in 2015.[12] In 2016, he joined the cast of new season of SBS's reality-documentary show, Law of the Jungle, which was filmed in Mongolia.[13]
He started his career in musicals in 2017. He was cast in the musical adaptation of "Boys Over Flowers" as the lead, Goo Jun-pyo.[14] He also played a role in the Korean production of the musical "Napoleon" as Lucien, Napoleon's little brother.[15] [16] Next, he was cast as the titular main character in the musical "Edgar Allan Poe".[17]
The following year, he landed another leading role as Eddie Birdlace in "Dogfight". His final musical project before military enlistment was "Iron Mask" where he undertook the dual leading role of King Louis XIV as well as his twin brother Philippe [18]
On October 27, 2020, Cube announced that the currently active members of BtoB have formed a unit called BtoB 4U consisting Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel.[19] The unit debuted on November 16 with their first mini-album, Inside and title track "Show Your Love".[20]
Lee Changsub was the first member to debut his own solo album, "bpm 82.5", in Japan. With the title track "At The End", this Japan debut in 2017 also marked the launch of the 'Piece of BTOB' project,[21] in which each month one BTOB member would showcase a solo release.
In December 2018, he released his first Korean solo album titled "Mark".[22] He considered it his gift to his fans before enlistment.
He held his first solo concert, SPACE in January 4, 5 and 6, 2019 at the Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, Seoul.[23] [24]
In September 6, 2022, he released his solo album titled [reissue #001 'SURRENDER'].[25]
In April 2023, he established Chang-Ggo Training Centre vocal academy in Suwon.[26] [27]
In November 2023, BtoB members departed from Cube Entertainment following the end of their contracts. On November 23, 2023, it was announced that Lee had signed with Fantagio. Lee has stated his plans to continue BtoB group promotions despite being under different agencies as his members.[28]
See main article: BtoB discography.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [29] | JPN [30] | ||||
| bpm82.5 |
| — | 12 |
| |
| Mark |
| 5 | — |
| |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [33] | |||||
| "You Inside My Memories" (추억속의 그대) | 2015 | — | |||
| "At the End" | 2017 | 22 |
| Piece of BTOB Vol. 1 | |
| "I Guess I Loved You" (Korean: 사랑했나봐) | 2023 | 184 | rowspan="2" | ||
| "As Always" (Korean: 그래, 늘 그랬듯 언제나) | 2024 | 193 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [35] | |||||
| "The Love of Fingertips" (손끝의 사랑) (with B1A4, Eunkwang, Heo Young-ji, A-JAX, April, Oh My Girl and Kassy) | 2016 | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Sorry" (미안해) (Eunkwang and Minhyuk) | 2019 | 96 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [36] | |||||
| "Be Alright" (with Yoseob, G.NA, Gayoon) | 2012 | 93 |
| Road for Hope OST | |
| "Bye Bye Love" (with Yoseob, Dongwoon, Jung Il-hoon) | 2013 | 35 |
| When a Man Falls in Love OST | |
| "Past Days" (지난 날) (with Junhyung, Ha Yeon-soo, Minhyuk, Hyunsik, Sungjae) | 56 |
| Monstar OST | ||
| "After Time Passes" (시간이 흐른 뒤엔) (with Junhyung, Minhyuk, Hyunsik, Sungjae) | 32 |
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| "First Love" (첫사랑) (with Junhyung, Minhyuk, Hyunsik, Sungjae) | 61 |
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| "Goodbye Sadness" (with Eunkwang and Ilhoon) | 2015 | — | Sweet, Savage Family OST | ||
| "After the Play Ends" (연극이 끝난 후) (with Elkie and Heota) | 2016 | — | After the Play Ends OST | ||
| "For You" (with Eunkwang, Ilhoon, Minhyuk) | — | Cinderella and Four Knights OST | |||
| "What's On Your Mind?" | 2017 | — | My Friend's Love Life OST | ||
| "Falling" | 2018 | — | A Poem a Day OST | ||
| "In Your Light" | — | Lovely Horribly OST | |||
| "The night I miss you" | 2021 | — | Her Bucket List OST | ||
| "Freedom" | 2022 | — | Doctor Lawyer OST | ||
| "Love from a Real Heart" (Korean: 사랑은 가슴이 시킨다(2023)) | 2023 | 120 | It Was Spring OST | ||
| "Heavenly Fate" (Korean: 천상연) | 2024 | 6 | A Not So Fairy Tale OST | ||
| "It's Alright" | — | Dare to Love Me OST | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Monstar | Men in Black member | ||
| 2014 | The Heirs | Himself as BtoB's member | Cameo ep. 4 | |
| 2015 | Cameo |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | King of Masked Singer | Contestant, as Mr. Wifi. | |
| National Idol Singing Competition | Contestant with Seo Eunkwang | ||
| 2016 | Idol and Family National Singing Competition | Contestant with Seo Eunkwang and his brother.[42] | |
| Law of the Jungle in Mongolia | Cast Member | ||
| 2017 | Duet Song Festival | Contestant with Park Soo-jin, episode 43 and 44 | |
| Battle Trip | Contestant with Seo Eunkwang, Lee Min-hyuk, episode 62 | ||
| 2019 | Video Star | Contestant, episode 126[43] | |
| 2020 | Bookae Contest | Contestant with Seo Eunkwang as Golden and Silver Axe | |
| 2024 | Universe League | Director, Team Groove[44] |
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Korean Armed Forces Symphony Orchestra the Peacekeeper of Gang-Won | with Shinee's Key | [45] |
| 2020 | All That Cube | Episode 7–16 | [46] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–present | Changing Majors | Host | [47] | |
| 2022 | Inssa Oppa G | with Seo Eun-kwang | [48] | |
| 2023 | Lotri Night | [49] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boys Over Flowers | Tsukasa Doumyouji | |
| Napoleon | Lucien | [50] | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe | [51] | |
| 2018 | Dogfight | Birdlace | [52] |
| Iron Mask | Louis XIV | [53] | |
| 2021 | The Last Empress | Hong Gye-Hoon | [54] |
| Marie Antoinette | Count Axel von Fersen | [55] | |
| Darwin Young's Origin of Evil | Darwin Young | [56] | |
| 2022 | Mata Hari | Armand | [57] |
| 2023 | Memphis | Huey | [58] |
| 2023–2024 | Winter Traveler | Han Min-woo | [59] |