Kim Hyun-a
| Kim Hyun-a | |
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 Photo taken in 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | 김현아 |
| Also known as | HyunA |
| Born | June 6, 1992 Jeolla, South Korea |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | Pop, dance |
| Occupations | Singer, dancer, rapper |
| Instruments | Vocals, rapper |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Cube Entertainment (2008–present) JYP Entertainment (2007) |
| Associated acts | Wonder Girls (2007) 4Minute (2009–present) Trouble Maker (2011–present) |
| Kim Hyun-a | |
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| Hangul | 김현아 |
| Hanja | 金泫雅 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeon-A |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏn-A |
Kim Hyun-a (Korean: 김현아; born June 6, 1992) is a South Korean idol, singer, and a member of the girl group 4Minute. She is also a former member of the popular girl group Wonder Girls.
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[edit] Biography
Hyun-a was born on June 6, 1992 in Jeolla province, South Korea. She attended Choong Chun Middle School and Korea High School of Music and Arts and currently attends Konkuk University, majoring in art culture, receiving special admissions to the school.[1] She has a tattoo on her left shoulder that says "My mother is the heart, that keeps me alive."[2] Before HyunA debuted with 4Minute, she was a member of the Wonder Girls in 2007. She is the main rapper of the group and also a vocalist.
[edit] Career
[edit] 2007–2008: Debut, The Wonder Begins, and The Wonder Years
In 2007, Hyun-a made her debut with the Wonder Girls, a girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, with the single "Irony" as the group's main rapper.[3] She left the group in July,[4] when she was removed by her parents due to their concern over her health—in particular, chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells.[5]
While with the Wonder Girls she was a part of the group's television shows MTV Wonder Girls (season 1) & MTV Wonder Girls (season 2). From May 12, 2007 she was a co-host together with Wonder Girls' Sohee & Brian Joo at Show! Music Core until June 30, 2007 when she left the group.
In 2008 she transferred over to Cube Entertainment.[6] After joining Cube Entertainment, Hyun-a joined girl group 4Minute. Announced in May 2009, the group debuted with their single, "Hot Issue" on 15 June.[7][8]
[edit] 2009: Collaborations
Hyun-a collaborated with Lee Gi Kwang for the song "2009" from his debut album First Episode: A New Hero, and she also appeared in his first single "Dancing Shoes"'s music video which was released on March 30, 2009. On August 13, 2009 she rapped for Navi's song "Wasteful Tears" and she also appeared in the MV for this song. Hyun-a also appeared in Mighty Mouth's music video for "Love Class" with Uee from After School.
On August 18, 2009 Hyun-a featured for Brave Brothers together with Mabus, Red Roc, Basick & M for his song "Bittersweet".
She became part of the "Dream Team Girl Group" for Samsung's Anycall called "4 Tomorrow". Their first digital single "Tomorrow" was released on October 6, 2009, and the official music video was released on October 12, starring actor Lee Dong Gun, who also starred in each member's individual drama version of the video.[9] Hyun-a's version was released on October 27, 2009. The Dream Team was composed of Hyun-a (4Minute), Seung Yeon (Kara), Uee (After School) & Gain (Brown Eyed Girls).
Hyun-a was also part of Invincible Youth, a South Korean variety show. However, she left the show due to some scheduling conflicts with her group's overseas promotions on 11 June 2010.
[edit] 2010: Solo debut and controversy
On January 4, 2010, Hyun-a released the single "Change" which debuted high on various online charts while also becoming a top search term.[10] Hyun-a commenced promotions for "Change".[10][11] The song reached #14 on the Gaon 2010 digital yearly charts with 2,469,354 copies sold.
On January 14, 2010, the "Change" music video was flagged with a 19+ rating due to Hyun-a's provocative dancing, citing it to be inappropriate to minors. Cube Entertainment stated that the music video would be re-edited and submitted for approval. However, broadcast station SBS, announced the music video would be restricted for a 15+ audience instead, and MBC announced that it would still be viewable for all audiences.[12] Her "Change" promotions ended in March 2010.
On February 10, Hyun-a released a digital single, "Love Parade", featuring T-MAX's member Park Yun Hwa.
On April 16, Hyun-a released another digital single, "Outlaw in the Wild (Korean: 황야의 무법자)", featuring Nassun, and produced by E-Tribe.[13][14]
In the month of August the "Change" music video was made available for viewing on Virgin Media's music on demand service within the UK. Hyun-a is featured for FADDY ROBOT FOUNDATION together with Beast`s Jun Hyung, Outsider, Verbal Jint, Mighty Mouth’s Ssangchu, Vasco and Block B's Zico; and any profit from this song will be used for helping the society. The song was released on September 17, 2010.
On October 14, 2010 Hyun-a played a cameo role in the thriller movie Late Night FM along with fellow band member Ji Hyun.[15]
She also sang a duet with G.NA called "Say You Love Me", in which she wrote/composed the rap lyrics of the song and became a hot topic on Korean portal sites. The duet was released on November 10, 2010.
[edit] 2011: Bubble Pop! and Trouble Maker
CEO Hong Seungsong of Cube Entertainment announced that Hyun-a would make a comeback with her 1st Mini-Album in May, 2011. He stated that, "Hyun-a will have her second solo song which is expected to be released in May. Though this time, fans should expect a radical change in her concept."
Hyun-a was featured in SS501's Heo Young Saeng's title track "Let It Go" from his first solo mini album, Let It Go released on May 12, 2011.[16]
Hyun-a appeared in the Korean version of “Dancing With The Stars”. The show started broadcasting on June 10.[17]
After several teasers, Hyun-a released her first mini album, titled Bubble Pop! featuring five new songs, with a title track titled "Bubble Pop!". The MV teaser for "Bubble Pop!" was released on June 30, 2011 and the music video was released on July 5. The MV also stars MBLAQ's Lee Joon. In August, the Korea Communications Standards Commission partially banned TV broadcasting of the video for allegedly racy content.[18]
On September 28, 2011 Hyun-a ranked 17th on Billboard's ’21 Under 21′, showcasing the staff’s top picks for the world’s hottest underage stars.[19]
On November 24, 2011 Cube revealed that she will be in a co-ed sub-unit called Trouble Maker with BEAST's Hyunseung.
Trouble Maker's first mini album, ‘Trouble Maker’, consists of a dance track as well as an emotional ballad, a solo song for Hyun-a, and a solo song for Hyunseung. The unit started revealing their teaser photos on November 25th through their official YouTube channel "troublemakerofficial", and unleashed their album on December 1.[20]
Hyun-a’s “Bubble Pop” was #9 and #3 on USA's SPIN Magazine’s “Best 20 Songs of 2011″ and "SPIN's Favorite Pop Tracks of 2011" [21] [22]
[edit] 2012
On February 12, 2012 it was revealed that "The Birth of a Family" Season 2 will follow up with Hyuna and singer G.NA. Birth of a Family is an “animal communion variety" program where idols adopt stray pets and take care of them for a certain period of time to raise awareness for animal rights. Hyun-a and G.NA will be taking care of a pet and raising it for a period of 2 months. The first episode with the two singers will be broadcasted on March 3.[23]
[edit] Discography
[edit] EPs
- 2011: Bubble Pop!
[edit] Collaboration EPs
- 2011: Trouble Maker
[edit] Singles
- 2010: Change
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2010 | Late Night | Herself |
[edit] Television series
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2006–2007 | MTV Wonder Girls (Season 1) | Herself |
| 2007 | MTV Wonder Girls (Season 2) | Herself |
| 2007 | MBC Show! Music Core | Co-Host |
| 2009–2010 | Invincible Youth | Herself |
| 2010 | Waving the Korean Flag | Herself |
| 2011 | Dancing With The Stars | Herself |
| 2012 | KBS's Birth of a Family | Herself with G.NA |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2010 | Gaon Chart Awards [24] | Streaming Award ("Change") | Won |
| 12th Mnet Asian Music Awards [25] | Best Dance Performance – Solo ("Change") | Nominated | |
| 2010 AllKpop Awards[26] | Best Female Solo Artist | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 2011 YouTube K-pop Awards [27] | Most Viewed Music Video ("Bubble Pop!") | Won |
| 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards [28] | Best Dance Performance – Solo ("Bubble Pop!") | Won | |
| 2011 AllKpop Awards[29] | Best Female Solo Artist | Nominated | |
| Best Social Network Personality | Nominated |
[edit] References
- ^ "K-pop stars scholarships irk students". The Korea Times. 18 July 2011. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/07/135_91131.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Hyuna's Tattoo revealed
- ^ (Korean) "원더걸스, 첫 쇼케이스서 '열정의 신고식'". My Daily. 13 February 2009. http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200702132122211130. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Hyuna leaves Wonder Girls". 1 August 2007. http://yeinjee.com/2007/hyuna-leaves-wonder-girls/.
- ^ (English) Yang, Jeff. Asian Pop: Next stop, Wonderland. San Francisco Chronicle. April 9, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- ^ (Chinese) "Wondergirls前成员贤雅回归歌谣届". Sina. http://ent.sina.com.cn/x/2009-01-04/13482327308.shtml. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ (Korean) Kim, Hyeon-wu.데뷔 하루 앞둔 포미닛 “라이브 걱정없어, 실력으로 승부하겠다” (Morning Before Debut, 4minute States "We Do Not Worry About Live Performance; We Will Win Through Talent"). Joins.com/Newsen. June 17, 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ (Korean) 복받은 이동건, 가인-한승연-유이-현아와 무슨관계? ‘4투모로우 뮤비 출연’ (Lucky Lee Dong-gun, What Connection with Gain-Han Seungyeon-Uee-Hyuna? "4 Tomorrow Music Video Participation"). Joins.com/Newsen. October 12, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ a b (Korean) ‘솔로’ 현아, 음원 랭킹 상위권… 화제의 검색어 1위 ("Solo" Hyuna, Top Ranked Song...#1 Search Term). Joins.com. January 6, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ (Korean) Kim, Hyeong-wu. ‘섹시 고딩’ 현아 ‘명품 복근 댄스’ 주말 내내 가요계 강타 ("Sexy High School Student" HyunA's "Luxury Muscle Dance" Throws Hefty Punch at Pop Music). Joins.com/Newsen. January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ 현아, 뮤비 19금(禁) 판정 “선정성 이유, 재심의 요청할 것”. Newsen. January 14, 2010.
- ^ 포미닛 현아·낯선 ‘황야의 무법자’, 박명수·제시카의 ‘냉면’ 될까. My Daily. June 8, 2010.
- ^ 현아-낯선 부른 이트라이브 ‘황야의 무법자’ 제 2의 ‘냉면’ 될까?. Newsen. June 8, 2010.
- ^ Ji Hyun & Hyuna to cameo in thriller movie "Late Night FM"
- ^ "SS501 Heo Young-saeng to release solo album on May 12", 10 Asia. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-31
- ^ (Korean) 포미닛 현아, 오디션쇼 '댄싱 위드 더 스타' 출연 확정. nate. May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ "Hyun-a's Latest Music Video Too Racy for TV Censors", Chosun Ilbo, Aug. 05, 2011
- ^ (English) "4minute's Hyuna make into Billboard '21 Under 21'". Billboard. September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ "Cube to launch co-ed unit ‘Trouble Maker’ with B2ST’s Hyunseung and HyunA", allkpop. Nov. 2011.
- ^ HyunA’s “Bubble Pop” is #9 on SPIN Magazine’s “Best 20 Songs of 2011″ list
- ^ SPIN's 20 Best Songs of 2011
- ^ 4minute’s Hyuna and G.NA to appear on ‘The Birth of a Family’
- ^ (English) Artists attend "Gaon Charts" grand opening celebration event. allkpop. February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ (English) Nominees for 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards. allkpop. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/2010-allkpop-awards-standings-update
- ^ (Korean) 슈주-2NE1-현아, 유튜브 K-POP 어워즈 수상. nate. November 22, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Winners from the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2011/12/vote-for-this-years-top-stars-at-the-2011-allkpop-awards
[edit] External links
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