Birth name Kang Ji-hyun Born February 12, 1992 (age 24) Jeju Island, South Korea Genres K-pop Occupation(s) Singer Instruments Vocals Years active 2010-present Labels Starship Entertainment LOEN Entertainment Associated acts Sistar Mad Clown Geeks Junggigo Korean name Hangul 강지현 Revised Romanization Gang Jihyeon McCune-Reischauer Kang Chihyŏn Stage name Hangul 소유 Revised Romanization Soyu McCune-Reischauer Soyu Kang Ji-hyun (Hangul: 강지현; born February 12, 1992), better known by her stage name Soyou (소유), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Sistar under Starship Entertainment.
Biography
Soyou was born on February 12, 1992,[1] in Jeju Island, South Korea. Soyou was a Cube Entertainment trainee before debuting with SISTAR[2] and was originally supposed to debut as a member of 4Minute. Soyou replied that she didn't make it into the group because she was lacking in many ways. She was originally supposed to be in Sohyun's place.[3] Instead, Soyou auditioned for Starship Entertainment, singing a cover of Navi's "On The Road",[4] and debuted as a member of SISTAR.
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Career
Sistar Main article: Sistar In June 2010, Soyou made her debut as a member of Sistar on KBS Music Bank with their debut single, Push Push [5]
Solo career On August 6, 2010, Soyou with Woo of J2 collaborated for the OST of drama Gloria. On September 17, 2010, Soyou also sang the official soundtrack for MBC's drama Playful Kiss. The track is titled "Should I Confess".[6]
On November 1, 2012, Soyou sang a duet with the hip hop duo, Geeks, the song "Officially Missing You, Too" is a remake of Tamia's song of the same title. The song is part of Geeks' project album Re;Code Episode 1, released by LOEN Entertainment.[7] On November 29, 2012, Soyou also released a song as part of Starship Planet 2012 together with K.Will & Boyfriend's Jeongmin called "White Love".[8]
On July 15, 2013, it was revealed that Soyou would appear on MBC's Star Diving Show Splash together with Kwon Yuri, Choi Minho and others.[9] On September 6, 2013, was revealed that Soyou together with Mad Clown would release a duet called "Stupid in Love on September 10.[10]
On February 1, 2014, it was revealed that Soyou and JunGiGo would release a duet called "Some".[11]
On January 5, 2015, it was revealed that Soyou, together with Lee Ha-nui and Kim Jung Min, will be the new MC's of beauty tip program Get It Beauty in 2015. The new MCs' first episode aired on February 4, 2015.[12]
Discography
Main article: Sistar discography Soundtrack appearances and solo performances Year Title Song Duration Artist 2010 Gloria OST "It's Okay" 3:02 Duet with Woo Playful Kiss OST "Should I Confess" 4:38 Solo 2012 Re;Code "Officially Missing You, Too" 3:45 Duet with Geeks Starship Planet "White Love" 3:44 Duet with K.Will & Jeongmin 2013 Goodbye "Goodbye" 4:24 Duet with Hong Dae Kwang Stupid in Love "Stupid in Love" 4:05 Duet with Mad Clown 2014 Empress Ki OST "Once More" 4:11 Solo Some "Some" 3:33 Duet with Jung Gi Go & Lil Boi The Space Between "The Space Between" 3:31 Duet with Kwon Sunil and Park Yongin The Snow Queen 2 OST "Diamond" 3:22 Solo 2015 Pillow "Pillow" 3:46 Duet with Giriboy & Kihyun Bored "Bored" 4:13 Duet with Eluphant One Dream One Song "One K" 4:59 Various Artists Lean on Me "Lean on Me" 3:39 Duet with Kwon Jeong Yeol She Was Pretty OST "You Don't Know" 3:23 Duet with Brother Su Singles Year Title Peak positions Sales (DL) Album KOR Gaon [13] KOR Billboard [14] 2012 "Officially Missing You, Too" (with Geeks) 2 2 KOR: 2,577,624+ Re;code "White Love" (with K.Will & Jeongmin) 6 7 KOR: 788,333+ Starship Planet 2013 "Goodbye" (with Hong Dae Kwang) 10 8 KOR: 546,346+ Digital Single "Stupid in Love" (with Mad Clown) 1 1 KOR: 1,547,394+ 2014 "Once More" 10 8 KOR: 492,400+ Empress Ki OST "Some" (with Jung Gigo and featuring Lil Boi of Geeks) 1 1 KOR: 2,533,652+ Digital Single "The Space Between" (with Kwon Sunil and Park Yongin of Urban Zakapa) 2 - KOR: 855,196+ 2015 "Pillow" (with GIRIBOY feat. Kihyun of Monsta X) 5 - KOR: 768,684+ No.Mercy Part 2 "Lean on Me" (with Kwon Jeongyeol of 10cm) 2 - KOR: 1,102,035+ Digital Single "You Don't Know Me" (with Brother Su) 4 - KOR: 719,031+ She Was Pretty OST Part 4 "-" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Filmography
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