Kim Chanmi (singer)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Chanmi

Chanmi at Ellesse Fansign on 8 April , 2016
Native name 김찬미
Born Kim Chan-mi
(1996-06-19) June 19, 1996
Gumi, South Korea
Occupation Singer

Musical career

Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels FNC Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 김찬미
Revised Romanization Gim Chanmi
McCune–Reischauer Kim Ch'anmi

Kim Chan-mi (born June 19, 1996), better known as simply Chanmi, is a South Korean idol singer. She is best known as being the main dancer of the South Korean girl group AOA under FNC Entertainment.

Biography

Chanmi was born on June 19, 1996, in Gumi, South Korea.[1] She was enrolled into dancing school at a young age, and performed on the streets of Gumi. She and her three siblings were raised by her mother after her parents divorced when she was in elementary school. Her mother ran a hair salon so Chanmi decided to become an idol to help her mother's financial situation.[2] She was recruited by FNC Entertainment and became an FNC trainee during middle school.[3]

Career

AOA

Main article: AOA (band)

On July 30, 2012, Chanmi made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with their debut single album, Angels' Story and the title track "Elvis".[4] AOA has released four EPs and ten singles in total.[5]

Chanmi is also part of sub-unit AOA Cream together with Yuna and Hyejeong. The sub-unit released their first teaser on February 1, 2016.[6] The music video teaser for title track "I'm Jelly Baby" was released on February 4, 2016.[7] AOA Cream released their title track together with the MV on February 12, 2016.[8]

Solo career

Chanmi has participated in multiple solo competitions and has been recognized for her dancing and fitness skills. She made it into the final round of MBC Music's Idol Dance Battle D-Style in 2014, and performed in both a solo dance stage and a joint dance stage in MBC's DMC Festival in 2015.[9][10] She also competed in KBS's Muscle Queen Project in 2016.[11]

The singer is set to make her debut as an actress with her first lead role in the web drama What's Up With These Kids? as Geum Hye Ra. She will act alongside VIXX members N and Hongbin. The drama will air on November 16.[12]

Discography

Main article: AOA discography

Filmography

Dramas

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Click Your Heart Cameo as herself Web Drama
Entertainer Cameo as herself
What’s Up With These Kids?[13] Geum Hye-ra Web drama

Reality shows

Year Channel Title Member(s) Notes
2013 tvN Cheongdam-dong 111 All FNC Entertainment reality show
2015 Naver Open-up! AOA All AOA reality show
MBC Every 1 AOA – One Fine Day All AOA reality show
2016 OnStyle Channel AOA All AOA reality show

Variety shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2014 Idol Dance Battle D-Style Contestant MBC Music
Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 154 with AOA
A Song For You 3 Guest KBS Ep. 5 with AOA
 2015 Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 204 with AOA
A Song For You 4 Guest KBS Ep. 2 with AOA
A Song For You 4 Guest KBS Ep. 20 with AOA
2016 Muscle Queen Contestant KBS
Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 239 with AOA Cream members
Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 251 with AOA
Hello Counselor Guest KBS with Hyejeong
Happy Together Guest KBS Ep. 450 with Seolhyun

References

  1. ↑ fncent.com. "FNC Entertainment".
  2. ↑ "Documentary on Chanmi's mother". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "AOA's Chanmi tears up talking about the difficult decision she had to make - allkpop.com".
  4. ↑ "FNC's new girl group, AOA, reveals first group photo + more on the mysterious Y - allkpop.com".
  5. ↑ AOA Discography
  6. ↑ "Sub-unit AOA Cream drops first sweet teaser images - allkpop.com".
  7. ↑ ilmare42 (1 February 2016). "Updated: AOA Cream Drops Sweet and Flirty Teaser Images for Debut, Reveals Title Track".
  8. ↑ ilmare42 (11 February 2016). "AOA Cream Debuts With "I'm Jelly Baby" MV".
  9. ↑ MBCkpop (5 September 2015). "[HOT] Chanmi of AOA - coming of age ceremony, 찬미 of AOA - 성인식, DMC Festival 2015" – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "Performances From The 2015 DMC Festival: K-ICT K-Pop Super Concert – Kpopfans".
  11. ↑ harmonicar (18 January 2016). "KBS's "Muscle Queen" Casts a Slew of Celebrities".
  12. ↑ "빅스 엔·홍빈, 웹드라마 '얘네들 머니?' 주연 발탁". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  13. ↑ "AOA 찬미, 웹드라마로 연기자 데뷔..빅스와 호흡". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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