Mike Yung | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Young |
| Born | (1960-11-15)November 15, 1960 (age 64) New York,New York, United States |
| Genres | R&B |
Michael Young (better known asMike Yung) is an American singer fromNew York City. He competed onAmerica's Got Talent season 12 and made it to thesemifinals.[1] He released his debut album,I Will Never Give Up, in 2018.[2]
Mike Yung sang atNew York City Subway stations before his career onAmerica's Got Talent. In 2016, a video of him in a subway station singingThe Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" went viral.[3] The video was viewed over 2 million times in one week.[3] He performed the song onThe Late Late Show with James Corden to promote it as the lead single of his album.[4][5]
Yung passed the audition forAmerica's Got Talent[6] and made it to thequarterfinals. He performed "Thinking Out Loud" byEd Sheeran in the quarterfinals.[7] Yung was eliminated in thesemifinals where he performed "Don't Give Up on Me" bySolomon Burke.[8]
Yung released "Alright" as a single on January 12, 2018, along with a lyric video.[9] On March 2, 2018, Yung announced aKickstarter 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/producerMartin 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"(withMartin Garrix) | 17 | 28 | 72 | 31 | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
