Lee Mi-ja

For the basketball player, see Lee Mi-ja (basketball).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Mi-ja
Native name 이미자
Born (1941-10-30) October 30, 1941
Seoul, South Korea
Genres Trot
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter
Years active 1957–present

Lee Mi-ja, also known as Yi Mi-ja (hangul: 이미자, hanja: 李美子) (born October 30, 1941), is a South Korean Trot singer who rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 2003, at the invitation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, she performed at the Grand Theater of the Eastern Pacific in Pyongyang, becoming the first South Korean singer to perform in North Korea.[1]

Awards

2013 MBC Entertainment Awards - Achievement Award

References

  1. ↑ "10 Influential Women on the Cultural Scene (1950-2007) Throughout her singing career, she has released 500 albums with over 2,000 songs". The Korea Times. 22 October 2007.


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