Lee Soo-young

Lee Soo-young
Lee in 2015
Background information
Birth nameLee Ji-yeon
Born (1979-04-12) April 12, 1979
Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active1999present
LabelsNew Era project
Korean name
Hangul
이수영
Hanja
李秀英
RRI Suyeong
MRI Suyŏng
Birth name
Hangul
이지연
Hanja
李知姸
RRI Jiyeon
MRI Chiyŏn

Lee Soo-young (Korean: 이수영; born Lee Ji-yeon, 이지연on April 12, 1979) is a South Korean ballad singer. She debuted in 1999 with the hit album, I Believe, and quickly gained popularity due to her strong singing skills. During the mid-2000s, Lee was one of South Korea's best-selling singers, selling more than 700,000 albums in 2004 alone despite a recession in the music industry at the time.