# Kim Yeon-ji

Kim Yeon-ji (Korean: 김연지; born October 30, 1986) is a South Korean singer. She was the lead vocalist of South Korean vocal group SeeYa until becoming a solo artist after SeeYa's disbandment in 2011. During her tenure with the group, Kim was noted for her dynamic vocal style and wide vocal range.

## Biography

Kim Yeonji was raised in Anyang, Gyeonggi in South Korea, where she attended Pyeongchon Management High School.
Yeonji entered the Postmodern Music Department at Kyung Hee University in 2008. Yeonji returned to Kyung Hee University's Postmodern Music Department as a full-time student in 2011, focusing on absorbing the department's orientation toward jazz, blues, and cross-cultural music.
In 2013, Yeonji graduated from Kyung Hee University with an unusually high GPA for an entertainment figure after having submitted a portfolio of musical arrangements and a thesis on the songs in which she had participated.

## Career
### Predebut

Yeonji won awards in various singing and dancing talent contests and was eventually scouted by the record label and management company GM (currently MBK Entertainment). After more than a year of training under the label's auspices, Yeonji debuted as part of the K-pop Pop group SeeYa in 2006.

### SeeYa (2006–2011)

Yeonji debuted as lead vocalist of the group SeeYa in 2006. The group officially disbanded on January 30, 2011, after the group final performance on Inkigayo.

### Solo career

At the end of 2011, Yeonji appeared during the 2011 SBS Drama Awards as actor Lee Jaeyoon's duet partner for a performance of the Lee So-ra song "Proposal." In early 2012, Yeonji contributed the song "Run" to the vocal music series M/Project, and the song "Love is Right" to the original soundtrack of the jTBC miniseries Padam Padam. In May 2012, the Modern K Music Academy, a prominent K-Pop "incubating" school, announced that Yeonji would be participating as an invited vocal instructor for its summer K-Pop training program in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In March 2013, Lee Jinsung of Monday Kiz announced through Twitter that he had collaborated on a duet song with Yeonji, which he described as "memorable because it was work with a pure person who loves music so much." The song, "Hurting but Happy," was written and produced by Lee and released in March as a preview track from Monday Kiz's fifth LP album. Yeonji contributed the song "In My Eyes" to the SBS miniseries I Can Hear Your Voice (Korean: 너의 목소리가 들려; RR: Neoui Moksoriga Deulrye) in July 2013.

## Discography
### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (Digital) | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales (Digital) | Album |
| "The Day" (with JeA) | 2006 | — | | To My Lover |
| "Let's Meet Again" (우리 다시 만나요) | 2010 | 27 | | Non-album singles |
| "Run" (도망쳐) | 2012 | 61 | KOR: 151,814 | Non-album singles |
| "Time Goes By" (시간아 흘러가라) | 2012 | — | KOR: 31,753 | Non-album singles |
| "Hurting But Happy" (아파도 행복해) (with Monday Kiz) | 2013 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Woman's Age About 30" (여자나이 서른쯤) | 2013 | — | KOR: 15,615 | Non-album singles |
| "Sad Day" (매일 이별) | 2014 | 37 | KOR: 68,025 | Non-album singles |
| "Forgot" (잊었니) | 2015 | — | KOR: 16,456 | Non-album singles |
| "Accidentally" (어쩌다) | 2015 | — | KOR: 32,777 | Non-album singles |
| "The Untold Story" (꺼내지 못한 말) (with The One) | 2015 | 40 | KOR: 106,325 | Non-album singles |
| "On a Spring Day" (봄날에) (with Huh Gak) | 2016 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "All About You.." (너만 있으면 다였는데..) | 2018 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Go" (화장을 하고) (with Lee Bo-ram) | 2018 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Song of Rain" (비의 노래) (with Lee Bo-ram) | 2018 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "10 Years Without You" (10년이나 버티니) | 2019 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "When the Wind Blows" (바람이 불면) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Stay There" (가슴으로 운다) | 2023 | 68 | | Non-album singles |
| "Lovely Sweet Heart" (사랑의 인사) | 2023 | 129 | | Non-album singles |
| "You Can Cry When It Rains" (비가 오면 마음껏 울어도 되니까) | 2023 | 185 | | Non-album singles |
| "Crazy Love Song" (미친 사랑의 노래) (with DK) | 2023 | 51 | | Non-album singles |
| "Sad Day" (혼자 왔어요) (with DK) | 2023 | 133 | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes release did not chart. |||||

### Soundtrack appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Crazy Woman" (with Lee Hae-ri and Lee Jung-min) | 2008 | East of Eden OST |
| "Love is Right" (사랑이 옳아요) | 2012 | Padam Padam OST |
| "In My Eyes" | 2013 | I Can Hear Your Voice OST |
| "Didn't Know Both Hearts" (두 마음을 알지 못했으니) | 2014 | Big Man OST |
| "Is It Love?" (우리 사랑인가요) | 2015 | Flower of Queen OST |
| "My Person" (내 사람) | 2015 | Songgot: The Piercer OST |
| "Once More" (한번 더) | 2016 | Monster OST |
| "Between Seasons" (계절사이) | 2017 | The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST |
| "Do You Know" (아시나요) | 2017 | The King in Love OST |
| "Words Of Your Heart" (마음의 말) | 2017 | I'm Not a Robot OST |
| "Follow the Road" (이렇게 길 따라) | 2018 | Grand Prince OST |
| "When Our Eyes Met" (눈이 마주칠 때) | 2018 | Lawless Lawyer OST |
| "Voice" (목소리) | 2018 | Voice 2 OST |
| "With The Season" (계절을 담아) | 2018 | The Third Charm OST |
| "Paint" (물감) | 2019 | The Light in Your Eyes OST |
| "Victory" | 2019 | The Fiery Priest OST |
| "Cry" (feat. Sarah) | 2019 | I Wanna Hear Your Song OST |
| "Scar" (흉터) | 2019 | The Tale of Nokdu OST |
| "Mom" (내 맘) | 2019 | When the Camellia Blooms OST |
| "Whisky on the Rock" | 2022 | Our Blues OST |

## Awards

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
| Newsis K-Expo | 2022 | Hallyu OST Award | Kim Yeon-ji | Won | |