Dana (Korean singer)

Dana (Korean singer)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Dana


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hong Sungmi
Alias = Dana The Grace
Xiyue Dana
Heeyeol Dana
Born = birth date and age|1986|7|17
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Origin = Seoul, Republic of Korea
Instrument = Singing, piano
Voice_type = Soprano
Genre = K-pop
Occupation = Singer, dancer
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = SM Entertainment
Associated_acts = SMTown, The Grace
URL = [http://star.ilikepop.com/starhome/dana/ Official Homepage]
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Hong Sungmi (Hangul:홍성미, born on 17 July, 1986), now officially known as Dana The Grace or Xiyue Dana, is a Korean singer under SM Entertainment. Although she was originally a solo singer, who debuted in 2001, she has since become a member of girl group The Grace, which debuted in 2005. Due to her earlier debut in the Korean music industry, she is seen as the leader, although she has denied this in an interview, stating that each member has an equal status in the groupFact|date=May 2007.

Career

Starting off as a solo artist on Lee Soo Man's SM Entertainment label, Dana was expected to rise as the "next BoA". Prior to debut, she received promotion as an actress in popular boyband H.O.T's "Age of Peace" movie and in Kangta's "Polaris" music video.

In 2001 she released her fairly successful debut single "Seh Sang Kkeut Kka Ji" (Until The End of The World), composed by European songwriter Stefan Aberg. The song was originally titled "Tell Me No More Lies". She followed up with "Diamond", a pop/dance track featuring Jung Yunho (U-Know Yunho, who eventually became a member of TVXQ in 2003). Her career blossomed and continued with promotion by appearing on variety shows such as "X-Man", as well as playing a main role in the sitcom "Nonstop". Her second album release in 2003, however, was not very popular and sold poorly. From that point on, she disappeared from the music industry (aside from SMTOWN collaborations) until the debut of The Grace.

Since 2005, she has been a member of Korea a cappella girl group, The Grace. For the group's fourth Japanese single, she composed the music to her own solo song "Sayonara No Mukou Ni."

Discography

olo albums

* Vol. 1 (September 13, 2001)
* Vol. 2 (October 2, 2003)

PV Releases

* Seh Sang Kkeut Kka Ji (Until The End of the World)
* Diamond
* Pretty
* Nam Gyuh Doon Ee Ya Gi (Maybe)
* What is Love

TSZX the Grace singles

Compilations

* Angel Eyes SM Town (December, 2001)
* Summer Vacation SM Town (June, 2002)
* My Angel My Light SM Town (December, 2002)
* Hello! Summer! SM Town (June, 2003)
* 2003 K-POP Super best 2 (2003)
* SnowFlake SM Town (December, 2003)
* Hot Mail SM Town (July, 2004)
* 06 Summer SM Town (June, 2006) (as a member of TSZX)
* 2006 Winter SM Town (December, 2006) (as a member of TSZX)
* 2007 Summer SM Town (July, 2007 (as a member of TSZX)

Acting

* Age of Peace (3D Movie) Featuring H.O.T (2000)
* Kangta's "Polaris" music video (2001)
* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Nonstop_3 Nonstop 3] (2002)

External links

* [http://star.ilikepop.com/starhome/dana/ Dana Official Homepage]
* [http://imbc.com/tv/ent/nonstop/ Nonstop3 Homepage]


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