Bada (singer)

Bada
Bada in 2017
Born	Choi Sung-hee (1980-02-28) February 28, 1980 (age 44) Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Other names	Sea
Education	Dankook University
Occupations	Singer-songwriter composer actress television presenter
Spouse	Unnamed (m. 2017)
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	K-pop R&B
Instruments	Vocals keyboard
Years active	1997–present
Labels	SM Wave Nine
Formerly of	S.E.S. SM Town
Website	wavenine.net
Musical artist
Korean name
Hangul	최성희
Hanja	崔盛希
Revised Romanization	Choe Seong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŏnghŭi
Stage name
Hangul	바다
Revised Romanization	Bada
McCune–Reischauer	Pada

Choi Sung-hee (born February 28, 1980), known professionally as Bada, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, composer, musical actress and television presenter. She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group S.E.S. in 1997, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea. After S.E.S. disbanded in December 2002, she released her first solo studio album, A Day of Renew, in October 2003. Since then, she continued her active singing career with songs such as Aurora, Eyes, V.I.P, GoGoGo, Queen, and Mad.

Apart from recording and performing songs, she has established herself as an actress, notably through her participation in the original and Korean versions of stage musicals including Notre-Dame de Paris, 200 Pounds Beauty, Legally Blonde, and Mozart!. She won Best Actress at the third Musical Awards and has starred in ten musicals to date.^[1]