Justine Ok

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Justine Ok

Background information
Birth name	Justine Mina Ok
Also known as	Justine, Justine OK, SimplyJustine, 저스틴, 저스틴 옥, 옥미나
Origin	Chicago, United States
Occupations	songwriter, singer, rapper, producer. print model
Labels	Sony/ATV Publishing, Warner Chappell
Associated acts	Kayla J.Yoo, Hyuk Shin, Natascha Bessez, 이단옆차기, Baek Ji-young, Yong Jun-hyung of B2ST, Romana, Marisa Mota, Kim Ji-hyun, Tabi Bonney
Website	Fiera Music Official Website

Justine Ok is a Korean-American songwriter signed to Sony/ATV Publishing.^[1] Her most well-known work to date is the Korean pop song “Good Boy” by Baek Ji-young ft. Yong Jun-hyung of B2ST, which hit Billboard #4 upon release and stayed in the top 10 for over 6 weeks.^[2] Justine Ok is the leader of Fiera Music and also holds the current title of Chief Operating Officer for Joombas Music Group.^[3] Justine spends her days in New York writing pop songs and developing herself as a recording artist. Collaborating with highly sought after names in the industry, she has worked with established producers that have written songs for major recording artists such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, and international superstars such as Korean singer, BoA, and popular K-pop groups such as 2NE1, Girls’ Generation, f(x), EXO, SHINee.^[4]

Justine has co-written and performed “Can’t Stop the Sunrise” on the Korean original motion picture Star, Shining Love soundtrack.^[5] She wrote and performed the commercial jingle for Dionys which is a national bar and grill restaurant chain in Korea.^[6] She has also worked with Portuguese recording artists, Romana, #1 chart-topping artist and TV star, writing for the single “Redeemed” ^[7] and also executive producing and writing for recording artist, Marisa Mota. An editorial by Miguel Azevedo, music journalist for Portuguese publication 'Vidas' has glowingly described Justine as “one of the most promising writers, composers, and producers of today.”^[8] As Justine was songwriting for Miss Teen New York and Youtube star, Natascha Bessez, she introduced her to Kayla J.Yoo which eventually led to the music video featuring Hunter Johansson, twin brother of Scarlett Johansson.^[9] Justine holds a degree in Songwriting from the Berklee College of Music and also a B.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has also been involved in a diverse range of other activities such as children’s songs; hosting live college radio; print modeling; and making appearances in MTV music videos.^[10]^[11]

References

http://hiphopfrathouse.com/2012/06/09/justine-ok-sonyatv-pens-billboard-chart-topper/
http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2012051708595757873&type=3
http://article.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=8206090&ctg=1502
http://www.fieramusic.com/home/about
http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=332704
http://www.vidas.xl.pt/noticias/exito/detalhe/edicao_de_autor_a_pedir_e_que_eles_se_safam.html
http://www.fieramusic.com/home/category/notice-2/page/2
http://below.co.kr/news_international/31430

Persondata
Name	Ok, Justine
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Short description	Korean-American songwriter
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