Lim Jeong-hee

Lim Jeong-hee
Lim Jeong-hee performing at the Cyworld Dream Music Festival, July 23, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Lim Jeong-hee
Born	May 17, 1981 Seoul, South Korea
Genres	R&B pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Piano Guitar
Years active	2005–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment (2005-2012) Big Hit Entertainment (2012-2015) Oscar ENT (2015-present)
Website	J-Lim Official Website

Korean name
Hangul	임정희
Hanja	林正姬
Revised Romanization	Im Jeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Im Chŏnghŭi

Lim Jeong-hee (Hangul: 임정희; born May 17, 1981 in Seoul, South Korea), also known as J-Lim, is a South Korean singer that debuted in 2005 under JYP Entertainment. One of her notable performances in 2005 was the 5th Pattaya Music Festival in Thailand, which helped promote and expose her to the foreign music industry. She was signed under Big Hit Entertainment in 2012 and left the company in 2015,^[1] going on to join her current agency, Oscar ENT.^[2]

Biography

Lim Jeong-hee grew up in a musical environment; her father was an ardent fan of pop music and a collector of music LPs. She was educated in classical music in her childhood, and learnt to play the piano. Despite this, as she grew up, she gained more interest in pop music rather than the classical music she had studied.

When she was in high school Lim participated in a song contest for teens held by Seoul City and won the grand prize. The experience of competing in the song contest and winning the top prize led Lim to enter college to study popular music.

Career

She signed with JYP Entertainment (as are some of the biggest Korea pop stars, Rain and g.o.d). However, Lim is more famous on the street music scene than on television or the radio. Even before she had her official debut, Lim held countless street performances on her own which led to the creation of her multiple fan clubs.

Lim has released her first mini-album entitled “Music is My Life.” Through her street performances, Lim said that she has learned so much about music and found an increased love and passion towards music. Lim says that she will continue to hold street performances not only in Seoul but also all around the country.

Her third album, "Before I Go, J-Lim", made headlines for featuring Big Boi from Outkast who also appeared in the music video. On May 8, 2011, she released a Music Video featuring G.NA, Hyuna and comedian Park Hwi Soon called "Golden Lady"^[3] And then, on May 12 2011 she made her comeback performance on M! Countdown with her single 'Golden Lady'^[4] On July 2, 2011 she announced that she has been cast as the female lead for the musical “Temptation of Wolves“, and will be tackling the challenge of her first musical. Starting from July 12th to October 3rd, Lim Jeong Hee will be performing as ‘Jung Hankyung‘, a charming girl who’s caught between two different guys for her love^[5] On November 20, 2011 she announced that she will be Brian McKnight's duet partner for his latest full-album 'JUST ME'. She stated, “It’s a huge honor to be standing on the same stage as world-renowned R&B legend, Brian McKnight“^{[6] [7]}

Discography

Albums

Year	Title
2005	Music is My Life Released: June 12, 2005 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Sales: —
2006	Thanks Released: March 23, 2006 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Sales: —
2007	Before I Go J-Lim Released: October 8, 2007 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Sales: —

Mini Albums

Year	Title
2010	It Can't Be Real Released: September 30, 2010 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Sales: —
2011	Golden Lady Released: May 9, 2011 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Sales: —

Singles

Year	Title	Peak positions	Notes
		KOR
2005	"Belief"	—	The Rain OST
2007	"People Like You"	—	English
	"Madly In Love"	—	English
2010	"On The Way To Breakup"	—	Feat. Jokwon
2011	"Golden Lady"	4	Feat. Hyuna
2014	"Scent Of a Flower"	—	Emergency Couple OST
2016	"Crazy"	—
	"Sadness"	—	Mirror of the Witch OST
	"I.O.U"	—	—

Featurings

Year	Album	Song	Artists
2004	The Genesis Released: July 12, 2004	Track 13. "Pray #2" ("기도 # 2")	Vasco
	It's Raining Released: October 11, 2004	Track 7. "My Groove"	Rain
	g.o.d's 6th album Released: December 11, 2004	Track 10. "When Love Is Hard"	g.o.d
2005	Seoul City's Finest : Superior Vol.2 Released: August 3, 2005	Track 4. "힙합 뮤직"	Joo Suc
	Love Record Released: June 3, 2005	Track 7. "Love is understanding"	Windy City (band)
	Heroes of Earth Released: December 30, 2005	Track 5. "完美的互動/Wan Mei De Hu Dong (The Perfect Interaction)"	Leehom Wang
2006	Rain's World Released: October 14, 2006	Track 6. "Cassopeia"	Rain
2009	30 Minutes Ago Released: September 8, 2009	Track 1. "30 Minutes Ago" ("30분전")	Lee Hyun
2011	Dream High OST Part.6 Released: February 7, 2011	Track 2. "Don't Go" ("가지마")	Jun. K

Awards

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Work	Result
2005	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best New Artist[8]	"Music Is My Life"	Won
2006		Best R&B Performance[9]	"Traces"	Nominated

References

1. "KPOP NEWS - Big Hit Reveals Lim Jeong Hee′s Contract Ended in May | Mwave". mwave.interest.me. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
2. "[단독]'가요계 디바' 임정희, 바비킴 소속사와 전속 계약. 가수 인생의 2막 연다! : 스포츠조선". sports.chosun.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
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8. "2005 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
9. "2006 MKMF Part 1 : I Love Punk - Haerang + Lee SungWoo/ Break Through-SS501/ The Queen Is Back! - Cocoboys and Dodogirls + Um JungHwa". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-10-26.