# Jihyo

Park Ji-hyo (Korean: 박지효; born Park Ji-soo, February 1, 1997), known mononymously as Jihyo, is a South Korean singer. She is the leader and vocalist of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015.
Jihyo released her debut extended play (EP) Zone and its lead single "Killin' Me Good" in August 2023. The EP debuted at number one on the Circle Album Chart in South Korea with 584,225 copies sold in the first week. It also debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

## Early life and education

Jihyo was born on February 1, 1997, in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as Park Ji-soo. Her younger sister, Park Ji-young, better known by her stage name Lee Ha-eum [ko], is an actress and model. She graduated from Chungdam High School.

## Career
### 2005–2015: Pre-debut activities

SM Entertainment scouted Jihyo after she placed second in a child star contest on Junior Naver. After a year training at SM Entertainment, the employee who scouted her transferred to JYP Entertainment and Jihyo also transferred. She joined JYP Entertainment in 2005 at the age of eight and trained for ten years, during which she became the face of Innisfree's teen line with boy band Boyfriend, and trained with K-pop acts such as Wonder Girls' Sunmi and Hyerim, Bae Suzy, Jo Kwon, and Nichkhun.
In 2014, Jihyo was set to debut in a six-member girl group called 6Mix with now-Twice members Nayeon, Jeongyeon and Sana, but the project was cancelled when two members left JYP Entertainment. The following year, she joined the reality television show Sixteen, a competition to select the founding members of Twice. She legally changed her name to Park Ji-hyo before the competition. As one of nine successful participants, she went on to join the newly formed girl group Twice, and was voted by her bandmates as leader in an anonymous vote.

### 2015–present: Debut with Twice and solo activities

In October 2015, Twice officially debuted with the release of their first extended play (EP), The Story Begins. Its lead single "Like Ooh-Ahh" became the first K-pop debut song to reach 100 million views on YouTube.
On March 6, 2022, Jihyo released her first song for a soundtrack, "Stardust Love Song", for tvN's Twenty-Five Twenty-One. She released her second soundtrack song titled "I Fly" for SBS's Today's Webtoon on July 29. On November 14, she released her third soundtrack track, "A Strange Day", for the Genie TV and ENA series Summer Strike.
In January 2023, Jihyo was announced as the brand model for South Korean cosmetics brand Milk Touch. In June 2023, it was announced that Jihyo would release her first EP, Zone, on August 18, with "Killin' Me Good" serving as the lead single, becoming the second member of Twice to make a solo debut. Prior to this announcement, Jihyo performed an unreleased track from the EP, "Nightmare", on Twice's Ready to Be World Tour. The EP served as an R&B record that incorporate multiple genres. It went to sell over half million copies in the first week. On August 25, she achieved her first music show win as a soloist on KBS2's Music Bank. Jihyo appeared in several episodes of the variety show I Live Alone in 2023, which earned her a Rookie Award nomination at the 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards. She was also nominated for Best Dance Performance (Female Solo) and Best Female Artist at the 2023 MAMA Awards.

## Public image

On the Korean Business Research Institute's monthly "Individual Girl Group Members Brand Power Ranking" Jihyo placed second and third on the November 2018 and May 2019 search.
Jihyo has drawn attention for her key role as both the leader and vocalist of Twice, with critics describing her as a "powerhouse vocalist" and praising her "impressive vocal range".

## Discography
### Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details, chart positions, sales and certifications :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Title | Details | KOR | JPN | JPN Comb | JPN Hot | US | US World | Sales | Certifications |
| Zone | Released: August 18, 2023 Label: JYP, Republic Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 1 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | KOR: 589,245 JPN: 14,003 US: 41,000 | KMCA: 2× Platinum |

### Singles

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions and name of the album :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | NZ Hot | SGP | US World | WW | Album |
| "Killin' Me Good" | 2023 | 148 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 193 | Zone |

### Soundtrack appearances

List of singles, showing year released, and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | KOR Hot | Album |
| "Stardust Love Song" | 2022 | 103 | 71 | Twenty-Five Twenty-One OST |
| "I Fly" | 2022 | — | — | Today's Webtoon OST |
| "A Strange Day" (이상한 하루) | 2022 | — | — | Summer Strike OST |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory |||||

### Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, showing year released, selected chart positions and name of the album :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | NZ Hot | US World | Album |
| "What Makes Me Beautiful?" (내가 예뻐진 이유) (with Ben and Jung Eun-ji) | 2016 | 97 | — | — | Inkigayo Music Crush Pt. 1 |
| "I'll Show You" (with Nayeon, Sana, Chaeyoung, Bekuh Boom and Annika Wells as K/DA) | 2020 | — | 38 | 10 | All Out |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory ||||||

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and name of the album :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Daring Woman" (당돌한 여자) (with Nayeon, Tzuyu and Chaeyoung) | 2015 | Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Pt. 11 |

### Songwriting credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.
List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album :
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Eye Eye Eyes" | 2017 | Twice | Signal |
| "24/7" | 2017 | Twice | Twicetagram |
| "HO! " | 2018 | Twice | What Is Love? |
| "Sunset" | 2018 | Twice | Yes or Yes |
| "Girls Like Us" | 2019 | Twice | Fancy You |
| "Get Loud" | 2019 | Twice | Feel Special |
| "21:29" | 2019 | Twice | Feel Special |
| "Up No More" | 2020 | Twice | Eyes Wide Open |
| "First Time" | 2021 | Twice | Taste of Love |
| "Real You" | 2021 | Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 |
| "Cactus" (선인장) | 2021 | Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 |
| "Celebrate" | 2022 | Twice | Celebrate |
| "Trouble" | 2022 | Twice | Between 1&2 |
| "Talkin' About It" | 2023 | Jihyo featuring 24kGoldn | Zone |
| "Closer" | 2023 | Herself | Zone |
| "Wishing on You" | 2023 | Herself | Zone |
| "Don't Wanna Go Back" | 2023 | Jihyo and Heize | Zone |
| "Room" | 2023 | Herself | Zone |
| "Nightmare" | 2023 | Herself | Zone |

## Videography
### Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
| "Killin' Me Good" | 2023 | Kim Hyunsoo (Segaji Video) | |

## Filmography
### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2015 | Sixteen | Contestant | |

### Web shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2024–present | Seibja (세입자) | Host | YouTube travel show | |