Park Jung Ah
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Park Jeong-Ah is a South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n female entertainer. First debuting as a member of the girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Jewelry
Jewelry (band)
Jewelry is a South Korean girl group. After releasing their first album with low sales, the group eventually rose to prominence via their second album and reached their commercial peak with their fourth album Superstar, which spawned a number-one hit for them...

 in 2001, she became the group leader. Park emerged as one of the more popular members of Jewelry and has been noted for being the older sister to her bandmates. In 2003, she debuted as an actress and has since appeared in a handful of movies and dramas.

Since Jewelry went on hiatus, Park took the opportunity to debut as a solo singer. Her first solo album Yeah was released in the fall of 2006, showing an edgier side that Jewelry single "Superstar" hinted at. The title song Produced and Co-Written by Hit American Producers Ian (iRok) Scott and Mark (MJ) Jackson A.K.A MJ&iRoK was her first single, and it allowed Park to become more of a rock singer. The album also featured production from #1 Billboard Producer, Eddie Galan
Eddie Galan
Eddie Galan is a Los Angeles born singer/musician, songwriter and record producer, who has worked on albums that have accumulated over 18 million in sales worldwide, garnered him 5 #1 records as a writer/producer and 4 #1 records as a publisher...

 of Mach 1 Music. To move away from the manufactured pop image she developed in Jewelry, she has performed this single live at every performance, and it has subsequently made the song a strong chart hit.

From November 2006 to 2009, she had been hosting her own radio show, On a Starry Night.

Film

Year Title Role
2008 Frivolous Wife Cheon Yeon-soo
2005 The Big Scene Han Moo-sook
2003 Madeleine Hong Seong-hye

Television drama

Year Title Role
2010 Dong-hae! Smile! Yoon Sae-wa
Prosecutor Princess
Prosecutor Princess
Prosecutor Princess is a South Korean drama broadcasted by Seoul Broadcasting System , which ran from March 31, 2010 to May 20, 2010.-Synopsis:...

Jenny Ahn
2004 When a Man Loves In-hye

Discography

Studio albums
  • Yeah
    Yeah (Park Jung Ah album)
    Yeah is Park Jeong-Ah's 1st studio album. It was released on August 25, 2006.- Track listing :# My Time# 결국...사랑 # Yeah...# 눈물을 멈추고 # Fly Away# D-Day...

    (released on August 25, 2006)

Television show

Year Network Program
2009-10 MBC TV Show Your Mind
2003 KBS 2TV Music Bank
Music Bank (TV series)
Music Bank is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System, KBS. It airs live every Friday at 6:10 PM KST. It is currently hosted by guest MCs...

MBC TV Time Machine
SBS TV Midnight TV Entertainment
2002 MTV Korea Live Wow!

Radio show

Year Network Program
2006-08 MBC FM On a Starry Night
2003 KBS FM I Like Radio

Education

Park has studied contemporary music at Dongduk Women's University
Dongduk Women's University
Dongduk Women's University is a private university founded by Lee Suk Gu in Seoul, South Korea. It enrolls about 7,000 students, and employs around 200 instructors....

 and is also able to play the piano.

Personal life

She was in a relationship with Leessang
Leessang
Leessang is a South Korean Hip-hop duo, composed of Kang Hee-gun and Gil Seong-joon . Formed in 2002, Leessang is known for its collaborations with Drunken Tiger, Yoon Mi Rae, Big Mama King, Hwayobi, and many others. Leessang is composed of one vocalist and one rapper...

 and Infinity Challenge member, Gil Seong-joon. They no longer an item because they broke up in February 2011.

Awards

  • 20th Model Line "Korea Best Dresser" (2003)
  • KMA "This Year's Singer" (2003)
  • KBS K-Pop Awards, "This Year's Singer" (2005)
  • Dramas: SBS Drama When Man Love (2004)
  • Album: 1st Album Yeah (2006)

External links

  • Park Jeong-Ah's Microblogging on Cyworld
    Cyworld
    Cyworld is a South Korean social network service operated by SK Communications , a subsidiary of SK Telecom .Members cultivate relationships by forming Ilchon or "friendships" with each other through their minihompy....

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