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Bang Minah
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Minah at the Phoenix Summer Festival in 2015
Born (1993-05-13) May 13, 1993 (age 30)
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 2010–present
Labels Dream Tea Entertainment
Associated acts Girl's Day
Bang Min-ah
Hangul 방민아
Hanja 方珉娥[1]
Revised Romanization Bang Min-a
McCune–Reischauer Pang Mina

Bang Minah (Hangul방민아; born May 13, 1993), better known as simply Minah, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She has been a member of girl group Girl's Day since 2010 and debuted as a solo singer in 2015. She has acted in various films and television series, including Vampire Idol (2011) Holly (2013), also Beautiful Gong Shim (2016).

Biography

Early life

Bang Minah was born on May 13, 1993, in Incheon, South Korea. She attended Jinsun Girls' High School and is currently majoring in Broadcasting at Dongduk Women's University.

Girl's Day

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On July 9, 2010, Minah made her debut as a member of girl group Girl's Day on Music Bank with their first single "Tilt My Head" (Hangul갸우뚱; RRGyauttung).[2] Girl's Day has released 3 full-length albums, one compilation album and 5 EPs.

Solo career

In 2010, Minah was cast in Performer as a female breakdancer.[3] However, the project was cancelled shortly after.

Minah would eventually make her acting debut in Roller Coaster on cable channel tvN, in the segment "Frustrated, but Let's Stick Together."[4]

In 2013, Minah had the leading role in the film Holly. She also replaced IU as the MC and hosted The Music Trend (formerly known as Inkigayo) from August 2013 to January 2014.[5]

In 2015, Minah was casted as the line up of the 5th season of the 'Law Of The Jungle' (South Korean reality-documentary show on SBS).[6]

On March 3, 2015 DreamT announced that Minah would be making her solo debut in mid-March.[7] On the 9th it was announced that Minah would have her solo debut on the 16th of March with a dance track.[8] DreamT Entertainment then announced on the 11th of March that the mini-album is called I Am A Woman Too.[9] On 4 April 2015, DreamT Entertainment announced that Minah's promotions for I Am A Woman Too would end at 12 April 2015.[10]

Minah flew to Japan to have fan meetings from the 13th until the 16th of April and met with 2,000 fans. She also visited several cities such as Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Shibuya.[11]

Personal life

Minah dated footballer Son Heung-min, which was first denied by her agency DreamT Entertainment on July 28, 2014, however, it was later confirmed . On 16 October 2014 reports revealed that the couple had broken up due to the difficulties of a long-distance relationship; it was also due to their busy schedules.[12][13]

Discography

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Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
Weekly

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KOR
Monthly

[15]
I Am A Woman Too
  • Released: March 16, 2015
  • Label: DreamTea Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
2 11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[17]
"I Am A Woman Too" 2015 15
  • KOR (DL): 352,540+ [18]
I Am A Woman Too

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart position Album
KOR
"This Is Strange (ft. Kanto Of Troy)" 2015 89 I Am A Woman Too
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As solo artist

Year Song From Album Duration Notes
2010 "Cracked the Moon" Argo OST 3:40 Solo
"Only Once" Jungle Fish 2 OST 4:20 Solo
2011 "Rapper's Breakup Part. 2" The Rage Theater 3:34 Duet with Defconn
2013 "Stop Resisting" Hyde 3:46 Duet with VIXX
2014 "Holding Hands" Lee Hyun-do Project 3:59 Duet with DinDin
"You, I" Doctor Stranger OST 2:50 Solo
"I Will Be on Your Side" Best Future OST 1:33 Solo
"Whatever" Miss Me or Diss Me 3:31 Duet with MC Mong
"Skyfall" Skyfall 4:02 Duet with Damiano
"들려줘요" Dad for Rent OST 3:41 Solo
"한 사람" The King's Face OST 4:04 Solo
2015 "I Am Korea" I Am Korea Theme Song 3:40 Various Artists
"One Dream One Song" 'One K' Campaign Song TBA Various Artists
"아니 (No)" Sweet, Savage Family OST 4:31 Duet with Lee Minhyuk
2016 "Look" Two Yoo Project Sugar Man 3:20 Duet with Verbal Jint
"My First Kiss" Beautiful Gong Shim OST 3:15 Solo

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2013 Holly Wani
2014 Dad for Rent Bomi

Television drama

Year Title Role Network
2011 Roller Coaster Younger sister (cameo) tvN
I Trusted Him (cameo) MBC Every 1
Baby Faced Beauty Hyemi (cameo, episodes 1 & 6) KBS2
Vampire Idol Minah MBN
2012 Family Dream Girl #1 (cameo episode 11)[19] KBS2
2013 Master's Sun Kim Ga-young (guest, episode 2) SBS
The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War Season 2 Herself (cameo) KBS2
The Miracle[20] Cha Eun-sang SBS
2014 The Best Future Mirae Web Drama
2015 Sweet, Savage Family Baek Hyun-ji MBC
2016 Beautiful Gong Shim Gong Shim SBS

Variety show

Year Title Role Episode Note
2010 Wonder Woman Herself - -
Minah Cham Story Herself - -
We Are Dating Herself - -
2013 - 2014 The Music Trend MC - -
2013 Running Man Guest with Yura 162 Left the show earlier due to schedule conflict
Happy Together Guest 325 -
2014 Running Man Guest 198 -
New Year's Special : The King of Food Guest - -
Hello Counselor Guest 182 -
Witch Hunt Guest with Sojin 47 -
The King of Food : Feast for Fatigue Recovery Guest 12 -
Saturday Night Live Korea Guest - -
2015 Let's Go! Dream Team Guest - -
Entertainment weekly Guest - -
Hello Counselor Guest - -
Eco Village Main Cast - Minah had to sit out of the last few episodes. She tripped from the stair inside the house after completed filming for one of the episodes. She cracked her right pinky toe and injured her ankle’s ligament.
Star King Guest - -
Escape Crisis No. 1 Guest with Sojin and Yura - -
2 Days & 1 Night Season 3 Guest Season 3, Episode 76-78 sang "The Blue In You" duet with Defconn in Episode 78
People Looking For A Smile Guest 500 -
Law of the Jungle Main Cast 181-184 -
Weekly Idol Guest with Sojin and Yura 210 -
King of Mask Singer Contestant Episode 35-36 stage name "Countess Victorian"
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Guest Episode 266 -
2016 Healing Camp Guest Episode 219 sang track "JUMP"
O’live Tasty Road Guest Episode 5 invited by her onscreen 'mom' actress Yoo Sun from Sweet, Savage Family
Two Yoo Project Sugar Man Guest and Singer Episode 25 sang rearranged track "Look" (ft. Verbal Jint)

Videography

Music videos

Year Song Title Length
2015 "I Am A Woman Too" 3:24

Music video appearances

Year Song Title Artist
2010 "Afraid of You (Paleni)" Hit-5
2014 "들려줘요" Dad For Rent
"I Will Be on Your Side" Best Future
2015 "I Am Korea" I Am Korea Theme Song

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013 13th Gwangju International Film Festival Best New Actress[21] Holly Won
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best OST by a Female Artist[22] You, I Nominated
2014 World's Most Beautiful Faces TOP 100 Herself 53# (out of 100)
2015 36th Blue Dragon Awards Best Actress Dad for rent Nominated
Best New Actress Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2016 Seoul Music Awards Bonsang Award I Am A Woman Too Nominated
Popularity Award Minah Nominated

Show Champion

Year Date Song
2015 March 25[23] "I Am A Woman Too"

References

  1. [1]
  2. Girls Day Debuts with 'Tilt My head' on Today Music Core
  3. Girl's Day Minah 'steps up' for Korea's first 3D dance film
  4. Girl's Day's Minah to make her acting debut on "Roller Coaster"
  5. [2]
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  12. http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/girls-days-minah-and-soccer-player-son-heung-min-reported-to-be-a-couple-dreamt-denies
  13. http://www.dkpopnews.net/2014/10/girls-day-minah-and-son-heung-min.html?m=1
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  17. Cumulative sales for "I Am A Woman Too":
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