Ahn Daniel (born August 16, 1994), better known by his stage name Niel (Hangul: 니엘), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy group Teen Top. Niel released his first EP titled oNiely on February 16, 2015.[1]
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Born | Ahn Daniel (1994-08-16) August 16, 1994 (age 28) Taean, South Korea |
Other names | Niel |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2004–present |
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Revised Romanization | An Daniel |
McCune–Reischauer | An Taniel |
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On December 26, 2012, it was announced that Niel, alongside Beast's Yoseob, 2AM's Jo Kwon, MBLAQ's G.O, and Infinite's Woohyun would participate as a 5-member one-time unit named Dramatic Blue for their song, "Tearfully Beautiful", for SBS Gayo Daejeon's The Color of K-Pop.[2] In 2013, he featured in Fanta's Advertising song "Fanta Time" alongside A Pink's Eun-ji and Lee Kwang-soo.
On January 5, 2015, it was announced that Niel would be making his official solo debut in February.[3] on January 27,at the program of Mnet's "4 Things Show" Niel releases self-produced track "Affogato", which will be included on his first solo album.[4] The official music video for his title song "Lovekiller" came out on February 16, which features rapper Dok2.[5] His solo mini album oNiely which contains seven songs, was released on the same day and topped the Gaon chart. On April 14, Niel released his repackaged album oNiely 'Spring Love, as well as the music video for its title track "Spring Love" , featuring singer-songwriter Juniel.[6][7]
On May 15, 2015, Niel and other artists such Exo, Sistar and Ailee sang a KBS1's Special Program 'I Am Korea' theme song "The Day We Meet" for Gwangbok 70th Anniversary."[8]
Niel released his second mini album Love Affair... January 16, 2017, containing a total of seven songs, including the title track of the same name.[9]
On June 3, 2020, Niel joined Overwatch Contenders team O2 Blast as an "Honorary Player".[10]
On December 28, 2021, Niel announced that he will not renew his contract with TOP Media starting from January 10, 2022. However, he will still remain as a member of Teen Top.[11]
In August 2022, Niel signed a contract with New Entry.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Eleventh Mom | Ban-jang | Supporting role |
2020 | Swag | Lead role[13] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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2004 | Children's Chorus | Mnet | ||
2005 | 641 Families | KBS | ||
2010 | I Am Legend | Teen Top | SBS | Cameo |
2012 | Do You Know Taekwondo? | Choi Myeong-seong | KBS | Main role |
2013 | Two Weeks | Student | MBC | |
2014 | Sweden Laundry | Kim Min-ho | MBC Every 1 | Cameo |
Year | Title | Network | Role | Note | Ref. |
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2021 | The Guys I Want to Catch | Dingo Music | [14] | ||
Year | Title | Network | Role |
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2017 | Wizard of Nowhere | MBC | |
2021 | Wild Idol | MBC | Daily mentor [15] |
Year | English title | Korean title | Role | Ref. |
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2021 | Time Between Dog and Cat | 개와 고양이의 시간 | [16] | |
2022–2023 | Origin of Species | 종의 기원 | Han Yu-jin | [17] |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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oNiely |
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oNiely 'Spring Love' (Repackage)
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Love Affair... |
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3 |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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2015 | "Lovekiller" (featuring Dok2) |
6 | oNiely | ||||||
"Affogato" (featuring C.A.P) |
84 | ||||||||
"Spring Love" (featuring Juniel) |
40 | oNiely 'Spring Love' | |||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Year | Album | Song title | Sales | Artist |
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2012 | Tearfully Beautiful | "Tearfully Beautiful" | KOR (DL): 95,179+ | with G.O, Yoseob, Woohyun, Jo Kwon (Dramatic BLUE) |
2013 | Fanta Time | "Fanta Time" | — | with Lee Kwangsoo, Euji[20] |
2015 | The Day We Meet | "I Am Korea" | with various artists |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2015 | Mnet Asian Music Awards[21] | Song of the year | Lovekiller | Nominated |
Best Dance Performance – Solo | Nominated |
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