Park Ji-min

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Ji-min
Native name 박지민
Birth name Park Ji-min
Also known as Jimin Park
Jamie Park
Baby J
Queen J[1]
Born July 5, 1997 (18)
Daejeon, South Korea
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 2012–present
Labels JYP Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박지민
Revised Romanization Bak Ji-min
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chimin

Park Ji-min (Hangul박지민, born July 5, 1997), otherwise known as Jimin Park or Jamie Park, is a South Korean singer, rapper and television host. She is a member of K-pop girl duo 15&. She is from Daejeon and known as the winner of SBS's K-pop Star Season 1.[2]

Biography

Park Ji-min was born on July 5, 1997 in Daejeon. She lived in Thailand for seven years and went to an international school where she was known as Jamie.[1] Her family currently lives in Seoul. Ji-min speaks Korean (her native language), fluent English, and basic Thai. She was a contestant on the popular talent show, K-pop Star on which the judges were the "Big Three" (SM, YG, JYP). She has graduated at the Hanlim School of Performing Arts alongside group member Baek Yerin in 2016.

Career

K-pop Star

In 2012, Park Ji-min became the first winner of the South Korean reality TV competition, K-pop Star.[3] After winning, she was awarded with the opportunity of signing with YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment or JYP Entertainment. On May 21, it was reported by SBS that she had chosen to sign with JYP Entertainment.[4][5] Later, it was revealed that Baek Ah Yeon and Park Jae Hyung decided to sign a contract with JYP Entertainment.[6] As promised, Park Ji-min and Lee Ha-yi each received a brand new Hyundai i40 and i30 as the winner and runner-up of K-Pop Star. In addition, Park Ji-min also received 300 million won (~$257,400 USD), was cast in a drama, and was also given an opportunity to sign a contract as a CF model.[7]

On August 24–26, Ji-min, along with runner-up K-pop Star, Lee Ha-yi, were invited as guest performer for the 'Samsung Galaxy S3 and Smart Air Condition Q – All That Skate 2012' event that took place at the Gymnastics Stadium in the Seoul Olympic Park. For the event, the girls are reunited to take the finale stage, singing Rihanna‘s 'We Found Love' complemented with the on-ice performances of Alexei Yagudin, Joannie Rochette, Stéphane Lambiel, Patrick Chan, Brian Joubert, and other world-renowned skaters.[8]

15&

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On September 19, 2012, Ji-min announced that she will debut as part of a duo along with Baek Yerin.[9] On October 5, 15&'s first music video "I Dream" was released on YouTube.[10] On October 7, they debuted stage with "I Dream" on Inkigayo.[11]

Solo debut

On March 31, 2015, J.Y. Park announced via Twitter that Ji-min would be making her debut as a solo artist, and that her debut stage would be held on the popular singing show K-Pop Star 4.[12] Her teaser images were released later that day, along with the name of the title track, "Hopeless Love". The teaser pictures also revealed that she would be going by the name "Jimin Park", rather than "Park Ji-min", for her solo debut.[13]

Other activities

On May 19, 2015 producer group Sweetune revealed that Ji-min and Eric Nam would release a duet called "Dream" for Charity Project.[14] The song was released on May 28, 2015.[15]

On August 14, 2015, Ji-min announced a project group she had formed with Seungyoun of UNIQ and rapper Nathan.[16] Their group name was later revealed to be M.O.L.A (Make Our Life Awesome), and they released their first track "My Way" on August 20.[17] Their second song "Trick or Treat" was released on October 31, where Ji-min made her second recorded comeback as a rapper.[18]

Charity work

In October 2012, Ji-min donated 50 million won (~$45,000 USD) to Hanbit Performing Arts Company for blind musicians. She became interested in the program after meeting with fellow K-pop Star contestant Kim Soo Hwan, who currently attends the Hanbit Performing Arts Company.[19] Park Ji-min shared, “The Hanbit Performing Arts Company hosts young, elementary school students as well as professional performers. Although they are blind, they are musicians who are performing with amazing talent. I want to be at least a small help to those who have the same love for music that I have.” She also donated 50 million won (~$45,000 USD) to World Vision.[20]

On May 28, 2015, Ji-min collaborated with singer Eric Nam for their song, "Dream", produced by Sweetune. They revealed all profit made from the song would be donated to charity.[15]

Discography

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Singles

Year Title Peak chart position Album
KOR
[21]
2015 "Hopeless Love" 14 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Original soundtrack

Year Song Title Album
2013 "사랑해 (I Love You)" Goddess of Fire OST Part. 4
2015 "자꾸 보고 싶어 (I Want to Keep Seeing You)" Orange Marmalade OST

Collaborations

Year Title Album
2015 "Dream" (with Eric Nam) Digital Single - DREAM
"부산에 가면(Busan Memories)" (with J.Y. Park & Bernard Park) Sonata, Sing the Road Project
2016 "Fire" (with J.Y. Park & Conan O'Brien & Steven Yeun) Still Alive

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
KOR
Gaon
KOR
Billboard
2012 "꿈에 (In Dream)" 69 59 SBS K팝 스타 Top 8 (Digital Single)
"Over The Rainbow" 9 19 SBS K팝 스타 Top 7 (Digital Single)
"Rolling In The Deep" 64 49 SBS K팝 스타 SPECIAL No.2 (Digital Single)
"I'll Be There" 43 61 SBS K팝 스타 Top 6 (Digital Single)
"거위의 꿈 (Goose's Dream)" 111 SBS K팝 스타 Top 5 (Digital Single)
"Love On Top" 66 98 SBS K팝 스타 Top 4 (Digital Single)
"Good Bye Baby" (feat. Lee Ha-yi) 57 57 SBS K팝 스타 SPECIAL No.3 (Digital Single)
"You Raise Me Up" 56 57 SBS K팝 스타 Top 3 (Digital Single)
"Music Is My Life" 37 69 SBS K팝 스타 Top 2 (Digital Single)
"Mercy" 102 SBS K팝 스타 SPECIAL No.4 (Digital Single)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Unofficial original releases

Year Title Artist
2015 "My Way" M.O.L.A (Project group)
"Trick or Treat (속았지?)"

Filmography

Drama

Year Title Role Network Note
2015 Dream Knight GOT7's Jr. fan Youku Tudou Korean-Chinese Online Drama by JYPE and Youku Tudou

Television shows

Year Title Role Network Note
2011 K-pop Star Season 1[22] Herself SBS 04.10.2011 - 20.04.2012
2012 Special Stars- One You Dream of Ten K-pop Star[23] Herself SBS 29.04.2012
Night Line[24] Herself SBS 30.04.2012
Strong Heart[25] Herself SBS 08.05.2012, Ep 129 & 130
2013 Golden Family Herself SBS Guest with her mother (130918)
2014 Take 511 Herself MBC Every 1 15.10.2014 (with Eric Nam)
Healing Camp Guest SBS 29.12.2014 (with Baek A-yeon and Bernard Park)
2015 KPOPSTAR 4 Herself SBS 150405 for her solo debut stage
100 People, 100 Songs Guest JTBC 150407, 150414 with Miss A's Min
We Got Married Herself MBC 150613 invited by Eric Nam with U-Kiss's Kevin.
KPOPSTAR 5 Guest Judge SBS 151122, 151129 as a guest judge

MC

Year Title Role TV Network
2014 After School Club MC with Eric Nam & U-KISS's Kevin Arirang
2015
2016
M COUNTDOWN Hangout Chat MC Mnet Kpop

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 K-pop Star 1 1st Place (Winner) N/A Won
2015
25th Seoul Music Awards
Bonsang Award[26] Hopeless Love Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Hallyu Special Award Nominated

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