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Lee Su-young performing in 2008

Lee Soo-young

이수영

  • Solo · Female
  • Ballad
  • Debuted 1999
  • Active

Lee Su-young performing in 2008 — Photo: KIYOUNG KIM · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Debut
1999
Birthday
04.121979
Genre
Ballad

Basic info

Lee Soo-young is a singer who debuted in 1999 and has been loved for Eastern-style ballads. Signature songs include 〈I Believe〉, 〈라라라〉 and 〈휠릴리〉.

Debut
1999 · Debut song I Believe
Birthday
April 12, 1979
Years active
1999–
Genre
Ballad
Real name
이지연
Debut reference
Listed by debut year rather than idol generation.

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She passed an agency audition at age eighteen and trained. She debuted as a ballad singer in 1999 with her 1st full-length album 《I Believe》.

Her plaintive tone and ballads with Eastern melodies are her hallmark. 〈스치듯 안녕〉 from her 2001 2nd album and 〈그리고 사랑해〉 from her 3rd album were loved.

She won her first No. 1 on a terrestrial music show in 2002 with 〈라라라〉 from her 4th album. In 2004 she won the Golden Disc Awards Daesang with 〈휠릴리〉 from her 6th album.

She kept up her popularity with 〈Grace〉 from her 7th album in 2006. After her 9th album in 2009, she released her 10th full-length album 《SORY》 in 2022, 13 years later.

Signature songs

  1. I Believe 1999 YouTube Spotify
  2. 그리고 사랑해 2001 YouTube Spotify
  3. 라라라 2002 YouTube Spotify
  4. 덩그러니 2003 YouTube Spotify
  5. 휠릴리 2004 YouTube Spotify
  6. Grace 2006 YouTube Spotify

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Key releases

  1. 1999 I Believe1st studio albumDebut album
  2. 2001.02 Never Again2nd studio album〈스치듯 안녕〉
  3. 2001.12 made in winter3rd studio album〈그리고 사랑해〉
  4. 2002.09 my stay in sendai4th studio album〈라라라〉 and 〈빚〉
  5. 2003.08 this time5th studio album〈덩그러니〉
  6. 2004.09 The Colors of My Life6th studio album〈휠릴리〉
  7. 2006.01 Grace7th studio album
  8. 2022.05 SORY10th studio album

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Major awards

  • 2003 MBC Top 10 Artists Song Festival Grand Prize
  • 2004 MBC Top 10 Artists Song Festival Grand Prize
  • 2004 Golden Disc Awards Daesang (Grand Prize)
  • 2003 Mnet Music Video Festival Best Female Singer

Key records and stories

  • Her real name is Lee Ji-yeon.
  • She won the MBC Top 10 Artists Song Festival Grand Prize two years in a row, in 2003 and 2004.
  • She won the Golden Disc Awards Daesang in 2004 with her 6th full-length album.
  • She sang the song from the game Final Fantasy X in Korean as 〈얼마나 좋을까〉.
  • In 2004, her 6th album and a remake album both ranked near the top of album sales.

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