Park So-yeon (born Park In-jung on October 5, 1987),[1] referred to as Soyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of girl group T-ara in July 2009, which went on to become one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.[2] She debuted as a solo artist in 2021.
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Born | Park In-jung (1987-10-05) October 5, 1987 (age 35) Andong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea |
Education | Anyang High School of Arts |
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Genres | K-pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
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Revised Romanization | Bak So-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak So-yŏn |
Park was born Park In-jung on October 5, 1987,[1][3] in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. She has legally changed her name to Park So-yeon. In 2005, she took part and was awarded the Gold Award for the CMB Chin Chin Singing Competition.[4] Park has studied at the prestigious Anyang High School of Arts, located in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
Park was formerly a trainee under SM Entertainment, preparing to be a member and supposed to be the leader of girl group Girls' Generation. However, she left the company six months before their debut due to personal circumstances.[5] After debuting with T-ara, she revealed on the tvN's show Taxi that at that time she felt the opportunity came so easily and she was in two minds, not fully prepared for the debut.[6]
Park was the second new member to be added to T-ara after two former members Jiae and Jiwon left the group in mid-2009.
In 2010, she was rushed to the hospital after complaints of not feeling well while filming for her cameo role in Master of Study.[citation needed] She was then diagnosed with H1N1 while T-ara was still promoting the follow-up track Like The First Time off of their first full-length album, Absolute First Album.[7]
Park participated in the OSTs for the movie Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp and the SBS drama Coffee House.[citation needed]
In 2011, she was a fixed cast member for KBS's variety show 100 Points Out Of 100.
Park participated in the musical adaption of T-ara's hit song Roly-Poly, which opened on January 13, 2012, at the Seongnam Arts Center.[8] She has stated that it is one of her dreams to stand on stage and act on it.
She replaced Hyomin as T-ara's new leader starting on December 7, 2011, for their Lovey-Dovey promotions. She is the fourth leader of T-ara after Eunjung, Boram, and Hyomin. In July 2013, she stepped down as leader and Qri became the fifth leader.[9][10][11]
Park appeared in the KBS drama Lovers of Haeundae as Lee Gwan-soon. The drama aired on August 13, 2012.[12]
Soyeon along with Qri and Boram formed a sub-group called QBS in May 2013. The sub-group focused on the Japanese market. They released their debut single titled "Kaze no You ni" (風のように, Like the Wind) on June 26, 2013.[citation needed]
On March 6, 2017 MBK announced that T-ara would be releasing their last album as a six-member group in May, after Boram and Soyeon's contracts ended, and the other members would remain until December 31, 2017.[13] On May 7, MBK Entertainment revealed the group's plans had changed and that the new album's release had been rescheduled to June 2017, with Boram and Soyeon not participating due to the expiry of their contracts.[14] On May 8, it was announced that T-ara's last performance as a six-member group would be in Taiwan concert on May 13.[15][16]
On July 11, 2020, it was announced that Park had signed with Think Entertainment.[17]
On January 18, 2022, Park's agency confirmed that she will marry soccer player Cho Yu-min in November 2022. They have been in a relationship for 3 years.[18] Later, it was announced the wedding ceremony in November has been postponed until next year, due to Cho Yu-min joined the national team and planning to focus for the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup. But the couple had already registered their marriage and were a legal couple.[19]
On September 22nd, Soyeon revealed through her Instagram that she bought her mother a 3-volume apartment in Seoul's green forest area.[20]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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KOR Gaon [21] |
KOR Billboard [22] | |||
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"Letter" (信件) | 2020 | — | — | Non-album singles |
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"Just The Same As Before" (다 그대로더라) | 2021 | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | Non-album singles |
"Interview" (인터뷰) | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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KOR Gaon [21] |
KOR Billboard [22] | |||
"Song For You" (널 위해 부르는 노래) (with Ahn Young-min) |
2011 | 52 | — | Ahn Young-min A-Family, Part 3 |
"I Know" (알아요) (with Lee Bo-ram and Yangpa) |
2012 | 12 | 10 | Together |
"Painkiller" (진통제) (with Seong Yoo-jin, Seo Eun-kyo, Taewoon and Choi Sung-min) |
2013 | 11 | 13 | Tears of Mind |
"Don't Forget Me" (나를 잊지 말아요) (with Hahm Eun-jung, Song Minkyung, Cho Seunghee, and Speed's Jongkook, Sejoon and Seungri) |
2015 | — | — | White Snow |
"Tell Him To Go" (with Jung Dakyung) | 2022 | — | — | TBA |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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KOR Gaon [21] |
KOR Billboard [22] | |||
"Page One" (Part 2) (with Ock Joo-hyun) |
2010 | — | — | Coffee House OST |
"What Should We Finish?" (뭐라고 끝낼까) | 45 | 14 | Death Bell 2 OST Part 1 | |
"Until The End" (with Lee Bo-ram) |
2011 | — | — | Gisaeng Ryung OST |
"Page One" (with Ock Joo-hyun and SG Wannabe) |
25 | 30 | Coffee House OST | |
"One Love" (하나의 사랑) | 2020 | — | — | Homemade Love Story OST Part.3 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Sign" (with ex-T-ara member Areum) |
2013 | Bunny Style! (Single) |
"Love Poem" | ||
"Sad engagement" (슬픈 언약식) | 2020 | Family |
"Don't worry" (걱정말아요 그대) (with Ahn Seong-hoon) |
Kim Ho-jung's Partner |
Year | Title | Country / Region | Notes |
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2011 | Gisaeng Ryung | South Korea | Cameo |
2019 | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | Hong Kong |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2010 | Giant | Bunny Girls' member | Cameo | [25] |
Master of Study | Bad Student | [26] | ||
2012 | Lovers of Haeundae | Lee Gwan-soon | Supporting role | [12] |
Year | Network | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2010 | Daum TV | Bubi Bubi | Herself | Main Role | [27] |
2015 | Naver TV | Sweet Temptation | [28] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | M!countdown | Special host | ||
Invincible Baseball | Cast member | |||
2010 | M!countdown | Special host | ||
2010-11 | 100 / 100 Competition | Fixed guest | [29] | |
2011 | Star Couple Strongest Match | Cast | [30] | |
M!countdown | Special host | [31] | ||
2012 | Crown princess show | Main cast | [32] | |
2013 | Music Bank | Special host | ||
2019 | Shopping King | Host | [33] | |
2020 | King of Mask Singer | Contestant | as "Diver" (Ep. 267–268) | [34] |
Miss Back | Contestant | [35] | ||
2022 | We Are Family | Cast Member | [36] |
Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
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2013 | Yongin Military Concert | ||
APAN Star Awards | With Lee Hwi Jae | [37] | |
2014 | With Kim Sung Joo and Ailee | [38] | |
2015 | [39] | ||
2020 | Kim Ho-Joong fanmeeting | 2-day fanmeeting |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2012 | Our Youth, Roly Poly Musical | Oh Hyun-joo | Main Role |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | |
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Baidu Entertainment Awards | 2015 | Popular Artist Award | Herself | Nominated | |
Chin National Singing Competion | 2005 | Gold Award | Won | [40] | |
China Powerstar Awards | 2017 | Most influential Female Foreign Artist | Nominated | [41] | |
2018 | Nominated | [42][43] | |||
KBS Entertainment Awards | 2009 | Best Teamwork | Invincible Baseball | Won |
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