Kim So-hee
Person · female · South Korea · Incheon · born 1999 · died 2024 · recording since 2017
South Korean singer, born 1999
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Also known as Sohee · 김소희 · Kim So-hee · 昭喜
Timeline
1990s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Spotlight
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
Biography
Kim So-hee (Korean: 김소희; born December 31, 1999) is a South Korean former singer. She is known for being a contestant of K-pop Star 6: The Last Chance, in which she emerged as runner-up as a member of KWINs. She debuted as a solo artist on May 21, 2017 and on June 1, 2017, she debuted as a member of Alice. On April 26, 2024, Sohee left Alice and retired from the entertainment industry.
2016: Pre-debut and K-pop Star 6
Kim participated in K-pop Star 6: The Last Chance in 2016 as a trainee promoted by JYP Entertainment. As part of KWINs, which also consisted of Kriesha Tiu and Kim Hye-rim, she emerged as the first runner-up.
2017–2024: Solo debut, debut with Alice and retirement from entertainment industry
On May 19, 2017, Kim made her solo debut with the single "Spotlight
SpotlightSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Spotlight3:10". Kim made her debut with Alice on June 1, in which they released their first mini-album, We, First. On December 6, she collaborated with Topp Dogg and JBJ's Kim Sang-gyun (A-Tom) on the duet "Childlike", which was produced by BtoB's Minhyuk.
In February 2022, Kim cast for TVING's sci-fi thriller, Duty After School based on the webtoon of the same name.
Marriage and retirement
On April 26, 2024, Kim's agency, IOK Company, confirmed that she would marry a businessman 15 years older than her, whom she's been dating for a year, and announced that she would be retiring from the entertainment industry. On March 30, 2026, Kim revealed in a post on her personal Instagram account that she had given birth to her first child, a daughter. The specific date of birth was not disclosed.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups)
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SpotlightSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:101Spotlight3:10 | 19 May 2017 | ||
| 2023 | YOYOSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:011YOYO3:01 | 2 March 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Kim So-hee head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICE(band) | 1 June 2017 | 26 April 2024 | original |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d33c7d6-e349-44e7-aff8-36f746d1492ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d33c7d6-e349-44e7-aff8-36f746d1492ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30337148genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30337148seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_So-hee_%28singer%2C_born_1999%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_So-hee_%28singer%2C_born_1999%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of K-pop artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: 오늘의 소녀 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q30337148 · MusicBrainz: 2d33c7d6-e349-44e7-aff8-36f746d1492e
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