| Kwon Jin-ah | |
| Native Name: | 권진아 |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1997 |
| Origin: | Busan, South Korea |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
| Label: | Antenna Music |
Kwon Jin-ah (; born July 18, 1997) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist. She began her music career after winning third place on SBS' K-pop Star 3 in 2014 and subsequently signing to Antenna Music. She debuted in 2016 with the full-length studio album One Strange Night.
See main article: K-pop Star 3. In 2013, Kwon became a contestant on K-pop Star 3 and placed third in the competition.[1] On May 13, 2014, it was announced that she had signed an exclusive contract with Antenna Music.[2] On June 19, she released her first OST, "I Only See You", for the SBS drama You're All Surrounded. Later that year, she featured on the song "She Said" from Yoo Hee-yeol's Da Capo album.[3] In 2015, she and RM from BTS featured in the song "U" on Primary's album, 2.
In July 2015, Antenna Music announced that Kwon's debut album was nearing completion, with an expected release date in September 2015.[4] It was pushed back, however, due to her experiencing an emotional slump at the time.[5]
On July 18, 2016, she released the duet single "For Now" with fellow Antenna signee and K-pop Star 3 finalist Sam Kim.[6] The pair promoted as a duo, opening for Charlie Puth's concert in Seoul the following month and performing together at the Asia Song Festival in October.[7] [8]
On 19 September 2016, Kwon made her solo debut with the full-length studio album One Strange Night.[9] It featured songwriting and production contributions from You Hee-yeol, Sunwoojunga, Cha Cha Malone, Ra.D, D.ear and Yun Seok-cheol. Kwon wrote lyrics and music for three songs on the album: "Zig Zag", "Smack" and "20"; with "Zig Zag" being completely self-produced and recorded in her bedroom at home.[10] The album's lead single, "The End", debuted at 17 on the Gaon Digital Chart and charted within the top 100 for more than four months.[11]
On March 24, 2022, Antenna released a video introducing Kwon's new single "Pink!" via SNS on the 24th, and announced their comeback on March 31, 2022.[12]
In May 2022, tickets for Kwon's solo concert "The Dreamer" were sold out, which was held from June 3 to 5, 2022.[13]
In October 2022, Kwon released her new digital single "Stupid Love", released on October 13.[14]
In February 2023, the agency announced that Kwon will make a comeback with EP "The Flag" which is scheduled to be released on March 2,[15] and will also hold solo concerts on April 1 and 2.[16] In July 29–30, Kwon held her first fan concert since her debut called "Love Me" in which she performed covers and several of her songs including unreleased and to be released songs.[17] In August 10, Kwon released her self-composed single "Love Me Love Me" which is intended to be a bright and refreshing song.[18] In September 15, Antenna announced Kwon's official fun club "JinahON" recruitment followed by a pop up store to commemorate the release of her single and founding of her fan club.[19] In October 21, Antenna announced Kwon's first solo international concert in Taipei, Taiwan to be held on 26 November.[20]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [21] | |||
| One Strange Night |
| 10 |
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| Shape of Me |
| 57 | |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| The Way For Us |
| 40 |
|
| The Flag |
| 65 |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [25] | ||||
| As lead artist | ||||
| "The End" (Korean: 끝) | 2016 | 17 |
| One Strange Night |
| "Fly Away" | 2017 | 33 |
| rowspan="2" |
| "This Winter" (Korean: 이번 겨울) | 2018 | 69 | rowspan="13" | |
| "Tell Me About Your Day" (Korean: 오늘 뭐 했는지 말해봐) | 2019 | 87 | Shape of Me | |
| "I Got Lucky" (Korean: 운이 좋았지) | — | |||
| "6:35 PM" (Korean: 시계 바늘) | 87 | |||
| "Something's Wrong" (Korean: 뭔가 잘못됐어) | 2020 | 109 | ||
| "Good Bye" (Korean: 잘 가) | 2021 | 110 | The Way for Us | |
| "I" | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Walk Home with Me" (Acoustic Ver.) | — | |||
| "Pink | " | 2022 | — | rowspan="3" |
| "Stupid Love" (Korean: 진심이었던 사람만 바보가 돼) | 81 | |||
| "Pretend to Be (Sleep Mix)" (Korean: 어른처럼 (Sleep Mix)) | — | |||
| "Raise Up the Flag" | 2023 | — | The Flag | |
| "Love Me Love Me" | — | |||
| Collaborations | ||||
| "Duet" | 2015 | — | rowspan="2" | |
| "For Now" (Korean: 여기까지) | 2016 | 17 |
| |
| "Should We Start?" (Korean: 우리 시작해도 괜찮을까요) | 2019 | 61 | Fever Music 2019 | |
| "Everything Is OK (with Antenna Version)" | 2020 | — | rowspan="2" | |
| "Our Christmas Wish for You" (Korean: 겨울의 우리들) | 107 | |||
| "For You, My Sunshine" (Korean: 빛나는 당신을 위해) | 2021 | 123 | ||
| "I Feel Like" (Korean: 마음이 그래) | 40 | rowspan="3" | ||
| "Knock" | 156 | |||
| "End of Night" (Korean: 밤의 한계) | 2022 | — | ||
| As featured artist | ||||
| "Don't Forget" (Korean: 잊지 말기로 해) | 2014 | 1 |
| Winter Wonderland |
| "I'm Still" (Korean: 그 땔 살아) | 2017 | — | Urban Hymns | |
| "Say You'll Be Mine" | 2019 | — | We Are Mamas Gun | |
| "Teddy Bear" | 2020 | — | ||
| Charted soundtrack appearances | ||||
| "Lonely Night" | 2020 | 45 | Hospital Playlist Season 1 OST | |
| "What I Want" (Korean: 문턱) | 2021 | 126 | Odd Girl Out webtoon OST | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [30] | KOR Hot 100 [31] | ||||
| As lead artist | |||||
| "See Through" (씨스루) | 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| K-pop Star Season 3 Top 10 Part 1 |
| "24 Hours" | 21 | 48 |
| K-pop Star Season 3 Top 8 | |
| "Fields of Gold" | 60 | 72 |
| K-pop Star Season 3 Top 6 | |
| "Even After Ten Years" (십년이 지나도) | 23 | 36 |
| K-pop Star Season 3 Top 4 | |
| "LOVE" | 43 | 72 |
| K-pop Star Season 3 Top 3 | |
| "You Know..." (다 알면서...) | 2016 | 89 |
| One Strange Night | |
| As featured artist | |||||
| "She Said" (그녀가 말했다) | 2014 | 10 |
| --207,863 + 83,895-->[38] | Da Capo |
| "U" | 2015 | 22 |
| 2 | |
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "I Only See You" (Korean: 그대만 보여요) | 2014 | You're All Surrounded OST Part 4 |
| "With You" (Korean: 연애 좀 할까) | 2016 | Don't Dare to Dream OST Part 11 |
| "I Do (Main Song)" | 2017 | The Lovebirds: Year 1 X Antenna |
| "Everyday (Happy Ver.)" | ||
| "Behind the Page" (Korean: 이별 뒷면) | Flower Ever After OST Part 2 | |
| "Consolation" (Korean: 위로) | 2019 | Be Melodramatic OST Part 1 |
| "Lonely Night" | 2020 | Hospital Playlist OST Part 1 |
| "Like a Star" (Korean: 별처럼) | Oh My Baby OST Part 4 | |
| "Light and Darkness" (Korean: 평행선) | TalesRunner OST Part 2 | |
| "What I Want" (Korean: 문턱) | 2021 | Odd Girl Out webtoon OST |
| "Run to You" | The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim OST | |
| "When You Believe" (Korean: 사랑이 올 거야)[40] | 2022 | Nine of Us webtoon OST |
| "Such a Beautiful Thing" (Korean: 참 아름다운 일)[41] | Cheer Up OST Part 7 | |
| "Astelle"[42] | 2023 | MapleStory M OST |
| "You"[43] | Agency OST Part 4 |
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "I Don't Stop" (Korean: 난 멈추지 않는다) | 2016 | Two Yoo Project Sugar Man Part 35 |
| "At This Time" (Korean: 이맘 때면) | Sing for You – The Second Christmas | |
| "Y" | 2020 | Two You Project Sugar Man 3 Episode 6 |
| "Couple" (Korean: 연인) | You Hee-yul's Sketchbook 27th Voice | |
| "Lonely Night" | 2021 | Begin Again Open Mic Episode 9 |
| "Stalker" |
| Title | Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Your Song" (Korean: 연애 좀 할까) | 2016 | I Am Sam | |
| "We Are" (Korean: 우리 시작) | 2018 | Jinah Restaurant Full Course | |
| "Change" (Korean: 변한 걸까) | 2019 | With | |
| "Goodnight" | 2021 | It's Not Your Fault | |
| "Rope" (Korean: 줄) | 2022 | Five Senses |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 | K-pop Star 3 | SBS | Contestant | |
| 2019, 2021 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant (ep. 191–193, 297–298) | |
| 2022 | Hangout with Yoo | MBC | Regular cast (as member of WSG Wannabe[44]) |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Golden Disc Awards | Best New Artist | Kwon Jin-ah | [46] | ||
| Melon Music Awards | Best Rookie | Kwon Jin-ah | [47] | |||
| 2021 | Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Collaboration | "I Feel Like" (with Gaeko) | [48] |
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