Biography
South Korean singer and songwriter HyunA entered the industry through her roles in the K-pop groups Wonder Girls and 4Minute before stepping out on her own in the early 2010s with the 2011 EP Bubble Pop! Her flexible vocal delivery enabled her to move across tender romantic material, high-energy dance-pop, and sharp hip-hop-flavored releases, among them the chart-topping “Ice Cream,” the U.S. Top Three “Roll Deep,” and the multi-platinum best-seller “Bubble Pop!” International reach followed as she entered the Japanese and American markets via the EPs A Talk in 2014 and the chart peak A'wesome in 2016.
Born Kim Hyun-ah in Seoul, the singer began under JYP Entertainment in 2006 as a founding member of Wonder Girls. She left the group the next year yet soon signed with Cube Entertainment to help form 4Minute, remaining with that lineup into the early 2010s. During this period she launched her solo work with Bubble Pop!, whose title track became a global success thanks to its memorable chorus and provocative video.
Although 4Minute continued until 2016, HyunA issued an EP nearly every year until the group’s official end. Melting followed Bubble Pop! and became her highest-selling project to date, housing her first Korean number-one single, “Ice Cream.” Occupied with 4Minute activities in 2013, she returned to solo material in 2014 with A Talk, a polished set of club-oriented dance tracks. The hip-hop-leaning A+ sustained her reputation as a defiant figure in K-pop and drew further attention through the suggestive video for “Because I’m the Best,” also known as “Cause I’m God Girl” or “Roll Deep” in the U.S. Featuring BtoB rapper Jung Il-hoon, the song reached the Billboard World Songs Top Three, her strongest U.S. showing at the time. The following year she released A'wesome, a sleeker effort with added electronic textures that marked her first project after 4Minute disbanded. She remained with Cube Entertainment following the split.
In 2017 she issued Following, which included Pentagon’s Wooseok on “Party (Follow Me)” and E'Dawn on “Purple,” and produced the hit “Babe.” Later that year she dropped the standalone single “Lip & Hip” and joined Pentagon’s Hui and E'Dawn in the sub-unit Triple H. After reports of her relationship with E'Dawn surfaced in 2018, Cube terminated both contracts. HyunA joined P-Nation, Psy’s label, in early 2019 and closed the year with the comeback single “Flower Shower.”
Born Kim Hyun-ah in Seoul, the singer began under JYP Entertainment in 2006 as a founding member of Wonder Girls. She left the group the next year yet soon signed with Cube Entertainment to help form 4Minute, remaining with that lineup into the early 2010s. During this period she launched her solo work with Bubble Pop!, whose title track became a global success thanks to its memorable chorus and provocative video.
Although 4Minute continued until 2016, HyunA issued an EP nearly every year until the group’s official end. Melting followed Bubble Pop! and became her highest-selling project to date, housing her first Korean number-one single, “Ice Cream.” Occupied with 4Minute activities in 2013, she returned to solo material in 2014 with A Talk, a polished set of club-oriented dance tracks. The hip-hop-leaning A+ sustained her reputation as a defiant figure in K-pop and drew further attention through the suggestive video for “Because I’m the Best,” also known as “Cause I’m God Girl” or “Roll Deep” in the U.S. Featuring BtoB rapper Jung Il-hoon, the song reached the Billboard World Songs Top Three, her strongest U.S. showing at the time. The following year she released A'wesome, a sleeker effort with added electronic textures that marked her first project after 4Minute disbanded. She remained with Cube Entertainment following the split.
In 2017 she issued Following, which included Pentagon’s Wooseok on “Party (Follow Me)” and E'Dawn on “Purple,” and produced the hit “Babe.” Later that year she dropped the standalone single “Lip & Hip” and joined Pentagon’s Hui and E'Dawn in the sub-unit Triple H. After reports of her relationship with E'Dawn surfaced in 2018, Cube terminated both contracts. HyunA joined P-Nation, Psy’s label, in early 2019 and closed the year with the comeback single “Flower Shower.”
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