Jamie (singer)

Park Ji-min (Korean: 박지민; born July 5, 1997), known professionally as Jamie or Jamie Park, and formerly Jimin Park, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and television host. She is best known as the winner of the first season of K-pop Star and as a former member of the vocal duo 15& and the project group M.O.L.A. She was formerly a co-host of the variety show After School Club from 2014 to 2022.

Park Ji-min was born on July 5, 1997, in Daejeon. She lived in Thailand for eight years and went to Garden International School Bangkok where she was given the English name Jamie. Her family currently lives in Seoul.^{[citation needed]} Jamie speaks Korean (her native language), fluent English, and basic Thai.^{[citation needed]} She has graduated at the Hanlim School of Performing Arts alongside group member Baek Yerin, as well as label mate Yugyeom of Got7 in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Jamie participated in the first season of competition television show K-pop Star. Jamie later finished in first place in the competition and had the opportunity to sign with YG, SM or JYPE. On May 21, 2012, Jamie officially chose to sign with JYP Entertainment.^{[unreliable source?]} Park also received a brand new Hyundai i40 and 300 million won (~$257,400 USD), was cast in a drama, and was also given an opportunity to sign a contract as a CF model.^{[unreliable source?]}

On September 19, 2012, it was announced that Jamie would debuting with a duo along with Baek Yerin.^{[unreliable source?]} Jamie officially debuted with duo 15& with released digital single "I Dream" on October 5, 2012 and making official debut stage on the music program Inkigayo on October 7.^{[unreliable source?]} 15& eventually went on hiatus after February 2015 and de facto disbanded following Jamie's departure from JYP Entertainment.

In July 2014, Jamie became a co-host for Arirang TV's After School Club and has been the longest-serving host on the show and has hosted with many co-hosts including Eric Nam and eaJ.^{[unreliable source?]}

On March 31, 2015 Park Jin-young revealed that Jamie would make her solo debut.^{[unreliable source?]} She released her debut single "Hopeless Love" on April 5 with the name Jimin Park and made her debut stage before the finals of K-pop Star 4 on the same day.

On May 19, 2015, producer group Sweetune revealed that Jamie and Eric Nam would release a duet called "Dream" for Charity Project.^{[unreliable source?]} The song was released on May 28, 2015.^{[unreliable source?]}

On August 14, 2015, Jamie announced a project group she had formed with Seung-youn of UNIQ and rapper Nathan.^{[unreliable source?]} Their group name was later revealed to be M.O.L.A (Make Our Life Awesome), and they released their first track "My Way" on August 20.^{[unreliable source?]} Their second song "Trick or Treat" was released on October 31, where Jimin made her second recorded comeback as a rapper.