Shim Mina

Infobox musical artist
Name = Mina
Birth_name = Shim Min-Ah (심민아)
Background = solo_singer
Born = Birth date and age|1972|12|10|mf=y


Years_active = 2002-Present
Genre = K-PopInfobox Korean name
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Shim Min-Ah (심민아, born on December 10, 1972), simply known as Mina, is a Korean singer who was first a back-dancer for various Korean Pop Artists (Park Jin-Young, and Park Ji-Yoon to name a few). She initially found instant fame as the "World Cup Girl", as photographers noticed her beauty and immediately became the center of attention world-wide over-night. Pictures of her with the "Be The Reds!" bandanna around her chest and the Korean flag used as a skirt were beamed around the world, and she received her 15 minutes of fame. Desiring to elongate that fame, she quickly signed a record deal with J-Entercom Entertainment (labelmates include WAX, JADU, Kim Gun-Mo, Lee Ssang, and Double K) and released her first album, "Rendezvous", in the fall of 2002. Although going for the sexy image that was popular at the time (with the single "전화받어" ("Answer The Phone") (a cover of a K.I.S.S. song, who were also signed to the label before their break-up), the album failed to sell many copies. She quickly disappeared from the industry but returned in the summer of 2004 with her second album "Re:turn 2 Mina". This album proved to be a bit more popular, as her single "돌아" ("Turn") caught the attention of the Korean public; it was also supported with live-vocal performances. (JiNi, the main singer from K.I.S.S., contributed uncredited vocals to Mina's album.Fact|date=February 2007)

Due to internal affairs with J-Entercom EntertainmentFact|date=February 2007, Mina then left her first record company, and signed with EMI Korea for her third album. Her third album "Kiss Kiss" came in the fall of 2005 with an even sexier image. Mina trained in Europe in order to belly dance and made her music video for her title track there as well. The cover of the Turkish song, though, failed badly, with the album selling less than 10 000 copies. She has since released an English single for the European market, even going as far as making a MySpace page for the single. However, she has remained in Korea and promoted her poorly-received last single "Fly High" during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a tribute to the competition that started her career. At the time, she also released a nude photo album to "inspire" the Korean athletes [http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/music/200606/sp2006060707583658550.htm (note: contains censored picture)] .

Her fourth album was scheduled to be released in April [http://www.bjunkyard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17370] ; however, the release of "Minastasia" was delayed until 9 July 2007.

Because of her relatively late debut, she initially claimed that she was born in 1978. As rumours of her real age began to spread, she eventually admitted that she was born in 1972 [ [http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2007071811370556613&type=1&SVEC 리얼타임 연예속보, 스타의 모든 것 '스타뉴스' ] ] and apologized for lying about it for so long.

Discography

Albums

Vol.1 Rendezvous [2002]

# Intro
# 일났어
# 전화받어
# 꿈*은 이루어진다
# 월화수목금토일
# Middletro
# 버터플라이
# 누가봐
# 배 멋대로 하겠어
# 문제야
# 우연
# 전화받아 (Old School Mix)

Vol.2 Re:Turn 2 Mina [2004]

# Intro
# 짱
# 돌아 (Funky Mix)
# 때로는
# 비밀
# 유혹
# 후회
# 미운오리
# Tequila
# 돌아 (Club Mix)
# Outro

Vol.3 Kiss Kiss [2005]

# Concept
# Kiss Kiss
# Waba (와바)
# Fall In (My Sunshine)
# Kill Mr.Bond
# Istanbul
# Red
# Sweet Love
# Oh Oh
# Too Hot
# Fake Love (거짓사랑)
# Destino (운명)
# Kiss Kiss (Hip Hop ver.)

Vol.4 Minastasia [2007]

# Intro
# Look (Feat. Ak'sent)
# Player (Feat. Uptown)
# 가까이와 (Feat. Jessica)
# 취하고 싶어 (Feat. 이승현
# 좋아 (Feat. 이승현)
# 그 사람이 아프면 나도 아픕니다
# 돌아
# 깊이 깊이
# Turn
# Look (Dakey's Hybrid Remix)
# Look (Feat. Ak'sent) (MV Edit)

ingles

Fly High [2006]

# Fly High
# Fly High (Remix)
# Work It
# Korea Ariba
# Korea Ariba (TV Track)
# Korea Ariba (Instrumental)

References

External links

* [http://epg.epg.co.kr/star/profile/index.asp?actor_id=7350 Mina profile in EPG, Korean]
* [http://star.empas.com/people/info/mi/na/mina/ Mina profile in empas, Korean]
* [http://minihp.cyworld.nate.com/pims/main/pims_main.asp?tid=24727782 Mina Official Cyworld Hompy, Korean]
* [http://www.shimmina.com Mina's homepage, English]