Jeongyeon | |
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![]() Jeongyeon in August 2023 | |
Born | Yoo Kyung-wan[1] 1 November 1996 |
Occupation | Singer |
Relatives | Gong Seung-yeon (sister) |
Musical career | |
Genres | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2015–present |
Labels | |
Member of | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 유정연 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yu Jeong-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Chŏngyŏn |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 유경완 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yu Gyeong-wan |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Kyŏngwan |
Signature | |
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Yoo Jeong-yeon (Korean: 유정연; born 1 November 1996), known mononymously as Jeongyeon (Korean: 정연), is a South Korean singer. She is a member of Twice, a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment.
Jeongyeon was born as Yoo Kyung-wan on 1 November 1996 in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.[1][2] She has two older sisters, one of whom is the actress Gong Seung-yeon.[1][3][4] Her father was a chef who worked for Kim Dae-jung, a former president of South Korea.[1][3] Jeongyeon took aerobics classes at a young age and developed an interest in singing and dancing soon afterward.[1]
Main article: Sixteen (TV program) |
Jeongyeon failed an audition to join JYP Entertainment as a child, but eventually joined the agency after passing an open audition in March 2010.[1][3] She trained for five years before debuting with Twice.[5] Between 2013 and early 2015, Jeongyeon was expected to become a member of a new JYP girl group alongside fellow trainees (now Twice bandmates) Nayeon, Sana, and Jihyo;[1][6] however, the project was cancelled.[1][6][7][8] Later in 2015, Jeongyeon participated in the television program Sixteen, a reality television competition to determine the members of Twice.[5][9] In the final episode, she was chosen as one of the nine members of the group.[5][10]
Main article: Twice |
In October 2015 Jeongyeon officially debuted as a member of Twice with the release of their first extended play (EP), The Story Begins and its lead single "Like Ooh-Ahh".[11][12] Jeongyeon and her sister co-hosted the South Korean music program Inkigayo from July 2016 to January 2017,[4][13] for which they both won the Newcomer Award at the 2016 SBS Entertainment Awards.[1][14] Since Jeongyeon's debut, she has also been credited as songwriter on some of Twice's tracks.[1] In Gallup Korea's annual music poll, Jeongyeon was voted among the top 20 most popular idols in South Korea for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019 alongside her bandmate Nayeon.[15][16][17][18][19][20]
On 17 October 2020, JYP Entertainment announced that Jeongyeon would be taking a hiatus due to anxiety.[21] She resumed activities on 31 January 2021 at 30th Seoul Music Awards.[22] On 18 August 2021, JYP Entertainment announced that Jeongyeon would be taking a second hiatus due to panic and anxiety disorder.[23] She resumed activities as a member of the group in February 2022, beginning with the North American leg of Twice 4th World Tour "III".[24] That same year, Jeongyeon and the rest of the members renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment.[25]
On November 1, 2023, Jeongyeon released a cover of "O Christmas Tree" as part of Apple Music's Carols Covered playlist.[26]
For Jeongyeon's discography with Twice, see Twice discography. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"O Christmas Tree"[27] | 2023 | Non-album promotional single |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Like a Star" (별처럼) (with Gong Seung-yeon) |
2018 | My Dream Class OST |
All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.[28]
Title | Year | Artist | Album | Notes |
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"Love Line" | 2017 | Twice | Twicetagram | As lyricist |
"Sweet Talker" | 2018 | What Is Love? | ||
"LaLaLa" | Yes or Yes | |||
"21:29" | 2019 | Feel Special | ||
"Sweet Summer Day" | 2020 | More & More | ||
"Celebrate" | 2022 | Celebrate | ||
"Bloom"[29] | 2024 | With You-th |
For Jeongyeon's filmography with Twice, see Twice § Filmography. |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Sixteen | Contestant | [9] | |
2016 | Muscle Queen Project | [30] | ||
Law of the Jungle in New Caledonia | Herself | [31] | ||
2016–2017 | Inkigayo | Co-host | With Gong Seung-yeon and Kim Min-seok | [32] |
For Jeongyeon's accolades with Twice, see List of awards and nominations received by Twice. |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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SBS Entertainment Awards | 2016 | Newcomer Award (Female) | Jeongyeon (with Gong Seung-yeon) Inkigayo |
Won | [1][14] |