Those events gave Jang severe mental trauma, and he later contemplated about quitting the entertainment industry.

[16] After five years of hiatus, he formed a pop duo Baram[17] (meaning 'wind' in Korean) with Seo Woo in 2004.

[13][23] Jang met the CEO of his current agency (a manager back then) in grad school, and was persuaded into making a comeback.

[16] In 2011 after a year of preparation, he released his trot debut single, Love you, Nuna[24] using his new stage name Jang Minho.

[25][26] Despite Jang and LEN won the contest, KBS hasn't done any support as they promised for the show's final winners.

[34] Owing to his popularity after the competition, he won first place in a survey to "pick the best trot singer," with 294,730 votes.

[40][41][42] According to Ildong Foodis, they increased the product sales 7.8 billion KRW the first half of 2020 by hiring him as a model.

[42] In early 2022, Ildong Foodis announced Himmune, known as Jang Minho Protein, has accumulated 130 billion KRW in cumulative sales.

He wrote the lyrics for his fellow singer Namgoong Moonjeong's song "Goodbye my youth" (잘있거라 내청춘) with the songwriter JMStyle.

[57] He wrote the lyrics and co-composed one of fans' favorite songs "You know my name" (내 이름 아시죠) thinking of his late father.

They posted congratulatory advertisements on the billboards of bus stops, subway stations, and shopping malls, etc.

[59][60] Gallup Korea has revealed the results of its annual survey of the most loved artists and songs of the year.

Jang ranked the eighth as the most influential singer with 8.5 percent of the vote in the over-40 age bracket.