Shannon (South Korean singer)

Shannon
Shannon in July 2017
Native name 샤넌
Born Shannon Arrum Williams Lees
(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998
London, United Kingdom
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels
Associated acts F-ve Dolls
Website www.mbk-ent.com/main_shannon
Korean name
Hangul 김아름
Hanja 金雅凜
Revised Romanization Gim A-reum
McCune–Reischauer Kim A-rŭm

Shannon Arrum Williams Lees (born 26 May 1998), known professionally as Shannon, is a British-Korean singer and actress based in South Korea. She officially debuted as a solo artist in December 2014 with her digital single, Daybreak Rain.

Early life

Shannon Arrum Williams Lees was born on 26 May 1998 in the United Kingdom to a Welsh father, Chris Williams Lees, and a Korean mother, Kim Jung-mi. Shannon (Korean name: Kim Arrum (Hangul: 김아름; RR: Kim Areum) is the youngest in their family with two older twin half-brothers, Christian and Jonah Lees, from her father's previous relationship. She attended Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, and at the age of 7, she was given the role of Cosette in the musical Les Misérables. Shannon studied at Dwight School Seoul but dropped out.[1]

Shannon was originally trained to be in a girl group as its main vocalist but later her agency changed their plans and announced that she would continue to be trained for preparing her debut as a soloist. She revealed in a magazine interview, "I was preparing for a debut as the main vocalist of a girl group, but I had a lot of greed towards singing. I asked my agency to let me debut as a solo artist. I’m grateful that they decided to listen to me and I was able to go solo."[2][3]

Career

2010–2014: Career beginnings

Shannon first appeared on South Korean media through SBS's Star King in 2010 and gained attention after she expressed her singing excellence in 2011.[4] Core Contents Media recruited Shannon after seeing her excellence performance on SBS's Star King in 2011.[5]

In 2012, Shannon released a collaboration single, Day and Night with Areum (former member of T-ara) and Gun-ji (Gavy NJ) and also was featured in singer Yangpa's song, "Together." On November 23, Shannon appeared an episode of JTBC's Hidden Singer 2 as one of the impersonators of singer IU.[6]

On January 8, 2014, Shannon appeared on JTBC's Hidden Singer 2 for the King of Kings finale round and performed IU's "Good Day" and Beyoncé's "Listen", but was eliminated before the final round.[7] On January 29, her pre-debut single "Remember You" featuring Speed's Jongkook was released to commemorate the end of her three-year training for her debut.[8]On February 12, Shannon made an appearance on her labelmate showcase, Speed Day, which aired on SBS MTV. She performed "Let It Go", a song from the film Frozen, and Rihanna's "Diamonds" with Dani.[9]On December 1, Shannon made her official debut with released digital single titled "Daybreak Rain". The single charted at number 32 on Gaon digital chart.[10]On December 26, she along with Vasco and Giriboy released a collaboration single titled "Breath".[11]

2015–present: Eighteen, K-pop Star 6, Hello

On March 6, 2015, Shannon released her first mini album, Eighteen, which consists of seven track with the lead single "Why Why".[12] On July 10, 2015, Shannon collaboration with rapper Yuk Ji-dam released digital single "Love X Get Off".[13] In September 2015, Shannon was confirmed to starred in the KBS drama Moorim School.[14][15]

On 3 March 2016, Shannon released a single, "Lachrymal Gland", featuring Soheechan as part of the 2gether project.[16]

From 20 November 2016 to 9 April 2017 she took part in the TV reality show K-pop Star 6: The Last Chance. She competed against other trainees and talented individuals in hopes of scoring a contract that would grant the winner promotions from YG, JYP and Antenna Music. Shannon received high praise for her technical singing ability but was critiqued for her lack of emotion. She was selected into YG's group and sang songs such as "Man in the Mirror", "Who's Your Mama", "Happy", and "Ain't No Other Man". She advanced to the Top 4 (semi-finals) before she was eliminated.[15]

Shannon released her second digital single "Love Don't Hurt" on June 26, 2017. The single contains two version, Korean version featuring Lil' Boi and English version featuring f(x)'s Amber.[17][18] Her second mini album, Hello, was released on July 28. The EP contains five tracks, including the title track of the same name and previous released single "Love Don't Hurt".[19] Shannon held comeback showcase at the Yes24 Muv Hall on July 27, one day before the album's release. [20] She later made comeback stage on Music Bank on the same day as the album's release.[21] The music video of "Hello" was released on 31 July.[22][23]

On June 24, 2018, Shannon released her third digital single "Hatred Farewell".[24][25][26]

Discography

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart
positions		 Sales
KOR
[27]
Eighteen 17
Hello
  • Released: 28 July 2017
  • Label: MBK Entertainment, Interpark
  • Format: Digital download
 — N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(digital downloads)		 Album
KOR
Gaon[29]		 KOR
Hot 100
"Daybreak Rain" 2014 32* Eighteen
"Why Why" 2015 100
"Love Don't Hurt" (feat. Lil' Boi) 2017 —— N/A Hello
"Hello" —— N/A
"Hatred Farewell" 2018 TBA Non-album singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

Collaborations and soundtracks

Year Song Album Remarks
2012 "My Love" Together with Yangpa
"Day and Night (Love All)" Day and Night with Lee Areum and Gavy NJ's Gun-ji
2014 "Remember You" Remember You with Jongkook
"Breath" Breath with Vasco and Giriboy
2015 "Remember and Love" Shine or Go Crazy OST
"Love X Go Away" Falling with Yuk Ji-dam
2016 "Lachrymal Gland" Heyne – 2getherProject with Soheechan

Concert

  • Shannon First Live Concert (2014)

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Network Role Notes
2016 Moorim School: Saga of the Brave KBS2 Shannon Supporting role

Variety shows

Year Title Network Notes
2010–2011, 2013–2014 Star King SBS 172, 198, 392, 393
2013–2014 Hidden Singer 2 JTBC 7, 14–16
2014 Hidden Singer 3 JTBC 10, 15
2015 Immortal Songs 2 KBS 185
My Neighbor, Charles KBS 6–9, 28
2015 Autumn Season Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC 1–2
2016 Get It Beauty Onstyle
Radio Star MBC 482
2016–2017 Kpop Star 6 SBS TOP 4
2017King of Mask SingerMBCContestant as "Best Actress Award for the Day Fennec Fox" (Episodes 115–116)[32][33]
Idol Show K-Rush KBS World

Theatre

Year Title Role
2008 Oliver Twist Oliver Twist
2009 Les Misérables Cosette

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Length Notes
2012 Day and Night 3:34 With ex T-ARA's member Areum and Gavy NJ's Gunji
2014 Remember You 4:32 With SPEED's Jongkook
Daybreak Rain 3:57
Breathe 3:49 With Vasco and Giriboy
2015 Why Why 5:49
2016 Lachrymal Gland 3:28 With Soheezzang
2017 Love Don't Hurt 3:33 Featuring Lil Boi
Hello 3:34

References

  1. ↑ (in Korean)"이웃집 찰스 샤넌, 과거 파이브돌스 멤버로 활동...탈퇴 이유는?". Chosun. October 2, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
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