Yoon Chae-kyung

Yoon Chae-kyung

Chaekyung in June 2017
Native name 윤채경
Born Yoon Chae-kyung
(1996-07-07) July 7, 1996
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation Singer
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active
  • 2012–2014
  • 2016–present
Labels DSP Media
LOEN Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 윤채경
Hanja 尹彩暻
Revised Romanization Yun Chae-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer Yun Ch'ae-kyŏng

Yoon Chae-kyung (born July 7, 1996), is a South Korean singer and actress. She originally debuted in 2012 as a member of Japan-based South Korean girl-group Puretty under DSP Media. She is also known as a contestant of Kara Project (2014) and Produce 101 (2016).

She is member of project girl-group C.I.V.A for the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 and LOEN Entertainment's project girl-group I.B.I. On November 11, Chaekyung was revealed as a new member of the girl-group April.

Early life

Yoon Chae-kyung was born on July 7, 1996 in Incheon and grew up in Siheung. She graduated from Eungye Middle School and Hanlim Multi Art School.

Career

2012–14: Puretty and Kara Project

In September 2012, Chaekyung debuted as a member of DSP Media's Japanese girl group Puretty with released singles "Cheki☆Love" in 2012, "Shwa Shwa BABY" in 2013 and then disbanded in 2014 with plans for the members to re-debut into other groups.[1]

In mid-2014, Chaekyung participated in Kara Project, in which seven trainees competed to become the new members of label mates girl group, KARA.[2]

2016: Produce 101, C.I.V.A and I.B.I

In early 2016, Chaekyung, together with fellow trainee Cho Shi-yoon, represented DSP Media on reality girl group survival show Produce 101 for the chance to debut in a Mnet girl group, where she finished in 16th place.

Chaekyug, on January 16, 2017.

On May 1, she released a collaboration digital single with April's Chaewon titled, "Clock" (Hangul: 시계).[3]

In July 2016, she was cast as a trainee in Mnet's mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with a few other Produce 101 contestants and later formed the project girl group, C.I.V.A, which released the song "Why" featuring Miryo.[4]

In August 2016, she was announced to have joined LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I, with other Produce 101 contestants. The group released the digital single MOLAE MOLAE (Hangul: 몰래몰래) on August 18.[5]

2017–present: April

On November 11, 2016, Chaekyung was revealed as one of the two new members of April, following the departure of Hyunjoo, on October 29.[6] She officially debuted as a member of the group with the release of their third mini-album Prelude[7][8] and its title track, "April Story" (Hangul: 봄의 나라 이야기), on January 4, 2017.[9][10]

Discography

Songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Collaborations
"Pick Me"
(as a part of Produce 101)		 2015 9 non-album single
"At the Same Place"
(as a part of Girls on Top)		 2016 8 non-album single
"Clock"
(with Chae-won)		 —
  • KOR: 10,343+
 non-album single
"Why"
(as a part of C.I.V.A featuring Miryo)		 — non-album single
"Molae Molae"
(as a part of I.B.I)		 51 non-album single
"I.B.I"
(as a part of I.B.I)		 — non-album single

Filmography

Variety/TV shows

Year Title Network Role Note
2014 Kara Project MBC Music Contestant Survival show to find KARA new member
2016 Produce 101 Mnet Contestant Survival show to find member for Mnet girl group
Giboutique OnStyle Cast Chaekyung and Heehun(DIA) had a guerrilla mini fan meeting
The God of Music 2 Mnet Cast with Produce 101 contestant as C.I.V.A
I Can See Your Voice 3 Mnet Cast Ep. 11, As members of the Tone Deaf Detective Team
Plan Man tagTV, TRENDY Cast
We Will Eat Well JTBC Cast
Hello I.B.I JTBC Cast with LOEN Entertainment's I.B.I member

References

  1. ↑ "퓨리티 소식 이건 뭐임?". 17 January 2014. DC Inside. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Jun, Su-mi. "카라 소속사 "새 멤버 영입 결정, 영입 인원수 미정"". eNews24. CJ E&M. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Choo, Young-jun (July 25, 2016). "'프로듀스101' 출신 윤채경, 젤리 광고모델 발탁". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cho, He-jin (June 28, 2016). "New Girl Group CIVA Confirmed to Debut in July". Mnet. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  5. ↑ "'데뷔' I.B.I 김소희, "'프듀' 생각나서 눈물 날 뻔" 벅찬 소감". Naver (in Korean). MyDaily. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "DSP 측 "윤채경, 에이프릴 합류..새 음반 준비中"". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  7. ↑ Lim, Jeong-yeo (2016-12-21). "April to return with new members". The KPOP Herald. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  8. ↑ Lee, Bora (2016-12-21). "April to Release First Album as 6 Member Group". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  9. ↑ Min, Susan (2017-01-03). "[Video] April Releases Teaser Video for ′April Story′". Mwave. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  10. ↑ "Watch: APRIL Returns As 6 Cute Dancing Dolls In "April Story" MV". Soompi. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  11. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Pick Me":
  12. ↑ Cumulative sales for "At the Same Place":
  13. ↑ Cumulative Sales for "MOLAE MOLAE":
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