1. Kim So-hyang, known mononymously as Sohyang, is a South Korean singer-songwriter.
23 Facts About Sohyang
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Sohyang is an author of fiction, having published multiple fantasy novels since 2013, the most well-known of them being Crystal Castle and Anaxion.
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Sohyang has been dubbed by some journalists in the international media as the "Korean Mariah Carey".
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Sohyang was practicing in a recording studio and composer Jo Hwan-gon heard her singing and asked her to record a song with him.
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Sohyang joined her husband's family band "POS" and released several CCM albums.
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Sohyang became one of the most popular and influencing Christian Contemporary Music singers of Korea.
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Sohyang achieved further fame when she sang with Kirk Franklin.
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Sohyang had set a record on King of Mask Singer in 2017, before it was broken by Son Seung-Yeon.
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In 2016 Sohyang was awarded the Grand Prize of the Seoul Success Award in the Culture category.
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In Disney's movie Moana, Sohyang provided the singing voice of the protagonist in the Korean-dubbed version.
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Sohyang gives lectures about singing and vocal technique at Baekseok University in Cheonan City.
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Sohyang sang the main OST, "Wind Song", which is a remake of Cho Yong-pil's original song, for the Drama Confession Couple.
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Sohyang was given a special stage on which to perform the main OST "Wind Song" at the KBS Drama Awards on the last day of 2017.
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Sohyang performed at the MBC Entertainment Awards 2017 and was awarded the Special Prize in the Music Show category for her participation in King of Mask Singer.
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Sohyang became the King of the show with the highest number of consecutive wins ever achieved as a female contestant at that time.
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Furthermore, during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang Sohyang performed, together with Sumi Jo, the song "Here as One", which they both recorded specifically for this occasion.
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Sohyang first began singing in her local community, with no aspirations of pursuing a career as a professional singer.
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Sohyang's parents divorced when she was in her third year of high school.
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Sohyang has said that she used to listen to artists Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion often, whose music helped her to get through these difficult times.
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In 1998, at the age of twenty, Sohyang married Kim Hee-jun, the drummer of her band POS.
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Sohyang achieved the highest average rank of every contestant on I Am a Singer 2 ever.
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Sohyang was the first female singer to ever achieve 6 consecutive victories at that time and therefore set a new record, which was later broken by Son Seung-yeon.
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Sohyang received an average of 65.96 votes out of 99 every round, which was ranked in Top 10 of highest average scores of all Mask Kings and Top 3 highest average score of all female Mask Kings for a period of time.