Kim Yon-ja

Kim Yon-ja
Kim Yon-ja
Background information
Birth name	Kim Yon-ja
Born	January 25, 1959 (age 66); Gwangju, South Korea
Genres	Trot
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1974–present
Korean name
Hangul	김연자
Hanja	金蓮子
RR	Gim Yeonja
MR	Kim Yŏnja

Kim Yon-ja (Korean: 김연자; Hanja: 金蓮子; born January 25, 1959) is a South Korean singer. She is considered a pioneer of Korean music abroad, having launched a successful career in Japan in the 1980s, where she is known as "the empress of enka."^[1]^[2]

^ "Joo Hyun-mi, Kim Yeon-ja, Choi Jin-hee trot back to limelight". 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ "22년 만에 고국으로 돌아온 가수 김연자와 가족 이야기". Lady Kyunghyang (in Korean). 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

[:0-1] "Joo Hyun-mi, Kim Yeon-ja, Choi Jin-hee trot back to limelight". 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

[:1-2] "22년 만에 고국으로 돌아온 가수 김연자와 가족 이야기". Lady Kyunghyang (in Korean). 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

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