Ailee | |
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 Ailee in 2023 | |
| Born | Amy Lee May 30, 1989 |
| Other names | Lee Ye-jin |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이예진 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Ye-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Yechin |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 에일리 |
| Revised Romanization | Eilli |
| McCune–Reischauer | Eilli |
| Website | ailee.bstage.in |
Amy Lee (born May 30, 1989), known professionally as Ailee, is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart.
Following a short stint at Muzo Entertainment in New York City, Ailee moved to South Korea in 2010 and signed with YMC Entertainment. She debuted in 2012 with her first single "Heaven", which peaked at number three on the Gaon Digital Chart and earned her Best New Artist Awards at the Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards, and Seoul Music Awards. She won four consecutive Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Vocal Performance titles from 2013 to 2016, with "U&I", "Singing Got Better", "Mind Your Own Business", and "If You" respectively. Her 2017 single, "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow", recorded for the soundtrack of the television drama series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), won several awards and was the most digitally successful song of that year, becoming the best-selling record in movies and dramas in the Korean sound record market.[2]
- ^ Benjamin, Jeff (August 1, 2014). "Ailee Explains How Her 'Singing Got Better' in Empowering New Single". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
The piano/guitar-focused R&B jam sees Ailee doing what she does best: Diva vocals soaring over a booming beat.
- ^ 첫눈 예보…'첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다' 또 인기? [First snow forecast... 'I'll go to you like the first snow' is popular again?]. MK Sports (in Korean). November 20, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2020.