Ahn Seung Ho, known professionally by his English name Tony Ahn, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and former member of H.O.T (에이치오티) and JTL (제이티엘). His family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child, so he graduated from Cerritos High School. He later obtained a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film and a master's degree in Performance and Film Studies, both from Dongguk University.

He made his debut in September 1996 as H.O.T's lead vocalist and rapper with their first album, "We Hate All Kinds of Violence", which was accused of being plagiarized, and lawsuits were placed against them. Despite their turbulent debut, the group eventually rose to fame with their first hit, "Candy", and the single "We Are the Future" won them an MTV award for Best International Video.

Despite their huge success, SM Entertainment (SM엔터테인먼트) officially announced their disbanded in May 2001. He left the agency, and his relationship with SM's Lee Soo Man became severely strained.

He joined the other members who left SM as well, Jang Wook Hyuk and Lee Jae Won, and re-debuted in December 2001 as part of the trio JTL with their first album, "Enter The Dragon". The title song "A Better Day" could not be consistently promoted as all members claimed that Lee Soo Man interfered by blocking them from appearing in several music shows. In 2003, the group won the Favorite Artist of Korea Award at the MTV Asia Awards. However, they disbanded a few months later in early 2004.

He made his debut as a solo artist in October 2004 with the studio album, "Believe". He then created his own company, TN Entertainment (티엔엔터테인먼트), in 2007.

He enlisted for his mandatory military service on November 4, 2008, and was discharged on September 14, 2010.

In November 2013, he became involved in controversy when he was charged with illegal sports online gambling alongside Tak Jae Hoon and Lee Soo Geun. The police investigation found that he gambled around 400,000,000 KRW (approximately $376,000 USD) between May 2009 and March 2012. He received a six-month prison sentence with one-year probation and was banned from appearing on most TV stations for nearly 2 years.

After the ban was lifted, he returned to TV, appearing in music shows as a judge and also as a host.

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