Sunny

Sunny (써니) is a American-born Korean pop singer. She is a sub vocalist for Girls’ Generation, and the niece of SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man. She was a radio DJ and hosted the “Reckless Radio” program with Super Junior’s lead vocalist Sungmin; taking over after fellow member Sooyoung withdrew from the show. She hosted until it’s demise on July 31, 2008 and was a regular cast member on the popular reality television program Invincible Youth.

Overview

Sunny has mentioned that she lived in Kuwait when she was an infant. However, her family then moved to South Korea around the time of the Gulf War. She has two older sisters, all of which share the same birthday. Her father was in the college band Hwaljooro with Bae Chul-soo. She is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment.

In 1998, Sunny entered Starlight Entertainment and became a trainee for 5 years before transferring to Starworld where she became a member of a duet called “Sugar” which never debuted. One of her older sisters was the manager for Sugar, but when the duo disbanded, she became active in other parts of the music industry.

In 2007, she was then recommended by the singer Ayumi, who transferred to SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls’ Generation at the same year.

Projects

Soundtracks/ Collaborations

• Super Junior-Happy – Cooking? Cooking! (#1 Cooking? Cooking!) , 2008
• Working Mom OST (#2 You Don’t Know About Love) , 2008
• Story of Wine OST (#2 At this Belated Time (Vocal Sunny of Girls’ Generation)) , 2009
• Heading to the Ground OST (#1 I’m Only in Love) (Sunny, Taeyeon), 2009
• Oh! My Lady OST (#1 Your Doll) , 2010

Television

• The M – MC, 2009-2010
• Invincible Youth, 2009-2010

Music Video

• Super Junior-Happy – COOKING? COOKING!, 2009

Commercials

• Nexon MappleStory, 2008
• Bingba “Banana Milk”, 2009
• Post Granola , 2009

Radio

• Reckless Radio – DJ, 2008

Other Information

• Birth name : Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)
• Also known as : Sunny
• Born : May 15, 1989, United States
• Genres : K-Pop
• Occupations : singer, TV hostess,, radio jockey, dancer
• Years active : 2007 – present
• Labels : SM Entertainment
• Associated acts : Girls’ Generation, SM Town

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