Kim Jung Ah

Awards

Years	Awards
2009	Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Rookie of the month (April) Korea Lifestyle Awards: Best Style Icon[citation needed]
2010	Billboard Japan Music Awards: K-pop New Artist of the Year 2009 19th Seoul Music Awards : Best Newcomer Award

History

Pre-debut

Park Kahi , After School's leader, started her career in the entertainment industry as a professional dancer for artists under both SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment ,most notably for BoA . Kahi was also part of a Korean American girl group called S.Blush,whose first digital single peaked at #2 at theBillboardHot Dance Chart.Nana was a contestant in the 2009 Asia-Pacific Super Model Contest.

2008–2009: Debut

After School, as a group, made an unofficial first appearance on 29 December 2008 at the SBS Song Festival 'S', performing "Play Girlz" with Son Dam Bi . In the beginning on 2009, a few days before After School's debut, Pledis Entertainment officially announced that the group's music concept is heavily influenced by the Pussycat Dolls ".On 15 January 2009, Pledis Entertainment released a 30-second teaser video onGom TV, reaching 100 thousand views on the first day.Consequently, the group released their debut single, "AH!" alongside their EP ,New Schoolgirlon 15 January'. On 17 January, After School made their live debut on MBC 's,Music CoreDuring the month of April, the group announced a new member joining the group, Uee .Alongside the announcement, the group released the second single, " Diva "on 9 April 2009.The group made their comeback performance on April 9, 2009 onM!Countdown.On 21 May, the group released their third single, a cover of Morning Musume 's " Love Machine ", entitled "Dream Girl".In July, it was announced that the group would collaborate with popular artist, Son Dam Bi ,for digital single, " Amoled ", which was released on the 16^th, which was also part of promotions forAmoled, Samsung 's phone.

On October 29, 2009, Yoo Soyoung officially withdrew from the group citing health problems as the cause of departure (This was apparently eventually dealt with, as Pledis Entertainment announced on May 3, 2010 that she will be making a comeback in August, though not with After School). She was then replaced by two new members, Raina and Nana .After School made their comeback on 25 November 2009 with their single, " Neo Ddaemunae " ( Korean :"너 때문에", "Because of You"),with teasers being released a day before.Marking a change for the group to a more mature and sophisticated concept,the song became popular, winning three Mutizen awardsand topping various online music charts.A remixed version was released later on.

2010–present:Bang!and subgroups

On March 17, 2010, details surrounding a new member, Lizzy, were announced,following the release of the group's concept photos for the single album,Bang. Pledis Entertainment simultaneously announced that the album would be released on March 25, 2010.

On May 31, 2010, Pledis announced that After School would be splitting up into two subgroups with three members each and one solo artist for promotion. Uee will not participate due to her drama promotions.

The first sub-unit group was named Orange Caramel. On June 6, 2010, Pledis announced Nana as the first member of one of the 2 sub-units. On June 7, 2010, Pledis announced Raina as the second member of the same sub-unit. On June 8, 2010, Pledis announced Lizzy as the final member of this sub-unit. The trio released a new mini album entitled Orange Caramel . "The First Mini album" consists of 4 tracks, which are 2 songs and instrumentals of those tracks. The version released in Taiwan recorded a special song- The Day You Went Away . The song is released asSpecial for Taiwanthat is Mandarin Version and it's a cover from Cyndi Wang , a Taiwanese singer who's popular. The promoted song is Magic Girl (마법소녀). The second song is Love Does Not Wait (사랑을 미룰 순 없나요) which is Raina's solo song. Orange Caramel's concept is cheery and retro, or Candy Culture (cute and bright, while lovely and innocent at the same time). Their music video was released on June 16, 2010.

The group starred in their first dedicated TV show called "Playgirlz School" for cable channel MBCEvery1 in July.

Former member

Yoo So Young( Hangul :유소영, birth name Joo So Young ( Hangul :주소영))

• Birthday:29 March 1986
• position: Vocalist

Mini albums New Schoolgirl(2009) Neo Ttaemun-e(2009) Bang!(2010)

Promotional singles "Ah!" (2009) "Diva" (2009) "Neo Ddaemunae" (2009) "Bang!" (2010)

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