Lena Park

Though Lena Park, born Park
Jung-hyun on March 23, 1976, became a superstar in Korea, she was born and
raised in Los Angeles, California, to Korean parents. She gained experience
singing as a child in church and began her career with the Korean album Piece
in 1998. The follow-up, 1999’s A Second Helping went to number 5 in
Korea, and 2000’s Naturally climbed to number 3. She took some time away
from music to continue her college studies in the United States, but 2002’s Op.
4 proved to be her breakthrough. The album hit number 2 and spun off a pair
of hit singles, “In Dreams”, and “Let’s Get Together Now”, which appeared
on the 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Album. Now more fluent in Korean, Park was
able to do more effective promotion for her work, and she became affectionately
known in Korea as “The Nation’s Fairy”. Her command of Korean was apparent on
2005’s On & On, which included the number 11 hit Lost Child”,
and for 2007’s Come to Where I Am, she wrote every song on the album.
She graduated from Columbia University in 2010 and then returned to her show business
career by becoming a consistent cultural presence. She won the competition show
I Am A Singer – Best 10 in 2013.  She
branched out, working as a DJ for KBS World Radio New where she spoke English.
She performed on the second season of Begin Again, performing her hit
songs in foreign countries. She had one of the biggest hits of her career with
2014’s “SsSs”, and released her first album in seven years, The
Wonder, in 2019. In 2020 she released the single “My Wish”, which
would appear on her new album, Sky Flowers.