Dana (singer, 1986)

Dana at Operastar 2012

Hong Sung-mi
Hangeul	홍성미
Hanja	洪 性 美
Revised Romanization	Hong Seong-mi
McCune- Reischauer	Hong Sŏngmi
See also : Korean name

Hong Sung-mi (born July 17, 1986 in Seoul , South Korea ) is known in South Korea by her stage name Dana . She was originally a solo singer and made her debut in 2001. She is now a group member of the South Korean girl band The Grace , which debuted in 2005.

Career

Dana started early as a solo singer with Lee Soo-man's record company SM Entertainment , her goal should be "the next BoA ". In 2000 she had a role with HOT in the 3D film for Age of Peace ( kor. 평화 의 시대 ; dt. Century of Peace), she played the role "Dana". She then appeared in 2001 in Kangta's first music video , "Polaris". A year later, in 2002, she starred in the South Korean sitcom for Nonstop 3 and also played her own role there.

Dana released two Korean studio albums between 2001 and 2003. On September 1, 2001, she brought her first album Sesangkkeutkkaji ( 세상 끝까지 ; "Far from the End of the World") to the South Korean market, which was well received by the audience. On the album there was a music video for the song "Diamond", which is a duet with Yunho ( TVXQ ). On October 1, 2003, she tried to build on her first success with another album, Namgyeodun Iyagi ( 남겨둔 이야기 ; "Maybe"), which did not succeed.

Since 2005 she has been a member of the South Korean girl group The Grace . They performed in the People's Republic of China and Japan . For the fourth Japanese single, she recorded the song " Sayonara No Mukou Ni " as the b-side . The band took a longer break since 2009 and it is also unknown when they want to return.

Since 2010 she has also played in several musicals. Her first was ( 고궁 뮤지컬 대장금 ) Daejanggeum Season Three , in which she played the role 서장금 . In the same year she also played in the South Korean version of the musical Rock of Ages and played the role as "Sherrie Christian". Several well-known celebrities were in this musical such as Sunday or Onew and Jay, who is from the South Korean band Trax . From 2010 to 2011 she was also active in the South Korean musical for ( 삼총사 ) The Three Musketeers and played the role as "Constance". Jay and Kyuhyun from Super Junior played here .

At the end of June 2011, SM Entertainment announced that the band "The Grace" should come back, but as an extended group. The extended group is called The Grace: Dana & Sunday and consists only of the two group members Dana and Sunday. On July 8, 2011, they released the music video for the new single "One More Chance". The single has been available in digital format since July 11, 2011.

For the series “For You in Full Blossom” ( 아름다운 그대 에게 ) Dana recorded the title “Maybe We” ( 어쩌면 우린 ), it is a continuous disco pop song and is on the soundtrack for the series, which The OST Part 4 for SBS Drama 아름다운 그대 에게 (For You in Full Blossom) is called. The soundtrack album was released in September 2012.

Discography

Studio albums

#	title	publication
1.	First album	September 10, 2001
2.	남겨둔 이야기 (Maybe)	0October 1, 2003

Music videos

#	title
1.	Sesangkkeutkkaji 세상 끝까지
2.	Diamond
3.	남겨둔 이야기
4th	What Is Love (Original Ver.)

Releases with The Grace

→ Main article: The Grace / Discography

Releases as Dana & Sunday

#	title	publication	format	Sales
1.	나 좀 봐줘 (One More Chance)	July 11, 2011	Digital format	834,000

Activities as an actress

year	title	role	annotation
2000	(평화 의 시대) Age of Peace	Dana	3D movie with HOT
2001	Polaris	Oneself	Kangta's first music video
2002	Nonstop 3	Dana	Sitcom
2010	(고궁 뮤지컬 대장금) Daejanggeum Season Three	서장금	musical
2010	(락 오브 에이지) Rock of Ages	Sherrie Christian	Musical with Sunday
2010-2011	(삼총사) The Three Musketeers	Constance	Musical with Kyuhyun
2012	( 아모레 미오 ) Amore Mio	Mi-rae ( 미래 )	Special drama
	( 캐치 미 이프 유캔 ) Catch Me If You Can	Brenda Strong	musical

Web links

Commons : Dana  - collection of images

• Official website of Dana & Sunday
• Official Korean website of The Grace ( May 1, 2005 memento on the Internet Archive )
• Official Japanese website of The Grace
• Official Dana & Sunday Facebook account
• Official The Three Musketeers website
• Dana on Twitter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ People. Nate .com Dana's profile ( Memento from February 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ mydaily 다나, "앳된 이미지 벗 으려 무대 서 안 웃었다"
3. ↑ news.mt: "여중생 연예계 데뷔 붐 Booming of school girls' debuts as entertainers"
4. ↑ movie.daum: 평화 의 시대 (2000) Cast
5. ↑ Hankyoreh : "SM 엔터테인먼트, 아시아권 겨냥한 여성 4 인조 그룹 공개 (SM Entertainment founds a new four-person girl group)"
6. ↑ mydaily: "유노윤호 · 신동 · 가희, 백댄서 에서 앞으로 나온 춤꾼 가수 들 (Yuno Yunho, Sin Dong, Ga Hui, background singers make it big)"
7. ↑ Generasia: Juicy Love
8. ↑ sportsworldi.segye Dana & Sunday
9. ↑ SM Entertainment: The OST Part 4 for SBS Drama '아름다운 그대 에게 (For You in Full Blossom)' to be Released! (English / Korean) on Facebook , accessed October 6, 2012
10. ^ Gaon Chart. Weekly charts

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Hong is the family name here, Sung-mi is the first name.