Biography

Since her sensational debut at the age of 17 in 1986, she has been called the "Madonna/Anita Mui of South Korea" or "the dancing queen of Korean popular music's renaissance era", as she is known for her beauty, clear voice, charismatic stage presence and catchy hits from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. Her fifth studio album, released in 1990, spawned three consecutive No.1 songs and sold over 1 million copies.

In the mid-1990s, she also succeeded in Taiwan, releasing three albums in Mandarin under the name 'Jin Yuan-Xuan'.

In 1992, at the height of Kim's career, Kim Announced her retirement she had had enough of her auntie's dictatorship and oppression in her life but yet again under the direction of her aunt and against her will. Kim then was flown to Taiwan and Hong Kong to start a career in a non-existent Chinese pop industry she released three albums in Taiwan and Hong Kong and enjoyed a successful career there.

Han never gave any of the money earned by Kim to her for 13 years, until Kim finally had enough and cut the cord on Han and her own career after a falling-out in 1998. According to Kim, Han used all the money in a failed business venture. She was finally free from her aunt. Kim moved alone to Hawaii to study design at the University of Hawaii. In 2002, Kim returned to Korea to resume her musical career on her own, but by the time of her return the 90s were over and many Korean pop groups had blossomed and the Hallyu wave had begun. At the beginning of her career, she was one of a kind but now she was just like all the other idols. Kim left a legacy on the Korean pop scene without her contribution many groups wouldn't have debuted and the Hallyu Wave would be virtually non-existent.
- IMDb mini biography by: generasia