Hyolyn

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Hyolyn

Hyolyn in 2014
Born Kim Hyo-jung (김효정)
(1991-01-11) January 11, 1991
Incheon, South Korea
Other names Hyorin
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 2010–present
Labels
Associated acts
Hyolyn
Hangul 김효정
Revised Romanization Gim Hyo-jeong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hyojŏng
Stage name
Hangul 효린
Hanja 孝琳
Revised Romanization Hyorin
McCune–Reischauer Hyorin

Kim Hyo-jung (born January 11, 1991), better known by her stage name Hyolyn, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of South Korean girl group Sistar and their sub-unit Sistar19.

Biography

Kim Hyo-jung was born on January 11, 1991,[1] in Incheon, South Korea.

History

Pre-debut

Hyolyn auditioned for JYPE two times, and was finally accepted on her second try after placing 1st place at the audition. She was set to debut in a project group with Secret's Jieun, EXID's Hani, and Bestie's Uji, but plans for the debut were cancelled.[2] Hyolyn then left JYPE and joined Starship Entertainment, auditioning with a cover of Christina Aguilera's Hurt.[3]

Sistar

Main article: Sistar

In June 2010, Hyolyn made her debut as a member of Sistar on KBS Music Bank (TV series) with their debut single, "Push Push". Sistar had released 2 studio albums and 5 EPs in total.[4]

In early 2011, Hyolyn and group member Bora formed a sub-group Sistar19 with their debut single "Ma Boy".[5] On October 17, she released the single "Ma Boy 2", featuring Electroboyz.[6]

In 2012, Hyolyn starred in the KBS drama Dream High Season 2 as Nana, a famous idol from the fictional girl group HershE. Hyolyn was teamed up with Ailee and Jiyeon for the song "Superstar" for this drama.[7]

Solo debut, collaborations, single I Am A Singer 3 and Unpretty Rapstar 2

On November 22, 2013, Hyolyn shared the stage with Stevie Wonder for a special performance of "I Just Called to Say I Love You" at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, South Korea's biggest music award show.[8]

Hyolyn made her solo debut on November 26, 2013 with the album Love & Hate. The album consists of double title tracks "Lonely" and "One Way Love" with tracks from producers such as Brave Brothers and Kim Do Hoon.[9] This album also features Korean rappers such as Mad Clown, Block B's Zico, Dok2 and Geeks' Lil' Boy.

On August 21, Hyolyn's OST "You Make Me Go Crazy" for SBS's drama Master's Sun was released.[10] The song topped Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100 chart upon its release.[11]

On December 31, 2013 Hyolyn's music video for the Korean version of "Let It Go" for Disney's animation movie Frozen was revealed and she became the second Korean singer to participate in a Disney production following Park Jung Hyun who previously sang for Disney's "Reflection for Mulan".[12]

On January 22, 2014 Hyolyn released an OST for the drama My Love from the Star called "Goodbye".[13]

On March 28, 2014 Starship Entertainment announced on their Twitter account that Hyolyn would feature in Mad Clown's comeback track, "Without You".[14] The music video for "Without You" was released on April 3, 2014. Hyolyn also participated in rapper MC Mong in his comeback to the Korean scene after 5 years with the album Miss Me or Diss Me that was released on November 3.[15] On November 20, Hyolyn collaborated with singer-songwriter and fellow Starship Entertainment artist Jooyoung on a project titled "Hyolyn x Jooyoung".[16]

Hyolyn was the first idol group singer to participate in the Chuseok special of the singing show I Am a Singer that aired on September 9. The special episode had performances by veteran singers such as The One, Sinawe, Park Ki Young, Kim Jong Seo and Yoon Min Soo. Hyolyn gave two performances and was ranked second place overall in the competition.[17] Multiple broadcast insiders revealed on January 13 that Hyolyn agreed to join the lineup of MBC's I Am a Singer season 3 launch and her agency Starship Entertainment told OSEN that Hyolyn would start filming on the 21st as the first idol singer on the show.[18]

On April 2, 2015 Hyolyn teamed up with her groupmate Soyou to cover K.Will's latest track "Growing" as Starship Entertainment's cover project.[19] , On May 21, 2015 Hyolyn released an OST for the drama Warm and Cozy called "Closer." .[20]

On August 17, 2015, it was confirmed that Hyolyn will join Unpretty Rapstar season 2. On August 26, Hyolyn teamed up with Zico and Paloalto for collaboration song 'Dark Panda'.

On September 7, 2015, Hyolyn released a free single, 'The Wall Destroyer' featuring Eluphant's Keebee.

Hyolyn released her Unpretty Rapstar's Semi Finals track 'My Love' featuring Basick on November 6, 2015. At the end of the show, Hyolyn was placed third.

On December 9, 2015, it was reported that Hyolyn, Jooyoung, and Bumkey will be collaborating with producing team, Da Internz, for a new song. On December 14, the music video teaser for their collaboration song "Love Line" was released. On December 18, the music video for "Love Line" was released.

Discography

Main article: Hyolyn discography
For Hyolyn's works with Sistar, see Sistar discography and Sistar19 § discography.

Filmography

Television drama

Year Title Network Role
2012 Dream High Season 2 KBS2 Nana

Variety shows

Year Title Network Notes Episodes
2011 Immortal Songs 2 KBS2 Episodes 1–15, 25
2012 "King of Kings" Special Episodes 71 & 72
Running Man SBS Episode 75
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 With Haha and Soyou Episode 45
2013 Shinhwa Broadcast JTBC Episodes 45 & 46
Running Man SBS Episode 162
Hello Counselor KBS2 Episode 150
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 With Bora Episode 83
2014 Immortal Songs 2 KBS2 Rival Special
Michael Bolton Special
I Am a Singer MBC Chuseok Special
2015 SISTAR Showtime MBC Every 1 Episodes 1–8
Invisible Man KBS2 Guest
I Am a Singer MBC Contestant, Season 3
I Live Alone Episode 89
Yaman TV Mnet Guest with Soyou & Monsta X
Unpretty Rapstar 2 Contestant
Infinite Challenge MBC Guest

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actress Dream High 2 Nominated
2014 World Music Awards World's Best Song "Goodbye" Nominated
"One Way Love" Nominated
World's Best Video Nominated
World's Best Female Artist N/A Nominated
World's Best Live Act N/A Nominated
World's Best Entertainer of the Year N/A Nominated
9th Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Drama OST "Crazy of You" Nominated
7th Korea Drama Awards Best OST Nominated
16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best OST by a Female Artist Nominated
16th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Female Artist N/A Nominated
Best Dance Performance - Solo "One Way Love" Nominated
UnionPay Song of the Year Nominated
UnionPay Artist of the Year N/A Nominated

References

  1. Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. Lee, Y. (24 January 2015). "SISTAR's Hyorin almost formed group with EXID's Hani and SECRET's Song Ji-eun". Korean Wave. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  3. xvntbk. " SISTAR leader Hyolyn's audition video gains interest". "Allkpop, 21 April 2010.
  4. Debut. Allkpop.com (2010-06-04). Retrieved on 2012-07-17.
  5. 전설 및 아이돌가수 | 자유 선언 토요일KBS》. 2011-06-18 확인.
  6. "용감한 형제, ‘효린+일렉트로보이즈' MA BOY2 "가창력 대폭팔!~"|출판사=굿데이스포츠". 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  7. (Korean) 효린 "'드림하이2' 출연, 노래보다 연기연습 많아". News.naver.com (2012-01-17). Retrieved on 2012-07-17.
  8. "Stevie Wonder". Billboard.
  9. "Hyorin "All-Kills" Music Charts with "One Way Love"". Soompi. Retrieved 8 June 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  10. "SISTAR's Hyorin sings "You Make Me Go Crazy" for 'The Sun of My Master' OST". allkpop.com.
  11. "SISTAR’s Hyorin ‘Driving Me Crazy’ Takes Number 1 Spot 2 Days in a Row". KpopStarz.
  12. SISTAR’s Hyolyn Sings Ending Credit Song for Disney Animation ‘Frozen’
  13. "SISTAR's Hyorin makes an all-kill on charts with 'Hello/Goodbye' from 'You Who Came from the Stars' OST". allkpop.com.
  14. "Hyorin gives her support for Mad Clown with a featuring on his comeback track". allkpop.com.
  15. Hyolyn participated in rapper MC Mong in his comeback to the Korean scene after 5 years with the album Miss Me or Diss Me released on November 3.
  16. "Hyorin's mystery man for upcoming collab revealed to be Starship's new artist Joo Young". allkpop.com.
  17. "SISTAR's Hyorin Confesses She Was Really Nervous For "I Am a Singer", Places 2nd with Emotional Performance of Naul's "Way Back Home" - Soompi". Soompi.
  18. "SISTAR's Hyorin joins the lineup for the anticipated return of 'I Am A Singer'". allkpop.com.
  19. "SISTAR's Hyorin and Soyou sing in beautiful harmony to K.Will's "Growing"". Koreaboo. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QQxTkKqLdM/
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