Seonmi

**Kim Seon Mi** (김선미) is a South Korean singer and actress under TBA. She is a former member of the girl group STIAL.

## Early Life

Seonmi was born on July 24, 1989, in Ulsan, South Korea and is the oldest daughter of her family (one younger brother and one older sister). Her father is chairman of a famous movie production company in South Korea. She graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul (Department of Stage Arts) in 2011.

In August 2012, she launched her own fashion line, *Stylefer*, which was later renamed to *Prix.* The brand has a total of 90 stores in locations such as Seoul, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, New York, Beijing, Shangai and Toronto.

## Career

### 2003-2004: Baby Vox

On April 3, 2003, she debuted with girl group Baby Vox as an added member with the release of their sixth album *Devotion*. She previously trained for 1 year and 2 months with DR Entertainment.

On July 2004, fans noticed that Seonmi wasn't appearing on schedules and performances, and in interviews the group was mentioned as a five member girl group excluding Seonmi out of the group. On October 2004, she and Shim Eun-jin officially left the group, Seonmi stated that the group was going into a bad direction and she didn't want to follow it. She also stated that she left the agency on December of the same year.

### 2005-2010: Solo career

On April 2005, she signed with Star Empire Entertainment for her acting and solo debut in the following years. She released her first single "LOL Day" on July 28 as a pre-release single for her debut studio album. On November 13, she released her debut studio album, *Rule The World*, which sold 40,000 copies in its first month. On January 4, 2006, she released her first repackage album titled *I Ruled The World* with three new tracks and a instrumental for the previous album lead single. Star Empire Entertainment announced her debut in Japan on April.

On April 10, she debuted in Japan with her first single "Balalaika", which was later included in her debut Japanese studio album *The Landing* on May 1. The album sold 12,000 copies in Japan and more than 1,000 in South Korea, she did a Japan tour across various music venues in all the country. On November 20, she released her first mini album, *INCOMING*, produced and composed entirely by herself. Star Empire Entertainment announced that she would undergo a hiatus due to her being diagnosed with psychological anxiety on December 4, she halted all her activities and the remix single of "Nah I Don't" the lead single of *Incoming* which was scheduled to release on December 15 was postponed.

On February 2, 2008, one year later after she started her hiatus Star Empire Entertainment announced that she received treatment and that she would be returning to the music industry. She released her first remix single "Nah I Don't" on March 1, after the single was postponed for her hiatus. The single contained the remix by Areia of the song "Nah I Don't", 2 remixes of b-sides of her past album *INCOMING* and a collaboration with girl duo Hey20 titled "Back, For Now!". She starred in the romance drama *Matchmaker's Lover* created by KBS2, she played Lee Kang-Hyun and it was her first major role and acting debut. She released her second studio album, *Vol.2*, with a focus on ballads on July 16. The lead single, titled "I Need You Now", was produced by Brave Brothers.

On January 25, 2009, she released her second single titled "Number 1 Issue", the lyrics told a story of how a K-pop idol career was ruined by a dating scandal and imitates fans obsessive behaviour with idols. The song was criticized for her not being loyal to her fans, fans started a trend where they were burning Seonmi's albums. Star Empire Entertainment filed a lawsuit on 4 fans after they damaged the company's property and stalked Seonmi, the company won the lawsuit and the 4 fans were charged 100,000 USD. Star Empire Entertainment also announced on April 5 that Seonmi would go on a hiatus to recover after the situation damaged her mental health. On August 4, Seonmi came back from her hiatus and Star Empire Entertainment announced her first second mini album, *Total SEO*, with the lead single "All Day". On November 28, a dating scandal surfaced about Seonmi and a unknown person, on December 5 she confirmed the rumors and stated that she had been dating the person for 2 years. Star Empire Entertainment announced that they had terminated Seonmi's comeback after she breached it with dating her boyfriend, the same day she announced that she will not return to the music industry again.