| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | 김현아 (Kim Hyun Ah) |
| Also known as | Hyuna (현아) |
| Born | June 6, 1992 Seoul, 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) 4Tomorrow (2009) Trouble Maker (2011) |
| Hyuna | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 김현아 |
| Hanja | 金泫雅 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeon-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏna |
HyunA (born Kim Hyun Ah; June 6, 1992) is a South Korean idol singer and a member of girl group, 4minute. She is also former member of the popular girl group Wonder Girls.
Biography
Kim Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in Seoul, 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, Hyuna 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, chronicgastroenteritis 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 was transferred over to JYP Entertainment's sister label, Cube Entertainment.[6] After joining Cube Entertainment, Hyuna joined girl group 4minute. Announced in May 2009, the group debuted with their single, "Hot Issue" on 15 June.[7][8]
[edit]2009: Collaborations
Hyuna 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. Hyuna also appeared in Mighty Mouth's music video for "Love Class" with Uee fromAfter School.
On August 18, 2009 Hyuna 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 will also star in each member's individual drama version of the video.[9] Hyuna's version was released on October 27, 2009. The Dream Team was composed of Hyuna (4minute), Seung Yeon (Kara), Uee (After School) & Gain (Brown Eyed Girls).
Hyuna 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, Hyuna released the single "Change" which debuted high on various online charts while also becoming a top search term.[10] Hyuna 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 Hyuna'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. Broadcast stations SBS, however, 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, released a digital single, "Love Parade" featuring T-MAX's member Park Yun Hwa.
On April 16, Hyuna released another digital single, "Outlaw in the Wild (Korean: 황야의 무법자)", featuring Nassun and was produced by E-Tribe.[13][14]
In the month of August the "Change" music video was made available to view on Virgin Media's music on demand service within the UK. Hyuna is featured for FADDY ROBOT FOUNDATION together with Beast`s Jun Hyung, Outsider, Verbal Jint, Mighty Mouth’s Ssangchu, Vasco and Zico, any profit from this song will be helping the society. The Song was released on September 17, 2010.
On October 14, 2010 Hyuna played a cameo role in thriller movie Late Night FM along with fellow band member Ji Hyun.[15]
She sang a duet song with G.NA called "Say You Love Me", in which she wrote/composed the rap lyrics of the song and became a hot topic in Korean portal sites. The duet song was released on November 10, 2010
[edit]2011: Bubble Pop!
CEO Hong Seungsong of Cube Entertainment announced that Hyuna will make a comeback with her 1st Mini-Album in May. He stated that "Hyuna 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."
Hyuna featured in Lim Jeong Hee's title track "Golden Lady" from her second EP, which was released on May 9, 2011. Hyuna also featured inSS501's Heo Young Saeng's title track "Let It Go" from his first solo mini album, Let It Go released on 12 May 2011.[16]
Hyuna is confirmed to appear on Korean version of “Dancing With The Stars”. The show will start broadcasting on June 10.[17]
After several teasers, Hyuna 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, 2011. The MV also stars MBLAQ's Lee Joon.
On September 28, 2011 Hyuna ranked 17th on Billboard's ’21 Under 21′, showcasing the staff’s top picks for the world’s hottest underage stars.[18]
On November 24, 2011 Cube revealed that she will be in a co-ed subunit called Trouble Maker! with Beast's Hyun Seung.
Their first mini albun, ‘Trouble Maker’,consists of a dance track as well as an emotional ballad, a solo song for Hyuna and a solo song for Hyunseung. The unit started revealing their teaser photos on November 25th through their teaser site, and unleashed their album on December 1st.[19]
[edit]Discography
[edit]EPs
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Bubble Pop!
| 4 | 10,000+ (South Korea) | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||||||
[edit]Collaboration EPs
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Trouble Maker
| ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||||||
[edit]Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| Gaon [20] | |||
| 2010 | |||
| "Change" (with Yong Jun Hyung) | 2 | Change: 1st Single | |
| "Outlaw in the Wild" (with Nassun) | 10 | Outlaw in the Wild: Digital Single | |
| "Say You Love Me" (with G.NA) | 14 | Together Forever | |
| 2011 | |||
| "A Bitter Day" (with G.NA and Yong Jun Hyung) | 10 | Bubble Pop! | |
| "Bubble Pop!" | 4 | ||
| "Just Follow" (with Block B's Zico) | 98 | ||
| "Trouble Maker" | Trouble Maker! |
[edit]Featured songs
| Year | Album artist | Album | Song | Duration | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lee Gi Kwang | First Episode: A New Hero | "2009" | 02:10 | |
| Brave Brothers | Attitude | "Bittersweet" | 03:52 | with Mabus, Red Roc, Basick & M | |
| 2010 | Park Yun Hwa | Love Parade | "Love Parade" | 03:52 | |
| Nassun | Outlaw in the Wild | "Outlaw in the Wild" | 03:30 | ||
| Faddy Robot Foundation | Faddy Robot | "Faddy Robot" | 04:13 | with Beast's Jun Hyung, Outsider, Verbal Jint, Mighty Mouth’s Ssangchu, Vasco and Block B's Zico | |
| G.NA | Together Forever | "Say You Love Me" | 03:05 | ||
| 2011 | Lim Jeong Hee | Golden Lady | "Golden Lady" | 03:36 | |
| Navi | Hello | "Wasteful Tears" | 03:18 | ||
| Heo Young Saeng | Let it go | "Let it go" | 03:18 |
[edit]Music videos
| Year | Music video | Length | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Change" | 3:48 | "Change" Music Video on YouTube |
| 2011 | "Bubble Pop!" | 3:35 | "Bubble Pop!" Music Video on YouTube |
| "Trouble Maker" | 4:20 | "Trouble Maker" Music Video on YouTube |
[edit]Filmography
[edit]Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Late Night | Herself |
[edit]Television series
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit]Music video appearances
| Year | Song title | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Dancing Shoes" | Lee Gi Kwang | Herself |
| 2009 | "Love Class" | Mighty Mouth | Herself |
| 2009 | "Tomorrow" | 4Tomorrow | Herself |
[edit]Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Gaon Chart Awards [21] | Streaming Download Award ("Change") | Won |
| 12th Mnet Asian Music Awards [22] | Best Dance Performance – Solo ("Change") | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 2011 YouTube K-pop Awards [23] | Most Viewed Music Video ("Bubble Pop!") | Won |
| 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards [24] | Best Dance Performance – Solo ("Bubble Pop!") | Won |
[edit]References
- ^ "K-pop stars scholarships irk students". The Korea Times. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Hyuna's Tattoo revealed
- ^ (Korean) "원더걸스, 첫 쇼케이스서 '열정의 신고식'". My Daily. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Hyuna leaves Wonder Girls". 1 August 2007.
- ^ (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. 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.
- ^ (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
- ^ "Gaon Chart Search" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
- ^ (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.
- ^ (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
[edit]External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hyuna |
- 4minute International Forum (English)
- hyunah on Twitter (Korean)
Full Credit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyuna
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