Kangta

Kangta
Kangta in 2018
Born	An Chil-hyun (1979-10-10) October 10, 1979 (age 45) Seoul, South Korea
Occupations	Singer-songwriter composer record producer actor radio personality creative director
Musical career
Genres	K-pop dance R&B
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	1996–present
Labels	SM
Member of	SM Town
Formerly of	H.O.T. S Kangta & Vanness
Website	Official website
Musical artist
Korean name
Hangul	강타
Hanja	強打[citation needed]
Revised Romanization	Gangta
McCune–Reischauer	Kangt'a
Birth name
Hangul	안칠현
Hanja	安七炫[citation needed]
Revised Romanization	An Chilhyeon
McCune–Reischauer	An Ch'irhyŏn

An Chil-hyun (Korean: 안칠현; born October 10, 1979^[1]), known professionally as Kangta (stylized sometimes in all caps and formerly as KangTa; 강타), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. He is well known as a member of boy band H.O.T.. Also he is an executive of SM Entertainment since 2005 and the chief producer of Kreation Music Rights's label Smashhit since 2023.