Yoo Na-ul (; born September 23, 1978), better known by the mononym Naul (Hangul: 나얼), is a South Korean singer, artist, and member of Brown Eyed Soul, signed under in Next Music. He released his debut solo album, Back to the Soul Flight, on January 8, 2005. Naul has worked as a professor of music for Korea Nazarene University.

Career Before debut During high school, Naul participated in an a cappella group with his friends and in 1996, the group progressed to the finals in a radio program contest called "A Starry Night".

Anthem (1999) Naul made his debut with the four member R&B group Anthem. The group participated in SBS's New Era Music Competition in 1998, at which point they won the grand prize with the song "Letting You Go". The band released an album the following year, but did not gain much popularity.

Brown Eyes (2001–2003, 2008)

In 2001 Naul paired with Yoon Gun for the duo Brown Eyes. Naul provided main vocals and the cover art for their albums, while Yoon Gun provided backup vocals and composed and produced the music. They were well received and sold well. The duo disbanded in 2003 after releasing two albums, but reunited in 2008 for a third album.

Brown Eyed Soul (2003–present) Having a period of hiatus after 2nd album of 'Brown Eyes', Naul organized a band called 'Brown Eyed Soul' with three more people (Jungyub, Yongjun, Sung Hoon).

Solo Naul has released several solo albums, the second of which was predominantly composed of song covers. In September 2012 he released Principle of My Soul, which contained original songs. The single "Memories of Wind" charted as number one. On March 28, 2018, his 2nd full album, Sound Doctrine, was released.

Artistry Naul took classes on art and design in college. He has painted the artwork for some of his albums and some of his work has been curated in a charity exhibition.

Discography

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Back to the Soul FlightReleased: January 8, 2005 Label: CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 12KOR: 1,668+ Principle of My SoulReleased: September 20, 2012 Label: In Next Music, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 2KOR: 49,236+Cumulative Sales of Principle of My Soul:

Sound DoctrineReleased: March 28, 2018 Label: In Next Music, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 10KOR: 6,807+

Single albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Emptiness in Memory (기억의 빈자리)Released: November 29, 2017 Label: In Next Music, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 15KOR: 2,996 GloriaReleased: December 22, 2017 Label: In Next Music, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 7KOR: 4,995 Baby FunkReleased: February 8, 2018 Label: In Next Music, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download 7KOR: 4,961

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KOR "I Still Love You": "Dayspring": "Even for a Moment": "One's Way Home" (귀로) 2005 rowspan="3" Back to the Soul Flight "O Perfect Love" 2011 — I Am Melody, Vol. 1 "Be Not Dismayed Whatever Betide" — I Am Melody, Vol. 2 "Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) 2012 1KOR: 3,303,768Cumulative sales of "Memory Of The Wind": Principle of My Soul "Living in the Same Time" (같은 시간 속의 너) 2015 1KOR: 1,510,162 Brown Eyed Soul Single Project "I Surrender All" — I Am Melody, Vol. 3 "Emptiness in Memory" (기억의 빈자리) 2017 1KOR: 500,096* Emptiness in Memory "Gloria" 80KOR: 22,219 Sound Doctrine "Baby Funk" 2018 — rowspan="6" "Feel Like" 84 "For Each Other's Sake" 2020 33 "I Still Love You" () 2023 188 Soul Pop City "Dayspring" () 65 Naul <Ballad Pop City> "Word" — rowspan="2" "Even for a Moment" () 13"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos Year Title Album Director 2012 "Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) Principle of My Soul APRILSHOWER FILM 2015 "Living in the Same Time" (같은 시간 속의 너) Brown Eyed Soul Single Project 2017 "Emptiness in Memory" (기억의 빈자리) Sound Doctrine "Gloria" 2018 "Baby Funk" "널 부르는 밤"

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