Pearl (singer)

Jinju (Korean: 진주; born 4 July 1980[1]), better known as Pearl, is a South Korean singer.

Pearl
Born	Joo Jin 4 July 1980 Suwon, South Korea
Other names	Jinju
Occupation	Singer professor
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B/Urban hip hop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1997–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment (1997–2000) Follow Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	주진
Revised Romanization	Joo Jin
McCune–Reischauer	Chu Chin

Career

On 17 December 1997, Pearl debuted under JYP Entertainment with the album Sunflower.[2]

In 2015, Pearl competed in King of Mask Singer and became the 3rd generation mask king.

On 13 December 2017, Pearl released her fourth extended play, titled Sunflower, to commemorate her 20th anniversary since debut.[3]

Since March 2018, Pearl has been working as a full-time Professor at Jeonghwa Arts University.[4]

In 2020, Pearl participated as a contestant in Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man.[5]

Discography

Studio albums

• Sunflower (17 December 1997)
• Jinju`s Soul Music (17 December 1999)
• LOVE IS... (1 March 2001)
• Chance (27 December 2001)

Extended plays

• Jinjoo & Wedding (22 November 2004)
• White (10 January 2008)
• Pearlfect (13 January 2009)
• Sunflower (13 December 2017)

Single albums

• Life Goes On (21 May 2007)
• Take My Hand OST Part 2 (29 January 2014)

Digital singles

• The Legend of Jinju (11 October 2006)
• Snow X-Mas (3 December 2008)
• Project Introduction – Follow & Plus (8 December 2010)
• Shout (4 October 2013)
• Home (1 October 2015)
• What A Friend We Have in Jesus (I Am Melody 3) (2 October 2015)
• Blessing of the Sea OST Part 3 (14 February 2019)

References

1. "아티스트 채널". Melon.
2. "진주, 어릴 적 "건반이 너무 갖고 싶었다."". gocj. July 24, 2009.
3. "'데뷔 20주년' 진주, 기념 앨범 'sunflower'가 갖는 의미". MK News. December 13, 2017.
4. "진주 (주진, JinJu) 가수". Naver. March 9, 2018.
5. "'슈가맨3' 진주, 시즌3 첫 100불…'난 괜찮아'로 소환". News 1. February 7, 2020.