Park Ji-yeon
| Park Ji-yeon | |
|---|---|
|
Jiyeon at 2015 K-Pop Festival. | |
| Native name | 박지연 |
| Born |
Park Ji-yeon June 7, 1993 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation | |
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Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | MBK Entertainment |
| Associated acts | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박지연 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 朴芝妍[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Ji-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chiyŏn |
Park Ji-yeon (born June 7, 1993), better known mononymously as Jiyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known for being the visual, main dancer and the youngest member of the South Korean girl group T-ara.
Early life
Ji-yeon was born in Seoul, South Korea on June 7, 1993,[2] from a Korean family.[3][4] She briefly attended Hyehwa Girls' High School and graduated from Lila Art High School in 2012.[5]
Career
2008–2012: Career beginning and T-ara
She and Eunjung are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions.[6][7]
Ji-yeon has expressed an interest in modeling. In 2008, when she was 15 years old, Ji-yeon was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for clothing company Smart with Korean boy band SHINee.[8] She collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Female Generation/Forever Love", which was released in May 2009, making her the first member of T-ara to appear in public. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "Saranghae" and "My Love is Crying" from their 2009 album, Gift from SG Wannabe. Early on, the Korean media dubbed Ji-yeon "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her close resemblance to Kim.[9]
In the same year 2008, she entered and won the Smart Model Contest. Subsequently, she auditioned at the Mnet Casting System and joined the company. T-ara debuted on 29 July 2009, when Ji-yeon was 16 years old; the majority of the members were in their early twenties. She was the youngest member until Areum was introduced in June 2012, followed by Dani, who was added in December on the same year.
Ji-yeon made an appearance on the highly ranked KBS television show Master of Study as Na Hyun Jung, a heavily burdened love-struck high school girl who joins a special class consisting of five underperforming students who must gain acceptance to the top South Korean university, commonly referred to as the "Cheonha-Dae" (in Korean).[10][11] Ji-yeon played the lead character in Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp alongside Yoon Shi-yoon, which was released in July 2010.
In August 2010, she appeared on HahaMong Show and discussed meeting Park Ji-sung.[12] In October 2010, Ji-yeon became the host for Show! Music Core (MBC), alongside Suzy (Miss A) with Minho and Onew, both of SHINee.
2011–2013: Acting roles
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During the 19 August 2011 rehearsal taping of KBS Music Bank for their final stage performance of promoting Roly Poly, Ji-yeon pulled a right knee ligament and was rushed to the hospital for further treatment. Her agency released a statement saying that Jiyeon's condition was being monitored. She was reported recovering and continuing to attend tour after tour, although she needed considerable assistance for each trip due to her injuries. She was later cast in Dream High Season 2 as Rian/Lee Ji Kyung.[13]
In 2011, she was ranked on MBC's Weekly Idol as the 'best-looking idol in real life' by fellow idols and once again in 2012 as the 'best-looking idol' for her versatile face and glowing character.[14] In 2013, she hosted along with Nichkhun from 2PM, Jokwon from 2AM, Minho from Shinee and Suzy from Miss A For 2013 Korean Music Wave In Bangkok, Thailand.[15]
2014: Solo debut
It was revealed that Jiyeon and fellow T-ara member Hyomin would musically debut solo – promoting simultaneously, or in early April and early May, respectively. On March 28 it was announced that Jiyeon would start promoting on May 20, with single "1min 1sec" (Hangul: 1분 1초). The single peaked on the Korean charts at 17 and excelled in China, becoming the first Korean song to reach a 99.5% YinYueTai score.[16]
In June, Jiyeon resumed her acting career, appearing in the fifteenth episode of Triangle (MBC), as Sung Yoo-jin – anticipated to be a potential wife for Yim Si-wan (ZE:A)'s character. In September, she was cast as MC for the fourth season of The Show (SBS MTV), with Lee Hyeri (Girl's Day) and a new male model MC [17]
2015–present
After the departure of Jiyeon's co-MC host Hyeri Jiyeon will be working with the new male MC Hongbin (VIXX) alongside Zhou Mi (Super Junior-M).
In May, Jiyeon was confirmed to play the lead role in a Korean-Chinese film 'Encounter' and will be on her way to China on May 7. Currently, actor Lee Dong Gun was confirmed to play the lead role alongside Jiyeon. Filmed by a rookie director, Kim Jung Han, 'Encounter' is about a romance that unfolds on a cruise ship that travels between Barcelona, Spain and the Indian Ocean.[18]
Jiyeon participated in a track for the album in collaboration with 2BIC’s Junhyung, including a feature by Yoo Yo. The song titled Summer Love was released on the 25th of July.
Discography
Albums
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [19] |
TWN [20] |
TWN East Asian [21] | |||
| Never Ever |
|
3 | 11 | 2 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Sales | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon |
KOR Billboard | ||||
| 2013 | "My Sea" | - | - |
|
Bunny Style! |
| 2014 | "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" | 17 | 6 |
|
Never Ever |
| 2016 | "Summer Love" (With Junhyung of 2BiC featuring Yoon Yo) |
- | - |
|
Summer Love |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region | |||||
Soundtracks
| Year | Album | Song | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cinderella Man OST | "Women's Generation" | 3:32 | with Seeya and Davichi |
| "Forever Love" | 3:32 | |||
| 2010 | Master of Study OST | "Rolling" | 4:01 | Solo |
| Jungle Fish 2 OST | "Little By Little" | 4:10 | Solo | |
| Coffee House OST | "Coffee Over Milk" | 3:35 | With Hyomin and Lee Bo Ram (Seeya) | |
| 2012 | Dream High 2 OST | "Superstar" | 3:42 | With Hyorin and Ailee |
| "Together" | 4:19 | With JB | ||
| "Day after Day" | 3:43 | Solo | ||
| 2013 | Bunny Style! | "Dangerous Love" | 3:40 | With Ham Eun-jung and Hyomin |
| 2014 | Triangle OST | "Kiss and Cry" | 3:31 | With Cho Seunghee (F-ve Dolls) and Shorry J (Mighty Mouth) |
Other charted songs
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| 2014 | "Yeurido Cherry Blossom" | 70 | Never Ever | |
| "Marionette" | 80 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Music video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" | Hong Se Hyun |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp | Lee Se-hee |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Juliet |
| Gisaeng Ghost | Cameo | |
| 2015 | Encounter | |
Drama
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I Love You Too | KBS2 | |
| Hello! Miss | |||
| Lobbyist | SBS | ||
| 2008 | Aeja's Older Sister, Minja | Maeng Na-yeon | |
| 2009 | Soul | Yoon Doo-na | MBC |
| High Kick! (season 2) | Lee Yu-ri | ||
| 2010 | Master of Study | Na Hyun-jung | KBS2 |
| Jungle Fish 2 | Seo Yul | ||
| 2011 | Miss Ripley | Yu | MBC |
| 2012 | The Thousand Man | Han Yi-seul | |
| Dream High 2 | Rian | KBS2 | |
| 2014 | Triangle | Seong Yoo-jin | MBC |
| 2015 | Sweet Temptation (Reborn) | Ji-ho | Web drama |
| 2016 | "My Runway" | Han Seo-yeon | Web drama |
Musical
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Our Youth, Roly Poly Musical | Han Joo-young |
Variety show
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Radio Star | Herself | MBC |
| Star King | SBS | ||
| 2010 | Win Win | KBS2 | |
| Taxi | tvN | ||
| You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook | KBS | ||
| Star King | SBS | ||
| Star Golden Bell | KBS | ||
| Dream Girls | Mnet | ||
| Strong Heart | SBS | ||
| Happy Together | KBS | ||
| Bouquet | MBC | ||
| Invincible Youth | KBS2 | ||
| Heroes | SBS | ||
| Hello Baby | KBS | ||
| 2010–2011 | Music Core | Host | MBC |
| 2011 | 100 Points out of 100 | Herself | KBS2 |
| Star King | SBS | ||
| Running Man | SBS | ||
| Vitamin | KBS2 | ||
| Beatles Code | Mnet | ||
| Win Win | KBS2 | ||
| Happy Together | KBS | ||
| 2013 | Beatles Code | Mnet | |
| Hidden Singer | JTBC | ||
| Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 | KBS2 | ||
| SimSimTaPa | MBC | ||
| 2014 | Moon Hee Jun's Pure | Mnet | |
| Mnet Rude Show | Mnet | ||
| Weekly Idol | MBC | ||
| Hello Counselor | KBS | ||
| Happy Together | KBS | ||
| Weekly Idol | MBC | ||
| 2015 | The Show | Host | SBS MTV |
| Idol Star Athletic Championship 2015 | Herself | MBC | |
| Let's Go Together | Herself | ||
| Come On, Little Master | Herself | JSTV |
Music video appearances
| Year | Song title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2008(pre-debut) | "Never Ending Story" | SMASH |
| 2009(pre-debut) | "My Cry Baby"&"Saranghae" | SG Wannabe |
| 2010 | "Soul(ver.1)" | Yangpa |
| "Soul(ver.2)" | ||
| "I Have To Let You Go" | Young Gun | |
| 2011 | "Shake It Up" | Seo In-guk |
| 2012 | "Together" (Dream High 2 OST) | JB & Jiyeon |
| 2013 | "Painkiller" | T-ara(Soyeon), The SeeYa(Yoojin), 5dolls(Eunkyo) & Speed(Taewoon, Sungmin) |
| 2014 | "More and More" | The SeeYa |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | APM Model Contest | Silver Award | N/A | Won |
| 2008 | Smart Model Contest | Daesung (Gold) Award | N/A | Won |
| 2010 | SBS Entertainment Award | Best Teamwork | Heroes | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Master of Study | Nominated | |
| Best Couple Award with Yoo Seung-ho | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival | Best Young Actress | Triangle | Nominated |
| 2015 | Cable TV Broadcast Awards | Popularity award | The Show | Won |
| The 3rd Yinyuetai VChart Award | Best Korea Female Singer | 1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever) | Won | |
| 2015 | Yahoo Asia BUZZ Award | Most Popular Asian İdol | N/A | Nominated |
References
- ↑ T-ARA Official (17 October 2014). "Ji-yeon hanjia birth name". T-ARA Official FAECBOOK.
- ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
- ↑ (Korean) 티아라 지연, '악성루머'에도 '엠카'서 MC 활약 '눈길, Naver.com, 10 October 2010; accessed 14 November 2015.
- ↑ (Korean) ‘엠카 MC 나선’ 티아라 지연, 음란채팅 루머에도 ‘씩씩’ " Naver News, 9 October 2010; retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ f(x) 루나·티아라 지연·원걸 혜림, 리라高 동반졸업
- ↑ Lynn Kim & Jessica Kim: "T-ara to become 7-member group", 10.asiae.co.kr, 16 July 2010; retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ (Korean) 티아라, 은정→보람 리더 교체 왜? ("Why did T-ara change its leaders from Eunjung to Boram?"), star.mt.co.kr, 16 July 2010; retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ (Korean) '음중' 새 4MC 온유·민호·지연·수지, 무난한 데뷔 . Naver News, 30 October 2010; retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ↑ "티아라 지연, 김태희 ‘니트 머리띠’ 열풍 동참", star.mt.co.kr, 26 January 2011; retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ "SKY Universities"
- ↑ "Jiyeon in TV Drama". The Korea Times, 23 November 2009; retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "T-ara's Jiyeon has a relationship with Park Ji Sung?". AllKpop.com.
- ↑ (Korean) "티아라 지연 무릎부상 악화로 응급실행" ("Park Ji-yeon's leg injuries forces tour to face delays"), Imaeil.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "T-Ara JiYeon "Best Face"". KpopStarz. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "'MBC Korean Music Wave in Bangkok' is Successful with 20,000 Fans". KpopStarz. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "Jiyeon's "1분 1초" broke record in YYT chart". 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
Jiyeon just broke one of the records for Korean Songs in YinYueTai Chart for having 99.5/100 rating in it (first Korean Idol who did that in YYT Chart)
- ↑ Jiyeon confirmed as new MC of The Show, allkpop.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
- ↑ Jiyeon confirmed for a new Korean-Chinese film, Encounter, allkpop.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "Gaon Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "G-Music Combo Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "G-Music J-Pop Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Gaon Annual Chart - 2014". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Cumulative sales for "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)":
- "Gaon Year Chart – 2014". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 4 Aug 2016.
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