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generasia:Featured article for 2024 week 36
Younha
Younha (윤하, ユンナ) is a South Korean pop singer-songwriter and record producer. She officially debuted with the single "Yubikiri" in 2004. She began her career in 2004 in Japan, where she was nicknamed the "Oricon Comet" for her success on the Japanese music chart. In 2006, she debuted in South Korea, where she is regarded as one of the country's best singer-songwriters.
Younha began to play the piano at the age of 4. She developed an interest in Japanese doramas and began to teach herself Japanese. At the recommendation of an older student in her school, she listened to Japanese artists like MISIA, Utada Hikaru, and Shiina Ringo, and soon began to like Japanese music. She began to seek out singing auditions within Korea. She made a good impression at an audition in Korea and signed a contract. She traveled back and forth between Japan and Korea to record.
After a TV drama producer heard her demo tape, her single, "Yubikiri", was chosen as the insert song for the Fuji TV Monday drama Tokyo Wankei ~Destiny of Love~. Younha's second single, "Houkiboshi", was used as an ending song for the popular TV anime BLEACH. The song debuted on the Oricon daily chart at #18 and peaked at #12, making Younha the second South Korean artist, after BoA, to break into the Oricon top 20. Her third single, "Touch / Yume no Tsuzuki", with a tie-in to the Touch live action movie adaptation, with "Touch" as the theme song, matched the success of "Houkiboshi". The single debuted at #15, and peaked at #11 on the Daily chart. After releasing four singles, Younha released her first album entitled Go! Younha with moderate success. It reached the #10 spot on the Oricon daily charts, and #12 on the weekly charts.
During 2006, Younha went back to Korea and released her debut Korean digital single "AUDITION". Her first Korean album Gobaek Ha Gi Joheun Nal has sold over 45,000 copies since its release. The repackage sold a separate 16,866 copies. The first song promoted from the album was "Bimil Beonho 486", for which she won the SBS Inkigayo Mutizen award twice. At the 2007 MKMF held on November 17, 2007, Younha won the Best New Solo Artist award. With her increasing success, Younha released a version of Go! Younha rerecorded in Korean.
Her seventh Korean full-length album, GROWTH THEORY, is released this week on September 1st.
