| Han Seung-yeon | |
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| Birth name | Han Seung-yeon (Hangul: 한승연) |
| Born | July 24, 1988 Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, dance-pop |
| Occupations | Singer, dancer, MC |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | DSP Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Kara |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 한승연 |
| Hanja | 韓昇延 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Seung-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Sŭngyŏn |
Han Seung-yeon (born on July 24, 1988 in Seoul) is a South Korean idol singer, known for being a member of girl group Kara, formed by DSP Entertainment in 2007.
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Han Seung-yeon was born on July 24, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. She left Korea to study at Tenafly High School in the United States. However, she left high school mid-course in order to pursue a singing career.[1] After returning to Korea, she debuted as a singer on March 29, 2007, as a member of Kara along with Park Gyuri, Nicole and Kim Sunghee.
She passed a high school level qualification examination, the College Scholastic Ability Test, and was accepted by Kyung Hee University, majoring in Theater and Film.[1]
Kara debuted on March 29, 2007 with "Break It" on M! Countdown. Their first album named The First Blooming. In 2008, however, Kim Sunghee left the group. DSP Entertainment replaced her with Goo Hara and Kang Jiyoung, and Kara made their comeback with "Rock U".
On December 4, 2008, Kara had their comeback starting on M! Countdown with "Pretty Girl".[2] In February 2009, Kara released their second mini-album Honey. "Honey" became the group's first #1 single when it topped the M! Countdown and The Music Trend.[3]
Due to the popularity of the songs "Wanna" and "Mister" from their second album Revolution, Kara's overall popularity increased. Kara started their promotions in the beginning of 2010 with their third mini-album Lupin which eventually topped the various music shows like M! Countdown or Music Bank etc. It even topped Music Bank for a consecutive 6 weeks.[4]
In August 2010, Kara officially debuted in Japan with a Japanese version of "Mister". After their successful debut in Japan, Kara released their fourth mini-album Jumping in November 2010 in Korea.
On January 19, 2011, Three Kara members, Kang Jiyoung, Han Seung-yeon, and Nicole Jung, announced a statement that they terminating their contract with DSP Entertainment. However, on April 28, 2011, DSP Entertainment and those three KARA members; Kang Jiyoung, Han Seung-yeon, and Nicole Jung, have reached a compromised statement and the lawsuits were dropped.
Han Seungyeon debuted as a child actress in a cameo role in Star in My Heart.[5]
Due to Kara's debut album "The First Blooming" being relatively unsuccessful, Seungyeon went on to participate in many variety shows from 2007 to early 2009 in order to keep Kara recognizable to the public.[6] She was the VJ for MSL Break from 2007 to 2008. She replaced Tiffany of Girls' Generation as co-host of Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekseo (Boys and Girls Music Guide) with Kim Hyesung[7] and later with actor Kim Soohyeon. Their segment ended on May 8, 2009.
From October to December 2008, she was part of the cast of MBC reality show Family Needed, where a group of celebrities would live life as a family, consisting of a father, mother, son and daughter.[8] She also became part of MBC's entertainment news show Section TV as a "pop columnist", debuting on November 21, 2008.[9] She also made a guest appearance on rapper Nassun's single "Nolleowa" (Korean: "놀러와", "Come to Play"), which was released in March 2009, and appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Welcome to my House, releasing her first solo song "Gijeok" (Korean: "기적", "Miracle").[10]
She became part of a fictitious girl group for Samsung's Anycall campaign called "4 Tomorrow". Their digital single "Dugeunduguen Tomorrow" (Korean: "두근두근 Tomorrow", "BeatBeat Tomorrow") was released on October 6, 2009, and the official music video was released on October 12, starring actor Lee Dong Gun.[11] Seungyeon's version was released on October 26, 2009.
| Broadcasts | Informations | Dates |
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| MBC Game | MSL Break |
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| KMTV | Boys and Girls Music Guide | |
| MBC EVERY 1 | Family Needed |
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| MBC | Section TV | |
| SBS | Animal Farm |
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