Younha

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Go Yun-ha (born April 29, 1988), also known as Younha, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer.

She began her career in Japan in 2004, where she was known as "Oricon Comet" for her success on the Japanese music chart.

She debuted in South Korea in 2006, where she is regarded as one of the country's best singer-songwriters.

Early life and education

Younha was born in South Korea on April 29, 1988, where she first began playing piano at the age of 5. After watching the famous Japanese drama, Gokusen, she began singing in elementary school and later started to teach herself Japanese. Younha, adolescent, attended up to 20 auditions with South Korean record labels but was turned down because she wasn't "good enough to be a celebrity." As a result, she dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to pursue a singing career in Japan. Younha later attended Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, where she concentrated in Japanese.

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Career

Younha's debut single, "Yubikiri," debuted in Japan in January 2004 and then followed by the Japanese version of the song in October. Despite the fact that the song was included on the soundtrack of Fuji TV's Destiny of Love, it was not a success.

"Houkiboshi" to Go!

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Younha's second Japanese single, "Houkiboshi," was released on the soundtrack of Bleach's anime film. The song debuted on the Oricon daily chart at #18 and peaked at #12, making Younha the second South Korean artist to debut in the top ten after BoA. Houkiboshi's success came to a small audience, with little advertising, and Younha made no television appearances to advertise the single live. Touch Touch's third single, "Touch / Yume no Tsuzuki," with Touch as the theme song, was much more popular and brought her right back to the Oricon Top 20, matching "Houki Boshi"'s success. The single debuted at #5, and on the Daily Chart, it reached #11. Younha's first album, Go!, followed four singles. Younha had moderate success. On the Oricon daily charts, it ranked #10 and #12 on the weekly charts, and #10 on the Oricon daily charts.

Despite numerous tie-ins such as Bleach GC: My Lover," "Te wo Tsunaide" and "Ima ga Daisuki"), Younha's Dream, etc., struggled to duplicate her earlier efforts, with three of them finishing in the lower half of the Oricon Top 100.

Younha also enrolled in Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, making her debut in Korea and releasing "Audition," a digital Korean single album. Many performances of this song were shown on Korean television, and the single received a lot of attention, as a result, "Audition" charted well for over three months on all Korean charts.

Despite the lackluster success of her previous three Japanese albums, Younha was selected to perform Kiba's opening theme song. As the second opening theme for the performance, the song "Hakanaku Tsuyoku" () was used. The single was released on January 17, 2007, and due to the fact that the tie-in was tied to it, it soared much more than her previous 3 debuts, peaking at #36. Epic Records is also a record from this year.

Younha returned to Korea to debut her first Korean album, "The Perfect Day to Say I Love You," only two months after "Hakanaku Tsuyoku." (Gobaekhagi Jo-eun Nal). The album was a hit, peaking at number one on the charts, with the album reaching its highs. "Password 486," the album's first song to be released on, for which she received the SBS Inkigayo Mutizen award twice. For "Password 486," which stars fellow Stam artist Yoon Ji-hoo, a music video was created. A collaboration with Wheesung appears on the album as well. Younha performed in the opening ceremony on July 14, 2007, when she was competing on the Korean GomTV Grand Finals (a StarCraft tournament). "Love Condition" was her second song to be released, as well as a repackage of her debut album. Although no music video was made, the album was performed a number of times and had modest success on the charts.

Younha received the Best New Solo Artist award at the 2007 MKMF on November 17, 2007. Younha launched a Go! version with her increasing success. Younha was recalled in Korean. The album, which has minor track list updates, is titled Comet (, Hyeseong), and was released on October 23, spawning two hit singles, "Hyeseong") and "At First Sight" on top. On March 14, she re-released her first Korean single "Audition" as a physical CD limited to 10,000 copies following the success in Korea.

Epic Records quietly released a "best of" Japanese album/music video DVD of Younha's career to date, SONGS -Teen's Collection, on March 26, 2008, hinting at the end of her contract with the record label, due to the recent poor sales of her singles and her focus on the Korean music market.

Younha's sophomore album, titled Someday, came after her last few hits on August 28, 2008. "Total Emotion" and "Gossip Boy" were two hit singles on the album, which culminated in two hit singles. In addition, Tablo, the artist co-wrote and performed in the song "Memory," was included on the album.

Younha made her return to the Japanese music industry in early 2009, tying in as the ending theme to the Rideback anime. There was no physical release of the song, and it was only online until the debut of her new studio album, Hitotsu Sora no Shita, which included it on the track chart. On Next Sunday (Kondo no Nichiyobi ni), a Japanese film star who appeared in a Japanese film, was also featured in a Japanese film, as well as singing the theme song On the Other Side of the Rainbow (Niji no Mukougawa). "Girl" and "Sukinanda" were two physical singles released by her, but they did not reach the top 100.

Peace Love & Ice Cream, her widely awaited third album, was announced on April 16, 2009, with Lion Media, a new media company. The promotional track 1, 2, 3 represented a drastic change in her style, albeit with a more feminine appearance than her older promotional periods. The style shift extended her music, with her songs from the album's losing her iconic debut Piano rock sound, which earned her critical acclaim and success, ultimately turning to pop. Despite the rapid change in musical style, the album was a strong contender for #1, but it was defeated due to strong competition during the promotional run.

Younha's second part of her third Korean album, Part B: Growing Season, on December 11, 2009, a mature, darker contrast to the happier, pop-based Part A of Part B. "We Broke Up Today" was the album's top-selling single.

On September 22, 2010, in Japan, and on September 29, 2010 in Korea, her second Japanese album Under the Same Sky () was released. The album features Younha's collaboration with i-dep and Sotte Bosse's Nakamura Hiroshi, as well as the well-known acoustic guitar pair Depapepe. The album debuted with little fanfare, peaking at number 69 on the Oricon Album charts for the first time.

Following a year of stumbling silence since Younha's first EP, Lost in Love, as well as a series of rare returns to her piano rock roots, a pop-rock ballad, Take Care of My Boyfriend. Although the former made it to the Top ten, One Shot missed the Top 20. Although "One Shot" was a welcome return to the original sound she was accustomed to, netizens noted that there were also similarities to Sara Bareilles' "Love Song." With minimal promotion, the EP became the lowest-selling album on Younha's Korean discography.

Younha became the 22nd host of MBC FM's "Starry Night" on May 9, 2011. Although further information revealed that these proceedings had started in April, it was discovered that Younha had sued her company, Lion Media, to request a termination of employment due to unknown legitimacy by the legal courts. In return, her organization had filed a countersuit demanding US$1 million to compensate her. A mediation session was supposed for October to resolve the situation, but it fell through. The court heard that the case in favor of Younha was not before February 2012, resulting in the annulment of her Lion Media deal as well as 100 million KRW compensation.

Younha's return to sport with a new record label, wealive, was the catalyst in her legal troubles. (Now C9 Entertainment). On July 3, 2012, she unveiled her fourth album Supersonic, which featured artists such as Jay Park, Tiger JK, and John Park. "Would We Have Changed" was the album's first single, according to the Top ten Hit, "Would We Have Changed?" "Run" and John Park are two of John Park's songs. The album was released with critical acclaim, adopting a rock based style, doing away with ballad styles she had marketed for the past two years, and even led to "Run" being named as the Korean Music Awards' Top Song of the Year. She also appeared on I Am a Singer, a program based on professional singers remaking hits, ranging from old to current hits.

Just Listen, Younha's second EP, appeared on May 2, 2013. "Unacceptable" was her first Top 5 single since "" (Broke Up Today), and it was also her first album to have two Top ten singles, Unacceptable and Reason. Younha's third EP, Subsonic, debuted on December 6, 2013 and a sequel to Eluphant's "It's Okay" and "Not There." With the debut of these singles, It's the first time in Younha's career where she has scored 3 Top 10 singles and four top 15 singles in a year.

"Just the Way You Are" by Jennifer May 29, 2014, she co-produced with rock singer Jung Joon-young to debut the digital single "Just The Way You Are" on May 29, 2014. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 for the first time. With her solo remake of her 2008 hit with Epik High, "Umbrella," she became her first #1 single on the Gaon Charts in her career, ten years after debut. The first version, which turned out to be the best in the world, soared to the top of the charts, rising 245 places to #53 in the same week. This is the first time she has topped the chart since "Broke Up Today" 5 years ago, and "Comet" in 2007.

Younha performed "Thinking About You" (), produced by Akdong Musician's Lee Chanhyuk. RescuE, her fifth album, was released on December 27, 2017. Billboard ranked the album eighth on its list of the top K-Pop albums of the 2010s, describing it as "a harbock listening experience that reflected on difficult times and pointed to the promise beyond them." In 2019, Younha introduced the EP Stable Mindset in 2019, and then the EP Unstable Mindset on January 6, 2020. The latter featured the song "Winter Flower," a BTS/RM joint venture that Billboard characterized as "an epic, comforting power ballad." In addition, the album gave Younha the title of the first Korean female solo artist to top the US iTunes charts. End Theory, Younha's sixth album, was released on November 16, 2021, and End Theory: Final Edition, a repackaged version with three additional songs, was published on March 30, 2022. Younha will debut the digital single "Rain Song," which is a remake of Epik High's single of the same name.

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