Lee Mi-ja

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| name = Lee Mi-ja

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|10|30}}

| birth_place = Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea
(today Seoul, South Korea)

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1959–present

| honours = File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Geum-gwan (1st Class) ribbon.PNG Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit (2023)

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| genre = Trot}}

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| child = yes

| hangul = 이미자

| hanja = 李美子

| rr = I Mi-ja

| mr = Yi Mi-cha

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Lee Mi-ja (Hangul: 이미자; born October 30, 1941){{Cite web|url=http://www.mnet.com/artist/811/profile|title=이미자 소개|website=Mnet|language=ko|trans-title=Lee Mi-ja Profile|access-date=2018-02-11}} is a South Korean singer. She is widely considered the most influential trot singer in Korean music history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/04/201_12356.html|title=10 Influential Women on the Cultural Scene (1950–2007)|date=2007-10-22|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en}} Lee debuted in 1959 and rose to stardom with her 1964 best-selling song, "Camellia Girl."{{Cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/10/386_145257.html|title=Root of K-pop|last=Park|first=Si-soo|date=2013-10-31|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en}} She has released over 500 albums during her career and is known as the "Queen of Elegy," after one of her most popular songs.{{Cite news|url=http://koreafocus.or.kr/design2/layout/content_print.asp?group_id=102481|title=Lee Mi-ja Looks Back on Her 50-Year Singing Career|last=Choi|first=Bo-shik|date=2009-03-08|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2018-02-11|publisher=Reprinted in Korea Focus}} In 2002, she became one of the first South Korean singers to perform in North Korea.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/defense/826450.html|title=그땐 평양서 효리·젝키 공연, 평창엔 북한 걸그룹 오나요|last=Lee|first=Yoo-jin|date=2018-01-05|work=The Hankyoreh|access-date=2018-02-11|language=ko}}

Awards

2013 MBC Entertainment Awards – Achievement Award

= State honors=

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scope="row" rowspan="2" \| South Korea \| rowspan="2" \| Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards{{NoteTag\|Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.{{cite web\|url=https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/\|title=BTS, Red Velvet win at Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards\|last=Hicap\|first=Jonathan\|date=October 18, 2018\|work=Manila Bulletin\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018084952/https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/\|archive-date=October 18, 2018\|access-date=June 18, 2021}}{{cite web\|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3054691\|title=BTS gets award upon their return home\|last=Yeo\|first=Yer-im\|date=October 25, 2018\|work=Yonhap News Agency\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107061245/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3054691\|archive-date=November 7, 2018\|access-date=June 18, 2021\|via=Korea JoongAng Daily}} They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.{{cite web\|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2\|title=Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards announces winners\|last=Lee\|first=Sang-won\|date=October 25, 2016\|work=The Korea Herald\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000501/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2\|archive-date=September 29, 2018\|access-date=June 18, 2021}}}} \|style="text-align:center" \| 2013 \| Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit \|style="text-align:center" \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131110000254\|title=Veteran entertainers win cultural order\|date=November 10, 2013\|website=The Korea Herald\|access-date=December 31, 2020}}
style="text-align:center" \| 2023 \| Gold Crown Cultural Medal \| style="text-align:center" \|{{cite web\|url= https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000784477\|last=Lee\|first=Ha-na \|title=이미자, 대중음악인 최초 금관문화훈장 수훈‥황정민·신동엽 대통령 표창\|trans-title=Lee Mi-ja becomes the first popular musician to be awarded the Gold Medal of Culture by Presidents Hwang Jung-min and Shin Dong-yup \|work=Newsen \|via=Naver\|date=October 20, 2023\|access-date=November 1, 2023\|language=ko}}

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scope="row" rowspan="2" | South Korea

| rowspan="2" | Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards{{NoteTag|Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/|title=BTS, Red Velvet win at Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=October 18, 2018|work=Manila Bulletin|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018084952/https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/|archive-date=October 18, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3054691|title=BTS gets award upon their return home|last=Yeo|first=Yer-im|date=October 25, 2018|work=Yonhap News Agency|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107061245/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3054691|archive-date=November 7, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021|via=Korea JoongAng Daily}} They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2|title=Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards announces winners|last=Lee|first=Sang-won|date=October 25, 2016|work=The Korea Herald|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000501/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2|archive-date=September 29, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021}}}}

|style="text-align:center" | 2013

| Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit

|style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131110000254|title=Veteran entertainers win cultural order|date=November 10, 2013|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=December 31, 2020}}

style="text-align:center" | 2023

| Gold Crown Cultural Medal

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url= https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000784477|last=Lee|first=Ha-na |title=이미자, 대중음악인 최초 금관문화훈장 수훈‥황정민·신동엽 대통령 표창|trans-title=Lee Mi-ja becomes the first popular musician to be awarded the Gold Medal of Culture by Presidents Hwang Jung-min and Shin Dong-yup |work=Newsen |via=Naver|date=October 20, 2023|access-date=November 1, 2023|language=ko}}

Notes

References

External links

{{YouTube|Fl5S2m1qtpQ|Popular songs from 1968 '당신의 그이름' '사랑 했는데}}
{{YouTube|xWrFWARgL4w|Popular song from 1967 '섬마을 처녀'}}

Category:1941 births

Category:Living people

Category:South Korean women singers

Category:Singers from Seoul