Younha 윤하

Younha 고윤하 高潤荷 Go Yoon-Ha ユンナ Yunna Born April 29 1988 In Seoul Korea Is A K-Pop And J-Pop South Korean Singer. Younha Made Her Debut As An Artist At The Young Age Of Sixteen. Nicknamed The "Oricon Comet" For Her Success In Japan She Has Released Eight Singles And Two Albums There With Varying Degrees Of Success. Several Of Her Songs Have Been Featured In Anime And Drama Series. Younha Was Signed To Epic Records A Branch Of Sony Music Entertainment Japan From 2004 To 2008 After Which She Moved To Sistus Records A Geneon Entertainment Label. In South Korea She Is Signed To Lion Media And Stam Entertainment. Born In South Korea To Music-Loving Parents Younha Began To Play The Piano At The Age Of 4. She Developed An Interest In Japanese Drama And Began To Teach Herself Japanese. What Began As An Interest In Japanese Dramas Developed Into An Interest In Japanese Music. With The Recommendation Of An Older Student In Her School's Broadcasting Club She Began Listening To Artists Such As Hikaru Utada And Misia And Acquired A Taste For Japanese Music. Younha Began To Dream About Becoming A Singer Alongside Her Favorite Artists. In Order To Accomplish Her Dreams Younha Began To Audition Within Korea. She Says That She Went Through As Many As 20 Auditions. She Also Commented In An Interview That Certain Companies Refused To Sign Her To Their Labels Because They Believed She Was Not "pretty" Enough Although She Sang Very Well. After A TV Drama Producer Heard Her Demo Tape Her Single "Yubikiri" Was Chosen As The Insert Song For The Fuji TV Monday Drama Tokyo Wankei ~Destiny Of Love~. In October Of The Same Year She Released Her Official First Single "Yubikiri -Japanese Version-". Younha's Second Single "Houki Boshi" Was Used As An Ending Song For The Popular TV Anime Bleach. It Became A Hit Debuting On The Oricon Chart At #18 And Peaking At #12 And Propelled Younha Into The Limelight. With This Single She Became The Second Korean After BoA To Have Broken The Oricon Chart's Top 20. 3 Between "Touch / Yume No Tsuzuki" And "Houki Boshi" She Released "Motto Futari De". It Flopped And Only Reached #117 On The Oricon Charts Possibly Due To A Lack Of Promotion. Her Later Single "Touch / Yume No Tsuzuki" Debuted At #15 3 And Peaked At #11. 5 After Releasing Five Singles Younha Released Her First Album Entitled Go! Younha. It Reached The #10 Spot On The Oricon Weekly Charts. Younha Released A Digital Korean Single Titled "Audition". The Single Includes "Audition Time 2 Rock " A Pop-Rock Song And "Waiting" 기다리다 A Ballad. Although It Was Released As A Digital Single Very Limited Hard Copies Of The Single Were Available As Well. Many Performances Of This Song Were Shown On Korean TV. The Single Received A Lot Of Promotion And As A Result "Audition" Charted For Over 3 Months On All Korean Charts. Exactly Two Months After "Hakanaku Tsuyoku" Younha Returned To Korea To Release Her First Korean Album Entitled 고백하기 좋은 날 Gobaekhagi Jo-Eun Nal Translated "The Perfect Day To Say I Love You" . The Album Was A Success Peaking At #1 On The Charts. The First Song Promoted From The Album Was "비밀번호 486" Bimilbeonho 486 "Password 486" For Which She Won The SBS Inkigayo Mutizen Award Twice. The Second Song Promoted Was "연애조건" Yeonaejogeon "Love Condition" . She Made A Music Video For The "비밀번호 486" Which Stars Fellow Stam Artist Yoon Ji-Hoo. The Video Featured Many Image Changes For Younha. The Album Also Features A Collaboration With Wheesung. With Her Increasing Success Younha Released A Version Of Go! Younha Rerecorded In Korean. The Album With Tracklist Changes Is Titled 혜성 Hyeseong "Comet" And Was Released On October 23. On January 18 Younha Left Korea To Continue Her Music Career In Japan. She Released A Best Of Japanese Album/music Video DVD SONGS -Teen's Collection- On March 26. She Also Re-Released Her Very First Korean Single "Audition" On March 14 As An Offline CD. Seoul Records Is Limiting The Amount Of "Audition" To 10 000 CDs. On August 28 2008 Younha Released Her Second Korean Album Someday Comprising 17 Tracks Including 2 Instrumentals. It Features The Hit Single "텔레파시" "Telepathy" As Well As Her Second Collaboration With Tablo Called "기억 "Memory" Rap Mix ". Younha Announced That She Will Be Releasing A New Japanese Album After Her Third Korean Album Part A Peace Love & Ice Cream Which Will Be Released On April 16 2009. Younha Also Finished Filming Her First Full-Length Japanese Movie Which Will Be Released Sometime In Mid-2009. Her Highly-Anticipated Third Album Part A Peace Love & Ice Cream Will Be Released On April 16 2009. It Will Feature A Cuter More Girly Image Of Younha As She Transforms To A Fresh Image For Her New Album. read less