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Papaya (band)

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Years active
  
2000 (2000)–2001

Origin
  
Seoul, South Korea (2000)

Genres
  
K-pop, Dance-pop

Active until
  
2001

Albums
  
2집 Violet

Labels
  
One Star Music (2000) Cream Entertainment (2001)

Members
  
Jo Hye-kyung, Go Na Eun, Ju Yeon-Jeong, Hwang Yoon-mi, Kang Kyoung-ah

Similar
  
TTMa, Chakra, To‑Ya, Skull, Cleo

Papaya (Hangul: 파파야) was an all girl pop group from South Korea. They released two albums before becoming inactive.

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History

Papaya's first album, entitled 동화 ("Fairy Tale"), was distributed by One Star Music on August 4, 2000 and featured five members (Kang Se-jung, Joo Youn-jung, Jo Hye-kyung, Hwang Yoon-mi and Kang Kyoung-ah). Due to their unpopularity, Hwang Yoon-mi and Kang Kyoung-ah left the group before the release of their second album, Violet, released on May 22, 2001 under the Cream Entertainment music label.

Members

  • Kang Kyoung-ah (강경아)
  • Joo Youn-jung (주연정)
  • Jo Eun-sae (Jo Hye-kyung 조혜경)
  • Go Eun-chae (Hwang Yoon-mi 황윤미)
  • Go Na-eun (Kang Se-jung 강세정)
  • After disbandment

    Kang Se-jung went on to acting and uses stage name Go Na-eun. In 2009, she starred in Assorted Gems. She won the Excellence Award, Actress in the 2009 MBC Drama Awards for her role as eldest daughter, Gung Bi-chwi.

    Hwang Yoon-mi also turned to acting and uses stage name Go Eun-chae. In September 2012, Go married musical actor Park Eun-tae.

    Jo Hye-kyung became a Trot singer, using the stage name Jo Eun-sae. In 2014, she released single '비비고 (Rubbing)'.

    Songs

    Listen To Me2000
    Smile Smile2000
    Violet2집 Violet · 2001

    References

    Papaya (band) Wikipedia