Mike Yung

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Mike Yung
Birth nameMichael Young
Born (1960-11-15) November 15, 1960 (age 63)
New York, New York, United States
Genres R&B

Michael Young (better known as Mike Yung) is an American singer from New York City. He competed on America's Got Talent season 12 and made it to the semifinals. [1] He released his debut album, I Will Never Give Up, in 2018. [2]

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Career

Before America's Got Talent

Mike Yung sang at New York City Subway stations before his career on America's Got Talent . In 2016, a video of him in a subway station singing The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" went viral. [3] The video was viewed over 2 million times in one week. [3] He performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden to promote it as the lead single of his album. [4] [5]

America's Got Talent

Mike Yung singing in a New York city subway station MIKE YUNG.jpg
Mike Yung singing in a New York city subway station

Yung passed the audition for America's Got Talent [6] and made it to the quarterfinals. He performed "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran in the quarterfinals. [7] Yung was eliminated in the semifinals where he performed " Don't Give Up on Me" by Solomon Burke. [8]

After America's Got Talent

Yung released "Alright" as a single on January 12, 2018, along with a lyric video. [9] On March 2, 2018, Yung announced a Kickstarter fundraiser for the album, where he had raised $90,000, enough for an EP, as of October 2018. [10]

On July 28, 2018, Yung started his Never Give Up Tour. [11]

In August 2018, Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix confirmed in an interview to be working with Yung on a new song which will be released on November 1, 2018 titled "Dreamer". [12] The song was released on that day and made a tribute to Mike's late wife Lydia, who had died earlier that year.

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
BEL

[13]

NED

[14]

SWE

[15]

US
Dance
[16]
"Change Is Gonna Come"2016————Non-album singles
"Unchained Melody"2017————
"Alright" [17] 2018—39——Never Give Up
"Dreamer"(with Martin Garrix)17287231
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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