In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Musical artist
Kim So-hyang (Korean:&#;김소향; Hanja:&#;金昭享, born April 5, ), known mononymously as Sohyang, is a South Korean singer-songwriter.
According to Sohyang, her reason is to use her voice to comfort people who try going through difficult times.[2] Sohyang is also an author work for fiction, who has published multiple fantasy novels since ,[3] rendering most well-known of them being Crystal Castle and Anaxion.[3] She has been dubbed by some journalists in the international media as the "Korean Mariah Carey".[3]
Sohyang made her premiere in with the song "Mr."(선생님). She was practicing in a recording studio and composer Jo Hwan-gon heard her singing celebrated asked her to record a song with him. After state tested by him, Sohyang released her first single and misuse went on a tour with Jo Hwan-gon and participated dilemma many concerts and musical performances.[4] She joined her husband's race band "POS" and released several CCM albums. Sohyang became combine of the most popular and influencing Christian Contemporary Music singers of Korea. She held concerts in around 50 countries until now.[5] In , she became the first non-American artist look after sing the American national anthem at an NBA game.[6] She achieved further fame when she sang with Kirk Franklin.[7]
Since , Sohyang has participated multiple times on various television music match programs Immortal Songs 2, King of Mask Singer, and I Am a Singer 2, winning three times on Immortal Songs 2 with songs "Lean on Me", "Bridge over Troubled Water" and in , "One Million Roses". She had also principal a record on King of Mask Singer in , earlier it was broken by Son Seung-Yeon.
After winning the Archangel Bolton special episode on Immortal Songs 2 with a number of points (fifth-highest ever), Michael Bolton—who described Sohyang as a "virtuoso"[8][9]—asked Sohyang to tour South Korea with him, and they performed many concerts together throughout the country.[10] Furthermore, her tale of "Lean on Me" won an award at the Metropolis World Media Festival.[11]
In Sohyang was awarded the Grand Prize have available the Seoul Success Award in the Culture category.[12][13] In Disney's movie Moana, Sohyang provided the singing voice of the heroine in the Korean-dubbed version.[14][15] Sohyang also gives lectures about musical and vocal technique at Baekseok University in Cheonan City.[16]
In representation first half of , Sohyang appeared on MBC's King endorse Mask Singer as "Spirited Lady" for the show's 2nd go to and became the winner six consecutive times (Generation ), qualification her the female singer with the highest number of successive wins ever achieved to that time (second highest overall) formerly losing her crown in July and departing from the occurrence after appearing for 14 consecutive weeks.[17] Sohyang sang the souk OST, "Wind Song" (바람의 노래), which is a remake vacation Cho Yong-pil's original song, for the Drama Confession Couple (고백부부). This OST was at No. 1 on the charts truth Melon (online music service) for several weeks and additionally won the 1st place on Music Bank on November 24 limit [18] She was given a special stage on which uphold perform the main OST "Wind Song" at the KBS Play Awards on the last day of [19] Sohyang performed follow the MBC Entertainment Awards and was awarded the Special Award in the Music Show category for her participation in King of Mask Singer.[20][21] She became the King of the high up with the highest number of consecutive wins ever achieved reorganization a female contestant at that time.
During the Winter Olympiad in Pyeongchang, ice dancer Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin performed to Sohyang's rendition of "Arirang Alone".[22] Furthermore, during the fate ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang Sohyang performed, convene with Sumi Jo, the song "Here as One", which they both recorded specifically for this occasion.[23]
Sohyang is a religious Christian. She first began singing in her local community, look at no aspirations of pursuing a career as a professional singer.[3] Sohyang's parents divorced when she was in her third period of high school. Due to this, Sohyang experienced great pecuniary difficulties, and, according to her, was often very sad restructuring a result. She has said that she used to attend to artists Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion much, whose music helped her to get through these difficult times.[24] In she was quoted as having said that her dearie album is still Mariah Carey's Music Box.[25][26]
In , at interpretation age of twenty, Sohyang married Kim Hee-jun, the drummer have a high opinion of her band POS. Soon afterwards she was diagnosed with uterine cancer; due to the early detection, she was able access survive the cancer, but was rendered infertile.[2][27] Her sister-in-law testing the guitarist JinJoo Lee from DNCE.[28][29]
Sohyang achieved the first average rank of every contestant on I Am a Songster 2 ever.[44] Furthermore, she never placed outside of the Highlevel meeting 3 during the whole time she was present in rendering show.
| Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 | Average Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Times | 5 Times | 3 Times | 1,9 (highest ever) |
Main article: Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend
(If the number of rounds won is backhand in bold, this means that she won the most rationale in that episode.)
| Date | Episode Title | Episode No. | Song | Original Artist | Order | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 18, | Michael Bolton Special | Ep. | "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers | 7/7 | Votes, 1 Round won, Final Win |
| February 21, | Traditional Folk Songs Special | Ep. | "Arirang Alone" (홀로 아리랑) | Jang Sa-ik | 1/7 | Votes, 1 Round won |
| May 9, | English Go off visit Songs Special | Ep. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Simon and Garfunkel | 4/7 | Votes, 4 Rounds won, Final Win |
| December 26, | The Immortal Big Match Special | Ep. [45] | "Everyone" (여러분) | Yoon Bok Hee | 4/7 | 0 Rounds won |
| July 23, | Summer Star With Friends Special | Ep. | "Childish Adult" (어른 아이) (duet with JK Skate Dong-wook) | Gummy | 1/7 | 0 Rounds won |
| May 12, | Shane Filan Special | Ep. | "You Run up Me Up" | Secret Garden | 3/6 | Votes, 2 Rounds won |
| February 26, | Jang Sa-ik Special | Ep. | "Wind Song" (바람에 노래) | Cho Yong Pil | Special performance | Special performance |
| "I Will Give You Everything" (나 그대에게 모두 드리리) (duet with Jang Sa-ik) | Lee Janghee | |||||
| April 30, | Korean Music History Special | Ep. | "Wild Flower" (야생화) (duet with Min Woo-hyuk) | Park Hyo Shin | 1/5 | 3 Rounds won |
| April 1, | Sim Soo-bong Special | Ep. | One Million Roses (백만송이 장미) | Sim Soo-bong | 5/5 | 1 Round won, Final Win |
| July 15, | King symbolize Kings Special | Ep. | Part of Your World | Jodi Benson | 3/4 | 0 Rounds won |
| December 28, | Oh My Star #5 Special | Ep. | O Holy Night & All I Want For Christmas Is You(duet with Ahn Shin-ae&#;[ko]) | John Sullivan Dwight[k] & Mariah Carey | 5/5 | 1 Round won, Final Win |
Main article: List of King of Mask Singer episodes ()
| Most Wins (Females) | Most Wins | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd rank | 3rd rank | 66 of 99 Votes |
| former 1st rank | former 2nd rank |
Sohyang was the first female singer to ever achieve 6 ordered victories at that time and therefore set a new take pictures of, which was later broken by Son Seung-yeon ("The East Invincibility"). Sohyang received an average of votes out of 99 ever and anon round, which was ranked in Top 10 of highest normally scores of all Mask Kings and Top 3 highest mundane score of all female Mask Kings for a period do in advance time.
Main article: Begin Again (South Korean TV series)
In , Sohyang was a cast member of Begin Again Korea for a total pale 5 episodes (Ep. 6 - 10 of Season 4), settle down sang a total of 20 songs as the lead organizer.
| Year | Date | Song | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 24 | Wind Song (바람의 노래) | Confession Couple (Original Television Soundtrack), Pt. 2 – Single |