Joy (singer)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Joy

Native name 박수영[1]
Born Park Soo-young[1]
(1996-09-03) September 3, 1996
Dobong, South Korea[2]
Occupation
  • Singer
  • entertainer
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)

Musical career

Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박수영
Hanja 朴秀英[3][4]
Revised Romanization Bak Su-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Su-yŏng
Stage name
Hangul 조이
Revised Romanization Jo-I
McCune–Reischauer Ch'o-I

Park Soo-young (born September 3, 1996),[1][5] known by the stage name Joy, is a South Korean singer and entertainer. She is a member of the K-pop girl group Red Velvet.[6]

Early life

As a child, Joy was interested in trot music.[7] In grade school, she performed the K-rock band Cherry Filter's song "Ori Nalda" ("Flying Duck"), which marked the beginning of her aspiration to become a singer.[8] In 2012, she auditioned and was cast by S.M. Entertainment at the S.M. Global Audition in Seoul. She trained under the agency for two years, during which time she was given the stage name Joy by a vocal coach (representing her cheerful disposition).[1]

Career

Red Velvet

Joy in 2015

Joy was formally introduced as the fourth member of Red Velvet on July 29, 2014.[9][10] She is the only member of the group who wasn't introduced as a part of SM Rookies before group's debut. The group made their music debut with the digital single "Happiness" on August 1, 2014.

Since debut, Red Velvet has experienced notable success and recognition.[11][12][13] After winning three new artist awards in 2014,[14][15] their first mini album Ice Cream Cake went on to become the best selling album by a girl group in South Korea on the Hanteo Chart for the first half of 2015.[16] A few months later, their full-length album The Red topped the Billboard World Albums Chart.[17] The group has garnered over 160,000 album sales and 3.7 million downloads according to Gaon, and won sixteen music show awards (from Show! Music Core, Inkigayo, Show Champion, M! Countdown, The Show and Music Bank), as well as ceremony accolades such as Best Dance – Female, Best Dance Performance – Female Group and 2016 Hot Performance of the Year.[18][19]

Solo activities

In 2015, Joy joined the fourth season of reality show We Got Married, where she appeared opposite BtoB member Yook Sung-jae.[20] She received significant recognition for her participation in the popular TV program and featured in her first solo pictorial in Korean fashion magazine CéCi, concurrent to modeling for Etude House cosmetics.[21]

On December 29, 2015, Joy shared a win with Yook for the Best Couple Award and separately won the 2015 MBC Entertainment Awards – New Star Award.[22][23]

Following group promotions for Red Velvet's second mini album The Velvet, Joy released a duet with Yook on April 16, 2016 entitled "Young Love". The song peaked at #52 on the Gaon Singles Chart.[24][25] Departing from We Got Married on May 7, they became known as one of the longest-running and most popular couples in the show's recent history.[26][27][28] Over the course of We Got Married airing, their videos together on YouTube accumulated over 21.3 million views.[29][30][31]

In mid 2016, S.M. Entertainment issued an official photo series for Joy released once a week via Vyrl mobile applications and SM Town Now. It is entitled Enjoy your Monday with Joy.[32][33] Joy collaborated with Lim Seul-ong in a duet titled "Always In My Heart", a project song under S.M. Entertainment's SM Station released on November 4, 2016.[34][35] The song peaked at #2 on Soribada, genie and Bugs streaming charts[36] and #10 on Gaon.[37]

Personal life

Joy graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul in February 2015.[38] She has two younger sisters.[39]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[40]
"Young Love"
(with Sungjae)		 2015 52 We Got Married (Season 4)
"Always In My Heart"
(with Seulong)		 10 SM Station
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 SMTown The Stage Herself Documentary film of SM Town[43]

Drama

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Descendants of the Sun Herself Episode 16 (cameo)

Reality and variety shows

Year Title Network Role Notes
2015 Hello Counselor KBS Guest Episode 220, with Yeri
Immortal Song 2 KBS2 with Wendy and Seulgi
Running Man SBS Episode 268
2015–2016 We Got Married Season 4 MBC Regular cast paired up with Yook Sung-jae
2016 Knowing Bros JTBC Guest Episode 21 with Yeri, Seulgi and Wendy
My Little Television MBC Episode 61, 62
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 Episode 242 with Red Velvet

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards [44] Best Couple Award (with Yook Sung-jae) We Got Married Won
New Star Award Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "우리결혼했어요, 사랑스러운 '조이'의 본명은 얼마나 예쁠까?" (in Korean). Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "레드벨벳 조이, 주민등록증 사진 공개… "사는 곳이 도봉구?"" (in Korean). Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "［더★프로필］레드벨벳 조이 "슬기와 한 방 쓰고 싶은 이유? 잠들면 절대 안 깨" :: THE STAR" (in Korean). THE STAR. 2014-09-26.
  4. ↑ "'우결' 육성재, 조이 신분증 사진에 "예쁘다, 아나운서 같아"" (in Korean). news1. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  5. ↑ "Red Velvet Profile" (in Korean). Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ Sohn Ji-young (July 28, 2014). "SM Entertainment debuts new girl group Red Velvet". The Korea Herald. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ "레드벨벳, '아이스크림TV' 방송 앞두고 비글美 발산… '개인기 대방출'" (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kwon Soo-bin (September 1, 2014). "레드벨벳, 볼수록 행복해지는 소녀들(인터뷰)". NEWS1. Naver Newsstand. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ "SM Entertainment's New Girl Group "Red Velvet" Finally Unveiled". KpopStarz. 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  10. ↑ "SM's new girl group Red Velvet release more teaser pictures | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  11. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff. "Red Velvet Send Delicious 'Ice Cream' EP to World, Heatseeker Albums Charts". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  12. ↑ Song Jae-won (March 31, 2015). "[포토]레드벨벳, '더쇼' 1위 등극". Herald Corp (in Korean). Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ Hong Bo-ram (April 2, 2015). "'엠카' 레드벨벳, '아이스크림 케익'으로 2주 연속 1위". 10asia (in Korean). Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ Ock, Hyun-ju (16 January 2015). "EXO, CNBLUE sweep Golden Disk Awards". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Lee, Seung-hun. "[포토] 레드벨벳, '산소같이 청순한 요정들~'". Sports Chosun. Sports Chosun. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  16. ↑ Gil Hye-seong (June 21, 2015). "상반기 음반판매, 엑소 1~3위 석권..레드벨벳, 女유일 톱20". Korea Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  17. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (September 15, 2015). "Red Velvet Earn First No. 1 on World Albums Chart With 'The Red'". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  18. ↑ "제5회 가온K팝어워드, YG 음원-SM 음반 '초강세'..빅뱅·엑소 5관왕(종합) - 스타뉴스". star.mt.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  19. ↑ "Meet Red Velvet, K-pop's New Super Girl Group". W Magazine. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  20. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (2015-06-03). "KPOP NEWS - Red Velvet Joy Revealed as BTOB Yook Sung Jae′s ′We Got Married′ Partner". Mwave. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  21. ↑ "Red Velvet's Joy shows how to change up a look with just lipstick in beauty pictorial for 'CeCi'!". Allkpop. 6Theory Media, LLC. November 11, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  22. ↑ Winners of the 2015 MBC Entertainment Awards
  23. ↑ Choi Min-ji (December 31, 2015). "MBC연예대상2015 조이 뉴스타상 받고 육성재에게 "오빠 나 상 받았어"". fashionmk kr (in Korean). Chicnews. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  24. ↑ boxclub. "Watch: Joy and Yook Sungjae Release Their Couple Song on "We Got Married"". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  25. ↑ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  26. ↑ Jeong, Yuna (7 May 2016). "'우결4' 육성재♥조이, 아주 특별한 이별 콘서트" (in Korean).
  27. ↑ Park, So-hyun (7 May 2016). "'우결' 육성재♥조이, 눈물로 11개월 마무리 "쀼 안녕"" (in Korean).
  28. ↑ "'우결' 쀼커플 조이-육성재, 이별 앞두고 폭탄 고백" (in Korean). 6 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "YouTube Videos - Sungjae Joy (see pages 1-6)". www.youtube.com. Official publishers MBC and TV People Korea via YouTube, verified. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  30. ↑ "성재 조이 - YouTube". YouTube Videos - 성재 조이 (see pages 1-6). Official publishers MBC and TV People Korea via YouTube, verified. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  31. ↑ "YouTube Videos - 육성재 조이 (see pages 1-6)". www.youtube.com. Official publishers MBC and TV People Korea via YouTube, verified. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  32. ↑ SMTOWN_NOW. "[Vyrl] SMTOWN_NOW : 🌟 Enjoy Your Monday with JOY 🌟-WEEK 4- 누군가를 위해 👉 1.본인 2.연인 등등무언가". share.vyrl.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  33. ↑ SMTOWN_NOW. "[Vyrl] SMTOWN_NOW : 🌟 Enjoy Your Monday with JOY 🌟-WEEK 2- 지난주에 이어 여러분의 #월요일 을 책임지기 위해 돌". share.vyrl.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  34. ↑ "[한밤의 신곡] 임슬옹♥조이, 애틋하게 사랑스런 케미..'이별을 배웠어'". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  35. ↑ Kim, E. (2016-10-29). "Update: Red Velvet's Joy Is Teaming Up With 2AM's Im Seulong For Next SM STATION Track". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  36. ↑ "♪ iChart™ 아이차트 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  37. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart 2016 Week 46 (see #10)". www.gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  38. ↑ Lee Ji Sook (February 11, 2015). "A Pink′s Ha Young, Red Velvet′s Joy, B.A.P′s Zelo and More Graduate from High School". Newsen. Mwave. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  39. ↑ "[더★프로필] 레드벨벳 조이 "슬기와 한 방 쓰고 싶은 이유? 잠들면 절대 안 깨"". The Star (Chosun). The Star. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  40. ↑ "Gaon Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  41. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Young Love":
  42. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Always In My Heart":
  43. ↑ 'SM타운' 공연실황 다큐, 8월13일 국내개봉 확정 (in Korean).
  44. ↑ (Korean) 곽시양·조이·초아 3人, 뉴스타상 공동수상 (MBC연예대상)
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