Gummy
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| Gummy | |
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| Hangeul | 박지연 |
| Hanja | 朴 智 妍 |
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Revised Romanization |
Park Ji-yeon |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Pak Chiyon |
Gummy ( kor. 거미 , spider , born April 8, 1981 in Seoul ; real name Park Ji-yeon , 박지연 ) is a South Korean R&B and K-pop singer. She was under contract with YG Entertainment for a long time .
Life
2003–2009: debut and breakthrough
Gummy began playing the piano at the age of six and dreamed of a career that her mother had never been able to do. She graduated from Dongduk Women's University and released her first single When You Come Back in 2003 and her first album Like Them . She only had success with her second album It's Different , which was released on September 9, 2004 and with its title track Memory Loss ( 기억 상실 , kiok sangshil ) she won the 19th Golden Disk Awards and the "Mobile Popularity Award" at the Mnet Won Asian Music Awards .
The singer released her fourth album Comfort on March 12, 2008. The release date of the album had been postponed several times because Gummy was very concerned about the quality of the record, which should show her further development as a singer. TOP by BIG BANG can also be heard on the single I'm Sorry ( 미안 von , Mian haeyo ) ; He and labelmate Sandara Park from 2NE1 can also be seen in the music video for the single. The song was able to secure top 5 positions in various digital charts in Korea within a week of its appearance.
2010–2011: Comeback and Loveless (EP)
From 2008 to 2010 Gummy was on hiatus due to laryngitis . In April 2010, YG Entertainment announced further plans for Gummy, a little later on April 21, their single Loveless was in stores, the mini album of the same name followed a week later.
After a long time in Japan, during which she studied Japanese intensively and became familiar with the culture, Gummy made her debut in Japan in 2011. On October 15, 2011, she released a new music video with the remake of her hit I'm Sorry for the Japanese market.
2013: 10th anniversary, Snow Flower and the 2nd Japanese mini album
Gummy celebrated her 10th anniversary as a singer in 2013 with a fan meeting.
Gummy achieved another chart success with the song Snow Flower , which she recorded for the TV series That Winter, The Snow Blows . The song was placed at the top of the Gaon Charts .
Furthermore, the singer focused her activities again on Japan and released her second Japanese album, Fate (s) . Gummy was involved in the production of the album, for which she won the well-known Japanese producer Jeff Miyahara , who u. a. worked for artists like Namie Amuro and KAT-TUN . For the album, Gummy recorded the song Believe with Daesung from BIG BANG and two music videos were shot for it.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Album information | Tracks |
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| 2003 |
Like Them
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| 2004 |
It's different
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| 2005 |
For The Bloom
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| 2006 |
Unplugged
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| 2008 |
Comfort
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Mini albums (EPs)
| year | Album information | Tracks |
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| 2011 |
Loveless
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| 2013 |
Fate (s)
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Soundtracks
| year | information | Tracks |
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| 2004 |
A Moment to Remember ( 내 머리 속의 지우개 ) OST
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날 그만 잊어요 (Please Forget Me) |
| 2007 |
HIT ( 히트 ) OST
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통증 (Pain) |
| 2008 |
Sunny ( 님 은 먼 곳에 ) EAST
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님 은 먼 곳에 (My Love is Faraway) |
The Scale of Providence ( 신의 저울 ) OST
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애심 (Compassion) | |
General Hospital 2 ( 내게 로 오는 길 ) EAST
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내게 로 오는 길 (The Path Towards Me) | |
| 2009 |
Telecinema Triangle ( 이별 은 사랑 뒤를 따라 와 ) EAST
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Will it snow for Christmas? EAST
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그대 라서 (Because It's You) | |
| 2010 |
Dae Mul / Big Fish ( 대물 ) EAST
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죽어도 사랑해 (I Love You Even If You Die) |
Finding Mr. Kim ( 김종욱 찾기 ) OST
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러브 레시피 (Love Recipe) | |
| 2011 |
Midas ( 마이더스 ) EAST
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기다리고 싶어 (I Want to Wait) |
| 2013 |
That Winter, The Wind Blows OST Part 3
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"Snowflower" |
Music videos
| year | album | title |
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| 2003 | Like Them | 그대 돌아 오면 (If You Come Back To Me) ( Feat.Wheesung ) |
| 친구 라도 될 걸 그랬어 (We Should've Been Friends) | ||
| 2004 | It's different | 기억 상실 (Memory Loss) |
| 2005 | For The Bloom | 아니 (No) |
| 어른 아이 (Childish Adult) | ||
| 2006 | Unplugged | 그대 돌아 오면 (If You Come Back To Me) |
| 2008 | Comfort | 미안 해요 (I'm Sorry) (Feat. TOP ) |
| 2010 | Loveless (EP) | 사랑 은 없다 (There is No Love) |
| 남자 라서 (Because You're a Man) (Feat. Kim Hyun-joong and Jung Ryeo-won ) | ||
| 어떡해 (What Can I Do) | ||
| 2010 | - | 러브 레시피 (Love Recipe) ( Feat.Bobby Kim) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gummy Makes a Comeback after 3 Years . KBS World. March 3, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
- ↑ Gummy Sweeps Online Music Charts . KBS World. March 17, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
- ↑ 2004.02 월 - 가요 음반 판매량 ( Memento from September 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2005.02 월 - 가요 음반 판매량 ( Memento from March 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2005.12 월 - 가요 음반 판매량 ( Memento from February 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2006.08 월 - 가요 음반 판매량 ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Grace Danbi Hong: Gummy to Release New Single 'Snowflake' for 'That Winter, The Wind Blows . In: enewsWorld , February 20, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gummy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Park, Ji-yeon (real name); 박지연 (real name, Hangeul); 거미 (stage name in Korea) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean R&B and pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |