Ailee
Sign in to saveAmy Lee (born May 30, 1989), known professionally as Ailee, is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1989-05-30
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The love of his brother
- Mistletoe Memories
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Film & TV
Acting · Denver, Colorado, USA
Amy Lee (born May 30, 1989), known professionally as Ailee, is a Korean-American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released two studio albums, five extended plays, twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart. Following a short stint at Muzo Entertainment in New York City, she moved to South…
Known for
- Veiled Cup2026
- Into My Playlist2023
- Jae Joong and Friends2023
- Music Universe K-909 — Self2022
- A Way Station — Amy2021
- Korea On Stage - Namwon Gwanghallu — Main Role2021
- THE KOLOR2020
- Good Girl — Self2020
- Player 7 — Self2019
- How Do You Play? — Self2019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,856
- Total plays
- 1,845,137
Tags
k-popKoreanfemale vocalistsKpopAilee
Ailee (에일리; born May 30, 1989 in Denver, Colorado, United States), Birth name: Amy Lee; Korean name: Lee Yejin (이예진), is an American singer under South Korean record label YMC Entertainment. She released her first single, "Heaven", in February 2012. On February 6, the music video teaser for Ailee's debut song, "Heaven", was released. Heaven was written and produced by 휘성. On the 9th, Ailee released the song and the music video, which featured Beast's Lee Gi Kwang. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
via Last.fm · 에일리
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Tolerance of Elder Abuse and Attitudes Toward Third-Party Intervention Among African American, Korean American, and White Elderly
· 2000 · cited 54x
- Depression Among Elderly Korean Immigrants
· 2004 · cited 53x
- Elder Mistreatment, Culture, and Help-Seeking: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants
· 2014 · cited 51x
- Elder Mistreatment Among Four Asian American Groups
· 2002 · cited 50x
- Korean American Elderly's Knowledge and Perceptions of Elder Abuse
· 1997 · cited 46x
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Ailee
- Person.image
- Ailee in January 2026.png
- Person.alt
- Ailee wearing a gray blazer and posing for the camera during Veiled Cup' production conference in 2026
- Person.caption
- Ailee in January 2026
- Person.birth_name
- Amy Lee
- Person.birth_place
- Denver, Colorado, U.S.
- Person.website
- ailee.bstage.in
- Person.signature
- Ailee Singer Signature.png
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2012–present
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
- Korean name/auto.headercolor
Key dates
- Born
- 30 May 1989
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Amy
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denver
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- K-pop
Article
25 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 2010–2011: Career beginnings
- 2012: Debut and commercial success
- 2013–2014: Commercial popularity
- 2015–2016: Breakthrough with ''Vivid''
- 2017–2018: OST success and solo concert tours
- 2019–2023: Album releases continued touring
- 2025–present: ''(Me)moir''
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Discography
- Filmography
- Television drama
- Television shows
- Web shows
- Tours and concerts
- Welcome Home Tour
- I Am: Ailee Tour
- I Am: Re-born Tour
- Show Tok
- One-off concerts
- Co-headlining tours and concerts
- References
- External links
Amy Lee (born May 30, 1989), known professionally as Ailee, is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart.
She debuted in 2012 with her first single "Heaven", which peaked at number three on the Gaon Digital Chart and earned her Best New Artist Awards at the Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards, and Seoul Music Awards. She won four consecutive Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Vocal Performance titles from 2013 to 2016, with "U&I", "Singing Got Better", "Mind Your Own Business", and "If You" respectively. Her 2017 single, "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow", recorded for the soundtrack of the television drama series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), won several awards and was the most digitally successful song of that year, becoming the best-selling record in movies and dramas in the Korean sound record market.
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1989 births21st-century American singer-songwriters21st-century American women singersAileeAmerican expatriates in South KoreaAmerican K-pop singersAmerican musicians of Korean descentAmerican people of South Korean descentAmerican sopranosAmerican women pop singersAmerican women singer-songwritersJapanese-language American singers