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Kim Yang

김양

  • Solo · Female
  • Trot
  • Debuted 2008
  • Active
Debut
2008
Birthday
09.231979
Genre
Trot

Basic info

Kim Yang is a trot singer known for her debut song 〈우지마라〉. Her signature songs include 〈우지마라〉 and 〈흥부자〉.

Debut
2008-01 · Debut song 우지마라
Birthday
September 23, 1979
Years active
2008–
Meaning of the Name
At the company's suggestion, she kept the name that a composer had proposed as a joke.
Genre
Trot
Real name
김대진
Debut reference
Listed by debut year rather than idol generation.

걸어온 길

After graduating in applied music, she sang in the MBC Choir for three years from 2004. She went through auditions and entered the path of a trot singer.

She debuted in January 2008 with 〈우지마라〉, written by Hong Jin-young. She followed it with songs such as 〈사랑이 숑〉 and 〈당신 믿어요〉.

Her follow-up songs did not get much response. She drew attention again when she appeared in the active singers' division of TV Chosun's 〈Miss Trot〉 in 2019.

She released the single 〈흥부자〉 in 2019. She appeared on MBC's 〈King of Mask Singer〉 in 2020.

Signature songs

  1. 우지마라 2008 YouTube Spotify
  2. 사랑이 숑 2010 YouTube Spotify
  3. 흥부자 2019 YouTube Spotify

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Key releases

  1. 2008.01 우지마라SingleDebut song, written and composed by Hong Jin-young
  2. 2010.02 사랑이 숑Single
  3. 2019.04 흥부자Single

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Major awards

  • 2011 5th Cable TV Broadcasting Awards Star Award

Key records and stories

  • She sang in the MBC Choir from 2004 to 2006.
  • She debuted in January 2008 with 〈우지마라〉, written and composed by Hong Jin-young.
  • She competed on TV Chosun's 〈Miss Trot〉 in 2019.
  • 〈우지마라〉 was later covered by many singers, including Jeong Dong-won and Jang Min-ho.
  • Her real name is Kim Dae-jin.
  • She is known to be a longtime friend of Jang Yoon-jeong, who was a judge on 〈Miss Trot〉 at the time.
  • She said she had won three times on SBS's 〈Challenge 1000 Songs〉.

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