South Korean singer and rapper Hyomin has released three extended plays and eight singles, including two promotional singles.
In 2008, Hyomin appeared as a guest rapper on "Blue Moon" by Davichi and Seeya, becoming the first member of T-ara to participate in a pre-debut release. She later officially debuted as a member of the group. Prior to her solo debut, Hyomin participated in several singles and soundtrack projects, most notably "Wonder Woman", a collaboration between T-ara, Davichi, and Seeya. The single peaked at number six on the newly established Gaon Chart and sold over 2.3 million digital copies by the end of 2010, becoming one of the best-selling singles in South Korea that year. In 2011, she released "Beautiful Girl", a collaboration with Brave Brothers and Electroboyz. The single peaked at number twenty-three on the Gaon Digital Chart and received recognition at the Annual Home Shopping Awards.
Hyomin made her official solo debut in 2014 with Make Up. The EP peaked at number six on the Gaon Album Chart and received nominations for the Main Prize at the Seoul Music Awards and Artist of the Year at the YinYueTai Awards. Its lead single, "Nice Body", peaked at number thirteen on the Gaon Digital Chart and number eighteen on the Billboard Korea Hot 100. The song later won the Best Sexy Award at the MTV Best of the Best Awards, while Hyomin received the Best Female Artist award at the KU Awards.
In 2016, Hyomin released her second extended play, Sketch, which peaked at number three on the Gaon Album Chart. The release earned her the Best Female Artist award and a second Artist of the Year nomination at the YinYueTai Awards. Its lead single, "Sketch", became the first song by a Korean solo artist to top Billboard China Top 100. It charted eight weeks at peak.
In 2018, Hyomin collaborated with JustaTee on "Cabinet", a promotional single created to promote tourism in South Korea. The song topped V Heartbeat's chart in Vietnam for four consecutive months and received four awards at the V Live Awards.
In 2019, Hyomin released her third extended play, Allure, which peaked at number eleven on the Gaon Album Chart. All three singles from the EP topped YinYueTai's singles chart, while "Mango" and "U Um U Um" peaked at numbers five and four, respectively, on Billboard China Top 100.
Extended plays TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSalesKOR Gaon Weekly Album Chart
Make Up Released: June 30, 2014 Label: Core Contents Media Format: CD, digital download, streaming6 KOR: 8,868Sketch Released: March 17, 2016 Label: MBK Entertainment Format: CD, digital download, streaming3 KOR: 13,000Allure Released: February 20, 2019 Label: Sublime Artist Agency Format: CD, digital download, streaming11 KOR: 10,237
Singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKORKOR Hot CHN V
China V Chart positions, as reported by Billboard and YinYueTai:
"Sketch": "Mango": "U Um U Um": CHN YYT"Wonder Woman" 20106——— KOR: 2,300,000"Nice Body"20141318—— KOR: 229,290Make Up"Sketch"2016120—11 KOR: 13,515Cumulative sales for "Sketch":
Sketch"Mango"2018——51Allure"U Um U Um"2019——41"Allure"———1
Promotional singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKOR"Beautiful Girl" 201123 KOR: 113,000"Cabinet" 2019—
Guest appearances TitleYearAlbum"Blue Moon"2008"N-Time"2009
Soundtrack appearances SongYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKOR"Coffee Over Milk"201074 KOR: 526,000Coffee House OST Part 3"Empty Space"2021—Summer Guys OST Part 3
Compilation appearances SongYearAlbum"Not Everyone Can Love"2013Immortal Song: Singing a Legend"Faraway Home"2014Immortal Song: Singing a Legend (Lunar New Year Special)"Still Have You"Music Trip Yesterday (College Song Festival)"Vision"2017Mix And The City"Just One More" (prod by CashCash)"I Love You"2018King of Mask Singer"Late Regret"2021The Playlist
Other appearances SongYearArtistAlbum"Dangerous" 2013T-ara"Bunny Style""Love Suggestion""Ooh La La"2017What's My Name?
Songwriting credits All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless otherwise noted. YearAlbumSongLyricsMusicCreditedWithCreditedWith2014Make Up"Overcome"Konquest2016Sketch"Only We Are Aware Of Our Story"With Alex KangMokujins"Still"Yeong Jun-hyung
Music videos SongYearAlbum"Wonder Woman"2010"Beautiful Girl"2011"Nice Body"2014Make Up (EP)"Nice Body" (Dance Ver.)"Sketch"2016Sketch (EP)"Sketch" (19 Ver.)"MANGO"2018Allure (EP)"MANGO" (Chinese Ver.)Cabinet"U Um U Um"2019"U Um U Um" (Chinese Ver.)"Allure""Allure" (Chinese Ver.)
See also
T-ara discography
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