Kanto | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Choi Kwang-ryul |
Born | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | May 23, 1994
Genres | |
Occupations |
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Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2014–present |
Labels | Brand New Music |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 최광렬 |
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Revised Romanization | Choe Gwang-ryeol |
McCune–Reischauer | Choe Kwangryŏl |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 칸토 |
Revised Romanization | Gan-To |
McCune–Reischauer | K'ant'o |
Choi Kwang-ryul (born May 23,1994), [1] known by the stage name Kanto,is a South Korean rapper and composer. He debuted as a soloist with his debut single,What You Want,on October 25,2013. He later debuted as a member of South Korean hip hop and R&B quartet Troy in September 2014. He released his first EP,14216,on September 27,2016. [2]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [3] | |||
14216 |
| 39 |
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Repetition |
| 47 | — |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album |
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KOR [5] | ||||
As lead artist | ||||
"What You Want" (말만해) (feat. Kim Sung-kyu ) | 2013 | 21 |
| Non-album singles |
"Before The Snow" (눈보다먼저) (feat. As One ) | 2014 | 67 |
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"Yosm" (요즈음) (feat. Woozi ) | 2016 | 99 |
| 14216 |
"Lonely" (센척) (feat. Eddy Kim ) | — | — | ||
"Salty" (시큰둥) | 2018 | — | Repetition | |
"Rain Dduk" (비가뚝) | 2019 | — | Non-album singles | |
"Out of the Blue" (갑자기) | 2020 | — | ||
"Favorite" (feat. Bumkey ) | — | |||
"I'm So Fine" (feat. Kim Ho-joong) | — [A] | |||
Collaborations | ||||
"Potato Star 2013QR3" (감자별2013QR3) (with DinDin ) | 2013 | — | — | Potato Star 2013QR3 OST |
"Call Me Noona" (누나라고불러) (with Kang Min-hee ) | 2014 | 42 |
| Non-album singles |
"All-Day,Everyday" (with Younha ) | — |
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"Airplane" (에어플레인) (with Hanhae ) | 2017 | — | — | |
"WON" (with Dough-Boy) | 2018 | — | ||
"Dejavu" (มีแฟนรึยัง) (with Wonderframe) | 2019 | — | ||
"Playlist" with
| 2021 | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
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