Amy Lee (Korean name: Lee Yejin; Hangul: 이예진; Hanja: 李藝真, born May 30, 1989), better known by her stage name Ailee (Hangul: 에일리), is a Korean American singer under YMC Entertainment, a South Korean record label.[1] She released her first single, 'Heaven', on February 8, 2012. [2]
On February 22, Ailee released her OST song "Superstar" for KBS's Dream High 2 together with Sistar's Hyorin & T-ARA's Jiyeon.[13]
In March, Ailee made her first appearances on KBS's Immortal Song 2 with performing Patti Kim’s song “Light and Shadow” from 1967.[14] On May 19th of part 2 of the ‘J.Y. Park' special, Ailee performed J.Y. Park’s debut song “Don’t Leave Me“. She beat Davichi’s Lee Haeri by 1 point, 419 to 418, for the win. [15] Later on June 30th episode, Immortal Song 2 featured composer Yoon Il Sang. She performed "Fate" by Lee Seung Chul and won again with 402 votes. [16] In August, it was announced that Ailee was making a temporary leave from the show in order to focus on her upcoming album, which is scheduled for an October release. However, there is a high possibility that she will return to Immortal Song 2. [17] She performed her final stage on August 6, and the episode aired on September 1.[18]
Ailee along with Han Seok Joon co-hosted the first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 which was scheduled to take place at the KBS Concert Hall, in Seoul, South Korea on 11 October 2012.[19][20]
On October 16, Ailee released her music video for her title track of the mini album, “I’ll Show You“, which featured MBLAQ's G.O. In addition to the music video, she also released her mini album called 'Invitation.'[21] The mini album contain 6 tracks.[22] It was produced by producers such as Kim Do Hoon, Lee Hyun Seung, Park Guentae, Double Sidekick, Wheesung, and featured artists such as Verbal Jint, Swings and Simon D.[23] On October 18, Ailee made her comeback with "I'll Show You"" on M! Countdown. [24]
2012 : Debut
On February 6, the music video teaser for Ailee's debut song, Heaven, was released. Heaven was written and produced by Wheesung.[7] On the 9th, Ailee released the song and the music video, which featured Beast's Gi Kwang.[8][9] Later that day, she made her debut stage performance of "Heaven" on M.net M! Countdown,[10] and then on SBS Inkigayo on February 11.[11] Just one month after her debut, she dominated the Cyworld Music Awards on February where she won two awards for, “Song of the Month” and “Rookie of the Month“. The Cyworld Digital Music Awards are based on the Cyworld Music Charts and the winners are determined by the artist or group with the highest sales for the month. [12]On February 22, Ailee released her OST song "Superstar" for KBS's Dream High 2 together with Sistar's Hyorin & T-ARA's Jiyeon.[13]
In March, Ailee made her first appearances on KBS's Immortal Song 2 with performing Patti Kim’s song “Light and Shadow” from 1967.[14] On May 19th of part 2 of the ‘J.Y. Park' special, Ailee performed J.Y. Park’s debut song “Don’t Leave Me“. She beat Davichi’s Lee Haeri by 1 point, 419 to 418, for the win. [15] Later on June 30th episode, Immortal Song 2 featured composer Yoon Il Sang. She performed "Fate" by Lee Seung Chul and won again with 402 votes. [16] In August, it was announced that Ailee was making a temporary leave from the show in order to focus on her upcoming album, which is scheduled for an October release. However, there is a high possibility that she will return to Immortal Song 2. [17] She performed her final stage on August 6, and the episode aired on September 1.[18]
Ailee along with Han Seok Joon co-hosted the first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 which was scheduled to take place at the KBS Concert Hall, in Seoul, South Korea on 11 October 2012.[19][20]
On October 16, Ailee released her music video for her title track of the mini album, “I’ll Show You“, which featured MBLAQ's G.O. In addition to the music video, she also released her mini album called 'Invitation.'[21] The mini album contain 6 tracks.[22] It was produced by producers such as Kim Do Hoon, Lee Hyun Seung, Park Guentae, Double Sidekick, Wheesung, and featured artists such as Verbal Jint, Swings and Simon D.[23] On October 18, Ailee made her comeback with "I'll Show You"" on M! Countdown. [24]
