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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
Birth name	Michael Young
Born	(1960-11-15) November 15, 1960 (age 62) New York, New York, United States
Genres	R&B

Career

Before America's Got Talent

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]

America's Got Talent

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]

After America's Got Talent

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.

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		BEL [13]	NED [14]	SWE [15]	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.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mike Yung

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[ru] Юнг, Майк

Майкл Юнг (англ. Michael Young, род. 6 ноября 1959, Нью-Йорк, США), более известный как Майк Юнг (Mike Yung) — американский певец, музыкант. Принимал участие в американском шоу талантов «Америка ищет таланты»[1].

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