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Dana
Background information
Birth name	Hong Sung-mi
Also known as	Dana The Grace Xiyue Dana Heeyeol Dana
Born	July 17, 1986 (1986-07-17) (age 23)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Pop, dance, R&B
Occupations	Singer, dancer
Instruments	Singing, piano
Years active	2001–present
Labels	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	SM Town, The Grace
Website	Official Homepage

Hong Sung-mi (Hangul:홍성미, born on 17 July, 1986), more often credited as Dana, is a Korean singer under SM Entertainment. Although she was originally a solo singer, who debuted in 2001, she has since become a member of girl group The Grace, which debuted in 2005. Due to her earlier debut in the Korean music industry, she is seen as the leader, although she has denied this in an interview, stating that each member has an equal status in the group^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Career

Starting off as a solo artist on Lee Soo Man's SM Entertainment label, Dana was expected to rise as the "next BoA". Prior to debut, she received promotion as an actress in popular boyband H.O.T's Age of Peace movie and in Kangta's "Polaris" music video.

In 2001 she released her fairly successful debut single "Seh Sang Kkeut Kka Ji" (Until The End of The World), composed by European songwriter Stefan Aberg. The song was originally titled "Tell Me No More Lies". She followed up with "Diamond", a pop/dance track featuring Jung Yunho (U-Know, who eventually became a member of TVXQ in 2003). Her career blossomed and continued with promotion by appearing on variety shows such as X-Man, as well as playing a main role in the sitcom Nonstop. Her second album release in 2003, however, was not very popular and sold poorly. From that point on, she disappeared from the music industry (aside from SMTOWN collaborations) until the debut of The Grace.

Since 2005, she has been a member of Korea girl group, The Grace. For the group's fourth Japanese single, she composed the music to her own solo song "Sayonara No Mukou Ni."

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

• 1st Album[DANA] (September 10, 2001)
• 2nd Album[남겨둔 이야기] (October 1, 2003)

[edit] MV Releases

• 세상끝까지
• Diamond
• Pretty...
• 남겨둔 이야기 (Maybe)
• What is Love (Original Ver.)

[edit] TSZX the Grace singles

[edit] Compilations

• Angel Eyes SM Town (December, 2001)
• Summer Vacation SM Town (June, 2002)
• My Angel My Light SM Town (December, 2002)
• Hello! Summer! SM Town (June, 2003)
• 2003 K-POP Super best 2 (2003)
• SnowFlake SM Town (December, 2003)
• Hot Mail SM Town (July, 2004)
• 06 Summer SM Town (June, 2006) (as a member of TSZX)
• 2006 Winter SM Town (December, 2006) (as a member of TSZX)
• 2007 Summer SM Town (July, 2007 (as a member of TSZX)

[edit] Acting

• Age of Peace (3D Movie) Featuring H.O.T (2000)
• Kangta's "Polaris" music video (2001)
• Nonstop 3 (2002)

[edit] External links

• Dana Official Homepage
• Nonstop3 Homepage