South Korean singer

In this Korean name, the family name is Oh.Musical artist

Oh Hye-rin (born May 7, 1989), better known by her stage name Raina, is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a former member of the South Korean girl group After School and member of the sub-unit Orange Caramel. Raina debuted with the group in November 2009 following the release of the group's third single, "Because of You". She debuted as a solo singer in September 2014 with the single "You End, And Me".

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Predebut
  • 1.2 2009–2014: Debut with After School and Orange Caramel
  • 1.3 2014–present: Solo career
• 2 Discography
  • 2.1 Single albums
  • 2.2 Singles
  • 2.3 Other songs
• 3 Theater
• 4 Awards and nominations
  • 4.1 Mnet Asian Music Awards
  • 4.2 Melon Music Awards
  • 4.3 Golden Disc Awards
  • 4.4 Seoul Music Awards
  • 4.5 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Career

Predebut

Raina tried to audition with JYP Entertainment to become a rapper before joining Pledis Entertainment. Before debut, Raina was a barista at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. She also previously auditioned for Mnet's Superstar K and was a student at the SM Academy. Raina is considered to be one of the best vocalists among idol girl groups in South Korea.

2009–2014: Debut with After School and Orange Caramel

Raina officially debuted with After School for the release of their second single, "Because of You", which attained No. 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and won the "triple crown" on SBS Inkigayo. She debuted in After School's sub-unit Orange Caramel on June 18, 2010, on KBS Music Bank with the song "Magic Girl". She released her first solo single for the My Shining Girl OST in February 2012. Raina has written lyrics for Orange Caramel's "Still..." and "Standing in This Place". Raina also wrote the lyrics for After School's "Love Love Love" and "Timeless".

2014–present: Solo career

On June 12, 2014, Raina and rapper San E released an R&B duet called A Midsummer Night's Sweetness. The collaboration topped all major music charts in South Korea soon after it was released, and it was No. 4 on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart.

In October 2014, Raina became the first After School member to make a solo debut with the release her solo single *led Reset, which was released on October 8. The single consists of *le track You End, and Me and b-side track Repertoire.

Raina released her second digital single *led I Don't Know on November 24, 2015.

On June 16, 2016, Raina and rapper San E released their second duet, called Sugar and Me.

On June 5, 2017, Raina released her third OST *led When Rain Falls for MBC's drama "Lookout"; fellow After School member E-young participated in lyric-writing, composition and arrangement for the track.Raina released her first single album, Loop on July 31. The single album contains three tracks, with *le track Loop featuring NU'EST's Aron.

In August 2018, Raina released the single It's Okay as part of a project single with producer Bumzu. Subsequently, on September 5, 2018, Raina's soundtrack single en*led Home was released as the fifth OST for SBS' drama "Your Honor". On December 17, 2019, it was shared that Raina had left Pledis following the expiration of her contract.

Following her departure from Pledis, Raina has yet to join an agency. In April 2020 Raina participated in her first project since leaving Pledis as a member of the X-MAS project in which she released her version of Lena Park's Ann (앤). To much excitement of fans, Raina released her next OST for KBS's Once Again alongside former Myteen member and Produce X 101 contestant Song Yuvin, called Love is Danger. Since then, Raina has been announced as part of the line-up for MBN's female idol revival show "Miss Back" hosted by Baek Ji-young.

On December 4, 2021, Raina signed a contract with Aer Music.

Discography

Single albums

Singles

Other songs

Raina at an After School fan meeting in June 2013Main articles: After School (band) and Orange Caramel

Theater

Awards and nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Melon Music Awards

Golden Disc Awards

Seoul Music Awards

Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)

Compilation albums

• The Best of After School 2009–2012: Korea Ver.
• Best

Related topics

• Pledis Entertainment
• Avex Group

• Discography
• Awards and nominations
• Songs

Actors / Actresses

• Nana

Former artists

• Son Dam-bi
• Soyoung
• Bekah
• Kahi
• Jooyeon
• Jung Ah
• Uee
• Lizzy
• Raina
• Hello Venus
  • Alice
  • Lime
  • Nara
  • Yooyoung
  • Yoo Ara
• Pristin / Pristin V
  • Nayoung
  • Xiyeon
• Han Dong-geun
• Zhou Jieqiong
• NU'EST
  • NU'EST W
  • JR
  • Aron
  • Ren

Parent

• Hybe Corporation

Partners

• Kakao M
• Neowiz Internet
• Avex Group
• Yuehua Entertainment

Related articles

• K-pop
• Korean record labels