1. Lee Hyori made her solo debut in August 2003 with the release of Stylish.
54 Facts About Lee Hyori
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Lee Hyori faced plagiarism accusations with her next album, H-Logic, when composer Bahnus was found to have plagiarized seven of the album's tracks.
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Lee Hyori subsequently took a temporarily hiatus from the entertainment industry, and became a spokesperson for various causes such as animal rights.
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On television, Lee Hyori was dubbed the "Nation's Fairy" during her days on variety show Family Outing, and received the Grand Prize at the 2009 SBS Entertainment Awards for the program.
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In 2006, Lee Hyori became the highest-paid female singer in South Korea when she signed a contract with Mnet Media.
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Lee Hyori was born in 1979 in Osong-ri, Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, as the youngest of three daughters.
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Lee Hyori grew up impoverished, in a barbershop of about 8 pyeong.
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Lee Hyori was discovered while taking sticker pictures with her friends.
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Lee Hyori prepared for a girl group debut while living as a trainee of SM Entertainment before eventually debuting as the leader of Fin.
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Lee Hyori began her career as part of South Korean pop girl group Fin.
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Lee Hyori won numerous awards for "10 Minutes" at the end of the year, including Most Popular Music Video at the 2003 Mnet Music Video Festival, and the grand prizes and the SBS Gayo Daejeon and KBS Music Awards.
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In January 2005, Lee Hyori made her acting debut in the SBS TV series Three Leaf Clover, starring opposite Ryu Jin, Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Kang-woo, and Lee Hyori Hoon.
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However, the 16-episode drama received low ratings and Lee Hyori was criticized for her acting, with viewers saying she was miscast as a downtrodden but cheerful steel mill worker.
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In February 2006, Lee Hyori released her follow-up album, Dark Angel.
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Only her foot fell through, but reportedly the fall might have been fatal if co-star Lee Hyori Dong-gun had not rescued her.
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In February 2007, Lee Hyori announced her new digital single which would essentially be the soundtrack to If in Love.
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Lee Hyori performed all three main tracks from the single on Inkigayo on February 25,2007.
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Lee Hyori did promotions in Japan when Japanese network Fuji TV aired If in Love.
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Lee Hyori is a former cast member of the variety show Family Outing, appearing in only the first season.
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Lee Hyori planned to sign a contract with Gil Entertainment and work with Gil Jong-hwa, Fin.
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Almost two years after her previous album, Lee Hyori returned with H-Logic on April 12,2010.
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Lee Hyori won two Mutizen Song awards on The Music Trend for her lead single within two weeks.
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On June 21,2010, Lee Hyori admitted that the plagiarism accusations against her album were true, saying she had been "deceived"; she temporarily stopped all her activities as a singer and suspended her TV appearances.
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Lee Hyori wrote online columns for vernacular newspapers such as The Hankyoreh that mixed her thoughts on life and career with social commentary, and was well reviewed for her simple prose, humor and intelligence.
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Lee Hyori became an increasing presence in the civic community, emerging as one of the country's most high-profile animals rights activists.
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In 2011, Lee Hyori released two charity songs for donation to animal shelters, "Please Stay Behind" and "Remember".
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Lee Hyori herself wrote and composed the sophisticated retro-jazz song, and the full-version music video released on the same day was a black-and-white video depicting Lee Hyori as a circa 1950s-type glamorous Miss Korea pageant crown holder.
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Lee Hyori personally selected 30 non-celebrity women "with love and respect for themselves" who she saw as the genuine Miss Korea's to perform the song with her on stage at the 2013 SBS Gayo Daejeon televised concert.
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Lee Hyori wrote the lyrics for eight of the 16 tracks on the album, and reportedly used a full band instead of using electronically generated sounds for the songs.
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Lee Hyori performed "Bad Girls" as part of a highly praised collaboration stage at the 2013 SBS Gayo Daejeon televised concert along with CL from girl group 2NE1, who had released a bad girl themed song that year called The Baddest Female.
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In February 2015, Lee Hyori's representatives announced that her contract with B2M Entertainment had expired in 2013.
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In May 2015, Lee Hyori announced that she closed her blog as well as her Twitter account.
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In November, it was confirmed that Lee Hyori had signed with Kiwi Media Group with a new album due in 2017.
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In January 2017, Kiwi Media Group's CEO Kim Hyung Suk revealed on MBC's Video Star that Lee Hyori was taking on the bulk of the responsibility for her new album as executive producer while working with him and "10 Minutes" songwriter Kim Dong Hyun.
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The mature, experimental sound started with Monochrome continues as Lee Hyori wrote eight and composed nine of the ten album tracks.
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Lee and her husband, Lee Sang-soon, turned their house in Jeju Island into a guest house to film Hyori's Homestay.
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On May 15,2020, Lee Hyori announced that she had signed a contract with ESteem Entertainment.
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On October 13,2021, it was announced that Lee Hyori will be hosting the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 11,2021, making her the first woman to host the show solo.
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In March 2023, it was revealed that Lee Hyori would be a part of Dancing Queens on the Road, a twelve-episode television variety show aired on tvN, along with Kim Wan-sun, Uhm Jung-Hwa, BoA and Hwasa.
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On October 12,2023, Lee Hyori released the single "Hoodie E Banbaji", her first in six years.
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Thematically, Lee Hyori's songs have ranged from love and heartbreak to empowerment to social commentary with a female perspective.
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In late 2003, Lee Hyori signed an advertising contract with Samsung, for which she would make three musical commercials and songs for their Anycall cell phones, which became some of her most prominent commercials.
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For five years, Lee Hyori was the model for Lotte Liquor, making her its longest-serving endorser.
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Lee Hyori modeled for cosmetics company Biotherm, and Black Bean Therapy, a health drink.
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Lee Hyori then signed with KB Card, and has starred in commercials along with Rain.
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Lee Hyori was a model for Calvin Klein Jeans, modeling for the "Pure Calvin" Collection.
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Lee Hyori was briefly featured in a 2010 Adidas commercial.
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Lee Hyori has been cited as an inspiration or influence by numerous artists, including Kara, Blackpink's Jennie, Jeon Somi, Chungha, Jessica Jung, Dalshabet, Nada, Cherry Bullet's Jiwon, Oh My Girl's Jiho, Laboum's Solbin, Elris' Sohee, Jung Eun-chae, Jin Se-yeon, and Huh Chan-mi.
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Lee Hyori has been recognized as one of South Korea's leading socialtainers for her charity work and raising her voice for social causes.
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Lee Hyori adheres to a pescetarian diet according to her personal ethics and health beliefs and is an advocate for animal welfare and animal rights.
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In 2012 she published Closer, a photo-essay book that focuses on her everyday life with her dog Soonshim whom Lee Hyori adopted from an animal shelter.
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Lee Hyori has given money to shelters along with taking in stray and abused animals.
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When SsangYong Motor laid off workers in December 2014, Lee Hyori gave public support of the workers via Twitter, announcing that she wanted to see the new car Tivoli sell well so they would be hired again, adding that, if it happened, she would dance in front of the car in a bikini.
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Lee Hyori married musician Lee Sang-soon, guitarist of rock band Roller Coaster, on September 1,2013, at their vacation home on Mt.