Eric Nam
Eric Nam
Eric Nam is a Korean-American singer and songwriter who is currently active in South Korea. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 17, 1988, and has two younger brothers. He attended college at Boston College, graduating with a major in International Studies and a minor in Asian Studies and also spent a year studying abroad at Peking University in Beijing China.
After graduating, he took a day job as a business analyst at a firm in New York, while uploading covers on YouTube on the side. These covers eventually became noticed by MBC as he was invited to appear on a music program.
He first made his public appearance in 2011 when he participated in the audition program “Star Audition Great Tansing Season 2,” which aired on MBC, and made his debut with his first album CLOUD 9 in 2013. He then released multiple “Ooh Ooh”, “Melt My Heart”, and “It’s OK” to raise his reputation as a singer.