Hwang Hyo-sook (; born May 3, 1977), better known by her stage name Lexy (Hangul: 렉시), is a South Korean singer and rapper who debuted in 2003 under YG Entertainment. She was the first solo female rap artist to debut under the company.
Career
2003—present: Career beginnings, YG Entertainment, debut album and label changes Lexy has been featured in songs with many other YG artists, such as Se7en, 1TYM, Jinusean and Wheesung. She was marketed by YG as a hip-hop artist with a little mix of R&B vibe as well. Her debut album, LEXURY (released on October 6, 2003), was fairly well received and with her growing popularity she became a rival with popular singer Lee Hyori for a while. Though her debut album was well received, her second album Lextacy (released on August 26, 2005) didn't achieve as much commercial success when it was released and due to the poor sales it prompted a decision by YG Entertainment to not renew her contract. It was mutually decided that there wouldn't be a re-signing of her contract, but they still wanted to carry out the third album. Titled RUSH, it was released on April 18, 2007, and was on the charts for a few weeks, thanks to her title song "Above The Sky", but the album sales were still not as strong as her debut album.
On September 12, 2007, when Yang Hyun Suk announced that Lexy left YG Entertainment, as signing with the agency did not happen, he also revealed that because of that, he felt like he was giving away his younger sister for marriage. Lexy's contract actually ended in October 2006. There has been no problems on money or ill-feelings toward both parties. It was just decided they would go on separate ways.
On Lexy's first album, LEXURY, Teddy Park of 1TYM composed the song "Let Me Dance" and Song Baek Kyoung, also from 1TYM, composed the song "Up And Down".
After transferring to SB&W Entertainment (joint venture of Sony BMG (now Sony Music) & now-defunct SK Telecom subsidiary WiderThan), Lexy released a new album, THE LEXY, featuring few hip hop artists such as Crown J and VOS. The album consisted of different music style by Lexy going more on the electronic hip hop genre, plus ballads and jazz and was released on March 24, 2008.
In February 2012, Lexy blogged about her return to the music industry and her scheduled 6th album release in August.
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR LexuryReleased: October 6, 2003 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 9KOR: 89,765+ LextacyReleased: July 25, 2005 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 14KOR: 25,505+ RushReleased: April 19, 2007 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette — The LexyReleased: March 17, 2008 Label: SB&W Entertainment, Sony BMG Formats: CD 10KOR: 4,588+ "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region
Singles AnoTitle Peak chart positions SalesAlbumKOR2003"Ae song" (애송이) rowspan="4" rowspan="4" Lexury2005"Tears" (눈물씻고 화장하고)Lextacy2007"Above the Sky" (하늘위로 (Remix))Rush2008"Ma People"The Lexy2012"NOLZA" (놀자 Feat. JC Jieun)32191,944 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region
Participation in albums Year Artist(s) Title Album1997Jinusean feat. Perry, Lexy"Jinusean Bomb"Jinusean1999YG Family (Yang Goon & Lexy)"Hurry Up" FamilleniumYoon Hee-jung feat. Lexy"Sad Destiny" (슬픈 인연) 3534 "Poet Designer (Real Mc)" "Camp 30"YG Family (Jinusean (feat. Perry, Lexy, YJP))"JS-REMIX YG Bounce" Y.G Best of Album2001Jinusean feat. Masta Wu, Lexy"HIPHOP" (힙合) The Reign Perry feat. Jinusean, Danny, Masta Wu, Lexy"Get Ready" Perry By StormPerry feat. Lexy"Baby Come On"2002 Swi.T feat. Lexy"Go" Swi.TRain feat. Danny, Lexy, Byul, and JYP"What's Love" Bad GuyYG Family (Jinusean, Danny of 1TYM, Lexy, G-Dragon, Wheesung)"YMCA Baseball Team" (YMCA 야구단) Why Be Normal? YG Family (Jinusean, 1TYM, G-Dragon & Lexy)"A-YO!"2003Se7en feat. Wheesung & Lexy"Luz control" Just Listen1TYM feat. Lexy"OK" ONCE N 4 ALL2004Wanted Narration Masta Wu, Lexy"Naneun" (나는) Like The FirstGummy feat. Lexy, Jinu"Round 1" It's DifferentJinusean feat. Lexy"Welcome" Let's Play (노.라.보.세.) 2005PSY "Girls" (사노라면) Remake & Mix 18 Beon2006YG Family (Lexy)"Ae song" (애송이) YG 10th"Tears" (눈물씻고 화장하고)
Music videos Year Music video 2003"Ae song (애송이 feat. Psy)""LET ME DANCE (feat. Teddy)""GIRLS""4TH (맹세)"2005"TEARS (涙を拭いて化粧して)"2007"SKY (空の上に)"2008"Ma People"2012"NOLZA Feat. JC Jieun"
Awards Mnet Asian Music Awards Year Category Work Result2003 Best New Female Artist "Grasshopper" (애송이)"2003 MMF part 1" . Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-20. 2005 Best Female Artist "Tears" (눈물 씻고 화장하고)"2005 MKMF part 1" . Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-28. 2007 Best House & Electronic "Above The Sky""2007 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1" . MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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