Jo Young-nam
{{Short description|South Korean singer (born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jo Young-nam
| image = Cho Youngnam.JPG
| caption = Jo in 2008
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| alias = Cho Youngnam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|4|2}}
| birth_place = Heizan, Kōkai-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
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| occupations = Singer-songwriter, painter, writer
| years_active = 1968–present
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Jo Young-nam ({{Korean|hangul=조영남|hanja=趙英男}}; born April 2, 1945), also known as Cho Youngnam,{{Cite web |date=2001-02-27 |title=Cho Young-Nam to hold concert celebrating 35-year career |url=https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20010227/205725/1 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=en}} is a South Korean singer-songwriter, painter, writer, and television personality.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Claire|title=Patti Kim's life story told by Jo Young-nam|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120419001059|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=2015-03-20|date=19 April 2012}} He started his singing career in 1968.
More recently, he was known for his art fraud case, where he used an assistant to help with his paintings. He was found not guilty of fraud in the South Korean Supreme Court.
Career
=Music=
Some of Young-nam's most popular songs include "Delilah" (1968), which was his first release, as well as "My Home Chungchong Province" and "Hwagae Marketplace." He has also recorded many well-known tracks, such as "Swallow," "Barley Field," and "Farewell to the City," to mention just a few. He has stated that the reason he feels he was not more successful was because he mainly did covers in the beginning of his career.
=Painting=
In 2016, Young-nam was charged with fraud for selling 21 paintings by two other painters to 17 people for 160 million won. He was declared not guilty by the Seoul Central District Court, but the court overturned the conviction, stating that the first court misunderstood the law. He was sentenced to 10 months in jail, but the case was appealed.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-19 |title=Veteran South Korea crooner convicted of art fraud |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2116104/veteran-south-korea-crooner-convicted-art-fraud |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
Young-Nam's attorneys denied the charges by saying that most painters have assistants. In a second trial in 2018, the court ruled that using assistants in modern painting is not an area for the judgment of law and Jo Young Nam had no obligation to state that his assistants had painted the pictures, so he was found not guilty.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-17 |title=Jo Young Nam Receives Sentence At Second Trial For Fraud Case |url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1216747wpp/jo-young-nam-receives-sentence-second-trial-fraud-case |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Soompi |language=en}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}} The prosecution then took the case to the supreme court and again he was found not guilty on 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-25 |title=Supreme Court rules Cho Young-nam not guilty of fraud |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/06/25/entertainment/kpop/Cho-Youngnam-art-fraud/20200625185507832.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2021-05-28 |title=Singer again found not guilty in alleged art fraud case |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210528008700315 |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en |author1=유청모 }}
Personal life
Jo married actress Youn Yuh-jung in 1974, but divorced in 1987.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=Actress Youn Yeo Jung's ex-husband Jo Young Nam says the actress became successful because he cheated on her |url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2022/06/actress-youn-yeo-jungs-ex-husband-jo-young-nam-says-the-actress-became-successful-because-he-cheated-on-her |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Allkpop |language=en}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=Singer Jo Young Nam Admits He Regrets Cheating On Youn Yuh Jung Which Led To Their Divorce |url=https://www.koreaboo.com/news/singer-jo-young-nam-youn-yuh-jung-divorce-cheating/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Koreaboo |language=en-US}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}} He married again a second time and divorced Paek Eun-Sil.
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Etymology
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Category:South Korean television presenters
Category:South Korean radio presenters
Category:South Korean painters