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Sunday (singer)

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Sunday
진보라
Sunday at Cyworld Dream Music Festival in 2011
Born
Jin Bo-ra

(1987-01-12) January 12, 1987 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
RelativesJin Ye-sol (older sister)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2004–present
LabelsSM
Member of
Korean name
Hangul
진보라
Revised RomanizationJin Bo-ra
McCune–ReischauerChin Pora
Stage name
Hangul
선데이
Revised RomanizationSeondei
McCune–ReischauerSŏntei

Jin Bo-ra (born January 12, 1987), known professionally as Sunday, is a South Korean singer and musical actress. She debuted in 2004 as a soloist in Japan with the release of two digital singles before eventually joined as a member of South Korean girl group The Grace in 2005. As of 2010, the group's activities was halted and she maintain her career as a musical actress.

Career

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Sunday began her career as a soloist in Japan with her debut digital single, "リラの片想い" (Rira no Kataomoi), on July 10, 2004. She released her second and last Japanese single, "ウソツキBOY" (Usotsuki Boy) on April 20, 2005.

Sunday became a member of the South Korean girl group The Grace in 2005. The group officially debuted on April 29, 2005, in China and May 1, 2005, in South Korea. As of 2010, The Grace has been on an indefinite hiatus.

In July 2011, Sunday and fellow The Grace member Dana formed the subgroup The Grace Dana & Sunday, releasing "One More Chance" (나 좀 봐줘) on July 11.[1] Their debut performance was on July 8 on KBS Music Bank.[2][3] The duo released soundtrack "Now You" (지금 그대) for the drama Hooray for Love (애정만만세) on September 23. The duo also participated in eighth winter compilation album from SM Town 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift. The two performed the song "Amazing" physically released on December 13,[4] following released song for "With Coffee Project Part 1" on December 20.[5]

After a five-year hiatus from music, Sunday returned with the digital single "Still", a collaboration with DickPunks' Kim Tae-hyun, on November 11, 2016, as a part of SM Entertainment's project SM Station.[6]

On January 20, 2021, it was reported that Sunday's exclusive contract with the agency had come to an end in May of the previous year. Soon after, SM Entertainment confirmed the news and stated, "Our exclusive contract with Sunday has come to an end. We will continue to cheer on her future activities."[7]

Discography

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Soundtrack appearances and solo songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
JPN
Oricon
"Rira no Kataomoi" 2004 120 Non-album singles
"Usotsuki Boy" 2005 87
"Angels (Rock ver.) " 2007 Billie Jean, Look at Me OST
"I'm In Love" Oh Lovers OST
"Handel: Lascia Ch'io Pianga" 2011 Operastar 2011 Part.1 (Live)
"Strauss II: Die Fruhlingsstimmen Op.410" Operastar 2011 Part.2 (Live)
"Gershwin: Summertime" Operastar 2011 Part.3 (Live)
"Still" (with Kim Tae-hyun of DickPunks) 2016 SM Station Season 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
"*" indicates that the Gaon Chart was revamped at this time and digital sales were deflated.

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Network Note
2005–2008 Show Music Tank herself KMTV MC
2011 Opera Star 2011 herself tvN regular cast
2012 Oh My God x2 Jin Bo-ra SBS Plus

Musical theatre

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Year Title Role
2010 Rock of Ages Sherrie
2011 The March of the Youth Oh Young-shim
2012 Couple or Trouble Anna / Na Sang-shil
2013 High School Musical Sharpay
2014 Singin' in the Rain Lina Lamont
Zorro Luisa
2015 Haru (하루) Min Yeon Doo
2016 Finding Mr. Destiny the woman

References

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  1. ^ "천상지희, '다나&선데이' 유닛으로 컴백. 린아와 스테파니는?".
  2. ^ "천상지희 다나-선데이, 8일 '나 좀 봐줘' 뮤직비디오 공개".
  3. ^ "'뮤직뱅크' 천상지희-다나&선데이, 유닛으로 3년만에 컴백무대".
  4. ^ "SMTOWN 'The Warmest Gift' Track List". Korea. December 8, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "천상지희 다나&선데이, 디지털 싱글 '처음엔 아메리카노' 발표".
  6. ^ "SM 'STATION', 선데이X김태현 호흡 맞췄다…듀엣곡 '보여 (Still)' 공개".
  7. ^ "CSJH The Grace's Sunday Parts Ways With SM Entertainment". Soompi. January 20, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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