Insooni

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Insooni (인순이)
Insooni at the Expo 2012 in Yeosu
Background information
Birth name	Kim In-soon (김인순)
Born	(1957-04-05) April 5, 1957 (age 67) Baegui-ri, Cheongsan-myeon, Pocheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (now Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)
Genres	R&B, Gospel
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1978 (1978)–present
Labels	Sosob Blue Sky Sony Music Entertainment MAPPS Entertainment

Kim In-soon (Korean: 김인순; born April 5, 1957), known professionally as Insooni (인순이), is a South Korean singer who made her debut in 1978 as a member of Hee Sisters (희자매). Since then, she has recorded a total of 19 albums, 14 of them full-length albums. She is acclaimed as South Korea's R&B diva, having garnered a wide range of fans over her 45+ year career. She is one of the few South Korean singers to have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and has earned several top prizes from South Korean music awards. She is distinguished by her rich, throaty voice with wide vocal range on stage. She was born to a South Korean mother and an African American father, who served in the U.S. military in South Korea and was brought up by her mother alone, with the assistance of Pearl S. Buck International's child sponsorship program.