Miryo

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jo.
Miryo

Miryo at Brown Eyed Girls' Tonight 37.2℃ concert (December 24, 2012)
Background information
Birth name Jo Mi Hye
Also known as JoHoney
Born November 2, 1981[1]
Seoul, South Korea
Origin South Korea
Genres K-Pop, hip-hop
Occupation(s) Rapper, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1999-present
Labels Nega Network
Associated acts

Brown Eyed Girls, Honey Family


Miryo's signature
Korean name
Hangul 조미혜
Hanja 趙美惠
Revised Romanization Jo Mi-hye
McCune–Reischauer Cho Mi-hye

Jo Mi-hye (Hangul: 조미혜; born November 2, 1981), better known by her stage name Miryo (미료), is a South Korean rapper, who is part of the Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. The stage name Miryo comes from her childhood nickname Jomiryo, which is the name of a Korean seasoning.[2]

Career

Honey Family

Miryo started her career in 1999 when she featured on one of Honey Family's songs. She joined the group the following year but was only a member for their second album. It was a time when the hip-hop scene was very popular and Honey Family’s style of music as well as the group was gaining enormous amount of spotlight. After the team disbanded, she featured in other artists' song.[3]

Brown Eyed Girls

Main article: Brown Eyed Girls

Miryo, received an offer from JeA to join Brown Eyed Girls. She accepted the offer and became the rapper of the group.

Solo career

Miryo made her solo debut with her self-produced album "MIRYO aka JOHONEY". The album features a slew of formidable guest from idol groups to hip hop heavyweights.[4]

Songwriting

Aside from rapping, Miryo is also a songwriter. She is known as the female idol that has copyright to the most songs, currently she has a total of 56 songs.[5] She used to be a composer and lyricist for Honey Family [6] and also her current group Brown Eyed Girls.

Discography

Albums

Album Information Track Listing[7]
MIRYO aka JOHONEY

Released singles

Year Title Peak chart
positions[8]		 Album
KOR
Gaon		 KOR
Billboard
2010 "After The Bus Left (K.Will & Miryo)"
(버스가 떠난 뒤에)		 14 — Greetings - Fate.Love.Farewell (Digital single)
2012 "DIRTY" 8 7 MIRYO aka JOHONEY

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak chart
positions[9]		 Album
KOR
Gaon		 KOR
Billboard
2012 "Party Rock (feat. Gary of Leessang, THE KOXX)" 34 34 MIRYO aka JOHONEY
"I Love You, I Love You (feat. Sunny of Girls' Generation)" 56 51
"Leggo (feat. Narsha of Brown Eyed Girls)" 78 79
"Revenger (feat. Rude Paper)" 126 —

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/2009/10/who_are_the_brown_eyed_girls
  3. ↑ choiwj (February 27, 2012). "Miryo sits down for an interview with ‘Men’s Health’ magazine". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  4. ↑ asphodel (January 31, 2012). "Miryo releases debut album, ‘Miryo AKA Johoney’". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  5. ↑ http://www.instiz.net/index.htm?page=bbs%2Flist.php%3Fid%3Dpt%26no%3D975866%26page%3D1%26page_num%3D18
  6. ↑ ohgelie (January 4, 2011). "Brown Eyed Girls Miryo's impressive resume revealed". Koreaboo.com. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  7. ↑ http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=312294
  8. ↑ http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon
  9. ↑ http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon

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