Hyomin

Hyomin

Hyomin at the Seoul Fashion Week on March 2016
Native name 박선영
Born Park Sun-young
(1989-05-30) May 30, 1989
Busan, South Korea
Other names Hyomin
Education Sungkyunkwan University
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2009–present
Labels MBK Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박선영
Hanja 朴宣映
Revised Romanization Bak Seon-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Sŏnyŏng
Stage name
Hangul 효민
Hanja 孝敏
Revised Romanization Hyo-min
McCune–Reischauer Hyomin

Park Sun-young (born May 30, 1989), better known by her stage name Hyomin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group T-ara.

Career

Career beginnings

Hyomin's path to stardom started early when she won the MiMi Princess modeling contest at the age of 8. She was a famous internet ulzzang and even modeled for online shopping malls before debuting with T-ara.[1] She was a trainee under JYP Entertainment and was considered to be a replacement for Hyuna, who was a member of the Wonder Girls in 2007. Before being cast by Core Contents Media, she started appearing in music videos like SS501's "Unlock", SG Wannabe's "Smooth Break-Up" and FT Island's "Heaven".

She was chosen by Core Contents Media to be featured in some of her labelmates' songs prior to her debut. This included Hwang Jung-eum, the Colour Pink project with Seeya, Davichi and Black Pearl. She has also performed on a music show with Seeya during their promotions for the song "Hot Girl".

2009–11: Debut, Invincible Youth, acting debut and collaborations

Hyomin debuted in 2009 as member of T-ara. The group made their debuted stage on July 30 on the music program M Countdown with their single "Lie" (거짓말; Geojitmal).

Hyomin was a fixed cast member of KBS' variety show, Invincible Youth from October 23, 2009 to December 24, 2010. She was one of the seven original members and one of the four that remained after the show experienced member changes.

In November 2009, Hyomin was cast in the musical production of I Really Really Like You,[2] an adaption of the hit drama Love Truly. Fellow member Jeon Bo-ram was cast in the same musical in December 2010 alongside her father Jeon Young-rok.[3]

In 2010, Hyomin was in the Wonder Women project group with label mates Seeya and Davichi, along with fellow member Ham Eun-jeong. She was featured on the soundtrack for SBS's drama Coffee House in 2010 and also collaborated with Brave Brothers for their digital single "Beautiful Girl" in 2011.

She starred in the drama My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox as Ban Sun-nyeo from August 11, 2010 to September 30.[4]

On June 14, 2011, Core Contents Media announced that Hyomin would take over leadership as T-ara's third leader for their comeback album, John Travolta Wannabe, and Japanese promotions. She later passed on her leadership to fellow member, Park So-yeon.[5]

Hyomin made her big screen debut in the horror film Gisaeng Ryung.[6] The film was released on August 4, 2011.

2012–13: We Got Married, Jinx! and T-ara N4

Hyomin at 'Jinx' movie premiere, 2014

In 2012, Hyomin was cast in the musical "Our Youth Roly-Poly" along with group members Park Ji-yeon and Park So-yeon. Hyomin was also cast in the Chinese version of We Got Married, in which her partner is Fu Xinbo, a Chinese idol. Hyomin was cast in a supporting role in the MBC's fantasy sitcom The Thousandth Man.

On February 10, 2013, Hyomin was cast in a lead role in the Japanese film Jinx!.[7]

In April 2013, Hyomin along with T-ara member Eunjung, Jiyeon and former member Areum formed a subgroup called T-ara N4, releasing their first mini-album titled Jeon Won Diary.

2014–present: Make Up and Sketch

Hyomin released her solo extended plays Make Up with lead single "Nice Body" on June 30. She made her official debuted stage on July 3 on Mnet's M! Countdown. Hyomin released another single titled "Fake It" on July 20.

Hyomin pre-release single Still on March 14, 2016. Her second extended plays Sketch with double lead single "Sketch" and "Gold" on March 17.

Other work

Fashion design

During T-ara's "Roly-Poly" promotions in June 2011, Hyomin designed her own stage costume, which flaunted a retro pattern and short shorts that were popular during the period.[8]

Hyomin launched an exclusive clothing collection, in collaboration with celebrity stylist Kim Sung-il, for G-Market on June 4, 2012.[9] Hyomin has come up with a total of 150 products for the collection, and has been actively involved with the planning, designing, and product launch preparations for the shop.

In 2016, Hyomin also became the face of Brave Brothers brand new makeup brand, "Brave i" and filmed a CF.[10]

Discography

EPs

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[11]		 TWN
[12]
Make Up 6 15
Sketch 3 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon Chart		 KOR
Billboard K-Pop
[15]		 CHN
Billboard V Chart
[16][17]
"Love Suggestion" 2013 — — — Non-album releases
"Nice Body" 2014 13 18 2 Make Up
"Fake It" 27 92 —
"Still" 2016 — — — Sketch
"Gold" — — —
"Sketch" 120 — 1
  • KOR (DL): 13,515+[19]
"Sketch (Chinese Version)" — — 1 Non-album releases
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Album Song Notes Sales
2008 Colour Pink "Blue Moon" with Seeya, Davichi and Black Pearl -
2009 N-Time "N-Time" with Hwang Jung-eum -
2010 Wonder Woman "Wonder Woman" with Eunjung, Seeya and Davichi *KOR (DL): 770.521
Coffee House OST Part 3 "Coffee Over Milk" with Soyeon and Seeya's Lee Bo-ram *KOR (DL): 526.712
2011 Beautiful Girl "Beautiful Girl" with Brave Brothers and Electro-Boyz *KOR (DL): 437.790

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak positions Album
KOR
2014 "Overcome" 70 Make Up
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music videos

Year Music video Director Notes
2014 "Nice Body" Unknown
"Nice Body" Unknown Dance Version
2016 "Sketch" Unknown Original Version
"Sketch" Unknown Sexy Version
"Sketch" Unknown Chinese Version

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Gisaeng Ryung Yu-rin Main role
2013 Jinx! Yoon Ji-ho Lead role

Television series

Year Network Title Role Notes
2010 SBS My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox Ban Sun-nyeo Supporting role
2011 MBC Gye Baek Cho-young Supporting role
2012 MBC The Thousandth Man Gu Mi-mo Supporting role
2015 Naver TVCast Sweet Temptation Hyo-jin Web Drama
2017 MBC Unusual Man & Woman[20] Main Role

Variety shows

Year Title Network Role
2009–10 Invincible Youth 1 KBS Cast member
2012 We Got Married (Chinese version) MBC/SMG Cast member

Musical

Year Title Role
2009 I Really Really Like You Musical Hong Jung-hwa
2012 Our Youth, Roly Poly Musical Han Joo-young [21]

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2011 MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress Gyebaek[22] Won
2017 Yinyuetai V-chart Awards Best Korean Female Artist[23] Sketch Won

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "티아라 효민, 뮤지컬 배우 변신 '진짜진짜 좋아해' 캐스팅 - 아시아경제". Asiae.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "티아라 효민, '내 여자친구는 구미호'로 연기 데뷔 | 네이트 연예". News.nate.com (in (in Korean)). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  5. ↑ "티아라 보람→효민 리더교체 “모든 멤버에게 기회줄 것” | 네이트 연예". News.nate.com (in (in Korean)). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  6. ↑ "[TD포토] 영화 첫 데뷔 티아라 효민 '상큼한 손인사~' | 네이트 연예". News.nate.com (in (in Korean)). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  7. ↑ "T-ara’s Hyomin attends her first script reading for ‘Jinx’ in Japan". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "티아라 효민, 자체제작 '하의실종' 롤리폴리 인형 의상". TV Daily. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "티아라 효민, G마켓에 단독샵 오픈". Edaily. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "T-ara's Hyomin lights up the club in Brave Brothers' new makeup CF". Allkpop.com. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  11. ↑ Gaon Weekly Album Chart
  12. ↑ "G-Music Combo Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gaon Album Ranking Monthly (7/2014) - see #15". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  14. ↑ "Gaon Album Ranking Monthly (5/2016) - see total sales for #59". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  15. ↑ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "Sketch - China V Chart (April 2, 2016)". Billboard chart.
  17. ↑ "周榜 - 音悦Tai - 让娱乐更美好". Vchart.yinyuetai.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  18. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Nice Body":
  19. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Sketch":
  20. ↑ "[공식입장] 김정훈·박한별·박진주·티아라 효민, '색다른 남녀' 출연 :: 네이버 TV연예". Entertain.naver.com (in (in Korean)). 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  21. ↑ "T-ara's Soyeon and Hyomin Have First Performance for Musical "Roly Poly"". Soompi. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  22. ↑ "MBC드라마 아이돌 불패신화? 신인상 4명 전원 아이돌출신(MBC드라마대상) : 네이트뉴스". M.news.nate.com (in (in Korean)). 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  23. ↑ "“대륙을 접수한다”…티아라, 中 음악제 최우수상". Dispatch.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
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