Mike Yung | |
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Birth name | Michael Young |
Born | New York, New York, United States | November 15, 1960
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]
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]
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]
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[update].[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.
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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BEL | NED | SWE | 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) | 17 | 28 | 72 | 31 | ||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |