Background
She is the daughter of Chinese father Zhou Jinfu and a Korean mother. She is the eldest daughter of four siblings in her family. Joo Hyun-Mi was born to hwagyo parents who lived in Gwangju, South of Korea.
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Joo Hyun-mi
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Education
She graduated from Overseas Chinese High School in Seoul, and received her Bachelor of Pharmacy from Chung-Ang University.
Career
She is a popular singer in South of Korea in the 80-90"s generation. She has been to China several times to perform, especially her singles "Yong Dongqiao Rain", "Unrequited Love", "New Sand Hole That Manitoba", "Wait a Little," became widely popular. She has more than 50 albums.
As a child she"s been said that she had a talent to imitate Korean Gayo singer, above all I Mi-Ja.
She amused relatives and neighbors by imitated songs. After university study, she opened a drug store.
A friend of her father recommended her to sing a number of cover songs of various trot singers. So she launched into popular music business.
Though she was de facto a "nobody" in this branch, her discs, so-called "Pair-Party Trot Medley"(쌍쌍파티) had success extraordinarily.
This compilation was shrouded in legend so that lots of truck drivers brought song tape and heard her cover songs on the road. She debuted officially in 1985 with the first album Binaerineun Yeongdonggyo (비 내리는 영동교, The rainy Yeongdonggyo Bridge). She was awarded the Female Rookie of the Year by Korean Broadcasting System and MBC in the year of her debut.
On February 17, 2009, Joo Hyun-Mi sang a duet with Girls" Generation member Seohyun (feat Davichi) called "JjaRaJaJja" (Korean: "짜라자짜").
The song earned a nomination from the 2009 M.net Asian Music Awards for Trot Music of the Year. She was also involved in filmography which included Korean variety shows, radio and commercials.
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