Soyou
Kang Ji-hyun (born February 12, 1992), known professionally as Soyou, is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar.
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Born | Kang Ji-hyun February 12, 1992 Jeju Island, South Korea |
Occupation | Singer |
Musical career | |
Genres | |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | Starship |
Associated acts |
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Soyou | |
Hangul | 강지현 |
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Revised Romanization | Gang Ji-hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Chihyŏn |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 소유 |
Revised Romanization | So-yu |
McCune–Reischauer | Soyu |
Life and career
1992–2010: Early life and career beginnings
Soyou was born on February 12, 1992,[1] in Jeju Island, South Korea. Before debuting, she was a licensed hairdresser and worked in a hair salon.[2] Soyou was known as a Cube Entertainment trainee, who was originally supposed to debut as a member of 4Minute.[3] Soyou has said that she didn't make it into the group because she was lacking in many ways and was originally supposed to be in Sohyun's place.[4] Instead, Soyou auditioned for Starship Entertainment, singing a cover of Navi's "On The Road", and, after her traineeship, she debuted as a meber of Sistar in June 2010.[5] The group gained significant popularity after the release of their hit single "So Cool" in 2011.[6]
2010–2017: Original soundtracks, collaborations and Sistar disbandment
In August 2010, Soyou collaborated with Kan Jongwoo of J2 for the soundtrack for the drama Gloria. In September, she also sang a soundtrack for MBC's drama Playful Kiss. The song is titled "Should I Confess".[7]
In November 2012, Soyou sang a duet with hip-hop duo Geeks. The song "Officially Missing You, Too" is a remake of Tamia's song of the same title. It is a part of Geeks' project album, Re;Code Episode 1.[8] She also collaborated with fellow label mates, K.Will and Boyfriend's Jeongmin, for Starship Planet's yearly holiday release, titled "White Love".[9]
In September 2013, it was revealed that Soyou and Mad Clown would release a duet called "Stupid in Love" on the 10th.[10]
In February 2014, Soyou and Junggigo released a duet called "Some".[11]
In January 2015, it was revealed that Soyou, together with Lee Honey and Kim Jungmin, would be the new MCs of beauty tip program Get It Beauty. The new MCs' first episode aired on February 4, 2015.[12]
In February 2017, Soyou and Baekhyun released a duet called "Rain".[13][14]
In May 2017, Sistar released their last single "Lonely" and disbanded after their seven years together as a group.[15] The group performed their most successful summer hits – "Touch My Body", "Shake It", "Loving U", "I Swear" and also their last song "Lonely" on four major music shows, before concluding the schedule on Inkigayo on June 4, 2017, and officially disbanding.[16]
In August 2017, Soyou was featured as the vocalist on Primary's song "Right?".[17]
2017–present: Solo debut
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After Sistar disbanded in June 2017, Soyou debuted her solo career under Starship Entertainment, releasing a remake single of Choi Sung-won's The Blue Night of Jeju Island on September 7.[18] She was featured with K.Will on his fourth album Part.1 Nonfiction b-side track titled "Let Me Hear You Say", released on September 26.[19][20] She released a collaboration track titled "Monitor Girl" with Geeks' Louie on October 26, it was their second collaboration since "Officially Missing You, Too" in 2012.[21] On November 16, Soyou released "I Still" with Sung Si-kyung as pre-release track for her upcoming solo album.[22] On November 28, Soyou was confirmed to become an MC for a new beauty program of JTBC titled SoyouXHani's Beauty View, which began airing on December 28.[23] On December 13, Soyou released the first part of her solo album titled RE:BORN with the single "The Night" featuring rapper duo Geeks and produced by Primary.[24]
Discography
Extended plays
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR | |||
Re:Born |
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19 |
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Re:Fresh |
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19 |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
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KOR [27] |
KOR Hot [28] | |||||
"Blue Nights of Jeju Island" | 2017 | — | — | N/A | Non-album single | |
"The Night" (feat. Geeks) (Prod. By Primary) |
23 | 32 |
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Re:Born | ||
"My Blossom" | 2018 | 50 | — | N/A | Non-album singles | |
"All Night" | 59 | — | Re:Fresh | |||
"Gotta Go" | 2020 | 157 | — | Non-album singles | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. * Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was discontinued in July 2014. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
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KOR [27] | |||||
"Right" (Primary featuring Soyou) |
2017 | — | N/A | Non-album single | |
"Let Me Hear You Say" (미필적 고의) (K.Will featuring Soyou) |
— | Part.1 Nonfiction | |||
"Forever Yours" (Key featuring Soyou) |
2018 | — | Face | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Collaborative singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
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KOR [27] |
KOR Hot [28] | ||||
"Officially Missing You, Too" (with Geeks) |
2012 | 2 | 2 |
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Re;code |
"White Love" (하얀 설레임) (with K.Will & Boyfriend's Jeongmin) |
6 | 7 |
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Starship Planet | |
"Goodbye" (with Hong Dae-kwang) |
2013 | 10 | 8 |
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Non-album singles |
"Stupid in Love" (착해 빠졌어) (with Mad Clown) |
1 | 1 |
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"Some" (썸) (with Junggigo featuring Geeks' Lil Boi) |
2014 | 1 | 1 |
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"The Space Between" (틈) (with Urban Zakapa's Kwon Sunil and Park Yongin |
2 | — |
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"Pillow" (팔베개) (with Giriboy featuring Kihyun) |
2015 | 5 | — |
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NO.MERCY Pt. 2 |
"Lean on Me" (어깨) (with 10cm's Kwon Jeongyeol) |
2 | — |
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Non-album single | |
"Runnin'" (우리 둘) (with Henry) |
2016 | — | — |
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S.M. Station Season 1 |
"Love Is One More Than Farewell" (사랑은 이별보다 하나가 많아) (with Junggigo) |
28 | — |
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Inkigayo Music Crush Part.3 | |
"Rain" (비가와) (with Baekhyun) |
2017 | 2 | — |
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Non-album singles |
"Perfect" (완벽해) (with Letter Flow) |
— | — |
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"Monitory Girl" (with Geeks' Louie) |
— | — | N/A | ||
"I Still" (with Sung Si-kyung) |
6 | 10 |
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Part.1 RE:BORN | |
"All Night" (까만밤) (with Sik-K) |
2018 | 72 | — | N/A | Part.2 RE:FRESH |
"Rain Drop" (비가 오잖아) (with OVAN) |
2019 | 19 | — | Non-album single | |
"Begginning"
(시작할까) |
94 | — | The Love Of Autumn | ||
"On the Road" (길에서) (with Jukjae) |
131 | — | X-Mas Project Vol. 1 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. * Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was discontinued in July 2014. |
Soundtrack appearances
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
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KOR [27] |
KOR Hot [28] |
PHL [35] | ||||
"It's Okay" (with Woo) |
2010 | — | — | — | N/A | Gloria OST |
"Should I Confess" | — | — | — | Playful Kiss OST | ||
"Once More" (한번만) | 2014 | 10 | 8 | — |
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Empress Ki OST |
"Diamond" | — | — | — | KOR: 37,005+ | The Snow Queen 2 OST | |
"You Don't Know Me" (모르나봐) (with Brother Su) |
2015 | 4 | — | — |
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She Was Pretty OST |
"Tell Me" (내게 말해줘) | 2016 | 41 | — | — |
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Lucky Romance OST |
"No Sleep" (잠은 다 잤나봐요) (with Yoo Seungwoo) |
5 | — | — |
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Love in the Moonlight OST | |
"I Miss You" | 5 | — | 39 |
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Goblin OST | |
"Silence" | 2018 | — | — | — | N/A | Life (2018 TV series) OST [38] |
"Missing You" | — | — | — | The Third Charm OST | ||
"It's Okay" | 2019 | — | — | — | When the Camellia Blooms OST | |
"Before Sunrise (Prod. Kiggen)" | 2020 | — | — | — | Traveler – Argentina OST | |
"Goodbye" | — | — | — | Oh My Baby OST | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. * Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was discontinued in July 2014. *Billboard Philippine Hot 100 was first issued on June 12, 2017. |
Filmography
TV variety shows
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Episode |
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2014 | Wishing Star | MBC Every1 | Co-host | |
2015 | Get It Beauty | OnStyle | MC | Ep. 1–27, 31–32, 35, 37 |
2016 | The Nations' Big Three | SBS | Regular member | Ep. 52–61 |
2017 | Law of the Jungle in New Zealand | Herself | Ep. 270–273[39] | |
2018 | Produce 48 | Mnet | Vocal trainer | |
2019 | Produce X 101 | Special Vocal trainer | Ep. 1–2 | |
Matching Survival 1+1 | KBS2 | Host with Lee Soo-geun, Kim Hee-chul, P.O | ||
The Call S2 | Mnet | Regular member | Ep. 1–10[40] |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Officially Missing You, Too" | 2012 | Unknown | N/A |
"White Love" | Yang Junghun | [41] | |
"Stupid in Love" | 2013 | Digipedi | [42] |
"Some" | 2014 | Zanybros | N/A |
"The Space Between" | |||
"Diamond" | BSPictures | ||
"Lean on Me" | 2015 | ||
"Runnin'" | 2016 | Tiger Cave | [43] |
"Rain" | 2017 | Mustache Film | [44] |
"The Blue Night of Jeju Island" | Unknown | N/A | |
"I Still" | BTS Film | [45] | |
"The Night" | Lumpens | [46] | |
"Grown Up" | 2018 | Unknown | N/A |
"All Night" | Tiger Cave | ||
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2013 | 3rd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards | Artist of the Year – September | "Stupid In Love (with Mad Clown)" | Won |
2014 | World Music Awards | World's Best Song | "Some (with Junggigo)" | Nominated |
World's Best Video | Nominated | |||
World's Best Group | Soyou (with Junggigo) |
Nominated | ||
World's Best Live Act | Nominated | |||
9th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Drama OST | "Once More" – Empress Ki OST | Nominated | |
16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival | Best OST by a Female Artist | Nominated | ||
7th Style Icon Awards | Top 10 Style Icons | The Voice that Flirted with the Nation | Won | |
4th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards | Song of the Year – February | "Some (with Junggigo)" | Won | |
Long-Run Song of the Year | Won | |||
6th Melon Music Awards | Hot Trend Award | Won | ||
Best R&B/Soul Award | Nominated | |||
Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
16th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Collaboration | Won | ||
UnionPay Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
SBS Gayo Daejun Awards | Best Song | Won | ||
2015 | 29th Golden Disc Awards | Digital Bonsang | Won | |
Trend of the Year | Won | |||
24th Seoul Music Awards | Record of the Year in Digital Release | Won | ||
12th Korean Music Awards | Song of the Year | Won | ||
Best Pop Song | Won | |||
Group Musician of the Year | Soyou (with Junggigo) |
Nominated | ||
17th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Collaboration & Unit | "Lean On Me (with Kwon Jeong Yeol)" | Nominated | |
UnionPay Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
2016 | 9th Korea Drama Awards | Best Original Soundtrack | "Tell Me" – Lucky Romance OST | Nominated |
2017 | 19th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Collaboration | "Rain" (with Baekhyun) | Nominated |
9th Melon Music Awards | Top 10 Artists | Nominated | ||
2018 | 10th Melon Music Awards | Hot Trend Award | "I Still" (with Sung Si-kyung) | Nominated |
2019 | Korea First Brand Awards | Best Female Solo | Won |
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