Hyomin

This article is about the South Korean idol-singer from T-ara. For the South Korean idol-singer from f(x), see Luna (singer). For the South Korean actress, see Park Sun-young (actress).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

Hyomin
File:130810Hyomin(treefong).jpg Hyomin performing in Hong Kong, August 2013
Native name	박선영
Born	Park Sun-young (1989-05-30) May 30, 1989 Busan, South Korea
Other names	Hyomin
Occupation	Singer actress
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	MBK Entertainment
Associated acts	T-ara T-ara N4
Website	T-ara

Korean name
Hangul	박선영
Hanja	朴宣映
Revised Romanization	Bak Seon-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sŏn-yŏng
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 and actress. She is a member of K-pop girl group T-ara.

Music career

File:Hyomin (T-ara) in Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2012.jpg

Hyomin performing in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2012

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. 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".

T-ara

Main article: T-ara

In 2010, Hyomin was in the Wonder Women project group with label mates Seeya and Davichi, along with fellow member Eunjung. 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.

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, Soyeon.

Solo debut

It was revealed that Hyomin and Jiyeon would be making solo debuts, they are considering promoting simultaneously Jiyeon promote in early April and Hyomin promote in early May, but Jiyeon was started promoting in April 28 and Hyomin was started promoting in June 30. On June2, Hyomin's second teaser and album title was released. The EP will be called Make Up with the lead single "Nice Body".

In January 7 2016, It was reported that Hyomin will be comeback with 2nd album in March after MBK rep told OSEN, "It has been confirmed for around the time of March, but the concept and format is still pending". A day later, MBK denies that Hyomin will be comeback in March, MBK rep "Nothing detailed has been set. It's true her comeback is coming, and she's preparing. However, there's nothing more to explain to you right now". A month later in February 5, MBK confirmed that Hyomin will be comeback in March after MBK stated to Dispatch, "Hyomin's comeback with her second solo album is set for next month. She finished recording and is currently in the midst of the jacket and MV shoots". MBK Entertainment also confirmed that the album will produce by Ryan Jhun and the music video will directed by Lee Ki-baek. Hyomin will be composed two songs and Beast's Junghyung was put in charge of the lyrics.

In February 24, Hyomin drops teaser image and revealed her album titled "Sketch". Hyomin release first single "Still" on March 14. Her second mini album release on March 17 with double title track "Sketch" and "Gold", also release two version music video Original and Sexy version for "Sketch".

Acting career

File:Hyomin at Love Jinx vip premiere, February 2014.jpg

Hyomin at 'Love Jinx' movie premiere, 2014

2009: I Really Really Like You and Invincible Youth

In November 2009, Hyomin was cast in the musical production of "I Really Really Like You", an adaption of the hit drama "Love Truly". Fellow member Boram was cast in the same musical in December 2010 alongside her father Jeon Young Rok.

Hyomin was a fixed cast member of KBS's 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.

2010–2011: My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox and Gisaeng Ryung

She starred in the drama My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox as Ban Seon Nyuh from August 11, 2010 to September 30.

Hyomin made her big screen debut in the horror film Gisaeng Ryung, playing the role of a bright and outgoing high school student named Yurin. The film was released on August 4, 2011.

2012–2013: The Thousandth Man and Jinx

In early 2012, Hyomin was cast in the musical "Our Youth Roly-Poly" along with group members Jiyeon and Soyeon. Hyomin was also cast in the Chinese version of We Got Married, in which her partner is Fu Xinbo, a Chinese idol. In Summer 2012 Hyomin was once again cast as a gumiho in MBC's fantasy sitcom, "The Thousandth Man". On February 10, 2013, Hyomin was cast in the Japanese film "Jinx". Her character, Ji-Ho, is a Korean exchange student at a Japanese university who gets two of her friends there to date.

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.

Hyomin launched an exclusive clothing collection, in collaboration with celebrity stylist Kim Sung-il, for G-Market on June 4, 2012. 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.

Discography

See also: T-ara discography

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak positions		Sales
		KOR	TWN
Make Up	Released: June 30, 2014 Label: Core Contents, KT Music Format: CD, digital download	6	15	KOR: 8,868+
Sketch	Released: March 17, 2016 Label: MBK Entertainment, Interpark INT Format: CD, Digital download	3	1	KOR: 11,952+
"—" 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	CHN Billboard V Chart
"Love Suggestion"	2013	—	—	—		Non-album releases
"Nice Body"	2014	13	18	—	KOR (DL): 205,741+	Make Up
"Fake It"		27	92	—
"Gold"	2016	—	—	—		Sketch
"Sketch"		—	—	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year	Album	Song	Notes
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
	Coffee House OST Part 3	"Coffee Over Milk"	with Soyeon and Seeya's Lee Bo-ram
2011	Beautiful Girl	"Beautiful Girl"	with Brave Brothers and Electro-Boyz

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
2014	"Nice Body"	Unknown
2016	"Sketch"	Unknown

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Gisaeng Ryung	Yurin	Main role
2013	Jinx!	Ji-Ho	Lead role

Television drama

Year	Network	Title	Role	Notes
2010	SBS	My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox	Ban Seon-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

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Role
2009-10	Invincible Youth 1	KBS	Cast member
2009	Star Golden Bell		Guest
	Challenge 1000 Song	KBS2
	Mnet Scandal	Mnet
	Imagine More	KBS
	Strong Heart	SBS
2010	Star Golden Bell	KBS	Herself
	Strong Heart	SBS
	You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook	KBS
	Happy Together
	Taxi	tvN
	Star King	SBS
	Bouquet	MBC
	Dream Girls	Mnet
	Hello Baby	KBS
2011	Star King	SBS
	King of Idol
	Challenge 1000 Song	KBS2
	Win Win
2012	Weekly Idol	MBC Every 1
	Naughty Boys	JTBC
	Running Man	SBS
	We Got Married (Chinese Version)	MBC/SMG
	Invincible Youth 2	KBS2
	Sponge Zero	KBS
2013	Beatles Code	Mnet
	Challenge 1000 Song	KBS2
	Immortal Songs 2	KBS
	Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2	KBS2
	SimSimTaPa	MBC
2014	Immortal Songs 2	KBS
	Music Travel	MBC
	Moon Hee Jun's Pure	Mnet
	Weekly Idol	MBC
	Smile People	SBS
	Vitamin	KBS2
	Weekly Idol	MBC Every 1
	Star King	SBS
	Hidden Singer	JTBC
2015	A Song For You 4 (Ep. 6)	KBS2
	Idol Star Athletic Championship 2015	MBC

Musical

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

Music video appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Role
2006	Unlock	SS501	Herself
2008	Heaven	FT Island
	Smooth-Breakup	SG Wannabe

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2011	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Gyebaek	Won

References

• "Brave Brothers and T-ara's Hyomin reveals MV for Beautiful Girl", Allkpop, February 9, 2011, accessed May 14, 2011.
• "Hyomin Official Naver Profile", Naver, accessed May 14, 2011.
• [1], "Soompi", May 10, 2009, accessed May 14, 2011.
• [2], "JYP Trainee", April 20, 2010, accessed June 14, 2011

External links

• Hyomin on Twitter
• Hyomin at the Internet Movie Database
• Hyomin at HanCinema