Gummy

Park Ji-yeon (; born April 8, 1981), known professionally as Gummy , is a South Korean singer. She debuted in 2003 with the album Like Them and has since become known for her soundtrack appearances.

Career

2003–2009: Debut and breakthrough success Gummy debuted in 2003 with the album Like Them. Her title track "Memory Loss" brought her success and recognition and led Gummy to win the Bonsang at the 19th Golden Disk Awards. The same year, Gummy earned the Mobile Popularity Award for "Memory Loss" at the 2004 Mnet Km Music Festival. However, she suffered vocal nodules between the first and second albums. The lead single "I'm Sorry" features T.O.P from Big Bang. A week after its release, the song peaked within the top five spots on various digital charts.

2010–2011: Loveless Gummy released a mini album titled Loveless. A music video plus the full song of one of her tracks in the mini album was released on April 21. Loveless was released on April 29, and promotion for the album began in May.

On October 15, 2011, the MV for her remake of "I'm Sorry" feat. TOP was released.

2013: 10th anniversary and label change 2013 marked the tenth anniversary for Gummy and she celebrated with a fan meeting. She then released her OST for the drama, That Winter, the Wind Blows entitled "Snow Flower".

Gummy also released her second Japanese album, Fate(s). She also had a duet with Daesung from BIGBANG. Two music videos were released for the lead single of the album, "Shinjiteru (Believe)".

Gummy signed with C-JeS Entertainment in October 2013, leaving YG Entertainment.

2014–present: Original soundtrack releases In 2014, Gummy provided the song "You're Calling Me" for the action-thriller television series Three Days. Gummy then returned with the mini album "I Loved...Have No Regrets". One of the singles from the 6-track EP was a duet with labelmate and JYJ's Park Yuchun.

In 2016, Gummy released her OST for the drama Descendants of the Sun entitled "You are My Everything". It topped iTunes K-pop charts in Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, and Taiwan as well as coming in the top 10 in the U.S and Vietnam. The same year, she once again collaborated with Descendant 's music director Gaemi to release the OST for the popular drama Love in the Moonlight entitled "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds". The success of her soundtrack releases drew the media to call her "OST Queen".

In October 2021, Gummy released a ballad titled "It Was Still Love".

In June 2024, Gummy signed with new label Amoeba Culture.

Personal life Gummy was born into a food-production family. Her father worked in a seaweed sauce factory, while her grandfather worked in a prawn farm in the sea.

Gummy has been in a relationship with actor Jo Jung-suk since 2013. In June 2018, Jo announced the couple's engagement and plans to get married in the fall. On October 8, 2018, Gummy's agency announced that the couple had already gotten married in a private ceremony with their families. On August 6, 2020, they welcomed their first child, a daughter. On January 14, 2026, the couple welcomed their second daughter.

Discography

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR KOR Like ThemReleased: February 3, 2003 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 28 —KOR: 74,670 It's DifferentReleased: September 9, 2004 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 4 —KOR: 131,660 For the BloomReleased: September 1, 2005 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 6 —KOR: 74,960 Gummy Unplugged Remake album Released: April 28, 2006 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 7 — KOR: 31,458 Comfort Released: March 12, 2008 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download — 83 Fall in Memory Cover album Released: April 17, 2015 Label: C-Jes Entertainment

Label: C-JeS Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 23KOR: 1,078 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR KoreanLoveless Released: April 30, 2010 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 3 —I Loved..Have No Regrets(사랑했으니..됐어) Released: June 10, 2014 Label: C-Jes Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 8 — KOR: 2,728 JapaneseLoveless Released: November 9, 2011 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download — 59Fate(s) Released: April 3, 2013 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download — 58"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles Title Year Peak chart positionsSalesAlbum KOR "We Should've Been Friends" 2003 28 KOR: 1,009,278 Loveless"Because You're a Man" 4 KOR: 1,679,056 "Only One" 2013 64 "Special Love" 3 KOR: 539,980 "You Will Think of Me" 2014 7 "I Loved..Have No Regrets" (사랑했으니..됐어) 5I Loved..Have No Regrets"Get Lost" 30 "The Only Thing I Can't Do" 2015 14 KOR: 264,514 Midas OST"Snowflake" 2013 3 KOR: 1,128,727 That Winter, the Wind Blows OST"Day and Night" 2013 8 KOR: 661,065 Descendants of the Sun OST"Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" 2 KOR: 795,966 2022 175 Alchemy of Souls OST"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other charted songs

Filmography Television shows + Year Title ! Notes 2015King of Mask SingerYoung and Innocent Cosmos (Episodes 25–26, 28, 30, 32) 2021 The Song We Loved, New Singer Judge 2022 Singforest Cast New Festa Cast Member

Awards and nominations

Golden Disc Awards

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Other awards