Sunmi

**Lee Sun-mi** (; born **Sun Mi**, May 2, 1992), known by her first name, **Sunmi**, is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is also a songwriter and record producer. She made an album in 2007 as a part of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. Sunmi left the group in 2010 to go after her education. After three years, Sunmi went back to her job as a singer.

## Early life

Sunmi was born on May 2, 1992 in South Korea. She went to Dongguk University.

Sunmi revealed on a 2018 episode of _Talkmon_ that she first decided to become famous when she was 12. Sunmi went to Seoul to try out and was a JYP Entertainment trainee at 14. Her father died three months before she was a part of the Wonder Girls. Sunmi later used her stepfather's last name Lee while in university. She put it together with her first name and last name. This made her new name Lee Sun-mi.

### 2006–2012: Debut with Wonder Girls and break

In May 2006, Sunmi was the fourth member of Wonder Girls. Wonder Girls was a girl group run by JYP Entertainment. The group made the single "Irony", on February 10, 2007. The Wonder Girls later made their hits "Tell Me", "So Hot" and "Nobody" within two years. Sunmi and the Wonder Girls went on tour with the Jonas Brothers. Sunmi used the nickname Mimi.

In January 2010, JYP said that Sunmi would be leaving the Wonder Girls to go after her education. Sunmi would continue until February. On January 13, 2012, JYP Entertainment said that there were no plans for Sunmi to return to singing and come back as a member of Wonder Girls.

### 2013–2016: Solo debut with _Full Moon_, Wonder Girls return

In August 2013, Sunmi had come back to her music career. Sunmi's single, "24 Hours" , was let out on August 26, 2013. It shortly was an all-kill on music charts. Her extended play, _Full Moon,_ was let out on February 17, 2014. The song was at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number three on _Billboard_s K-pop Hot 100. Sunmi was said to have gotten a classy role of "sexy".

On June 24, 2015, JYP Entertainment said that Sunmi would be part of the Wonder Girls again after leaving in 2010. Sunmi played the bass. In August, the group's album _Reboot_ was let out. Sunmi partly wrote and produced three of its tracks.

### 2017–2021: Wonder Girls final end, _Warning_, tour, and _1/6_

On January 26, 2017, it was said that Wonder Girls were to end after problems with Yeeun and Sunmi. Wonder Girls let out their last single, "Draw Me", on February 10, 2017. The song was also a celebration for their tenth anniversary. In March, Sunmi signed with Makeus Entertainment. In August, she let out her single "Gashina". It was produced by Teddy Park of The Black Label. The song was at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart. _Gashina_ was named the Third Best K-pop Song of 2017 by _Billboard_.

Sunmi made a single named "Heroine" on January 18, 2018. On September 4, Sunmi let her second extended play. It was called _Warning._ Sunmi also let out the lead single, "Siren". "Siren" was an all-kill on six local music charts. _Warning_ was named the third best K-pop album of 2018 by _Billboard_ and _Bravo_.

From February to June 2019, Sunmi held her first world tour. It was called Warning. Tickets for the concert in Seoul sold out in five seconds after opening. On March 4, 2019, Sunmi let out a single called "Noir". After ending her world tour, she let out her single "Lalalay" on August 27, 2019.

Sunmi let out her third extended play _1/6_ (one sixth) on August 6, 2021. The lead single, "You Can't Sit with Us", was let out on the same day. On October 11, Sunmi let out the new digital single "Go or Stop?".

### 2022–present: "Heart Burn" and tour

On June 8, 2022, Sunmi's agency said that she would make a new single called "_Heart Burn_" on June 29. On June 30, 2022, the agency said that Sunmi would be having an world tour called "_Good Girl Gone Mad_". It was held in Europe and America.

## Personal life

Sunmi has borderline personality disorder. Sunmi wrote about it in her song "Borderline". "Borderline" was let out in August 2021.

## Discography

**Extended plays**

- _Full Moon_ (2014)
- _Warning_ (2018)
- _1/6_ (2021)

### Music videos

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Director|scope="col"|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2013|rowspan="2"|Naive Creative Production||||||
|2014||||||||
|2017|rowspan="5"|Choi Yongseok (Lumpens)||||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2020|NOVVKIM (NOVV)||||||
|Ziyong Kim (Fantazy Lab)||||||||
|NEWSTONE (KAK STUDIO)||||||||
|Naive Creative Production||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|Paranoid Paradigm (VM Project Architecture)||||||
|Seong Wonmo (Digipedi)||||||||
|Pixelzero (PXZO)||||||||
|2022|rowspan="2"|Seong Wonmo (Digipedi)||||||
|2023||||||||
|2024|Kim Min-jae|||||||

### Television series

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Producers_|Herself|Cameo (Episode 3)|style="text-align:center"|||||||

### Web series

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_YG Future Strategy Office_|Herself|Cameo (Episode 4)|style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_XX_|Customer|Cameo (Teaser)|style="text-align:center"|||||||

### Television shows

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Fashion King Korea_|Contestant (Season 2)||style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Secret Unnie_|Cast|with Kang Seul-gi (Ep. 3–9) with Kim Hyo-yeon and Han Chae-young (Ep. 9) with Han Chae-young, Kang Seul-gi and Kim Ye-ri (Ep. 16)|style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Running Girls_|Cast member|with Hani, YooA, Chungha and Chuu|style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Sing Again_|Judge|Season 1–3|style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Girls Planet 999_|Mentor||style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Boys Planet_|Star master|Episode 2|style="text-align:center"|||||||

### Web shows

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_RReal World_|Regular host|with her two brothers|style="text-align:center"|||||||
|_Sunmi's Show! Interview_|Host|YouTube SBS|style="text-align:center"|||||||

### Sunmi the 1st World Tour: Warning

|scope="col" style="width:11em"|Date|scope="col" style="width:9em"|City|scope="col" style="width:9em"|Country|scope="col" style="width:16em"|Venue|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|February 24, 2019|Seoul|South Korea|Yes24 Live Hall|||||
|March 6, 2019|San Francisco|rowspan="3"|United States|Regency Ballroom||||
|March 7, 2019|Los Angeles|The Fonda Theatre||||||
|March 10, 2019|Seattle|Showbox SoDo||||||
|March 11, 2019|Vancouver|rowspan="2"|Canada|Vogue Theatre||||
|March 13, 2019|Calgary|The Palace Theatre||||||
|March 15, 2019|New York City|United States|The Town Hall|||||
|March 16, 2019|Toronto|Canada|Queen Elizabeth Theatre|||||
|March 18, 2019|Washington, D.C.|United States|Lincoln Theatre|||||
|March 21, 2019|Mexico City|Mexico|Auditorio Blackberry|||||
|April 13, 2019|Hong Kong|China|KITEC Star Hall|||||
|May 10, 2019|Taipei|Taiwan|Taiwan University Sports Centre|||||
|May 23, 2019|Tokyo|Japan|Tsutaya O-East|||||
|May 30, 2019|London|United Kingdom|Indigo at The O2|||||
|June 2, 2019|Warsaw|Poland|Progresja|||||
|June 4, 2019|Amsterdam|Netherlands|Q-Factory|||||
|June 6, 2019|Berlin|Germany|Huxley's Neue Welt|||||
|June 7, 2019|Paris|France|La Cigale|||||
|June 15, 2019|Seoul|South Korea|Yes24 Live Hall|||||

### 2022 Sunmi Tour: Good Girl Gone Mad

|scope="col" style="width:11em"|Date|scope="col" style="width:9em"|City|scope="col" style="width:9em"|Country|scope="col" style="width:16em"|Venue|scope="col" style="width:7.5em"|Attendance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|August 14, 2022|Warsaw|Poland|Progresja|—||||||
|August 17, 2022|Madrid|Spain|Palacio Vistalegre|—||||||
|August 19, 2022|Offenbach|Germany|Capitol Theater|—||||||
|August 21, 2022|London|United Kingdom|Troxy|3,000||||||
|August 23, 2022|Amsterdam|Netherlands|Melkweg|—||||||
|August 26, 2022|Paris|France|Salle Pleyel|—||||||
|August 28, 2022|Helsinki|Finland|Kulttuuritalo|—||||||
|September 2, 2022|Chicago|rowspan="2"|United States|Riviera Theatre|—|||||
|September 4, 2022|New York City|Terminal 5|3,000|||||||
|September 6, 2022|Toronto|Canada|Massey Hall|—||||||
|September 8, 2022|Atlanta|rowspan="4"|United States|Tabernacle|—|||||
|September 10, 2022|Seattle|Showbox SoDo|—|||||||
|September 12, 2022|Los Angeles|Wiltern Theatre|—|||||||
|September 13, 2022|San Francisco|Warfield Theatre|—|||||||
|September 15, 2022|Vancouver|Canada|Queen Elizabeth Theatre|—||||||
|October 8, 2022|Seoul|South Korea|Yes24 Live Hall|—||||||

### Online concerts

- Good Girl Gone Mad (2021)

### Listicles

|scope="col"|Publisher|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Listicle|scope="col"|Rank|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|rowspan="2"|Korea Power Celebrity|style="text-align:center"|29th|style="text-align:center"|||||
|2019|style="text-align:center"|24th|style="text-align:center"|||||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes


## Infobox (korean name)

- **child**: yes
- **headercolor**: transparent
- **hangul**: 이선미
- **rr**: I Seon-mi
- **mr**: Ri Sŏnmi
- **hangulborn**: 선미
- **hanjaborn**: 宣美
- **rrborn**: Seon Mi
- **mrborn**: Sŏn Mi


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sunmi
- **image**: 20230720 Lee Sunmi on July 2023 01.jpg
- **caption**: Sunmi in July 2023
- **alias**: Mimi
- **birth name**: Sun Mi
- **birth place**: Iksan, North Jeolla, South Korea
- **education**: Dongguk University
- **signature**: Sunmi signature.svg