Jo Jung-min () is a South Korean singer, actress, pianist and singer-songwriter.
She debuted as a trot singer in 2009, releasing the regular album Jeom Jeom Jeom () under the stage name 'Joah' (), but stopped working after six months. Later, she resumed her career as a trot singer, returning to the music industry in 2014 under her real name, Jo Jung-min. Since 2018, she has been singing enka and more in Japan. As of 2022, she is often on stage singing while playing her piano, which is her own major, and she is also working on arranging songs that mix trot and other genres. She also works as a film and musical actress, as well as a magazine and advertising model. She became interested in trot after being attracted by singer Jang Yoon-jeong()'s songs, and fell in love with singer-songwriter Sim Soo-bong () singing trot while playing the piano. And she says she wants to become 'the Beethoven of the trot world'.
Debut
On September 8, 2009, under the stage name 'Joah'(), she released her regular album 《Jeom Jeom Jeom》(), and debuted as a trot singer. She took a hiatus after six months, but returned in 2014, operating under her real name, Jo Jung-min. She officially debuted on December 10, 2014, with the release of the EP 《Be My Love》.
Albums
List of albums:
Regular
2009.09.08. Joah's 1st album 《Jeom Jeom Jeom》() Tracks 〈Chinatown〉(), 〈Jeom Jeom Jeom〉, 〈Telephone〉(), 〈What to do〉()
Single, EP
2014.12.10. EP 《Be My Love》 Tracks 〈Gomtangi〉(),〈Song of the day〉(),〈Gomtangi (Polka Ver.)〉 2015.05.27. Single 《Jo Jeong-Min Digital Single (Sway)》 Tracks 〈SallangSallang〉(), 〈SallangSallang (Nu Jazz Ver.)〉 2016.02.17. EP 《Superman》 Tracks 〈Superman〉, 〈Woman Like That〉(), 〈One Star, Two Stars〉() 2018.07.20. EP 《Did You Eat》() tracks 〈Did You Eat〉, 〈Andante〉, 〈Did You Eat (Piano Ver.)〉 2019.04.24. EP 《Drama》 Tracks 〈Ready Q〉, 〈Chaola (Holy night)〉(), 〈Kiss me〉, 〈Goodbye〉, 〈Love flower〉() 2020.08.19. Single <Be Mine>() track <Be Mine> 2021.11.23. Single 《Longer Stay》() Jo Jung-min X Ark(), track 〈Longer Stay〉 2022.01.27. Single 《Don't Grab Your Ankle》() track 〈Don't Grab Your Ankle〉 2022.11.03. Single 《Parallel Line》() track 〈Parallel Line〉 2022.12.26. EP 《End, And》 tracks 〈Why go〉(), 〈Letter that can't be sent〉(), 〈Love that was not there〉()
Original Soundtrack
2016.04.30. 《Gahwamansaseong OST Part.5》() track 〈A Bittersweet Life〉() 2016.08.13. 《Gahwamansaseong OST》() track 〈A Bittersweet Life〉()
Compilation
2015.02.28. 《Immortal Songs - Singing the Legend (Kim Soo-hee Edition)》() track <Station> 2015.04.18. 《Immortal Songs - Singing the Legend (Park Seong-hoon & Park Hyun-jin Episode 2)”()〈Love must be a butterfly〉 2015.09.12. 《Immortal Songs - Singing the Legend (Joo Young-Hoon Episode 1)》() B-side song 〈Festival〉 2015.12.20. 《King of Mask Singer]] Episode 38》() B-side song 〈Don't Leave Me (Rudolph Eight Heads)〉() 2020.02.06. 《I am a trot singer Part1》() track 〈Seoul Tango〉() 2020.02.13. 《I am a trot singer Part2》() B-side song 〈Million Roses〉() 2020.08.08. 《Immortal Songs – Singing the Legend (Lyricist Kim Eana)》() B-side song 〈Abracadabra〉 2020.10.16. 《Call Center of Love PART27》() track 〈Singing and Dancing〉() 2020.10.17. 《Immortal Songs – Singing the Legend (Trot Men and Women Competition Special)》() track 〈I hate you〉() 2020.11.28. 《Immortal Songs - Trot National Sports Festival Special Part 2”() track 〈Amor Party〉() 2021.04.17. 《Immortal Songs - Trot National Sports Festival Coach Player Competition Part 1》() Track 〈10 MINUTES〉
Television
2014. MBC 《Song's World》() Guest
2015. ~ KBS 1TV 《Golden Oldies》() Guest Singer
2015 / 2020 MBC 《Mystery Music Show King of Mask Singer》(), 8-headed Rudolph / I hope you believe in me ~ / I'm your Singer S.E.S 2016. JTBC 《Knowing Bros》(), Chuseok Special Episodes 41~42 2017. ~ 《National TOP 10 Song Show]]》() Guest Singer 2018. MBC sports+ 《7 out of 8 queue season 1》(), fixed guest 2018. MBC sports+ 《7 out of 8 queue season 2》(), fixed guest 2018. ~ MBC 《Best Songs》() 564th Jinju Part 1 2019. Screen Golf Zone TV 《Hey! Jung-min? Play Golf》(), Main MC 2019. OBS Gyeongin Broadcasting 《Music Tank》(), main MC, military consolation performance 2019. ~ 2021. MBC Chungbuk 《The Trot》(), Main MC 2020. KBS 2TV 《New Release Side-Restaurant》(), fixed appearance from episode 29 2020. TV Chosun 《I will sing the requested song - Call Center of Love》() Episode 27, Guest 2020. KBS 2TV 《Immortal Song - Singing the Legend》(()) Guest 2021. ~ SBS F!L, MTV 《The Trot Show》() Guest Singer