Park Cho-a

Park Cho-a (born March 6, 1990), better known by the mononym Choa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a former member of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012. She was an MC in the variety show We Got Married.

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Cho-a
박초아
Choa in 2016
Born
Park Cho-a

(1990-03-06) March 6, 1990
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2012–2017
2020–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
박초아
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Cho-a
McCune–ReischauerPak Ch'oa

Biography

Choa was born on March 6, 1990, in Incheon, South Korea.[1] She wanted to major in music at university but her conservative father wanted her to get a traditional job, so she enrolled in Aviation Business Administration in Inha Technical College. She also worked as an IPTV salesperson, where she secretly auditioned to be an idol, failing the audition at S.M. Entertainment 15 times.[2][3]

Choa's first step in becoming an idol was when she met singer-songwriter Juniel, who told her about FNC's auditions for their girl group, AOA. Both Juniel and Choa were previously trainees at a company that went bankrupt.[4][5][6]

Career

2012–2013: Debut with AOA
Main article: AOA (band)

On July 30, 2012, Choa made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.[7]

On June 12, 2013, it was announced that Choa would play the female lead, Gabriella, in the musical High School Musical. Her agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed photos of Choa practising the duet song, "Start of Something New". Choa said that she wanted to portray Gabriella as sincerely as she could. The musical ran from July 2 to September 1 at Seoul's Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.[8]

2014–2017: Solo activities and hiatus

On March 16, 2014, Choa released a solo OST for TV Chosun's TV series Bride of the Century.[9]

Choa appeared as a new cast member on MBC's variety show "My Little Television".[10] She later left the show on May 19, 2015.[11]

Choa also became a new model for sports brand NBA's 2015 S/S, the first few pictures released were colourful and sporty.[12]

On March 25, 2015, it was revealed that Choa would be one of the members on the studio panel for MBC's We Got Married, replacing Hong Jin-young.[13][14]

On June 6, 2015, she became an advertising model for Alba Heaven, a website to help people find part-time jobs. She appeared alongside Yoo Byung-jae in a commercial for the website that month.[15]

On 22 July 2015, it was revealed that Choa will collaborate with Primary and Iron for Primary's new single 2-3 's song "Don't Be Shy".[16] The song and the full music video starring Choa was released on July 24, 2015.[17]

A teaser trailer for Choa's solo debut, "Flame", was released on December 14, 2015. "Flame" is a cover of a song by Jang Hye-jin featuring Gary, with Gary's rap reworked into a section for Choa to sing.[18][19] The song was later released on December 17, 2015.[20]

In October 2016, Choa was confirmed to be the MCs of JTBC new variety show 'Sing For You', scheduled for December 3, 2016.[21]

On June 22, 2017, Choa announced that she would be leaving AOA due to depression and insomnia. She stated that she had tried using medication to help, however, there was no improvement in her mental health.[22] This followed after Choa had a hiatus from the group following their activities from January 2017 when they released their first studio album Angel's Knock. Her departure from AOA was officially confirmed by FNC Entertainment on June 30, 2017.[23] In May 2019, her contract with FNC expired and was not renewed.[24]

2020–present: Return and Great M

After a three-year hiatus from the entertainment industry, it was announced on August 6, 2020 that Choa had recorded a new song for the soundtrack to the drama To All the Guys Who Loved Me (Korean: 그놈이 그놈이다; RR: Geunomi geunomida; lit. Men Are Men) on KBS2.[25] Officials confirmed her participation after viewers heard the song on the August 3rd broadcast of the show, and speculated that the singer sounded similar to Choa.[26] According to an entertainment industry official on August 21, 2020 Choa has moved to Great M Entertainment, a new agency founded by Kim Young Sun, who was a founding member and managing director of FNC Entertainment.[27]

Discography
Main article: AOA discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[28]
As lead artist
"Flame" (불꽃) 2015 25 Non-album single
As featured artist
"Don't Be Shy" (아끼지마)
Primary feat. Choa, Iron		 2015 10 2
"Cloud"
Primary feat. Choa		 2020 —[lower-alpha 1] N/A Boxtape

Soundtrack appearances
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[28]
"Breaking Free" (자유롭게)
with Lee Jae-jin		 2013 — N/A High School Musical on Stage! OST
"What I Wanted to Say" (아직 하지 못한 말) 2014 — Bride of the Century OST
"Happy Me" (행복한)
with Byul		 2015 — King of Mask Singer OST
"Beautiful Restriction" (아름다운 구속) —
"I Guess" (그런가봐요)
piano by Yoo Hee-yeol		 26 Two Yoo Project Sugar Man OST
"Sing For U"
with Kim Tae-woo		 2017 — N/A Sing For You OST
"What More Do You Need To Say" (무슨 말이 더 필요해) —
"Here I Am" (난 여기 있어요) 2020 —[33] To All the Guys Who Loved Me OST
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Filmography

Reality shows
Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Cheongdam-dong 111 Herself tvN [34]
2015 Open-Up AOA! Herself Naver
One Fine Day Herself MBC Music [35]
2016 Channel AOA Herself OnStyle

Variety shows
Year Title Role Network Notes
2015We Got MarriedMCMBC
King of Mask SingerContestant[36]
2016Girl Who Leapt ChartsRegular MCKBS Joy[37]
Sing For YouRegular MCJTBC
2021On & OffCast membertvN[38]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards New Star of the Year[39] We Got Married Won

Notes
  1. "Cloud" didn't enter Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked 85 position on the Gaon Download Chart [31]

References
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  4. 이, 혜미 (2015-10-19). "'어송포유' 주니엘 "AOA 초아, 내 덕에 데뷔"" [A Song For You Juniel: "AOA's Choa debuted, thanks to me"]. 네이트뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. "Solo Day Special". A Song For You. Season 4. Episode 13 (in Korean). 2015-10-18. 34 minutes in. KBS. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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  12. "Big Bang's Taeyang and AOA's ChoA turn heads looking fabulously sporty chic for 'NBA'". allkpop.
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  25. 지, 민경 (2020-08-06). "초아, AOA 탈퇴 후 활동 중단→3년만에 OST 참여..활동 재개하나 [종합]". news.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-07.
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  29. Cumulative sales of "Flame":
  30. Cumulative sales of "Don't Be Shy":
  31. 2020년 40주차 Download Chart.
  32. Cumulative sales of "I Guess":
  33. "Here I Am" didn't enter Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked 130 position on the Gaon Download Chart: *2020년 33주차 Download Chart.
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