Ailee

Ailee has dated several men in the past. However, she prefers not to talk about her personal life to the media.

Ailee was born on May 30, 1989, in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in New Jersey. She first went to Palisades Park High School and then graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. She studied communications at Pace University, but dropped out to pursue a music career.

Ailee signed with an US agency Muzo Entertainment at the beginning of her career. Under this label, she worked with many artists like Johnnyphlo and rapper Decipher.

In 2010, she moved to South Korea and participated in an audition for YMC Entertainment. She was recruited immediately as a trainee. As a trainee, she sang in Decipher and Jay Park's song ‘Catch Me If You Can’, and also in labelmate Wheesung's song ‘They Are Coming’.

She was lucky to perform with Johnnyphlo, Decipher, Jay Park, and Clara C, at ‘projectKorea III’ in 2011. In September, she participated in MBC's Chuseok episode of ‘Singer and Trainee,’ where she sang ‘Halo’ by Beyoncé. The audience and judges were impressed with her performance, and she won the competition.

In February 2012, her debut song ‘Heaven’ along with the music video was released. On February 9, 2012, she gave her first stage performance of ‘Heaven’ on M.net's M! Countdown and later performed on SBS's Inkigayo.

In March 2012, she appeared on KBS's ‘Immortal Songs 2,’ and performed Patti Kim's song ‘Light and Shadow’. Patti Kim praised her singing abilities, and said that she will be "the next great singer".

Ailee’s second mini-album ‘A's Doll House’ became a hit within a few hours of its release. The single ‘U&I’ topped many music charts. In 2014, the single ‘Singing Got Better’ reached number 1 on Korea's major charts.

In April 2014, she made an appearance on an episode of ‘Immortal Songs,’ and performed Whitney Houston's ‘I Will Always Love You’. Her performance became one of the most watched ‘Immortal Songs’ performances on YouTube.

In 2016, her single ‘If You’ hit number 1 on several charts within a day of its release, and topped the charts. The album ‘A New Empire’ peaked at number 10 on the Gaon Chart, and number 9 on the US Billboard Chart.

Her album ‘Magazine’ peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Chart. Her single ‘I Will Go To You Like the First Snow’ surpassed 100 million streams and 15 million downloads in May 2017. It also broke the record for most streamed song per year on Gaon since 2010, with 111,770,770 streams.