Lee Soo-young (Hangul: 이수영; born Lee Ji-yeon, Hangul: 이지연 on April 12, 1979) is a South Korean

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singer. She debuted in 1999 with the hit album, ''I Believe'', and quickly gained popularity due to her strong singing skills. During the mid-2000s, Lee was one of South Korea's best-selling singers, selling more than 700,000 albums in 2004 alone despite a

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in the music industry.

Career

In 2001, she sang the official Korean version of the ''

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'' song “ Suteki Da Ne” in Korean, titled “얼마나 좋을까” (“Eolmana Joheulkka”). She released her seventh album, ''

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'', on January 21, 2006. It performed very well, able to shoot straight to the top of the charts. The popularity of the album led to a limited edition (repackage) release of ''Grace'', of which only 30,000 copies were produced. Lee has performed the new song written by her titled "Lavender" from her new album at the wedding ceremony of her close friend,

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, Kim Yoo-mi,

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Personal life

Lee married her boyfriend of one year in October 2010. They have one son, who was born in July 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Live and compilation albums

Extended plays

# 008.11.13Once

Singles

# 004.06.23"Saigo no Wagamama" (最後のわがまま / The Final Indulgence) # 012.10.10"Nice Girl" (착한 여자) ('' The Innocent Man'' OST) # 013.06.11"Will It Reach You" (닿을수 있나요) (''

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'' OST Part.6) # 014.04.11"Love in Memory 2" (''Love in Memory 2 (To My Dearest)'' OST Part.2) # 013.06.11"Salang Moshae" (사랑 못해 / I can't love you) ('' My Only One'' OST Part.26) # 020.03.03"Find Me" # 022.06.02"The Expression of Time" (구필수는 없다) (''There is no Goo Pilsoo OST Part 9)

TV series

* ''

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'' (

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, 2009) as Jo Seung-eun

Movies

* ''

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'' (2010) as the radio singer

Variety show

Awards

*2003 MBC Top 10 Gayo Festival: Daesang *

2002 Mnet Asian Music Awards The 2002 Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF) was the fourth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 29, 2002, at the Little Angels Arts Center. Leading the nominees was BoA with three nominations. By the end of t ...

- Best Ballad Performance *

2003 Mnet Asian Music Awards The 2003 Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF) was the fifth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 27, 2003, at the Kyung Hee University. Leading the nominees were duo Big Mama and solo artist Lee Hyori, with thr ...

- Best Female Solo *

2004 Mnet Asian Music Awards The 2004 Mnet KM Music Video Festival (MKMF) was the sixth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea, that took place on December 4, 2004, at the Kyung Hee University. Solo artists Rain and BoA lead the nominees with three nominations eac ...

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"2004 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list"
''MAMA''. Retrieved 2014-06-12. *2004

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: Daesang *2004 MBC Top 10 Gayo Festival: Daesang

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Soo-young Grand Prize Golden Disc Award recipients South Korean women pop singers South Korean television actresses Singers from Seoul 1979 births South Korean female idols Living people MAMA Award winners 21st-century South Korean singers 21st-century South Korean women singers