Lee So-ra (singer)

Lee So-ra
Lee So-ra
	Lee in June 2018
Background information
Born	December 29, 1969 (age 54); Busan, South Korea
Genres	Ballad, jazz
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1993-present
Website	leesora.net at the Wayback Machine (archived November 2, 2013)
Korean name
Hangul	이소라
Hanja	李素羅
Revised Romanization	I So-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Sora

Lee So-ra (Korean: 이소라; born December 29, 1969) is a South Korean ballad singer. She made her debut in 1993 as a member of the jazz group Strange People, and she released her first solo album in 1995.^[1]^[2] She has won multiple awards at the Korean Music Awards, and her sixth album, Nunsseopdal, was included on a list of the 100 greatest Korean albums.^[3]

Lee also hosted the music talk show, Lee Sora's Proposal on KBS from 1996 until 2002.^[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
Title	Album details	KOR ^[5]^[6]	Sales
Lee So-ra Vol. 1	Released: September 1, 1995 Label: Donga Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	No data	No data
Like In A Movie (영화에서처럼)	Released: December 10, 1996 Label: Donga Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	No data	No data
About Sorrow And Anger (슬픔과 분노에 관한)	Released: May 1, 1998 Label: Donga Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	9	KOR: 238,470+^[7]
Flower (꽃)	Released: December 18, 2000 Label: Synnara Music Formats: CD, cassette	4	KOR: 272,332+^[8]
Sora's Diary	Released: October 17, 2002 Label: Show Globe Formats: CD, cassette	6	KOR: 130,061+^[9]
Nunsseopdal (눈썹달)	Released: December 10, 2004 Label: Seiren Formats: CD, cassette	6	KOR: 63,463+^[10]
Lee So-ra	Released: December 18, 2008 Label: Seiren Formats: CD	No data	No data
8	Released: April 11, 2014 Label: Seiren Formats: CD, digital download	2	KOR: 12,759+^[11]

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
Title	Album details	KOR ^[5]^[6]	Sales
Lee So-ra Best	Released: November 22, 1999 Label: Donga Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	27	KOR: 27,148+^[12]
Lee So-ra Live	Released: January 5, 2001 Label: Donga Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	27	KOR: 24,816+^[13]
My One And Only Love (cover album)	Released: October 21, 2010 Label: Seiren Formats: CD, digital download	10	—

Digital singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album	Sales
		KOR		HUN Single ^[14]	US World ^[15]
		Gaon ^[16]	Hot 100 ^[17]	HUN Single ^[14]	US World ^[15]
"October Lover" feat. Roy Kim	2018	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles	—
"Song Request" (신청곡) feat. Suga	2019	3	9	37	2	Non-album singles	US: 3,000^[18]
"—" denotes release did not chart

References

^ Park, Si-soo (March 11, 2014). "Lee So-ra to return with new album". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ "이소라 소개" [Lee So-ra Profile]. Mnet (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ "Singer Lee So-ra to release LP in winter". Yonhap News Agency. October 24, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ Kwon, Seok-jeong (March 4, 2014). "가수 이소라 컴백확정 3~4월경 정규 8집 발매". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ ^a ^b
"K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Studio albums:
- "About Sorrow And Anger charting". Archived from the original on August 22, 1999.
- "Flower charting". Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- "Sora's Diary charting". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.
- "Nunsseopdal charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
  Compilation albums:
- "Lee So-ra Best charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
- "Lee So-ra Live charting". Archived from the original on March 8, 2009.
^ ^a ^b
"Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Studio albums:
- "8 charting".
  Compilation albums:
- "My One And Only Love charting".
^ "March to August 1998 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on August 22, 1999. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ "March 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ "2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ "April 2005 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ "April 2014 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ "December 1999 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^ "February 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
^
Compiled sources:
- Song Request: "Single (track) Top 40 lista". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^
Compiled Billboard World Digital Songs Sales:
- "World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
^
Compiled Gaon sources:
- "2019년 04주차 Digital Chart" [Week 4 2019 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
^
Compiled K-Pop Hot 100 sources:
- "World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
^ Benjamin, Jeff (January 31, 2019). "Lee Sora & Suga Debut on World Digital Song Sales With 'Song Request'". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

External links

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[1] Park, Si-soo (March 11, 2014). "Lee So-ra to return with new album". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[2] "이소라 소개" [Lee So-ra Profile]. Mnet (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[3] "Singer Lee So-ra to release LP in winter". Yonhap News Agency. October 24, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[4] Kwon, Seok-jeong (March 4, 2014). "가수 이소라 컴백확정 3~4월경 정규 8집 발매". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[miak_album_sales-5] "K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Studio albums:
"About Sorrow And Anger charting". Archived from the original on August 22, 1999.

"Flower charting". Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

"Sora's Diary charting". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.

"Nunsseopdal charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
Compilation albums:

"Lee So-ra Best charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.

"Lee So-ra Live charting". Archived from the original on March 8, 2009.

[6] "About Sorrow And Anger charting". Archived from the original on August 22, 1999.

[7] "Flower charting". Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[8] "Sora's Diary charting". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.

[9] "Nunsseopdal charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
Compilation albums:

[10] "Lee So-ra Best charting". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.

[11] "Lee So-ra Live charting". Archived from the original on March 8, 2009.

[gaon_album_chart-6] "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Studio albums:
"8 charting".
Compilation albums:

"My One And Only Love charting".

[13] "8 charting".
Compilation albums:

[14] "My One And Only Love charting".

[7] "March to August 1998 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on August 22, 1999. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[8] "March 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[9] "2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[10] "April 2005 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[11] "April 2014 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[12] "December 1999 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[13] "February 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[14] Compiled sources:
Song Request: "Single (track) Top 40 lista". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[23] Song Request: "Single (track) Top 40 lista". zene.slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[15] Compiled Billboard World Digital Songs Sales:
"World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

[25] "World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

[16] Compiled Gaon sources:
"2019년 04주차 Digital Chart" [Week 4 2019 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[27] "2019년 04주차 Digital Chart" [Week 4 2019 Digital Chart]. Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[17] Compiled K-Pop Hot 100 sources:
"World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

[29] "World Digital Song Sales: Feb 02 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

[US-SongReq-18] Benjamin, Jeff (January 31, 2019). "Lee Sora & Suga Debut on World Digital Song Sales With 'Song Request'". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

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