Papaya (band)

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Papaya
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop, dance-pop
Years active 2000 (2000)–2001
Labels
  • One Star Music (2000)
  • Cream Entertainment (2001)

Papaya (Hangul파파야) was an all girl pop group from South Korea. They released two albums before becoming inactive.

History

Papaya's first album, entitled 동화 ("Fairy Tale"), was distributed by One Star Music on August 4, 2000 and featured five members (Kang Se-jung, Joo Youn-jung, Jo Hye-kyung, Hwang Yoon-mi and Kang Kyoung-ah). Due to their unpopularity, Hwang Yoon-mi and Kang Kyoung-ah left the group before the release of their second album, Violet, released on May 22, 2001 under the Cream Entertainment music label.[1][2]

Members

  • Kang Kyoung-ah (강경아)
  • Joo Youn-jung (주연정)
  • Jo Eun-sae (Jo Hye-kyung 조혜경[3])
  • Go Eun-chae (Hwang Yoon-mi 황윤미[4])
  • Go Na-eun (Kang Se-jung 강세정)[1]

After disbandment

Kang Se-jung went on to acting and uses stage name Go Na-eun. In 2009, she starred in Assorted Gems. She won the Excellence Award, Actress in the 2009 MBC Drama Awards for her role as eldest daughter, Gung Bi-chwi.[5][6]

Hwang Yoon-mi also turned to acting and uses stage name Go Eun-chae.[7] In September 2012, Go married musical actor Park Eun-tae.[8]

Jo Hye-kyung became a Trot singer, using the stage name Jo Eun-sae. In 2014, she released single '비비고 (Rubbing)'.[3]

Discography

Albums

# Information Tracks
1st
  • Title: 동화 (Fairytale)
  • Released: 2000.08.04[1]
  • Language: Korean
  • Label: One Star Music
2nd
  • Title: Violet
  • Released: 2001.05.22[1]
  • Language: Korean
  • Label: Cream Entertainment

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