Park Ji-yeon

Park Ji-yeon
Park in June 2017
Native name 박지연
Born Park Ji-yeon
(1993-06-07) June 7, 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active 2009–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박지연
Hanja 朴芝妍[1]
Revised Romanization Bak Ji-yeon
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chiyŏn

Park Ji-yeon (born June 7, 1993), referred to as Jiyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress.[2] She debuted as a member of girl group T-ara in July 2009. The group went on to become one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.[3]Apart from her group's activities, she has also starred in various television dramas such as Soul (2009), Master of Study (2010), Dream High 2 (2012). She debuted as a solo artist with her debut mini album, Never Ever, on May 20, 2014, making her the first T-ara member to debut as a solo artist.

Early life and education

Park was born in Seoul, South Korea, on June 7, 1993,[4] from a Korean family.[5][6] She briefly attended Hyehwa Girls' High School and graduated from Lila Art High School in 2012.[7]

Career

2008–2009: Career beginning and T-ara

She and Hahm Eun-jung are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions.[8][9]

Park has expressed an interest in modeling. In 2008, when she was 15 years old, she was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for clothing company Smart with Korean boy band SHINee.[10] She collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Female Generation/Forever Love", which was released in May 2009, making her the first member of T-ara to appear in public. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "Saranghae" and "My Love is Crying" from their 2009 album, Gift from SG Wannabe. Early on, the Korean media dubbed her as "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her close resemblance to Kim.[11]

Park auditioned at the Mnet Casting System and joined the company in 2008. She subsequently debuted with T-ara debuted on 29 July 2009, as the youngest member.

2010–2013: Acting debut and breakthrough

In 2010, Park starred in Master of Study, a Korean screen adaptation of Japanese manga Dragon Zakura.[12] The same year, she played the leading role in horror film Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp[13] and starred in the youth drama Jungle Fish 2.[14]

In October 2010, Park became the host for MBC's Show! Music Core, alongside Bae Suzy and with Choi Min-ho and Onew.[15] She also became a cast member of SBS' variety show Heroes.[16]

In 2011, Park was cast in the Korean dub of the animated film, Gnomeo and Juliet.[17]

In 2012, she was cast in the teen drama Dream High 2.[18][19]

2014–2016: Never Ever and return to acting

Park made her solo debut in May 2014,[20][21] releasing the single "Never Ever" (also known as "1 Minute 1 Second").[22][23] The music video ranked number one on China's biggest music video site YinYueTai for two weeks straight.[24]

In June, Park was cast in MBC's television series Triangle, starring as the potential wife for Yim Si-wan's character.[25] The same month, she began hosting SBS MTV's The Show alongside Lee Hye-ri.[26]

In May 2015, Park was cast in the Korean-Chinese film Encounter alongside actor Lee Dong-gun.[27][28] In July 2015, she collaborated with 2BIC's Jun-hyung on the song "Summer Love".[29]

In 2016, Park was cast in the web drama My Runaway alongside Kang Dong-ho.[30] The drama was released on Netflix in December 2016.[31]

2017: Comeback

In February 2017, it was announced that Park would be making her solo comeback after three years with a new album.[32] However, album preparations were later put on hold.[33][34]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[35]		 TWN
[36]		 TWN East Asian
[37]
Never Ever 3 11 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
 KOR
Billboard
 CHN
Billboard V Chart
2010 "ttoleuleu" (또르르) 8[39] — —
  • KOR (DL):
 Master of Study OST
2013 "My Sea" — — —
  • KOR (DL):
 Bunny Style!
2014 "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" 17 6 1[40]
  • KOR (DL): 322,949+[41]
 Never Ever
2016 "Summer Love"
(With Junhyung of 2BiC featuring Yoon Yo)		 — — —
  • KOR (DL):
 Summer Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region

Soundtracks

Year Album Song Duration Notes
2009 Cinderella Man OST "Women's Generation" 3:32 with Seeya and Davichi
"Forever Love"3:32
2010Master of Study OST"Rolling"4:01Solo
Jungle Fish 2 OST"Little By Little"4:10
2012 Dream High 2 OST "Superstar" 3:42 With Hyorin and Ailee
"Together"4:19With JB
"Day after Day"3:43Solo
2013Bunny Style!"Dangerous Love"3:40With Ham Eun-jung and Hyomin
2014Triangle OST"Kiss and Cry"3:31With Cho Seunghee (F-ve Dolls) and Shorry J (Mighty Mouth)
2017What's My Name"Lullaby"3:12Solo
2018 Queen of Mystery 2 OST"The Path Leading To Home"3:14

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak positions Album
KOR
2014 "Yeurido Cherry Blossom" 70 Never Ever
"Marionette" 80
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music video

Year Music video Director
2014 "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" Hong Se Hyun

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref
2010Death Bell 2: Bloody CampLee Se-hee [13]
2011Gnomeo & JulietJuliet [17]
Gisaeng GhostCameo
2015Encounter [27]

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
2007Hello! Miss KBS2Cameo [42]
LobbyistDeaf daughter's friendSBS [43]
2008Aeja's Older Sister, MinjaMaeng Na-yeon
2009SoulYoon Doo-naMBC [44]
High Kick! (season 2)Lee Yu-ri [45]
2010Master of StudyNa Hyun-jungKBS2 [12]
Jungle Fish 2Seo-yul [14]
2011Miss RipleyYuMBCCameo [46]
2012The Thousand ManHan Yi-seul
Dream High 2Ri-an/Lee Ji-kyungKBS2 [18]
2014TriangleSeong Yoo-jinMBC [25]
2015 Sweet TemptationJi-hoWeb drama
2016My RunwayHan Seo-yeonNetflix [30]

Musical

Year Title Role Ref.
2012Our Youth, Roly Poly MusicalHan Joo-young [47]

Variety show

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes Ref
2010HeroesCastSBS[16]
2010–2011Music CoreHostMBC[15]
2015The ShowSBS MTV[26]
2017Living Together in Empty RoomCastMBCwith Oh Chang-seok (Episodes 16–19) [48]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2010SBS Entertainment AwardBest TeamworkHeroesWon
KBS Drama AwardsBest New ActressMaster of StudyNominated
Best Couple Award with Yoo Seung-hoNominated
201416th Seoul International Youth Film FestivalBest Young ActressTriangleNominated
2015Cable TV Broadcast AwardsPopularity AwardThe ShowWon
The 3rd Yinyuetai VChart AwardBest Korea Female SingerNever EverWon
Yahoo Asia BUZZ AwardMost Popular Asian İdolN/ANominated

References

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  2. ↑ "Jiyeon (박지연, Korean actress, singer)". HanCinema. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ↑ Nannar, Nina (May 9, 2017). "Ten best selling girl groups of all time". ITV News. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Russell, Mark (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  5. ↑ (in Korean) 티아라 지연, '악성루머'에도 '엠카'서 MC 활약 '눈길. Naver. 10 October 2010. accessed 14 November 2015.
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  14. 1 2 "Realism essential for local teen dramas". The Korea Times. 26 September 2010.
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  16. 1 2 "'영웅호걸' 12명의 女스타 쌩얼 전격 공개!". Asiae (in Korean). 25 July 2010.
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  30. 1 2 "[단독]티아라 지연, 드라마 '마이 런웨이' 주인공". JoongAng Ilbo. 10 October 2016.
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