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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Lina
Person · female · South Korea · South Korea · born 1984
South Korean singer and actress
Also known as イ・ジヨン · 지연
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography183 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375365711
Biography
Lee Ji-yeon (Korean: 이지연; born February 18, 1984), known professionally as Lina (린아), is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress. She was a part of the short-lived Korean R&B duo Isak N Jiyeon during 2002. After the duo disbanded in 2004, Lina eventually became a member of girl group The Grace in 2005.
Following The Grace's indefinite hiatus in 2010, Lina established herself as a musical actress, notably through her participation in the original and Korean versions of stage musicals including Fame, Moon Embracing the Sun, Jekyll & Hyde, Notre-Dame de Paris, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Les Misérables.
Personal life
On July 25, 2014, Lina confirmed that she was dating musical actor, Jang Seung-jo for two years. They had been seeing each other since the musical "Temptation of Wolves". They got married on November 22, 2014, in a private wedding. The two welcomed their first child in September 2018. On September 28, 2021, the agency announced that Lina is pregnant with her second child. On December 31, 2021, Lina gave birth to the couple's second child, a daughter.
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 | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 天上智喜 The Grace(band) | — | present | |
| チームN(band) | 2002 | 2004 | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cast_of_%22Moon_Embracing_the_Sun_-_The_musical%22%2C_14_February_2014_06.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e4db2dc1-03f5-470a-ab25-1eec55350219discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e4db2dc1-03f5-470a-ab25-1eec55350219core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541255genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541255seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_%28entertainer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_%28entertainer%29
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Fanculture · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q541255 · MusicBrainz: e4db2dc1-03f5-470a-ab25-1eec55350219
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