Kwon Ji-an (; born 30 September 1984), commonly known by her stage name Solbi (), is a South Korean singer, painter, and television personality. She made her singing debut in 2006 as a member of the
K-pop
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group
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, and gained widespread fame in 2008 as a cast member of the variety show ''
We Got Married
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''. She held her first solo exhibition as a painter in 2012.
Career
Debut
She made her debut as the main vocalist of the representative K-pop hybrid group
Typhoon
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in 2006 and also released her solo album ' Do It ' in 2008. In the same year, she also received attention in plays and musicals. Since then, she has been releasing music and music albums every year.
Aside from her music career, Solbi has also achieved fame as a television host on MBC, in the shows
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(season 2) (alongside
Lee Hyori
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and
Shin Jung-hwan
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) and
Music Core
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