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Lexy (singer)

{{Short description|South Korean singer}}

{{about|the Korean R&B and hip hop singer|the African American gospel singer known as Lexi|Lexi Allen}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2018}}{{family name hatnote|Hwang||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lexy

| image = Lexy.jpg

| native_name =

| birth_name = Hwang Hyo-sook

| alias = Lexy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|3}}

| genre = {{hlist|R&B|Hip-Hop}}

| occupation = Singer, rapper

| years_active = 2003–present

| label = {{hlist|YG Entertainment|Sony BMG}}

| associated_acts =

}}

Hwang Hyo-sook ({{Korean|황효숙}}; born May 3, 1979), better known by her stage name Lexy (Hangul: 렉시), is a South Korean singer and rapper who debuted in 2003 under YG Entertainment. She was the first solo female rap artist to debut under the company.

Career

=2003—present: Career beginnings, YG Entertainment, debut album and label changes=

Lexy has been featured in songs with many other YG artists, such as Se7en, 1TYM, Jinusean and Wheesung. She was marketed by YG as a hip-hop artist with a little mix of R&B vibe as well. Her debut album, LEXURY (released on October 6, 2003), was fairly well received and with her growing popularity she became a rival with popular singer Lee Hyori for a while. Though her debut album was well received, her second album Lextacy (released on August 26, 2005) didn't achieve as much commercial success when it was released and due to the poor sales it prompted a decision by YG Entertainment to not renew her contract. It was mutually decided that there wouldn't be a re-signing of her contract, but they still wanted to carry out the third album. Titled RUSH, it was released on April 18, 2007, and was on the charts for a few weeks, thanks to her title song "Above The Sky", but the album sales were still not as strong as her debut album.

On September 12, 2007, when Yang Hyun Suk announced that Lexy left YG Entertainment, as signing with the agency did not happen, he also revealed that because of that, he felt like he was giving away his younger sister for marriage. Lexy's contract actually ended in October 2006. There has been no problems on money or ill-feelings toward both parties. It was just decided they would go on separate ways.

On Lexy's first album, LEXURY, Teddy Park of 1TYM composed the song "Let Me Dance" and Song Baek Kyoung, also from 1TYM, composed the song "Up And Down".

After transferring to SB&W Entertainment (joint venture of Sony BMG (now Sony Music) & now-defunct SK Telecom subsidiary WiderThan), Lexy released a new album, THE LEXY, featuring few hip hop artists such as Crown J and VOS. The album consisted of different music style by Lexy going more on the electronic hip hop genre, plus ballads and jazz and was released on March 24, 2008.

In February 2012, Lexy blogged about her return to the music industry and her scheduled 6th album release in August.{{cite web|url=http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/lexy-makes-comeback-091400608.html |title=Lexy makes a comeback - Yahoo! |publisher=My.entertainment.yahoo.com |date=2012-07-18 |accessdate=2012-09-29}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

KOR
{{cite web|url=http://riak.or.kr/chart/mcdc.asp|title=K-Pop Album Sales Volume|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418092921/http://riak.or.kr/chart/mcdc.asp|archive-date=2018-04-18|url-status=dead}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200311.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119134836/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200311.htm|url-status=dead|title=Lexury charting|archive-date=2005-11-19|access-date=2020-09-22}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200507.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115174124/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200507.htm|url-status=dead|title=Lextacy charting|archive-date=2006-01-15|access-date=2020-09-22}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200803.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226215704/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200803.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Lexy charting|archive-date=2009-02-26|access-date=2020-02-27}}
scope="row" | Lexury

|

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. Lextro
  2. 맹세
  3. 내게서 벗어나 (feat. Big Mama)
  4. Up and Down (Clubin') (feat. Gummy)
  5. Let Me Dance (feat. Teddy)
  6. 애송이 (feat. Psy)
  7. 클레오파트라
  8. 잊어줄께
  9. Lexylude
  10. Move
  11. Girls
  12. Tomboy
  13. Baby Come On (feat. Perry)
  14. 빠져 나와 (feat. Danny & Teddy)
  15. 너를 사랑해 (feat. Jinu)
  16. Real Love
  17. Outro

}}

| 9

|

  • KOR: 89,765+{{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200404.htm|title=April 2004 K-Pop Album Sales Volume|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112045620/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200404.htm|archive-date=2008-11-12|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-06|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" | Lextacy

|

  • Released: July 25, 2005
  • Label: YG Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. 눈물 씻고 화장하고
  2. 그만 그만 (feat. Kim Ji Eun)
  3. Animal
  4. Get Out
  5. Hey Everybody (feat. Gummy & Perry)
  6. Oh Yeah
  7. Every Day
  8. 내일 걱정은 내일 해 (feat. Stony Skunk)
  9. Party
  10. Touch Me
  11. 너를 잊으리 (Interlude)
  12. 기꺼이 (feat. Gummy)
  13. L.E.X.Y. (Bonus Track)

}}

| 14

|

  • KOR: 25,505+{{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200508.htm|title=August 2005 K-Pop Album Sales Volume|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221020335/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200508.htm|archive-date=2006-02-21|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-06|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" | Rush

|

  • Released: April 19, 2007
  • Label: YG Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. Get Up (Intro) (feat. Taeyang)
  2. Rush
  3. 쿵쿵 (Kung Kung)
  4. 하늘 위로 (feat. Kim Ji Eun)
  5. Baby Boy (feat. Park Bom)
  6. Hit This Party (feat. Kim Ji Eun)
  7. Super Fly (feat. T.O.P, G-Dragon, Taeyang)
  8. Get That (feat. Perry)
  9. Left To The Right (feat. Masta Wu)
  10. Big Lexy
  11. 하늘 위로 (Remix)

}}

| —

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | The Lexy

|

  • Released: March 17, 2008
  • Label: SB&W Entertainment, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. I Told Ya! (Intro)
  2. Ma People
  3. Don't Lie
  4. Let Me Dance 2 (feat. Hyun Jun)
  5. Immature Girl
  6. Tonight
  7. 번호를 지워
  8. Selfish Love
  9. 두사람
  10. 난 여자라
  11. Don't Lie (Remix)

}}

| 10

|

  • KOR: 4,588+{{cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200803.htm|title=March 2008 K-Pop Album Sales Volume|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226215704/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200803.htm|archive-date=2009-02-26|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-06|url-status=dead}}
colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region

= Singles =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2" |Ano

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Title

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart
positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

! rowspan="2" style="width:9em;" |Album

KOR
{{cite web|title=2012년 37주차 Digital Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=37&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=Korean|accessdate=14 November 2015}}
2003

| align="left" |"Ae song" (애송이)

| rowspan="4" {{n/a| —}}

| rowspan="4" {{n/a| N/A}}

|Lexury

2005

| align="left" |"Tears" (눈물씻고 화장하고)

|Lextacy

2007

| align="left" |"Above the Sky" (하늘위로 (Remix))

|Rush

2008

| align="left" |"Ma People"

|The Lexy

2012

| align="left"|"NOLZA" (놀자 Feat. JC Jieun)

|32

|191,944 {{cite web|title=2012년 09월 Download Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=09&hitYear=2012&termGbn=month|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=Korean|accessdate=14 November 2015}}

|{{n/a|non-album single}}

colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region

=Participation in albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
Year

! Artist(s)

! Title

! Album

1997

|Jinusean feat. Perry, Lexy

|"Jinusean Bomb"

|Jinusean

rowspan="5"|1999

|YG Family (Yang Goon & Lexy)

|"Hurry Up"

| Famillenium

rowspan="3"|Yoon Hee-jung feat. Lexy

|"Sad Destiny" (슬픈 인연)

|rowspan="3"| 3534

"Poet Designer (Real Mc)"
"Camp 30"
YG Family (Jinusean (feat. Perry, Lexy, YJP))

|"JS-REMIX YG Bounce"

| Y.G Best of Album

rowspan="3"|2001

|Jinusean feat. Masta Wu, Lexy

|"HIPHOP" (힙合)

| The Reign

Perry feat. Jinusean, Danny, Masta Wu, Lexy

|"Get Ready"

|rowspan="2"| Perry By Storm

Perry feat. Lexy

|"Baby Come On"

rowspan="4"|2002

| Swi.T feat. Lexy

|"Go"

| Swi.T

Rain feat. Danny, Lexy, Byul, and JYP

|"What's Love"

| Bad Guy

YG Family
(Jinusean, Danny of 1TYM, Lexy, G-Dragon, Wheesung)

|"YMCA Baseball Team" (YMCA 야구단)

|rowspan="2"| Why Be Normal?

YG Family (Jinusean, 1TYM, G-Dragon & Lexy)

|"A-YO!"

rowspan="2"|2003

|Se7en feat. Wheesung & Lexy

|"Luz control"

| Just Listen

1TYM feat. Lexy

|"OK"

| ONCE N 4 ALL

rowspan="3"|2004

|Wanted Narration Masta Wu, Lexy

|"Naneun" (나는)

| Like The First

Gummy feat. Lexy, Jinu

|"Round 1"

| It's Different

Jinusean feat. Lexy

|"Welcome"

| Let's Play (노.라.보.세.)

2005

|PSY

|"Girls" (사노라면)

| Remake & Mix 18 Beon

rowspan="2"|2006

|rowspan="2"|YG Family (Lexy)

|"Ae song" (애송이)

|rowspan="2"| YG 10th

"Tears" (눈물씻고 화장하고)

=Music videos=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Music video

rowspan="4"| 2003

|"Ae song (애송이 feat. Psy)"

"LET ME DANCE (feat. Teddy)"
"GIRLS"
"4TH (맹세)"
2005

|"TEARS (涙を拭いて化粧して)"

2007

|"SKY (空の上に)"

2008

|"Ma People"

2012

|"NOLZA Feat. JC Jieun"

Awards

=[[Mnet Asian Music Awards]]=

width="75%" class="wikitable sortable"
width="10%"| Year

! width="25%"| Category

! width="25%"| Work

! width="10%"| Result

align="center"|2003

| Best New Female Artist

| align="center"| "Grasshopper" (애송이)[http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=6493 "2003 MMF part 1"]. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-20.

| {{nom}}

align="center"| 2005

| Best Female Artist

| align="center"| "Tears" (눈물 씻고 화장하고)[http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=6499 "2005 MKMF part 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201021842/http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=6499 |date=2016-02-01 }}. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

| {{nom}}

align="center"| 2007

| Best House & Electronic

| align="center"| "Above The Sky"[http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=75123 "2007 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1"]. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-14.

| {{nom}}

References

{{reflist|35em}}

External links

  • {{Cyworld|55236072|LEXY}}
  • [https://archive.today/20130219023201/http://www.l3xy.co.kr/ LEXY website]

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:South Korean hip-hop singers

Category:South Korean women rappers

Category:South Korean hip-hop musicians

Category:21st-century South Korean women singers

Category:21st-century South Korean singers

Category:South Korean female idols

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