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Lee Hi
Birth nameLee Ha Yi (이하이)
Born (1996-09-23) September 23, 1996 (age 28)
Bucheon, South Korea
OriginSouth Korea
GenresK-pop, jazz, soul
OccupationSinger
Years active2012–present
LabelsYG Entertainment
Websitehttp://www.yg-hiheel.com
http://www.lee-hi.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul
이하이
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Ha-i
McCune–ReischauerYi Hai

Lee Ha Yi (Hangul: 이하이, born September 23, 1996), also known by her stage name Lee Hi, is a South Korean singer. She is known as the SBS's "Survival K-Pop Star" runner-up of 2011. Her debut single "1.2.3.4", was released on October 28, 2012 and reached #1 with the first-week sales of 667,549 downloads.[1][2]

Biography

Lee Ha Yi was born on September 23, 1996, and from Bucheon. She attended Sukchun Elementary School and Sangil Middle School. She is currently in School of performing Arts in Seoul. While she attended middle school, she was a student of famous blogger Simon from Eatyourkimchi. Ha Yi has also taken the strange title Monster Rookie for her ability to win many awards even for being a young artist.

History

2012-present: K-Pop Star, Debut and First Love

In 2012, Lee Hi finished as the runner-up on Survival K-Pop Star,[3] against Park Ji Min and was eventually signed by YG Entertainment CEO, Yang Hyun-suk.[4] On May 12, 2012, it was announced that Ha Yi will be debuting with a girl group called SuPearls who was originally formed during Survival K-Pop Star. She was set to replace Ji Min who was originally part of the band during the show but had decided to sign with JYP Entertainment instead after winning.[5]

On October 8, 2012, Ha Yi collaborated with pop group Epik High with their first song in about three years entitled "It's Cold".[6] On October 24, it was announced that Ha Yi will be debuting as a solo artist under the stage name, "Lee Hi", with the single "1.2.3.4".[7] The single was released on October 28. The song was written by Masta Wu and produced by CHOICE37 and Lydia Paek. The music video was directed by director Han Sa Min, who also did 2NE1‘s “Lonely” and Big Bang’s “Blue” and “Monster."[8] The song reached #1 on all the main music charts.[9] The song ranked #1 for three weeks.[10] She also dominated montly charts.[11][12] She has ranked on the top spot 11 times on the hourly real time charts, which set a record for female soloists in 2012[13] She performed "1.2.3.4" on Inkigayo on November 4.[14]

Her second single, “Scarecrow”, was released on November 22, 2012.[15]

Following Ha Yi's successful debut as a solo artist, her company made a sudden announcement on February 13, 2013, that her anticipated girl group, Su Pearls, will no longer be continuing as an ensemble and that the other remaining members have been dropped. She will instead continue as a solo artist.[16][17]

On February 24, YG Entertainment released a teaser image for Lee Hi's debut album. On the image it had three dates “March 1st?“, “March 7th?” and “March 21st?“. The next day, YG Entertainment released another teaser image with the words 'mini?', 'single?' and 'album?'. The next day another teaser image was released stated that Lee Hi will be releasing an intro song called 'Turn It Up' on March 1st. On March 2nd, another teaser image with the words 'It's Over' next to an image of Lee Hi holding lipstick. It was revealed that the album, titled "First Love" will be released as a digital only mini-album on March 7th featuring 5 songs, with the full album release on March 28th featuring 10 songs. The title tracks, "It's Over" and "Rose" will be released on these dates respectively.[18][19]

Discography

Lee Hi discography
Studio albums1
Singles5
Music videos3

Studio Album

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak positions Album
KOR
[20]
2012 "1,2,3,4" 1 First Love
"Scarecrow" 3 Single only
2013 "It's Over" 3 First Love
"Rose" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Year Title Peak positions Album
KOR
[20]
2012 "It's Cold"
(Epik High Feat. Lee Hi) 		1 99
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

K-pop Star Tracks

Released Date Track Album
19/03/2012 Don't Stop The Music SBS K-pop Star Top 8
21/03/2012 너를 위해 SBS K-pop Star SPECIAL No. 1
25/03/2012 미련한 사랑 SBS K-pop Star Top 7
28/03/2012 Mercy SBS K-pop Star SPECIAL NO. 2
01/04/2012 Sway SBS K-pop Star Top 6
08/04/2012 Love SBS K-pop Star Top 5
15/04/2012 As Time goes by SBS K-pop Star Top 4
20/04/2012 Good-Bye Baby SBS K-pop Star SPECIAL No. 3
24/04/2012 U Go Girl SBS K-pop Star Top 3
30/04/2012 Killing Me Softly with His Song SBS K-pop Star Top 2
15/05/2012 Rolling in the Deep SBS K-pop Star SPECIAL No. 4

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Length Director Official MV on YouTube
2012 "1,2,3,4" 3:46 Han Sa Min OfficialLEEHI
2013 "It's Over" 3:57 OfficialLEEHI

Awards

World Music Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2013 1,2,3,4 World's Best Song Pending

Golden Disk Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2013 1,2,3,4 Best Rookie Award Won

Seoul Music Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2013 1,2,3,4 Best Rookie Award Won

Gaon K-Pop Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
2013 1,2,3,4 Digital Single of November Won

Music Programs

These are collection of Lee Hi wins on Korea's televised music shows. M! Countdown is aired on Korea cable channel M.net and Inkigayo is aired on SBS.

Year Song Program
2012 1,2,3,4
2013 It's Over

References

  1. ^ "Gaon Chart's download". gaon. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "Lee Hi Offical Website".
  3. ^ "JYP Entertainment Opens Park Ji Min's 15& Homepage". enews world. 2012-09-24. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "Lee Seung Hoon and Lee Hai Yi from SBS "K-Pop Star" Pick Management Agency". soompi. May 16, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "YG Entertainment signs with remaining SuPearls members". 23 May 2012. allkpop. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Epik High and Lee Hi reveal "It's Cold"". Allkpop. Oct. 9,2012. Retrieved Nov. 2,2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ "YG-Life unveils first teaser photo of Lee Hi + details on debut single "1,2,3,4″". 24 October 2012. allkpop. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Lee Hi releases MV for debut single". Allkpop. October 28, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  9. ^ "Lee Hi achieves an all-kill". Allkpop. October 29, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  10. ^ "이하이 '1,2,3,4', 음원차트 2일째 올킬 '괴물 신인'". kome-world. October 29, 2012. Retrieved Nov. 4,2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/12/lee-hi-takes-over-november-music-charts
  12. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/12/gaon-chart-releases-chart-rankings-for-the-month-of-november-2012
  13. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/11/lee-hi-sets-a-record-for-female-solo-artists-this-year-with-1-2-3-4
  14. ^ "Lee Hi makes her long-awaited debut with "1.2.3.4″ on 'Inkigayo'!". Allkpop date=November 4, 20120. Retrieved November 4, 2012. {{cite news}}: Missing pipe in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Lee Hi releases 2nd single Scarecrow". Allkpop. November 21. Retrieved December 1, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "SuPearls disbands, YG Entertainment nullifies contracts". 18 February 2013. allkpop. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  17. ^ "YG Entertainment Sacks SuPearls, Receives Backlash From Netizens". 18 Februaru 2013. Popdust. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Lee Hi is back with MV for first title track "It's Over" + Part 1 of 'First Love' album!". allkpop.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  19. ^ "Lee Hi likely to release debut album in March". allkpop.com. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  20. ^ a b "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Chart" (in Korean). Korea K-Pop Hot 100. Retrieved 2012-11-27.

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