Lena Park

Lena Park promoting Gift (2012)

Lena Park, also Park Jung Hyun, is a Korean-American R&B singer/songwriter. She was born March 23, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. Park has released albums in both Korea and Japan. She is currently under T-Entertainment and Universal Music Japan.

Profile

• Name: Lena Park or Park Jung Hyun (박정현 or リナ・パーク)
• Nicknames: Grandmother, Creed Busily
• Birthday: March 23, 1976
• School: Columbia University

Trivia

• Can play the Saxophone and Piano
• Hobbies are Cooking, Chatting with friends, Reading, and Chewing gum.
• Motto is "let's live busy lives without regrets"

Information

Born Park Jung Hyun, Lena Park showed her talent for singing at a very young age. In 1993, at the age of 16, she released an amateur gospel album in the US. By 1998, she moved to Korea to begin her professional singing career and at the same year, she released her first album Piece. Although her album was a huge success, Park still didn't feel comfortable singing in Korean at that time. The album sold over 300,000 copies despite being released during the East Asian financial crisis. Her next two albums, A Second Helping and Naturally weren't confined to the R&B genre as Park's first album but became just as successful.

In 2002, Park along with Brown Eyes, CHEMISTRY and Sowelu formed the special unit conveniently called "Voices of Korea/Japan" and made the title song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. She later debuted in the Japanese music industry where she received moderate success.

Park is especially proud of her fifth Korean album, On & On, because she felt that she was finally comfortable and confident in singing and composing in Korean. It took her about one whole year to make the album and during the time she became very involved with the production and creative work behind the album; she helped with a lot of the song arrangements, played the piano for some of the tracks and composed four of the songs in the album.

Park's seventh Japanese single "Inori~You Raise Me Up" released on June 20, 2007 was a cover of the song You Raise Me Up originally sung by Brian Kennedy. The song was reissued in Korean on Park's sixth Korean album Come To Where I Am on December 11, 2007. In February 2009, Park came back with a new album, 10 ways to say I love you, containing 9 new tracks. The album was reissued with a new package and 2 new tracks.

Korean Discography

Lena Park promoting Op.4 (2002)

Studio Albums

• [1998.08.09] piece
• [1999.04.19] A SECOND HELPING
• [2000.11.09] Naturally
• [2002.06.15] Op.4
• [2005.02.05] On & On
• [2007.12.13] come to where I am
• [2009.02.29] 10 ways to say I love you
• [2012.06.19] parallax

Other Albums

• [1993.??.??] Je 1 Hoe Mijubogeumseongga Gyeongyeondaehoe Daesang (제1회 미주복음성가 경연대회 대상) (gospel album)
• [2001.05.06] Lena Park Forever (special album)
• [2002.10.24] The Romantic Story of Park Jung Hyun (박정현) (best album)
• [2003.07.05] Live Op.4 Concert Project 4th Movement The Album (live album)
• [2010.11.18] Cover Me Vol.1 (self-cover album)
• [2012.12.11] Gift (special album)

Singles

• [2006.05.09] Witaeroun Iyagi (위태로운 이야기)

Digital Singles

• [2006.03.29] Against All Odds
• [2006.04.24] Witaeroun Iyagi (위태로운 이야기)
• [2008.12.12] WINTER KISS (New Ways Always) (feat. 8eight Baek Chan)
• [2011.07.11] Myung Wol the Spy OST Part.2 (스파이 명월)
• [2011.08.02] Naneun Jaksagada Season 01 (나는 작사가다)
• [2011.12.30] 2012 Seoul Haeganbojeongsanghoeui Official Album (서울 핵안보정상회의)

Collaboration Digital Singles

• [2008.10.22] No Break (Lena Park & Crown J)
• [2011.05.19] Kkumui Gyeoul (꿈의 겨울) (Kim Yu Na + Lena Park)
• [2011.08.08] Hwang Project Vol.2 - Saram, Sarang (사람, 사랑) (Kim Bum Soo + Lena Park)
• [2011.08.21] Sarangboda Gipeun Sangcheo (사랑보다 깊은 상처) (Kim Bum Soo + Lena Park)
• [2012.05.02] 2012 Wolgan Yoon Jong Shin 5 Wolho (월간 윤종신 5월호) (Yoon Jong Shin with Lena Park)
• [2012.11.30] Hayan Gyeoul (하얀 겨울) (Kim Bum Soo + Lena Park)

DVDs

• [2003.07.10] Live Op.4 Concert Project 4th Movement The Album DVD Short Edit
• [2003.07.31] Live Op.4 Concert Project 4th Movement The Album DVD

Collaborations/Other

• [2008.02.28] Taean Project Group - Gijeok
• [2012.07.15] PSY - Psy 6 Gap Part.1 (#5 Eottaesseulkka (Feat. Lena Park'))
• [2012.08.03] 2012 London Olympic MBC Gongsik Eungwonga Par.2 (#1 Lena Park & Kim Jo Han - Jigeum I Sungan)

Japanese Discography

Lena Park promoting "Ai no Jealousy" (2006)

Albums

• [2004.11.25] another piece
• [2005.05.18] Beyond the line
• [2006.06.21] COSMORAMA

Singles

• [2004.11.25] FALL IN LOVE (リナ・パーク)
• [2005.05.18] Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ)
• [2006.02.22] Subete no Mono ni Anata wo Omou (すべてのものにあなたを思う)
• [2006.03.24] Music
• [2006.05.21] Gold
• [2006.10.04] Ai no Jealousy (愛のジェラシー)
• [2007.06.20] Inori~You Raise Me Up (祈り~You Raise Me Up)

Collaborations

• [1998.xx.xx] Player - The New Beginning
• [1999.04.13] Yoon Jong Shin - Late (#2 Stupid Woman (feat. Park Jung Hyun))
• [1999.10.04] Kim Jang Hoon - Fool (#3 What Tomorrow Finds)
• [2001.01.31] Day OST (#15 Evergreen)
• [2002.04.23] 2002 Fifa World Cup: Korea-Japan (#6 Glorious)
• [2002.05.07] Yoon Jong Shin - From The Beginning (#2 Stupid Woman (feat. Park Jung Hyun))
• [2003.04.20] Na Won Ju - No Place For You
• [2003.05.12] Kim Jin Pyo - Jp4 (#6 Time Is Needed (feat. Park Jung Hyun))
• [2003.12.10] VOICE OF LOVE POSSE - VOICE OF LOVE ~Ue wo Muite Arukou
• [2005.03.24] Jhett - JHETT aka YAKKO for AQUARIUS (#11 Everything Inside Of Me (feat. Park Jung Hyun))

External links

• Official Korean Site
• Official Japanese Site
• Official Universal Music Japanese Site
• Lena's Official Fanclub: Piece of Lena