Biography
Jihyo serves as the central vocalist and leader for the South Korean act Twice, steering the ensemble through a streak of chart-topping Korean releases and international singles that dominated the latter half of the 2010s and the opening years of the 2020s. Her first solo project arrived in 2023 with the EP Zone, led by the track “Killin’ Me Good.”
Park Ji-hyo, known professionally as Jihyo, entered the world in Guri within South Korea’s Gyeonggi province. At eight years old she caught the attention of JYP Entertainment after delivering a standout performance in a Junior Naver contest, prompting the agency to bring her aboard as a trainee. A decade of preparation followed before the then-18-year-old appeared on the 2015 survival program Sixteen, which determined the final roster for JYP’s forthcoming girl group. Once the ten-episode summer run concluded, Jihyo emerged as the chosen leader alongside Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Mina, Momo, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu, and Sana.
Twice launched with immediate impact: their inaugural title track “Like Ooh-Ahh” became the first K-pop debut video to exceed 100 million streams, while the supporting mini-album The Story Begins entered the Gaon charts at number three. The group’s buoyant anthems propelled them to global prominence, yielding nine number-one singles on Korean charts, the chart-topping Korean full-length Twicetagram, the number-one Japanese album BDZ, and eight mini-albums, four of which reached the summit of the Gaon rankings. Momentum carried into the early 2020s with the Korean LPs Eyes Wide Open (number two) and Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (number one), the Japanese sets &Twice and Perfect World, and the mini-albums More & More and Taste of Love.
The vocalist supplied her first original soundtrack contribution in 2022, recording “Stardust Love Song” for the tvN series Twenty-Five Twenty-One. That effort preceded the August 2023 arrival of Zone, which ascended to the top of the Circle Albums chart and registered at number 14 on the Billboard 200.
Park Ji-hyo, known professionally as Jihyo, entered the world in Guri within South Korea’s Gyeonggi province. At eight years old she caught the attention of JYP Entertainment after delivering a standout performance in a Junior Naver contest, prompting the agency to bring her aboard as a trainee. A decade of preparation followed before the then-18-year-old appeared on the 2015 survival program Sixteen, which determined the final roster for JYP’s forthcoming girl group. Once the ten-episode summer run concluded, Jihyo emerged as the chosen leader alongside Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Mina, Momo, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu, and Sana.
Twice launched with immediate impact: their inaugural title track “Like Ooh-Ahh” became the first K-pop debut video to exceed 100 million streams, while the supporting mini-album The Story Begins entered the Gaon charts at number three. The group’s buoyant anthems propelled them to global prominence, yielding nine number-one singles on Korean charts, the chart-topping Korean full-length Twicetagram, the number-one Japanese album BDZ, and eight mini-albums, four of which reached the summit of the Gaon rankings. Momentum carried into the early 2020s with the Korean LPs Eyes Wide Open (number two) and Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (number one), the Japanese sets &Twice and Perfect World, and the mini-albums More & More and Taste of Love.
The vocalist supplied her first original soundtrack contribution in 2022, recording “Stardust Love Song” for the tvN series Twenty-Five Twenty-One. That effort preceded the August 2023 arrival of Zone, which ascended to the top of the Circle Albums chart and registered at number 14 on the Billboard 200.