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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Yoo So-young
Person · female · South Korea · Seoul · born 1986
South Korean singer and actress
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Also known as 劉小英
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1980s
Biography
English biography126 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369812385
Biography
Yoo So-young (Korean: 유소영; born March 29, 1986) is a South Korean actress, She debuted as a singer as a member of the girl group After School, before she graduated in late 2009. She is known for her supporting roles in Korean dramas, including Dream High 2 and High Society.
Career
Yoo So-young debuted with After School's unofficial first appearance on December 29, 2008, at the SBS Song Festival, performing "Play Girlz" with Son Dam-bi. Prior to that, she made an appearance on KBS "TV Kindergarten One Two Three" as Hana; she also took part in 75th "Miss Chunhyang pageant", winning second place, in 2005. After School officially debuted in January 2009. She graduated from the group on October 29, 2009, to pursue a career in acting.
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 | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Yoo So-young head-to-head →
| 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 | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| After School(band) | 17 January 2009 | 29 October 2009 | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoo_So-young_in_March_2018.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4dfdf6e4-f566-40fd-bc2e-5ed6bcacdb7ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4dfdf6e4-f566-40fd-bc2e-5ed6bcacdb7ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621380genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621380seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_So-youngbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_So-young
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: K-POPIT 케이팝잇 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q621380 · MusicBrainz: 4dfdf6e4-f566-40fd-bc2e-5ed6bcacdb7e
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