On 27 September 2011, Kim released the single "Breakups Are So Like Me" which featured
Heechul of
boy band Super Junior, who also starred in the music video. Since Heechul enlisted for
mandatory military service on 1 September, his parts during the performance on
Music Bank and
Show! Music Core, was filled in by bandmates,
Yesung,
Eunhyuk and
Shindong, who performed with Kim. Also, Kim is on many popular T.V. variety programs as an entertainer. Kim is the #1 musician at University Campuses for 10 years and his popularity ranges from people in their teens to their 60s. Since his debut, Kim has twenty-two (22) albums, including his best remix albums, digital singles, and Original Soundtrack albums. Moreover, throughout his career, Kim performed at over 1,000 different concerts and shows, including fifteen (15) of his own exclusive concerts, in China and South Korea. In 2012, Kim released his 10th full-length album, the first in six years. He released a music video for the title track "Nothing" featuring
Paris Hilton. In 2014, Kim released, along with the girl group Crayon Pop, a new single titled "HERO".
Charitable work In South Korea, Kim is widely known as the "Donation Angel", donating over 10 billion
South Korean won over the course of ten years to various causes. He is active in the
Liancourt Rocks territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea. In July 2012, while during his concert at the
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in California, Kim received a letter signed by U.S. President Barack Obama, notifying him of his winning the
President's Volunteer Service Award. == Discography ==