Lyn_(singer)

Lyn (singer)

Lyn (singer)

South Korean singer (born 1981)


Lee Se-jin (Korean: 이세진; born 9 November 1981)[1] is a South Korean singer known professionally as Lyn. She has released ten studio albums to date.

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Career

Lyn was first scouted by an agency because of her voice and from there, she first made her debut under her real name, Lee Se-jin, and released an album.[2] The album sold poorly and was barely known. Lyn then took some time off to train vocally. She made a comeback in 2002 under the name Lyn with her supposedly first album Have You Ever Have A Broken Heart?. It was very successful and was able to shoot her up to one of the top R&B female solo singer of the year. After a surprise two years hiatus, Lyn released her second album Can U See The Bright. The album was very successful, surpassing her previous album with her popular single, "사랑했잖아" (Used To Love). Due to its popularity, the song was eventually covered on another successful singer Lee Seung-gi's album, released in late 2006. Lyn released her third album, The Pride of the Morning, on 7 March 2007, and sold 15,358 copies in that month, placing second in the Music Industry Association of Korea's monthly chart.[3] Again, it was a success and was once again reclaim her title as one of the best R&B female singer. Overall her album sold 25,171 copies. Lyn then released more albums afterwards, and did not become very successful, but in 2009 she made a comeback with her 5th album called 'Let Go, Let In, It's a New Day'.[4][5] In early 2012, she released her 7th album title 'Love Fiction'.[6]

In 2012, she sang "Back in Time" for the soundtrack of period drama Moon Embracing the Sun. She then sang "My Destiny" for My Love from the Star, for which she won "Best Original Soundtrack" at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2014. She is the first artist to win in the category.[7] In 2015, she also sang "Just One Day" for melodrama Mask, followed by "Such Person" with 4MEN's Shin Young Jae for the drama Oh My Venus.[8] In 2016 she sang "With You" for the drama Descendants of the Sun.[9] After that, she sang "Love Story" for the main soundtrack of The Legend of the Blue Sea. In 2018, she collaborated with Hanhae on "LOVE", a song from the soundtrack of Are You Human?.

Lyn collaborated with singer The One at a China programme, "I Am A Singer 3". The episode was broadcast on 27 March 2015.[citation needed]

On 27 October 2015, Lyn's label MUSIC&NEW announced on through an official Facebook post[10] that the singer's contract with the company had ended. She would be continuing promotions under her new individual music label COMPANY919.[11]

Personal life

Lyn married her longtime boyfriend Lee Soo of MC the Max at Conrad Hotel Seoul on 19 September 2014.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

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Live albums

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Compilation albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

As lead artist

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Collaborations

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Soundtrack appearances

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Awards and nominations

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Notes

  1. "One and Only" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart but peaked at number 22 on the component Download Chart.[43]

References

  1. "린 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
  2. "Lyn". 18 July 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  3. "Album Sales in the Month Of March". MIAK (in Korean). 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  4. "Album Sales in the Month Of May". Recording Industry Association Korea (in Korean). 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  5. "2007 Year-End Chart". Recording Industry Association Korea (in Korean). 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  6. Lee, Yeonjeong (15 March 2012). "린 "린스러운 편안한 노래 담았죠"". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  7. Hong, Grace Danbi (28 May 2014). "Jun Ji Hyun and Song Kang Ho Receive Highest Honors at the Baeksang Arts Awards". enewsWorld. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  8. "K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  10. "February 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 23 March 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  11. "2004 K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. "2005 K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  13. "April 2006 K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. "2007 K-pop Album Sales Volume". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  15. "2014년 03월 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  16. "2015년 09월 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  17. "2014년 09월 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  18. "2014년 06월 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  19. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  20. South Korea's Monthly Gaon Download chart (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (July 2011). Archived on 12 November 2014. Retrieved on 15 November 2014.
  21. South Korea's Monthly Gaon Download chart (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (March 2012). Archived on 14 July 2014. Retrieved on 15 November 2014.
  22. "Circle Chart" 2012년 Download Chart [2012 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  23. "Circle Chart" 2013년 Download Chart [2013 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  24. 2013년 Download Chart [2013 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). p. 2. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  25. 2013년 Download Chart [2013 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). p. 3. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  26. 2014년 Download Chart [2014 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). p. 2. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016.
  27. 2014년 Download Chart (국내) [2014 Download Chart (Domestic)]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). p. 4. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
  28. "Circle Chart" 2014년 09월 Download Chart [September 2014 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  29. Gaon Digital Chart:
  30. Cumulative sales for "Chu! Pop! Chu!":
  31. South Korea's Monthly Gaon Downloads Chart (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (October 2013). Archived on 20 July 2014. Retrieved on 14 November 2014.
  32. Gaon Digital Chart:
  33. South Korea's Monthly Gaon Downloads Chart (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (August 2011). Archived on 26 July 2014. Retrieved on 15 November 2014.
  34. Cumulative sales for "My Destiny":
  35. Cumulative sales for "With You":
  36. Cumulative sales for "Love Story":
  37. Cumulative sales for "LOVE":
  38. "2021년 43주차 Download Chart" [2021 Week 43 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  39. "2004 MKMF part 1" Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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