Joo Hyun-mi

In this Korean name, the family name is Joo.
Joo Hyun-mi
Background information
Born (1961-09-27) September 27, 1961 (age 63)
OriginGwangju, South Korea
GenresTrot
OccupationSinger
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Lim Dong-shin
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(m. 1988)​
WebsiteOfficial website
Korean name
Hangul
주현미
Hanja
周炫美[1]
Revised RomanizationJu Hyeon-mi
McCune–ReischauerChu Hyŏnmi

Joo Hyun-mi (Korean: 주현미; Hanja: 周炫美;[1] born September 27, 1961[2]) is a South Korean trot singer. Sometimes referred to as an "Empress of Trot",[3][4][5] Joo is credited as being one of the leading figures in the trot music revival of the 1980s.[6][7]

Early life

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Joo Hyun-mi was born on September 27, 1961 in Gwangju, South Korea to a South Korean mother and a father from Shandong, China.[2][8] When she was a child, her parents moved to Taiwan to try to improve the family's financial situation, leaving Joo and her three younger siblings in the care of their grandmother.[9] Following her grandmother's death, Joo raised her younger siblings alone, relying on money her mother sent from Taiwan.[9] Joo was a citizen of Taiwan until adulthood when she became a South Korean citizen.[10]

Joo attended Seoul Chinese Primary School and studied pharmacy at Chung-Ang University.[11][8] While in university, she received an award for competing in the MBC Riverside Song Festival. After graduation, she worked as a pharmacist in Seoul.[8]

Career

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Joo debuted as a singer in 1984 with the trot medley album Couple's Party, which sold 3 million copies, primarily through cassette tape sales at highway rest stops.[12][13] The following year, in 1985, she released her first album of original songs, featuring the single "Rainy Yeongdong Bridge", which became one of her signature songs.[14] That year, she won awards for Best New Artist at both the KBS Music Awards and MBC Gayo Daejejeon.[15]

Over the next few years, Joo released several hit albums, including 1988's That Man in Shinsadong. The album and its lead single of the same name swept the year-end music awards shows, garnering Joo awards for Album of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards, the Grand Prize at the KBS Music Awards, and the two top awards for Most Popular Song and Most Popular Singer at the MBC Gayo Daejejeon.[16]

Personal life

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In 1988, Joo married singer and guitarist Lim Dong-shin (임동신), who performed on Cho Yong-pil's album Cho Yong Pil and the Great Birth.[17][8] They have two children.[18]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Rainy Yeongdong Bridge (비내리는 영동교) (1985)[6]
  • My Love Don't Go (님아 가지말아요) (1985)
  • I Have to Forget (잊어야지) (1985)
  • Crying and Regretting (울면서 후회하네) (1985)
  • Tangeumdae Story (탄금대 사연) (1986)
  • Rainwater (빗물이야) (1986)
  • First Affection (첫 정) (1986)
  • Why Am I Crying? (내가 왜 웁니까) (1986)
  • That Man in Shinsadong (신사동 그 사람) (1988)[16]
  • One-Sided Love (짝사랑) (1989)[16]
  • Wait (잠깐만) (1990)[16]
  • Love Story (사랑이야기) (1991)[16]
  • We Met Again (또 만났네요) (1992)[16]
  • First Love (첫사랑) (1993)[19]
  • Love Letter (러브레터) (2000)[20]
  • Really Good (정말 좋았네) (2003)[20]
  • Uhhura Love (어허라 사랑) (2006)[20]
  • 30th Anniversary Album (2014)[21]

Medley albums

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  • Couple's Party (쌍쌍파티) (1984)[22]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Ref.
2013 Hidden Singer 2 Contestant / Herself [23]
2019 Mother of Mine Wang Wei (cameo) [24]
2020 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Legend / Herself [25]
K-Trot in Town Herself [26]
Trot National Sports Festival Leader / Herself [27]
Yesterday (인생앨범 예스터데이) Host / Herself [28]
2022 Fire Trot (불타는 트롯맨) Judge / Herself [29]
2023 King of Active Singers (현역가왕) Judge / Herself [30]

Awards

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Award Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards 1987 Best Original Song (TV) "My Heart Is Like A Star" Won [15]
Golden Disc Awards 1986 Album Bonsang Crying and Regretting Won [15]
1987 Why Am I Crying? Won
1988 Album of the Year (Daesang) That Man in Shinsadong Won [28]
Album Bonsang Won
1989 One-Sided Love Won
1990 Wait Won
KBS Music Awards 1985 Best New Female Artist Joo Hyun-mi Won [15]
1987 Singer of the Year (Bonsang) Won [16]
Popularity Award Won
1988 Grand Prize (Daesang) "That Man in Shinsadong" Won [28]
Singer of the Year (Bonsang) Joo Hyun-mi Won [16]
1989 Won
1990 Won
1991 Won
1992 Won
1995 Won
1996 Won
2000 Singer of the Year – Adult Category (Bonsang) Won
2001 Won
MBC Gayo Daejejeon 1985 Best New Artist Joo Hyun-mi Won [15]
1986 Top Ten Singers Award Won
1988 Most Popular Song "That Man in Shinsadong" Won [28]
Most Popular Singer (Daesang) Joo Hyun-mi Won [16]
Top Ten Singers Award Won
1989 Most Popular Song "One-Sided Love" Won
Most Popular Singer (Daesang) Joo Hyun-mi Won
Top Ten Singers Award Won
1990 Most Popular Song "Wait" Won
Top Ten Singers Award Joo Hyun-mi Won
1991 Won
1992 Won
1999 Top Singer – Chosen by People Over 30 Won
MBC Riverside Song Festival 1981 Encouragement Award Joo Hyun-mi Won [31]
Mnet Asian Music Awards 2009 Trot Music Award "Jjarajajja" (with Seohyun) Nominated [32]

State honors

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Name of country, year given, and name of honor
Country Year Honor Ref.
South Korea[note 1] 2010 Presidential Commendation [36]

Notes

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  1. ^ Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.[33][34] They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.[35]

References

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  1. ^ a b "데뷔 35주년 맞은 트로트 여왕 주현미" [Empress of Trot Joo Hyun-mi celebrates her 35th debut anniversary]. Monthly Chosun (in Korean). July 27, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "'아침마당' 주현미 중앙대 약대 나와 트로트 가수 된 사연은?" [Joo Hyun-mi on 'AM Plaza', why she went from Chung-Ang University College of Medicine to becoming a trot singer?]. Aju Business Daily (in Korean). February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "'히든싱어2' 주현미 최종우승…트로트 여제의 뜨거운 눈물" [Joo Hyun-mi wins in 'Hidden Singer 2' finals...Empress of Trot cries passionate tears]. TV Daily (in Korean). November 10, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "'트로트 여제' 주현미, 내일 20집 마지막 수록곡 공개" ['Empress of Trot' Joo Hyun-mi will release the last song from her 20th album tomorrow]. Yonhap News (in Korean). November 26, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "트로트 여제 주현미 "트로트는 우리 DNA에 콕 박힌 민족 정서"" [Empress of Trot Joo Hyun-mi: "Trot is a national sentiment embedded in our DNA"]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). December 27, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "주현미, 약사→가수된 사연…"친정父 덕분"" [Joo Hyun-mi, the story of going from pharmacist to singer... "Thanks to my father"]. Newsis (in Korean). May 12, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "[클릭 대중문화] 트로트 음악 중흥기 오나" [[Click Pop Culture] Trot music boom]. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). February 17, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2024 – via Naver.
  8. ^ a b c d "주현미는 누구? 나이 쉰 아홉 약사출신 가수, 임동신과 결혼후 1989년 한국국적 취득...약사때 수입은 별로![종합]" [Who is Joo Hyun-mi? Fifty-nine-year-old singer who was a pharmacist, acquired Korean nationality in 1989 after marrying Lim Dong-shin... My income as a pharmacist was not that great! [Comprehensive]]. Kiho Ilbo (in Korean). January 1, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "주현미 "사업실패 부모님 모두 대만에..소녀가장 신세였다"" [Joo Hyun-mi: “After their business failed, both my parents went to Taiwan… I was the head of the household.”]. Newsen (in Korean). December 19, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "주현미 "동생들 여전히 대만 국적, 어머니 호적에도 없어"" [Joo Hyun-mi: “My younger siblings still have Taiwanese nationality and are not in my mother’s family register.]. Newsen (in Korean). December 19, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "명동 화교소학교, 개교 100주년 행사" [Myeong-dong's Seoul Chinese Primary School celebrates 100 years]. Yonhap News (in Korean). October 5, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via Naver.
  12. ^ "원조 '고속도로 뽕짝 메들리' 가수 주현미의 가요인생 30년" [30 years of the music career of Joo Hyun-mi, the original ‘Highway Ppongjjak Medley’ singer]. TV Daily (in Korean). August 26, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  13. ^ "'약사 가수' 주현미 "약국 잘 됐으면 가수 안 해…작곡가 추천으로 데뷔" (회장님네)[종합]" ["Pharmacist singer" Joo Hyun-mi, "If pharmacy goes well, I won't become a singer. I debuted on the recommendation of a composer." [Full]]. Sports News (in Korean). December 18, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  14. ^ Do, Je-hae (September 2, 2014). "Joo Hyun-mi, Kim Yeon-ja, Choi Jin-hee trot back to limelight". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  15. ^ a b c d e "가수 주현미 – (3) 시대의 숨결로 품은 이야기" [Singer Joo Hyun-mi – (3) a story held in the breath of the times]. Break News (in Korean). December 1, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i "가수 주현미 – (4) 대를 잇는 음악" [Singer Joo Hyun-mi – (4) Music that connects generations]. Break News (in Korean). December 2, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "가수 주현미 남편은 누구? 조용필과 함께한 기타리스트 겸 가수 임동신" [Who is singer Joo Hyun-mi's husband? Guitarist and singer Lim Dong-shin]. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). September 6, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  18. ^ "힙합 아들, 트로트 엄마 주현미 함께 노래하는 날 꿈꿔요" [Hip Hop Son, Trot Mom Joo Hyun Mi, Dream of Singing Together]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). November 16, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  19. ^ "[가요무대 출연진] 주현미-이용-조항조-송대관-문희옥...주현미 데뷔곡과 불세출의 히트곡 열창" [[Music stage cast] Joo Hyun-mi, Lee Yong, Jo Hang-jo, Song Dae-gwan, Moon Hee-ok... Joo Hyun-mi's debut song and extraordinary hit songs]. Munhwa News (in Korean). August 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  20. ^ a b c "[김문기자가 만난사람] 3년만에 새달 신곡내는 가수 주현미" [[People met by reporter Kim Moon] Singer Joo Hyun-mi releases new music after 3 years]. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). May 23, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via Naver.
  21. ^ "주현미 확 달라졌다, 오늘(27일) 30주년 기념앨범 발매" [Joo Hyun-mi has changed dramatically, 30th anniversary album released today (27th)]. Newsen (in Korean). August 27, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  22. ^ Fuhr, Michael (2015). Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea: Sounding Out K-Pop. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 978-1317556916.
  23. ^ "이소라·임재범·아이유..'히든싱어2' 섭외 리스트는" [Lee So-ra, Yim Jae-beom, IU...'Hidden Singer 2' cast list revealed]. Star News (in Korean). October 1, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  24. ^ "'세상에서 제일 예쁜 내 딸' 주현미, 드라마 특별출연에 이은 OST 까지 '눈길'" [Joo Hyun-mi on drama 'Mother of Mine', from special appearance to OST 'Snow Road']. Top Star News (in Korean). April 3, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  25. ^ "'불후의 명곡' 주현미, 전설로 출연…태사자→송가인 후배가수 총출동" [Joo Hyun-mi appears as a legend on 'Immortal Songs'... From Taesaja to Song Ga-in, junior singers in full force]. Xports News (in Korean). April 3, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  26. ^ "'트롯신이 떴다' 3월 4일 첫방…김연자X설운도X주현미X진성X장윤정 출연 [공식]" ['K-Trot in Town' first episode on March 4...Kim Yeon-ja X Seol Woon-do X Joo Hyun-mi X Jin Sung X Jang Yoon-jeong will appear [Official]]. Sports Donga (in Korean). February 21, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  27. ^ "고두심X남진X김수희X주현미, '트롯 전국체전' 지역 단장 합류…참가자 지원 폭주" [Go Doo-shim X Nam Jin X Kim Soo-hee X Joo Hyun-mi join as regional heads for 'Trot National Sports Festival'...Increasing support for participants]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). July 27, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  28. ^ a b c d "'인생앨범 예스터데이' 주현미, 데뷔 35년 숨겨진 인생 이야기 공개..강력한 존재감" [Joo Hyun-mi from 'Yesterday' reveals hidden life story of 35 years since her debut... Strong presence]. OSEN (in Korean). November 5, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  29. ^ Oh, Ji-won (October 17, 2022). "불타는트롯맨' 남진·설운도·주현미·조항조·김용임, 트롯 군단 라인업 1차 공개" ['Burning Trotman' Namjin, Seol Woon-do, Joo Hyeon-mi, Jo Hang-jo, Kim Yong-im, first reveal of Trot Corps lineup] (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved October 17, 2022 – via Naver.
  30. ^ "남진 심수봉 주현미, 서혜진 사단 '현역가왕' 전격 합류[공식]" [Nam Jin, Sim Soo-bong, Joo Hyun-mi and Seo Hye-jin join 'King of Active Singers' in surprise move [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). October 10, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  31. ^ "주현미 "에이즈 감염설 충격, 스캔들 한 번 없었는데"" [Joo Hyun Mi "No AIDS Infection, No Scandal"]. MBN News (in Korean). August 26, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  32. ^ Lee, Eon-hyeok (October 23, 2009). "2009 엠넷아시안뮤직어워드(MAMA) 11월 21일 개최" [2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) to be held on November 21]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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  35. ^ Lee, Sang-won (October 25, 2016). "Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards announces winners". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
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