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Hyeeunyee (Korean: 혜은이; born September 15, 1954), born Kim Seung-ju (김승주) and sometimes called "The First Nation's Little Sister" (최초의 '국민여동생') is a South Korean female singer and broadcaster.

Career

At her peak in the late 1970s, she was the most popular singer in South Korea.

Popular songs include "You Won't Know", "Passion", "Gam-Soo-Kwang" (감수광), "The 3rd Hangang Bridge" (제3한강교), "I Love Only You" (당신만을 사랑해), "Teetee Pangpang" (뛰뛰빵빵), "Monologue" (독백), "Threnody" (비가), and "Blue World" (파란나라).

She belongs to Arang Entertainment (아랑 엔터네인먼트). She is the singer Yoyomi (요요미) respects most.

She debuted in 1975 by releasing an album containing the song "You Won't Know" (당신은 모르실꺼야). With her explosive vocal power and beauty, the "Hyeeunyee" (혜은이) syndrome arose. In 1977, her 2nd album I Really Really Love You (진짜 진짜 좋아해) and 3rd album I Love Only You (당신만을 사랑해) both topped the list.

She was awarded "the Best Singer Award", "Singer King" (가수왕), and "Best Popular Singer Award". She was also a leader in fashion. In addition, the title songs from her 1st to 14th albums ranked first.

She won the prize at the Pacific Music Festival in 1978. She is the original "Hallyu star" (한류스타) and was linked with actor Kim Ja-ok (김자옥). She sparked a disco craze with "The Third Hangang Bridge" (제3한강교). She led the first sister's squad and created trends in fashion and hairstyles.

Since 1977, she was invited to the broadcasting station awards ceremony seven times in a row. In 1977 and 1979, She won "the Singer King" (가수왕)" and "Best Popular Song Award" (최고인기가요상) ("I only love you", "the 3rd Hangang Bridge") at MBC's "Top 10 Singers Song Festival" (10대 가수 가요제). From 1978 to 1980s, she won the TBC "Women's Popularity Award". She was selected as the most popular singer by foreign journalists in Korea from 1977 to 1980. In 1977, She won the KBS "Music Awards (가요대상)" – "Best Popularity Award" (최고인기가수상) and the TBC "Women's Singer Award" (여자 가수상), and in the same year, she won the MBC "Entertainment Awards" (연예대상) in the "Singer Category", and in 1977, She won all the Korean singer awards.

Even in the 2000s, she is consistently loved by the public and often appears on the KBS 1TV "Golden Oldies" (가요무대).

Albums

List of albums:

• You Won't Know – 1 December 1975
• I Really Really Like You – June 1977 (Teetee Pangpang)
• I Love Only You – July 1977
• Christmas and Happy New Year – November 1977 (Carol/Basic 4th album)
• Forever, Seoul – December 1977 (Gam-Soo-Kwang)
• Forever Only You – August 1978 (Seogwipo's Dream)
• The 3rd Hangang Bridge – March 1979 (I Am You)
• Dawn Rain – August 1979 (Migratory Birds)
• Graduation – December 1979 (I don't cry)
• Regrets – June 1980 (Remembrance)
• The Stone Wall of Old Love – December 1980 (You and Me)
• Please Forget – August 1981 (Child Without Mother)
• Monologue – October 1982 (Jealousy)
• Little Lady – August 1983 (Children)
• End of Breakup – July 1984 (Okay)
• Passion – September 1985 (Blue World)
• Past History – January 1987 (Pinocchio)
• Threnody – March 1989 (You Like the Wind)
• My Man – July 1990 (Lost Memories)
• Traces of the wind – October 1992 (I am a woman)
• Standing in this darkness and looking at the sky – November 1995
• I have to be strong – December 2006 (Still)
• Tear's Well – May 2015 (Loneliness Comes)
• Yeah – April 2020 (Reunion) released

Drama

• Why are you doing that - MBC 1977
• Detective Kim, Detective Kang - MBC 1990)
• Hello - SBS 1995)
• Corporal Oh - SBS 1996)

References

1. "혜은이 영문명". VIBE (in Korean). 31 May 1996.
2. "가요앨범 리뷰-혜은이의 고운노래 모음집 / 골든디스크". 한국대중가요앨범11000 (in Korean). 31 October 2002.
3. "혜은이 – 아랑엔터테인먼트". 아랑엔터테인머트 – 혜은이 (in Korean). 17 October 2020.
4. "요요미 혜은이? 요요미 막나가쇼, "가장 존경하는 가수 혜은이"". 대구일보 (in Korean). 12 December 2019.
5. "혜은이의 '감수광'(수상내역)". Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). 22 July 2004.
6. "쉐라톤 그랜드 워커힐, 혜은이 리사이틀 디너쇼". 스포츠월드 (in Korean). 14 April 2014.
7. ""미니스커트 입고 넘어진 게 기억나요" 혜은이, 공식 컴백". No Cut News (in Korean). 5 January 2007.
8. "'가요무대' 가수 혜은이&주현미 '당신은 모르실거야' 합동 무대, 스무 살 추억 소환". 한국경제 (in Korean). 22 July 2019.
9. "Naver VIBE – 혜은이". Naver VIBE (in Korean). 17 October 2020.
10. "[전설의 인생②] 혜은이 "김동현과 이혼, 알려지고 나니 마음 편해"". OBS 독특한 연예뉴스 (in Korean). 27 May 2020.
11. "[스타 그때 이런 일이] MBC '김형사 강형사' 첫방송". 스포츠동아 (in Korean). 11 January 2016.
12. "한국콘텐츠진흥원 – 오경장". 한국콘텐츠진흥원 – 오경장 (in Korean). 28 August 2008.

External links

• Arang Entertainment – Hyeeunyee

• 1954 births
• Living people
• People from Jeju City
• Musicians from Jeju Province
• 21st-century South Korean women singers
• 20th-century South Korean women singers