, known professionally as , is a
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Japanese rapper and pop musician. She debuted in 2016 independently, before releasing her major label debut album ''Miseinen'' in 2017.
Biography
Chanmina was born in
South Korea
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,
to a Japanese father and Korean mother, and lived in Korea until she was three years old.
As her mother is a professional ballerina, she spent her childhood traveling around Korea, Japan and the
United States
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.
Due to her mother's influence, Chanmina learned ballet and violin from a young age.
During this time in her life, she discovered the song "
Day by Day" (2008) by Korean band
Big Bang
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, and felt moved by the song, inspiring her to become a rapper.
Chanmina originally planned to move to
South Korea
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to become a
K-Pop
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musician in her second year of high school, however her friend, female rapper Messhi, convinced her to stay in Japan.
She first came to fame after participating in the 2016 ', a high school rap competition broadcast on
BS Sky Perfect!,
and her independently released debut single "Miseinen" (featuring Messhi on the track), managed to top
iTunes
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Japan's hip-hop song rankings chart.
Her first major label debut single "Fxxker" was released in 2017, followed by her debut album ''Miseinen'' (2017).
In the same year, Chanmina released the
extended play
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Los Angeles
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.
The following year, Chanmina switched labels to
Warner Music Japan
Warner Music Group's labels include the following.
Flagship labels
*Atlantic Records
*Elektra Records
*Parlophone Records
*Warner Records
Atlantic Records Group
* 1st & 15th Entertainment
* Nipsey Hussle, All Money In
* Mike Caren, Artist Par ...
.
The title song from her second album ''Never Grow Up'' was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama ''Jigoku no Girlfriend'' and became a sleeper hit, reaching over 10 million views on
YouTube
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eight months after the song's release, and receiving a gold certification for streaming from the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include p ...
.
In September 2021, Chanmina's song "I'm a Pop" was featured in the
Netflix
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film ''
Kate'',
leading the song to chart in the
United States
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on the ''
Billboard
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World Digital Songs
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chart.
Chanmina released her third studio album, ''Harenchi'' in October, featuring "Voice Memo No. 5", "Picky", "Angel" and "Bijin"; songs she had released as singles or as leading tracks from
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. s in 2020 and 2021.
Chanmina released her first full-length Korean single "Don't go" feat. Ash Island on September 23, 2022.
Personal life
Chanmina is trilingual, and speaks Korean, Japanese and English.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Guest appearances
Notes
References
External links
Official website*
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1998 births
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
English-language singers from Japan
Japanese women hip hop musicians
Japanese women singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
Japanese-language singers
Japanese people of Korean descent
Japanese rappers
Korean-language singers of Japan
Living people
Musicians from Tokyo
People from Nerima
South Korean women rappers
South Korean women singer-songwriters
South Korean singer-songwriters
South Korean people of Japanese descent
Victor Entertainment artists
Warner Music Japan artists