Huh Chan-mi

Huh Chan-mi (Korean: 허찬미; born April 6, 1992), is a South Korean singer. Huh first made her debut as a member of a South Korean co-ed group Coed School in 2010 and following the co-ed group were split, Huh later became the girl unit F-ve Dolls in 2011 until her departure from the group in February 2012. Huh briefly returned to training and appeared on several survival shows Produce 101 (2016) and Mix Nine (2017). Following her appearance on survival shows, Huh signed to FirstOne Entertainment as a solo artist in 2020, prior to the release of her debut solo single album "Highlight".

Huh Chan-mi
허찬미
Huh appearing at a press event in 2011 as part of F-ve Dolls.
Background information
Birth nameHuh Chan-mi
Born (1992-04-06) April 6, 1992
Namyangju, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2010–present
Labels
Associated acts
WebsiteHuh Chanmi FirstOne

Life and career

1992–2012: Early life and career beginnings

Huh was born on April 6, 1992 in Namyangju, South Korea.

Huh became a trainee in S.M. Entertainment in 2004. She initially trained to become a tenth member of Girls' Generation, however due to this with the limited-nine member line-up she did not make the final cut of the group because she was too young, and only in seventh grade.[1] She went to Anyang School of Arts and graduated in 2011.[2]

After leaving SM Entertainment, Huh signed with Core Contents Media and made her official debut in 2010 as a main vocal of the group Coed School. The group debuted with a single "Too Late".[3] By mid 2011, Coed School split into two sub units: Speed and F-ve Dolls. Huh was part of the latter, along with the remaining three female Coed School members and a new member Eunkyo. The group released two promotional videos for singles "Lip Stains" and "Your Words" in which Huh was the protagonist along with bandmate Lee Soomi and singer Jay Park.[4] F-ve Dolls released one more single titled "Like This Or That" before Huh's departure from the group and Core Contents Media in 2012. At the time, Huh wrote on Twitter that was in the process of looking for another agency.[5]

2013–2018: Further training, Produce 101 and Mix Nine

Huh joined Pledis Entertainment as a trainee for a brief period of time in 2013. She performed in one of the Like Seventeen concert shows on Seventeen TV along other Pledis trainees .[6] Shortly after, she left the company and joined Duble Kick Entertainment. In 2016, Huh joined the Mnet survival show Produce 101 to compete against 101 other female K-pop trainees.[7] She placed in the "A" category after her first evaluation and made it into the final 35 contestants, thus being able to record a song for release.[8] Huh was eliminated from the show in the 10th episode, landing in 26th place. In an interview from March 2019, Huh alleged that the show was edited to create a bad impression of her.[9]

In 2016, Duble Kick's own survival show "Finding Momoland" began airing on Mnet, to form a new girl group called Momoland. Huh did not take part in the show as she was to debut in a different girlgroup.[10] In November, Huh featured on MC Mong's album U.F.O on the album track "And You". The song also featured singer New-a, Huh's future bandmate in the girlgroup High Color from Mostable Music.[11] The four-member group joined YG Entertainment's survival show Mix Nine where she recorded a song produced by MC Mong titled "Like a Star".[12] Huh was eliminated from Mix Nine in the 13th episode with her final rank being 20th place. Soon after the show ended, Huh left High Color[13] and did not make any public appearances in 2018.

In February 2019, Huh graduated from Dongduk Women's University after seven years, majoring in practical music.[14]

2020–present: Solo career

In January 2020, Huh signed a contract with FirstOne Entertainment and started a personal YouTube channel, under her new romanized stage name Huh Chan Mi.[15][16] Her first video was a cover of "Señorita" by Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, which was popular in South Korea. In June, it was announced that Huh was preparing to release an album the following month.[17] Huh released the self-composed song, "I'm fine thanks", along with a performance trailer on July 9, as a pre-release before her solo album. The song was reported to be about how Huh had to overcome difficulties and grow in the entertainment industry while hiding her unhappiness.[18] Huh released her solo album Highlight on July 23 along with first single "Lights".[19]

Discography
See also: Coed School (band) and F-ve Dolls

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[20]
"I'm fine thanks" 2020 — Highlight
"Lights" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Year Song Album With
2016 Yum Yum 35 Girls 5 Concepts Jung Chae-yeon, Kim Da-ni, Park So-yeon, Choi Yoo-jung, Park Si-yeon, Jeon So-mi
2016 And You U.F.O MC Mong, New-a
2018 Like a Star (이 밤이 지니면) MIXNINE Part.4 Kim Su-hyun, Kim Min-kyung, Kim Hyun-jin, Jeon Hee-jin, Shin Ryu-jin, Baek Hyun-joo, Kim Min-ju, Kim Bo-won

Filmography

Television
Year Title Notes Network
2011 M Countdown Host Mnet
2016 Produce 101 Participant Mnet
2017 Mix Nine JTBC

References
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  3. "[포토엔]'남녀공학' 데뷔 타이틀 곡 'Too Late' 3D 뮤직비디오 공개". newsen.
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  19. Kim, Su-ji (July 10, 2020). "허찬미 프로듀스 101 출연 이후, 4년 만에 솔로 데뷔 자작곡 ' I'm fine thanks' 퍼포먼스 트레일러 공개". 스포츠서울. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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