Chungha

Kim Chung-ha (, born Kim Chan-mi []; February 9, 1996), known mononymously as Chungha (stylized as CHUNG HA), is a South Korean pop singer, dancer and choreographer.

She finished fourth in Mnet's girl group survival show Produce 101, becoming a member of the resulting girl group I.O.I.

Chungha was born as Kim Chan-mi on February 9, 1996, in Seoul.

Under her English name Annie Kim, she lived in Dallas, Texas, for eight years before returning to South Korea to become a singer.

As a result, she speaks both English and Korean.

She graduated from Sejong University, majoring in dance.

She auditioned for YG Entertainment and was a JYP Entertainment trainee prior to joining MNH Entertainment.

Kim trained for three years before debuting, and had been dancing for 6–7 years.

She revealed that she almost quit attending dance classes at some point due to financial issues.

From January 22 to April 1, Kim represented MNH Entertainment on reality girl group survival show Produce 101.

She finished in fourth place and debuted on May 4, with the project girl group I.O.I with the mini-album Chrysalis.

On June 10, YMC Entertainment revealed Chungha as one of the seven members of the group's unit group, slated to promote their second single, "Whatta Man", during the summer of 2016.

It was revealed that three teams were contacted to make the choreography for the single, but hers was chosen because it was deemed to be the highest quality.

The single was a commercial success peaking at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and on the Gaon Album Chart, for its digital (downloads and streaming) and physical sales respectively.

On June 30, it was revealed that Chungha would be having a cameo appearance on Korean drama, Entourage, along with groupmate Lim Na-young.

On July 24, she was revealed to be a new cast member on dance survival show, Hit The Stage.

On August 17, it was announced that Chungha would be collaborating with groupmates Choi Yoo-jung, Jeon So-mi, and DIA's Ki Hui-hyeon for the digital single, "Flower, Wind and You", which was produced by Boi B. The music video was released on MBK Entertainment's YouTube channel.

Following the dissolution of I.O.I in 2017, Chungha debuted as a solo artist with the extended play Hands on Me.

On December 21, MNH Entertainment confirmed that she would be debuting as a solo artist in the beginning of 2017 after wrapping up I.O.I's promotions.

On December 23, Chungha collaborated with Heo Jung-eun and HALO's Ooon for the holiday carol, "Snow in This Year", that was featured on the Korean drama, My Fair Lady.

On January 10, 2017, Chungha was selected to be a host for EBS' ''Ah!

Sunday – A Running Miracle''.

Chungha would show the public how to improve their physical fitness via jogging and would take a team of challengers under her wing for the show.

On April 21, she released her pre-debut single titled "Week", on the official M&H Entertainment YouTube account, followed on June 7 by her debut EP, entitled Hands on Me, with the lead track "Why Don't You Know".

Chungha subsequently featured in Samuel Kim's solo debut album entitled Sixteen with the track "With U", and in Babylon's single, "La La La".

From September 3 onwards, she took over Kisum as a DJ for EBS's radio program Listen, and on September 19, it was announced that she would be an MC for FashionN's Please Take Care of My Vanity alongside Super Junior's Leeteuk and Han Chae-young.

On November 22, the first episode of her own reality show, Chungha's Free Month, was released on YouTube and NaverTV.

Chungha released her second extended play Offset on January 17, 2018.

The EP contains five tracks including the title track "Roller Coaster".

On June 26, MNH Entertainment confirmed that she would be having a comeback on July 18 with her third mini-album titled Blooming Blue, with "Love U" serving as the lead single.

Chungha became the ambassador for the Seoul International Architecture Film Festival in October of the same year.

It was announced on August 8 that she would join the project group consisting of Red Velvet's Seulgi, (G)I-dle's Soyeon and GFriend's SinB called Station Young for SM Entertainment's project album SM Station X 0.

They released their single, "Wow Thing" on September 28.

Chungha collaborated with Super Junior's Yesung with the song, "Whatcha Doin'", with the music video released on December 16.

On January 2, 2019, she released her single album, Gotta Go.

On January 9, Chungha won her first-ever music program trophy on the MBC Music's Show Champion.

She was featured in VIXX member Ravi's new single, "Live", which was released on February 18, 2019.

Chungha released her fourth EP Flourishing on June 24, 2019, alongside the music video of the lead single, "Snapping".

"Snapping" was placed first on Show Champion on July 3, 2019.

In August, she joined the soundtrack lineup for the tvN drama Hotel del Luna.