Bada

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Bada 바다

Background information
Birth name	Choi Sung Hee
Also known as	Bada
Born	February 28, 1980 (age 27)
Origin	Bucheon, South Korea
Genre(s)	K-pop, R&B, ballad, dance
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1997 - present
Label(s)	JIIN Entertainment
Associated acts	SMTown, S.E.S.
Website	Official Site

Bada
Birth name
Hangul:	최성희
Hanja:	崔盛希
Revised Romanization:	Choe Seong-hui
McCune-Reischauer:	Ch'oe Sŏng-hŭi
Stage name
Hangul:	바다
Revised Romanization:	Bada
McCune-Reischauer:	Pada

Bada (바다) (born February 28, 1980) is a South Korean singer. Her birth name is Choi Sung Hee. Bada studied Korean traditional vocal music at Dankook University. As the former lead vocal from the now defunct S.E.S., Bada has released three solo albums and one single. Before the release of her third album, Bada has started a fashion business^[1].

1 S.E.S.
2 Solo career
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] S.E.S.

Main article: S.E.S. (group)

Bada joined SM Entertainment and became the leader and lead vocal K-pop trio S.E.S.. The girl group enjoyed tremendous success, becoming the top-selling K-pop girl group to date. The group broke up at the end of 2002 after five full albums and two special albums. Bada and Eugene left SM Entertainment and pursued solo music careers, while Shoo stayed with SM Entertainment until 2004 and is now pursuing a career in acting.

[edit] Solo career

Bada moved from SM Entertainment to sign with JIIN entertainment. Her debut solo album, "A Day of Renew", has sold approximately 130,000 records, according to the Music Industry Association of Korea. The first single, "Music", was very popular and was heavily promoted throughout the end of 2003. Her second album "Aurora" has sold approximately 23,000 albums, with both the title song and "Eyes" promoted and performed. Due to a lack of sales, the promotion was quickly halted.

In January of 2006, Bada had a concept change during her third album "Made in Sea". Whereas her first two albums showed Bada as a feminine ballad singer, Bada's image changed to a more androgynous look for the third album. The lead single for her third album was a ballad titled "Find the Way", a cover of a popular Japanese song by the artist Mika Nakashima. Although the album initially did poorly, it was given a re-release because of the success of the follow-up single "V.I.P.", which showcased Bada's markedly improved dancing abilities.

On July 29, 2006, Bada held her first concert "SHOWMAN aLIVE". Although Korean promotional activities came to an end soon afterwards, Bada was able to perform in other places like China. Her participation in the Shanghai "F1 Korean Wave Concert" on October 2 was greatly received. A "great number of official requests for her to give performances in China" were received by her agency^[2].

In November of 2006, Bada released her first single album, "Start". The first track of the album, "Go Go Go", is to be the first single promoted. A music video has been released, which has become something of interest due to the inclusion of Bada's own composition, "Although I Am Short". The short song was written when Bada was only ten years old^{[citation needed]}. Bada has started her promotional activities, performing the song live on various music shows and appearing on variety shows.

[edit] Discography

[edit] S.E.S.

Main article: S.E.S. (group)#Discography

[edit] Solo singles & albums

Volume #1 A Day of Renew October 22, 2003	Volume #2 Aurora September 26, 2004	Volume #3 Made in Sea January 26, 2006	Repackage Made in Sea March 21, 2006
Single #1 Start November 13, 2006