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Dana (South Korean singer)

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In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Dana
홍성미
Dana at the Bonnie & Clyde press conference
Born
Hong Sung-mi

(1986-07-17) 17 July 1986 (age 38)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • vocal coach[1]
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Years active2000–present
LabelsSM
Member of
Korean name
Hangul
홍성미
Hanja
洪性美
Revised RomanizationHong Seong-mi
McCune–ReischauerHong Sŏng-mi
IPA[ɸʷo̞ŋsʰɘːŋmi]
Stage name
Hangul
다나
Revised RomanizationDa-na
McCune–Reischauertana
IPA[ta̠ːna̠]

Hong Sung-mi (born 17 July 1986), known professionally as Dana, is a South Korean singer, musical actress[2] and vocal coach.[1] Dana first made her public appearance with acts on the boy group H.O.T's sci-fi movie Age of Peace in 2000. Dana later made her official debut as a solo singer, with released full-album DANA (2001) and Maybe (2003). Concurrently with her music career in 2002, Dana made her acting debut with cast in the third season of MBC sitcom Nonstop and also made her musical theatre debut with cast as Wendy in Peterpan.

After she took a break for almost two-years, Dana returned with debuting as a member of girl group The Grace in April 2005. Through the group's career, they releases and performs music in Korean and Japanese with a total of three studio albums. In mid 2010, the group's halted all their activities and focusing their own activities. In July 2011, the groups returned with formed duo sub-unit Dana & Sunday with only released single "One More Chance" before also took a break.

Dana returned in musical theatre with cast in Daejanggeum Season Three, Rock of Ages, The Three Musketeers in 2010. Following this, she earned a number of roles, appearing in the notably musical Catch Me If You Can (2012), Bonnie and Clyde (2013), The Great Gatsby Re:Boot (2016). In 2016, Dana later returned to the music industry with promoting her single "Touch You" through released under SM Station.

Career

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2001–2003: Career beginnings

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Prior to debuting in a girl group, she promoted as an actress in popular boyband H.O.T's Age of Peace movie[3] and in Kangta's "Polaris" music video.[4]

Starting off as a solo artist under Lee Soo Man's SM Entertainment label,[5] Dana was labeled the "next BoA".[6]

In 2001, she released her fairly successful debut single "Sesang kkeut kkaji" (Until The end of The World), which was an adapted song of "Tell Me No More Lies" composed by European songwriter Stefan Aberg.[3] She followed up with "Diamond", a pop/dance track featuring Jung Yunho (U-Know, who eventually became a member of TVXQ in 2003).[7]

Her career blossomed and was furthered through appearances on variety shows, such as X-Man, as well as playing a main role in the sitcom Nonstop. Her second album "Maybe" was released in 2003; however, it sold poorly.[6] From that point on, she disappeared from the music industry (aside from SMTOWN collaborations) until the debut of The Grace.

2005–2011: The Grace and Dana & Sunday

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Further information: The Grace (band)

Dana redebuted as a member of South Korea girl group The Grace in 2005.[4] The group debuted on 29 April 2005 in China and 1 May 2005 in South Korea. For the group's fourth Japanese single, she composed the music to her own solo song "Sayonara No Mukou Ni".[citation needed]As of 2010, the group was indefinite hiatus.

Starting in May 2010, Dana started her musical acting career with played role on Daejanggeum Season Three.[8] Later the same year, she starred in Rock of Ages as Sherrie.[9]

In late 2010 and early 2011, she starred as Constance in The Three Musketeers.[10] She commented in an interview about being nervous about having to kiss Super Junior Kyuhyun.[11]

In June 2011, an image was leaked of SM Entertainment's itinerary for 2011 which included a release for a new single by CSJH. SM later confirmed that CSJH would be making a comeback with a new image.[12] On 8 July 2011, CSJH's Dana & Sunday made a comeback as a sub-unit with a digital single titled 'One More Chance'; the single was released on 11 July.[13]

2012–present: Solo activities

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From March 2012 to June 2012, she was cast as Brenda Strong for the re-run of the musical Catch Me If You Can. In September 2013, she starred as Bonnie for the musical Bonnie and Clyde.[14][15] In February 2014, she returned to cast as Constance in The Three Musketeers. In early 2015, she was cast as Joy for the musical Robin Hood.[16][17]

After 13 years, Dana returned as soloist with release "Touch You" on 20 May 2016, as a part of SM Entertainment project SM Station.[18][19] To promote the song, Dana performed on several music programs, The Show,[20] M Countdown,[21] Music Bank,[22] Show! Music Core[23] and Inkigayo[24] from May 24–28, 2016.

In December 2018, Dana starred her first reality show Danalda aired on Lifetime cable channel. The reality show containing Dana's diet challenge after break-up and losing her close brother.[25]

On June 24, 2020, it was reported that Dana would be leaving SM Entertainment after 19 years. SM Entertainment confirmed the news and added, “Our exclusive contract with Dana ended recently. We hope people will continue to support her in her future activities.”[26]

Personal life

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On 4 May 2016, during MBC's Radio Star, Dana revealed that she had been in a relationship for three years.[27] It was later revealed that Dana's boyfriend is Lee Ho-jae, who is a film/music video director.[28][29] On 6 November 2018, SM Entertainment announced that the couple broke up.[30]

Discography

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Main article: The Grace discography

Studio albums

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Title Album details Sales
Dana
  • Released: 10 September 2001
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
Track listing
  1. 세상끝까지 (Until the End of the World)
  2. Diamond Feat. Yunho
  3. Pretty...
  4. Jealousy
  5. Tonite
  6. Lover
  7. Pray:Play
  8. Feel for You
  9. Behind Love
  10. Valentine
  11. Love Takes Time
  12. For You
Maybe (남겨둔 이야기)
  • Released: 1 October 2003
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
Track listing
  1. 길들이기 (Friend VS Lover)
  2. 남겨둔 이야기 (Maybe)
  3. What is Love?
  4. 바램 (Fight Till The End)
  5. N&N (End and and)
  6. 너를 꿈꾸며 (Love is All I Need)
  7. Dream
  8. How 2 Love
  9. I Will
  10. Kiss me
  11. Unhappy Day
  12. My Melody

-Streaming TRAX-

  1. What is Love? (Morden Rock Ver.)
  2. Swear
  3. Wanna Be

Single

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
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"세상끝까지" (Until the End of the World) 2001 — — First Album
"Diamond" — —
"Maybe" 2003 — — Maybe
"What is Love?" — —
"Touch You" 2016 228 — S.M. Station Season 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Compilations

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Albums Release Dates
Christmas Winter Vacation in SMTown.com - Angel Eyes 4 December 2001
Summer Vacation in SMTown.com 10 June 2002
2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com - My Angel My Light 6 December 2002
2003 Summer Vacation in SMTown.com 18 June 2003
2003 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com 8 December 2003
2004 Summer Vacation in SMTown.com 2 July 2004
2006 Summer SMTown 20 June 2006
2006 Winter SMTown - Snow Dream 12 December 2006
Billie Jean Look at Me OST 24 January 2007
Air City OST 23 May 2007
2007 Summer SMTown - Fragile 5 July 2007
2007 Winter SMTown - Only Love 10 December 2007
2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift 13 December 2011
Opera Star 2012 Round 1 13 February 2012
Opera Star 2012 Round 2 20 February 2012
Opera Star 2012 Round 3 27 February 2012
SM Best Album 3 10 August 2012
To the Beautiful You OST 19 September 2012
King of Mask Singer: Episode 41 10 January 2016
Golden Pouch OST 21 December 2016

Songs written by Dana

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Year Song Album Artist Label Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2006 Sayonara No Mukou Ni Juicy Love Dana Rhythm Zone — — Yes —
2013 No More Pink Tape f(x) SM Entertainment Yes — No —

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Age of Peace Dana 3D Movie
2015 Sunshine Sulji

Television Series

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Nonstop 3 Dana Sitcom
2011 Bravo, My Love! Cameo Sitcom
2012 Drama Special Series:
"Amore Mio"		 Mi-rae Special Drama
2016 Golden Pouch Geum Doo-na Daily Drama

Television

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Year Title Channel Role Notes
2003 Dana's DMZ (Daily Music Zone) iTV MC
2012 Opera Star Season 2 tvN Regular Cast with Kim Jong Seo, Park Ji Yoon, 8eight's Joo Hee, Son Ho Young, Park Ki Youn
2014 Law of the Jungle in Solomon SBS Regular Cast with Tao, Kikwang, Kim Tae-woo
2016 King of Mask Singer MBC Contestant As Heart Racing Snow Queen

Musical theater

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Peter Pan Wendy Musical
2010 (고궁뮤지컬 대장금) Daejanggeum Season Three Seo Jang-geum (서장금) Musical
(락 오브 에이지) Rock of Ages Sherrie Christian Musical also starring Sunday, Onew, and Jay
2010–2011 (삼총사)The Three Musketeers Constance Musical also starring Kyuhyun and Jay
2012 (캐치 미 이프 유캔) Catch Me If You Can Brenda Strong Musical also starring Kyuhyun, Key and Sunny
2013 (보니 앤 클라이드) Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Musical
2013–2014 (삼총사)The Three Musketeers Constance Musical also starring Jun.K, Key and J-min
2015 Robin Hood Joy Musical also starring Cho Kyuhyun, Yang Yoseob
2015–2016 (위대한캣츠비 Re:Boot) The Great Gatsby Re:Boot Seon Musical
2016 (별이 빛나는 밤에) Byeol-i Bichnaneun Bam-e Hanjuri Musical

Videography

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Solo Music Video

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  • 세상끝까지
  • Diamond
  • 남겨둔 이야기 (Maybe)
  • What is Love (Original Ver.)

Awards

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South Korean Performing Arts Awards

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Year Category Work Result
2001 Newcomer Award — Won

Mnet Asian Music Awards

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Year Category Work Result
2001 Best New Female Artist "Until the end of the World"[34] Nominated

MTV Style Awards

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Year Category Work Result
2003 Annual Korean Artist Award — Won

Special awards

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Chinese Ministry of Culture

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Year Category Work Result
2003 Minister Contribution Award — Won

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dana reveals she used to be vocal trainer of YoonA, Jessica, Seohyun, and Sulli".
  2. ^ 다나 [Dana] (in Korean). Nate people. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b 다나 [Dana] (in Korean). MSearch people. Retrieved 21 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "SM엔터테인먼트, 아시아권 겨냥한 여성 4인조 그룹 공개" [SM Entertainment opens a 4-member female group to the public, aiming at Asian markets] (in Korean). Yonhap/The Hankyoreh. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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  6. ^ a b Jeon, Ye-jin (전예진) (11 January 2009). 여중생 연예계 데뷔 붐 [Booming of school girls' debuts as entertainers] (in Korean). MT News. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  7. ^ Nam, An-u (남안우) (7 January 2010). 유노윤호·신동·가희, 백댄서에서 앞으로 나온 춤꾼 가수들 [Yuno Yunho, Sin Dong, Ga Hui, dance music singers coming forward from backstage dancers] (in Korean). MyDaily. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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  9. ^ ‘뮤지컬돌’ 샤이니 온유, ‘락 오브 에이지’ 캐스팅…제이·다나·선데이와 동반출연 (in Korean). 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  10. ^ Kang Seung-hun "Super Junior Kyuhyun says advice from cast members helps with musical" 10 Asia, 17 December 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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  15. ^ "[보니앤클라이드]다나 "뮤지컬 매력에 흠뻑 빠졌어요"".
  16. ^ "[사진]다나, 뮤지컬 '로빈훗' 기대하세요".
  17. ^ "[포토] '로빈훗' 다나, 본 공연 기대해주세요~".
  18. ^ "다나, '울려 퍼져라(Touch You)' 20일 공개 '클래식한 발라드'".
  19. ^ "다나, 발라드곡 '울려 퍼져라' 20일 공개".
  20. ^ "'더쇼' 다나 '울려 퍼져라' 방송 무대 최초 공개".
  21. ^ "'엠카' 다나 컴백, 맑고 청아한 음색 '울려퍼져라'".
  22. ^ "'뮤직뱅크' 다나, 얼굴처럼 예쁜 노래 '울려 퍼져라'".
  23. ^ "'음악중심' 다나, 부드럽게 흐르는 감성 멜로디 '울려퍼져라'".
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