Joo Hyun-mi


Joo Hyun-mi is a South Korean trot singer. Sometimes referred to as an "Empress of Trot", Joo is credited as being one of the leading figures in the trot music revival of the 1980s.
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Early life

Joo Hyun-mi was born on September 27, 1961 in Gwangju, South Korea to a South Korean mother and a father from Shandong, China. When she was a child, her parents moved to Taiwan to try to improve the family's financial situation, leaving Joo and her three younger siblings in the care of their grandmother. Following her grandmother's death, Joo raised her younger siblings alone, relying on money her mother sent from Taiwan. Joo was a citizen of Taiwan until adulthood when she became a South Korean citizen.
Joo attended Seoul Chinese Primary School and studied pharmacy at Chung-Ang University. While in university, she received an award for competing in the MBC Riverside Song Festival. After graduation, she worked as a pharmacist in Seoul.

Career

Joo debuted as a singer in 1984 with the trot medley album Couple's Party, which sold 3 million copies, primarily through cassette tape sales at highway rest stops. The following year, in 1985, she released her first album of original songs, featuring the single "Rainy Yeongdong Bridge", which became one of her signature songs. That year, she won awards for Best New Artist at both the KBS Music Awards and MBC Gayo Daejejeon.
Over the next few years, Joo released several hit albums, including 1988's That Man in Shinsadong. The album and its lead single of the same name swept the year-end music awards shows, garnering Joo awards for Album of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards, the Grand Prize at the KBS Music Awards, and the two top awards for Most Popular Song and Most Popular Singer at the MBC Gayo Daejejeon.

Personal life

In 1988, Joo married singer and guitarist Lim Dong-shin, who performed on Cho Yong-pil's album Cho Yong Pil and the Great Birth. They have two children.

Discography

Studio albums

Rainy Yeongdong Bridge My Love Don't Go I Have to Forget Crying and Regretting Tangeumdae Story Rainwater First Affection Why Am I Crying? That Man in Shinsadong One-Sided Love Wait Love Story We Met Again First Love Love Letter Really Good Uhhura Love
  • ''30th Anniversary Album''

Medley albums

  • ''Couple's Party''

Awards

AwardYearCategoryNominee / WorkResult
Baeksang Arts Awards1987Best Original Song "My Heart Is Like A Star"Won
Golden Disc Awards1986Album BonsangCrying and RegrettingWon
Golden Disc Awards1987Album BonsangWhy Am I Crying?Won
Golden Disc Awards1988Album of the Year That Man in ShinsadongWon
Golden Disc Awards1988Album BonsangThat Man in ShinsadongWon
Golden Disc Awards1989Album BonsangOne-Sided LoveWon
Golden Disc Awards1990Album BonsangWaitWon
KBS Music Awards1985Best New Female ArtistJoo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1987Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1987Popularity AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1988Grand Prize "That Man in Shinsadong"Won
KBS Music Awards1988Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1989Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1990Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1991Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1992Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1995Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards1996Singer of the Year Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards2000Singer of the Year – Adult Category Joo Hyun-miWon
KBS Music Awards2001Singer of the Year – Adult Category Joo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1985Best New ArtistJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1986Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1988Most Popular Song"That Man in Shinsadong"Won
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1988Most Popular Singer Joo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1988Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1989Most Popular Song"One-Sided Love"Won
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1989Most Popular Singer Joo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1989Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1990Most Popular Song"Wait"Won
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1990Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1991Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1992Top Ten Singers AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
MBC Gayo Daejejeon1999Top Singer – Chosen by People Over 30Joo Hyun-miWon
MBC Riverside Song Festival1981Encouragement AwardJoo Hyun-miWon
Mnet Asian Music Awards2009Trot Music Award"Jjarajajja" Nomitated