Min (artist)

Min (artist)
Min

Min at the Mnet 20s Choice Award
Background information
Birth name Lee Min Young
Also known as Min
Born June 21, 1991 (1991-06-21) (age 20)
Origin South Korea
Genres K-Pop, Pop, Dance-pop, Electropop, Teen Pop, Mandopop
Occupations Singer, Dancer, Actress, MC, Model
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010 (2010)–present
Labels JYP Entertainment (2003-2008), AQ Entertainment (JYP Entertainment sub-label) (2010-present)
Associated acts miss A (2010-present)
JYP Nation (2010–present)
Min (artist)
Hangul 이민영
Hanja
Revised Romanization Lee Min Young
McCune–Reischauer Lee Min Young
Stage name
Hangul
Revised Romanization Min
McCune–Reischauer Min

Lee Min Young (Hangul: 이민영; Hanja: 李敏英), also known as Min, is a South Korean idol singer, actress, model, MC and dancer. She is the lead vocalist and main dancer of the Korean girl group miss A which is under AQ Entertainment, a JYP Entertainment sub-label.[1] Before debuting with miss A, Min had some notable recognition in South Korea and some parts of America for being "Lil Jon's protege". She is considered as JYP's longest trainee having been trained for 8 years before debuting.[2]

Contents

Biography

Min was born on June 21, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. At a very young age, she had already been exposed to the entertainment industry as she had took part in "BoBoBo"[3] (The Korean version of Sesame Street)[4]. At 13 years old, she and Girls' Generation's member, Hyoyeon, formed a dance duo called "Little Winners".[5] Videos of Little Winners have become a popular watch on Youtube. Min auditioned to be a part of JYP Entertainment when she was in the 6th grade. After a year of training, she was sent to the U.S. to train some more as she prepares for a U.S. debut. She went to study at the Repertory Company High School in Manhattan. Min had revealed on an episode of Oh! My School, a South Korean variety show, that on the sixth year of her training, she had ran away after being disheartened from the recurring delay of her U.S. debut. She said that no one, not even her family nor JYP, knew that she had gone back to South Korea in 2008. She worked several jobs including being a Dance teacher and an English teacher for about 18 months.[6]

Career

New York, USA

For Min's U.S. debut, JYP teamed up with Lil Jon in the production of her album. She had an official MySpace account put up where two of her solo singles can be heard up until now.[7] Her solo singles are "Dance Like This", "Go Ahead" and "Boyfriend".

miss A

In June 2010, JYP Entertainment announced that they will be debuting a 3-member girl group called miss A.[8] They released their debut single, "Bad Girl Good Girl", from their debut mini-album, "Bad but Good", on the 30th of June, 2010.[9] The song went to #1 on music charts and gave miss A their first Mutizen award on Mnet M! Countdown. They also took home the first place on KBS Music Bank and SBS Inkigayo. They made their first comeback stage on September 26, 2010 with their single "Breathe" from their mini-album "Step Up" on Mnet M! Countdown where it was #1 for a week. Their comeback was praised for being very different from their debut stage as they exhibited a "doll-like transformation". [10]

miss A was then invited to perform at the "KCC Switzen All That Skate Spring 2011" Ice Show from the 6th to the 8th of May.[11] During the show, they performed their hits and their newly released track called "Love Alone". The song was released on the 2nd of May, 2011, and was said to have been created for the ice show.[12] On July 10, 2011, miss A's official website released an audio teaser of their much awaited comeback single.[13] The next day, Min's teaser was released. Min's teaser highlighted the anger one would have after being in a dysfunctional relationship especially when she slapped the man causing him to fall. The video gained even more attention when Min declared on her Twitter account that the slap featured in the teaser was real and that she "felt bad" for it.[14] After the successful promotion of the first album, A Class, the group ventured out into the Chinese market where they released a Taiwan Special Edition of the album which includes Chinese remakes of their hits.

Solo Activities

After miss A's promotion for their debut mini-album, Min collaborated with her label mate, San E, for his debut single, "Tasty San". She joined him on his debut stages on various music shows for the month of September.[15][16][17][18]

Min was selected to be a part of the G20 Seoul Summit that was held on November 2010. She was chosen to sing with 20 various idols from 2PM, 2AM, Girls' Generation, BEAST, MBLAQ and more for its theme song. The recording was done separately for two days and one day for all the participants to gather for the recording of the chorus.[19] The song, entitled "Let's Go", was released through a number of online music charts on the 15th of October, 2010.

On October 2010, Min was cast to appear on the pilot episode of KBS 100 Points Out of 100, a South Korean variety show that replaced Star Golden Bell. Min was "expelled" from the show due to poor performance on the first episode. However, when the show came back on air as "100 Points Out Of 100", Min was "re-enrolled" with the help of her label mate and friend, Chansung of 2PM. She became a permanent cast member of the show then on until it was announced to be cancelled on May, 2010.[20]

Rumors of Min being cast for an upcoming movie surfaced the internet throughout the month of November, 2010. A JYPE representative claimed that, "It is true that miss A’s Min received an offer to be cast in a movie, but it does not mean that it was accepted. Nothing is confirmed yet."[21]

Discography

Singles

Year Artist Song Album
2009 Min Dance Like This Dance Like This
Min Go Ahead Go Ahead
Min Boyfriend Boyfriend
2010 San E ft. Min Tasty San Everybody Ready?
Group of 20 Let's Go G20 Seoul Summit
JYP Nation This Christmas JYP Nation Team Play Concert

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Produced
2011 Countdown Jang Hyeon-ji Oh Jeong-wan

Variety show

Year Title TV Network
2010 100 Points Out of 100 KBS2

References

  1. ^ [1], miss A's Official Site.
  2. ^ "miss A's Min was a trainee for 8 years". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/miss-as-min-was-a-jyp-trainee-for-8-years. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  3. ^ "지 드래곤, 신세경, 민 알고보니 '뽀뽀뽀' 동문?". http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?articleid=20110513091145164l3&linkid=4&newssetid=1352. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  4. ^ "G. Dragon, Shin Sekyung, miss A's Min were once on BoBoBo". http://www.allkpop.com/2011/05/g-dragon-shin-se-kyung-miss-as-min-were-once-on-bobobo. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  5. ^ [2], 귀여운 팝퍼, 리틀위너스, 힙합퍼, January 27, 2004.
  6. ^ "미쓰에이 민 “미래 막막해 1년 반 동안 가출” 고백". http://news.nate.com/view/20110108n06245?mid=n0107. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  7. ^ Hilliard, Chloe A.. "Seoul Train". http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-07-10/nyc-life/seoul-train/. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  8. ^ JYPE set to unleash a new girl group miss A, Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  9. ^ miss A dominates Monkey3 Music Chart for July, Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  10. ^ "'활동종료' 미쓰에이, "아쉬움 많이 남지만"". http://news.nate.com/view/20101108n05208. Retrieved 28/10/2011. 
  11. ^ 미쓰에이, 김연아 아이스쇼 피날레 장식, Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  12. ^ 미쓰에이, '아이스쇼' 대기실 직찍 공개..'화사해', Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  13. ^ miss A reveals teaser for comeback track, Good-bye, Baby, Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  14. ^ [3], Retrieved 28/10/2011.
  15. ^ "San E debuts with "Everybody Ready"". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/san-e-debuts-with-everybody-ready. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  16. ^ "San E debuts with "Tasty San" on MCountdown". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/san-e-debuts-with-tasty-san-on-mcountdown. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  17. ^ "San E debuts on Music Bank with "Tasty San"". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/san-e-debuts-on-music-bank-with-tasty-san. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  18. ^ "San E makes a tasty debut on Music Core". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/san-e-makes-a-tasty-debut-on-music-core. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  19. ^ "20 idol singers unite to sing the G20 Seoul Summit theme song". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/20-idol-singers-unite-to-sing-the-g20-seoul-summit-theme-song. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  20. ^ "KBS ‘자유선언 토요일’ 신설, 명받았습니다-백점만점 폐지 비운"". http://news.nate.com/view/20110503n07534. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 
  21. ^ "miss A Min’s big screen debut unconfirmed". http://www.allkpop.com/2010/11/miss-a-mins-big-screen-debut-unconfirmed. Retrieved 31/10/2011. 

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