Kim So-hyang, known mononymously as Sohyang, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and author. She was born on April 5, 1978, in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Sohyang's singing career began in 1996 when she was discovered by composer Jo Hwan-gon while practicing in a recording studio¹. She has been dubbed by the international media as the "Korean Mariah Carey" due to her controlled, skillful, and developed voice¹²⁴. Her goal is to use her voice to comfort people who are going through difficult times¹². She has participated multiple times on various television music competition programs such as Immortal Songs 2, King of Mask Singer, and I Am a Singer 2, winning three times on Immortal Songs 2¹. In addition to her singing career, Sohyang is also an author of fiction. She has published multiple fantasy novels since 2013, the most well-known of them being Crystal Castle and Anaxion. In 2014, she became the first non-American artist to sing the American national anthem at an NBA game. She achieved further fame when she sang with Kirk Franklin. Her performance of "Lean on Me" won an award at the 2015 Banff World Media Festival. In 2016, Sohyang was awarded the Grand Prize of the Seoul Success Award in the Culture category. She provided the singing voice of the protagonist in the Korean-dubbed version of Disney's movie Moana. Sohyang has a diverse discography, with songs spanning various genres. Some of her songs include "극복의 노래, 아리랑", "BLESSING (Feat. YDG)", "Beautiful Destiny", "Did You Forget?", "Hello", "Beneath the moonlight", "Higher (Acoustic)", "Exodus", "Stand Up", "MY LORD JESUS", "Prayer", "The star", "Freedom", "Amazing Grace", "Letter", "Luminous (Inst.)", "Vincent (Instrumental)", "I hope so", "Sweet Dreams, My Dear (Korean Version)", "Miracle", "평화의 바람", "We Are One (ENG Ver.)", "Beautiful Words (Instrumental)", "기도", "이 바보야", "Once (Instrumental)", "Stay", "Begin Again Korea, Episode. 10-2 (Original Television Soundtrack)-If I Ain't Got You (마리나 버스킹 Version)", "Begin Again Korea, Episode. 10-3 (Original Television
Soundtrack)-Marvin Gaye (캠핑 버스킹 Version)", "Misty (식물원 버스킹 Version)", "Never Enough (오프닝 Version)", "Back In Time (파킹랏 버스킹 Version)", "Please (경기천 버스킹 Version)", "Wind Song (클래식 컬래버 버스킹 Version)", "I'll Be There (송도해변 버스킹 Version)", "My Heart Will Go On (송도해변 버스킹 Version)", "I will go to you like the first snow (월영교 버스킹 Version)", "I Will Always Love You (포항 버스킹 Version)", "Hopefully Sky (Instrumental)", "Starlight (Inst.)", "마지막 약속", "The Last Promise (Inst.)", "Only My Heart Knows", "사랑합니다", "눈을 감아 (Inst.)", "The Song Begins (feat. Jinjoo.L)", "The Song Begins (feat. Jinjoo.L) [Instrumental]", "Home", "Day Day (Mrs. Excitement)", "Sigh", "집으로 가는 길 (Acoustic Piano Version)"⁵. You can find some of her best live performances on YouTube⁸. There is also a playlist of almost all songs by Sohyang in alphabetical order. She is known for her controlled, skillful, and developed voice. She got married to Hee-jun Kim in 1998 at the age of 20. Right after she got married, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Because of her early detection, she was able to survive the cancer, but was rendered infertile. She can play the guitar. She has many OST’s, including ‘A Part Of This Dream – Dream High San E ft. Sohyang (2011)’, ‘Only One Thing – The Horse Doctor (2012)’, and ‘Don’t Forget Me – Iris II (2013)’. She has said that she used to listen to artists Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion, whose music helped her to get through difficult times. She said her favorite album is Mariah Carey’s Music Box. Her sister-in-law is the guitarist JinJooLee from DNCE.
Sohyang’s vocal type is a lyric soprano.
According to Sohyang, the highest note she can sing is an E ♭ 7. This means that she has an overall range of approximately four octaves.
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