Full Name Kim Hyuna Role Recording Artist Instruments Vocals Height 1.64 m | Name Kim Hyun-ah Years active 2007–present Years active 2007–present Labels JYPUniversalCube | |
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HyunA(현아) - '베베 (BABE)' (Choreography Practice Video)
Kim Hyun-ah (born June 6, 1992), better known by the mononym Hyuna, stylized as HyunA, is a South Korean singer, dancer, songwriter and model. She rose to fame in the late 2000s as a member of the girl group Wonder Girls, leaving the ensemble shortly after their debut in 2007 and subsequently joining the girl group 4Minute in 2009. Hyuna began a solo career in 2010, which she describes as "performance-oriented music". Her debut single "Change" peaked at #2 on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Contents
- HyunA BABE Choreography Practice Video
- The hottest female rapper 4minute s kim hyuna
- Early life and education
- 20062008 Wonder Girls
- 20092010 4Minute and solo career beginnings
- 20112012 Bubble Pop Melting and Trouble Maker
- 20132015 Chemistry A Talk and A
- 2016present 4Minutes disbandment Awesome Triple H and Following
- Personal life
- Concerts
- References
She released her first extended play Bubble Pop! in 2011. Though the EP was a moderate seller, its title track sold more than 2.5 million copies, and Hyuna became the first female K-pop solo artist to reach 100 million views on a single YouTube video. In 2012, she appeared in Psy's worldwide hit "Gangnam Style", which also led to a successful duet rendition of the song. Hyuna's second EP Melting (2012) saw her first number one entry on the Gaon chart with the single "Ice Cream".
Following 4Minute's disbandment in 2016, she released her fifth EP A'wesome which was supported by her first concert tour of the United States. Hyuna has collaborated with several of her label mates under Cube Entertainment, first forming the duo Trouble Maker with Jang Hyun-seung in 2011; which spawned two number-one singles. In 2017, she was involved in the trio Triple H, releasing the EP 199X.
The hottest female rapper 4minute s kim hyuna
Early life and education
Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. She attended Choongam Middle School and Korea High School of Music and Arts and currently attends Konkuk University, majoring in art culture, receiving special admission to the school.
Hyuna's Hanja name is "泫我". However, her Chinese teacher told her that it sounded bizarre in Mandarin (pinyin: Xuàn Wǒ, it could be translated as "I weep") and recommended she adopt the characters "泫雅" (pinyin: Xuàn Yǎ) as her name for promotional activities in Taiwan, which Hyuna agreed to, commenting that "泫雅" sounded adorable.
2006–2008: Wonder Girls
In 2006, Hyuna was revealed as a member of Wonder Girls at age 14, a girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, as the group's main rapper. She participated in the group's debut mini album The Wonder Begins, released in February 2007. She was a part of the group's television show MTV Wonder Girls for two seasons, and co-hosted Show! Music Core with Wonder Girls' Sohee and Fly to the Sky singer Brian Joo from May 12– June 30, 2007. Hyuna left Wonder Girls in July, when she was removed by her parents due to their concern over her health; in particular, chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells.
In 2008, she joined Cube Entertainment and later debuted as part of the girl group 4Minute. Announced in May 2009, the group debuted with the single "Hot Issue" on June 15.
2009–2010: 4Minute and solo career beginnings
Hyuna collaborated with Lee Gi-kwang on the song "2009" from his debut album First Episode: A New Hero, and also appeared in the music video of his single "Dancing Shoes," which was released on March 30, 2009. On August 13 she rapped for Navi's song "Wasteful Tears" and she also appeared in its music video. Hyuna also featured in Brave Brothers' song "Bittersweet," released August 18. She became part of the "Dream Team Girl Group," a promotional group for Samsung's Anycall phone with Han Seung-yeon, Uee, and Gain. 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. Hyuna's individual version of the music video was released on October 27. 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 June 11, 2010.
On January 4, 2010, Hyuna released the single "Change", which charted highly on various online charts. The song reached #14 on the Gaon 2010 digital yearly charts with 2,469,354 copies sold. Ten days later, on January 14, the "Change" music video was flagged with a 19+ rating by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family for being inappropriate for minors. Cube Entertainment stated that the music video would be re-edited and submitted for approval. However, broadcast station SBS, announced the music video would be restricted for a 15+ audience instead, and MBC announced that it would still be viewable for all audiences. Hyuna's "Change" promotions ended in March 2010.
Hyuna released a few more singles in 2010, including "Love Parade" featuring T-max's member Park Yun-hwa, "Outlaw in the Wild" featuring Nassun, and produced by E-Tribe. She also participated in a duet single with G.NA called "Say You Love Me", for which she wrote the rap lyrics. In October 2010, she made a cameo appearance in the thriller film Midnight FM with 4Minute member Jihyun on October 14, 2010.
2011–2012: Bubble Pop, Melting and Trouble Maker
In 2011, Hyuna appeared in the Korean version of Dancing with the Stars. The show began broadcasting on June 10. The same year, she released her first mini album, Bubble Pop, featuring five new songs including the title track of the same name. The single was a global success, and featured on top of YouTube's "most watched today" chart after gaining one million views in two days. It eventually became the first music video by a K-pop artist to surpass 100 million views. Hyuna was ranked 17th on Billboard's '21 Under 21′, a staff-compiled list of notable young acts; while "Bubble Pop" was listed as ninth place on Spin magazine's "Best 20 Songs of 2011."
On November 24, 2011, Cube revealed that she would be in a co-ed unit called Trouble Maker with BEAST's Hyunseung. Trouble Maker's first mini album, Trouble Maker, consisted of a dance track and an emotional ballad, as well as solo songs for both Hyuna and Hyunseung. Trouble Maker performed for the first time at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
In March 2012, Hyuna joined The Birth of a Family, an "animal communion variety" program where idols adopt stray pets and take care of them for a certain period of time to raise awareness for animal rights. On March 14, Hyuna announced the launch of her brand Hyuna x SPICYCOLOR. Hyuna also appeared in Psy's viral music video for "Gangnam Style," having been selected personally by Psy during the initial production stage. Gangnam Style became the most viewed K-pop music video, and drew worldwide global recognition for Hyuna. Psy released the female version of Gangnam Style, known as "Oppa Is Just My Style" in August 2012, featuring additional vocals by Hyuna.
Hyuna released her second mini album titled Melting on October 21, 2012 with the title track "Ice Cream". The song was produced by Brave Brothers and was the first collaborative effort between the producer and Hyuna as a solo artist. The video for Ice Cream was released on October 22, 2012 and features a cameo by Psy."Ice Cream" drew global attention, after being featured by several international media outlets. It drew a record number of views on YouTube and became the then-fastest Korean music video to reach 20 million views. Melting is also notable for Hyuna's contributions as a lyricist and composer for "Very Hot" and "To My Boyfriend".
In the same month, it was announced that Hyuna would join four other K-pop stars; Sistar's Hyolyn, Secret's Jun Hyo-seong, After School's Nana and Kara's Nicole to form a project group titled "Dazzling Red". The group performed at the 2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon.
2013–2015: Chemistry, A Talk and A+
On May 24, Hyuna collaborated with makeup artists SON & PARK to launch a series of charitable activities titled "KISS OF HOPE", whose profits were donated to the education of children in poor countries. In March, Hyuna became a spokesmodel for the 2013 Toyota Corolla. She released the short music video "Corolla x Hyuna: My Color", and the "CorollaxHyuna" mobile app which teaches her song and choreography. On March 11, Hyuna performed at the K-Pop Night Out at SXSW at Austin, Texas. She then went to Los Angeles to film a Funny or Die sketch with British singer, Rita Ora. The two stars' "Better Walk" video was released on "Funny or Die" on April 2, 2014.
In October, Hyuna and Hyunseung made a comeback as Trouble Maker. They released the single "Now" from their Chemistry EP. The song reached number one on ten of Korea's major music charts, and was deemed by Instiz.net as an All-Kill. It also topped Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 chart.
In July 2014, Hyuna released her third album titled A Talk and its lead single "Red". To promote the album, Hyuna appeared in her own reality show titled Hyuna's Free Month, which showcased various aspects of her daily life. Red proved to be a success, with Billboard praising her for establishing herself as a global pop brand and Rolling Stone naming "Red" number five on their list of the top ten music videos of 2014. The album also topped charts in Taiwan.
In August 2015, Hyuna released her fourth mini album A+, with the lead single titled "Because I'm the Best" featuring Jung Il-hoon. Hyuna made her comeback on M! Countdown and performed "Ice, Ice" featuring Hwasa.
2016–present: 4Minute's disbandment, A'wesome, Triple H and Following
On June 13, 2016, it was announced that 4Minute had made the decision to disband. Hyuna was the only member of the group to renew her contract with Cube Entertainment. Following 4Minute's disbandment, Hyuna resumed her activities as a solo artist, with the release of her fifth mini album A'wesome and its title track "How's This?" (Hangul: 어때?), on August 1, 2016. Behind-the-scenes footage of Hyuna's album's preparation was featured on her solo reality program HyunA X19. The album topped nine local music charts upon release. She embarked on her first solo Asia tour soon after.
To mark her tenth anniversary, Hyuna announced a fan-meeting tour in North America. She visited ten cities in total during February 2017.
On April 3, 2017, Cube Entertainment confirmed that Hyuna and Pentagon members Hui and E'Dawn were set to debut in May as new sub-unit "Triple H". On April 4, Cube TV debuted a new reality TV program called Triple H Detective Agency.
Hyuna released her sixth mini-album Following and its title track "Babe" on August 29, 2017.
Personal life
Hyuna has a tattoo on her left shoulder that says, "My mother is the heart that keeps me alive". She has another tattoo on her right inner arm reading "Tempus", which means 'time' in Latin.
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