Kim Wan-sun
| Kim Wan-sun 김완선 (金完宣) |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | 김완선 (Kim Wan-sun, 金緩宣) |
| Born | May 16, 1969 |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, Mandopop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Jigu Record 1986-1989 Asia Record 1990-1992 PolyGram Record 1993-1996 GM Entertainment/King Record 1996-1997 Pan Entertainment/Yedang Entertainment 2002-2004 Ace Media/Doremi Media 2005-2006 KW Sunflower Entertainment/KT Music 2011–present |
| Website | Official Website |
| Kim Wan-sun | |
| Hangul | 김완선 |
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| Hanja | 金緩宣 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Wan-seon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Wansŏn |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 김완선 |
| Hanja | 金完宣 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Wan-seon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Wansŏn |
Kim Wan-sun is a South Korean singer. Since her sensational debut at the age of 17 in 1986, she has been called the "Madonna/Anita Mui/female Michael Jackson of South Korea" or "the dancing queen of Korean popular music's renaissance era", as she is known for her beauty, clear voice, charismatic stage presence and catchy hits from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. Her fifth studio album, released in 1990, spawned three consecutive No.1 songs and sold more than 1 million copies.
In the mid-1990s, she also achieved success in Taiwan, releasing three albums in Mandarin under the name of 金元萱 (Jin Yuan-xuan).
From the late 2006, she lived in Hawaii for about three years and studied digital arts at the University of Hawaii.
She returned to the music scene in April 2011, releasing the Super Love EP. Also, she has created her own production company and is focusing on finding and developing young talent.
Kim's aunt was Han Baek-hee. She sang for the U.S. troops stationed in Korea during the Korean War. Han recognized Kim's talent at an early age and persuaded Kim's parents to let Han mentored Kim. Kim moved in with her aunt when she was 14. For the next three years, Han forbade Kim from seeing her parents. Han put her under intense training in ballet and gymnastics at Han's dance studio. Han let other dancers use her studio for free, as long as they showed and taught their best move to Kim. Kim recalled in an interview with KBS that she was not allowed to sit down during the day. She didn't attend any sort of school as a kid, she was isolated and had no friends.
Han used her connections in Korea's new growing entertainment industry to assemble a list of the best songs available. Her debut song "Tonight" was produced by Kim Chang-hoon, member of Sanulrim. One of her greatest hits, "That Dance in the Rhythm," was produced by Shin Joong-hyeon.
After Kim's debut, Han controlled every part of Kim's career. Han chose everything, songs, dances, clothes, shoes, hair and makeup. At the end of each performance, Han stood Kim in a corner and yelled abuse at Kim about how she was ugly, bad dancer, and hit the wrong notes. She didn't care who was watching when she yelled at Kim. Han did Kim's interviews for her. She also opposed her from speaking with any musician, man or women.
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