Dana (South Korean singer)

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Hong Sung-mi (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".; born 17 July 1986), known professionally as Dana, is a South Korean singer, musical actress[1] and vocal coach.[2] 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 music scene 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 scene with released her single "Touch You" through SM Station.

Career

2000–2003: Career beginnings

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

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". 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".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".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

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

On 4 May 2016, during MBC's Radio Star, Dana revealed that she had been in a relationship for three years.[27]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was later revealed that Dana's boyfriend is Lee Ho-jae, who is a film/music video director.[28][29]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". On 6 November 2018, SM Entertainment announced that the couple broke up.[30]

Discography

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Studio albums

Title Album details Sales
Dana
  • Released: 10 September 2001
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
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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
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  • Released: 1 October 2003
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
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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

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 — SM Station Season 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Compilations

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

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

Film

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

Television Series

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

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

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Peter Pan Wendy Musical
2010 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Daejanggeum Season Three Seo Jang-geum (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Musical
(Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Rock of Ages Sherrie Christian Musical also starring Sunday, Onew, and Jay
2010–2011 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".)The Three Musketeers Constance Musical also starring Kyuhyun and Jay
2012 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Catch Me If You Can Brenda Strong Musical also starring Kyuhyun, Key and Sunny
2013 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Musical
2013–2014 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".)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 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".) Byeol-i Bichnaneun Bam-e Hanjuri Musical

Videography

Solo Music Video

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

Awards

South Korean Performing Arts Awards

Year Category Work Result
2001 Newcomer Award — Won

Mnet Asian Music Awards

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

MTV Style Awards

Year Category Work Result
2003 Annual Korean Artist Award — Won

Special awards

Chinese Ministry of Culture

Year Category Work Result
2003 Minister Contribution Award — Won

References

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