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Who Is Jeongyeon?, Age, Family, Net Worth

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Who Is Jeongyeon?, Age, Family, Net Worth: Jeongyeon, officially known as Yoo Jeong-yeon is a South Korean singer born on November 1, 1996.

She developed a love for music at a younger age and has been consistent throughout his career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after singers.

Jeongyeon is best known as a member of Twice, a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment.

Initially, she failed an audition to join JYP Entertainment but eventually joined the agency after passing an open audition in March 2010

Before Jeongyeon officially became a member of Twice, she participated in the television program Sixteen, a reality television competition to determine the members of Twice.

In the final episode, she (Jeongyeon) was chosen as one of the nine members of the group. That is, she trained for five years before debuting with Twice in 2015.

In October 2015, Jeongyeon officially debuted as a member of Twice with the release of their first EP, “The Story Begins”

The lead single “Like Ooh-Ahh” off “The Story Begins” was the first K-pop debut song to reach 100 million views on YouTube.

Since Jeongyeon made her debut with the girl group, she has also been credited as a songwriter on some of Twice’s tracks.

In Gallup Korea’s annual music poll, Jeongyeon was voted among the top 20 most popular idols in South Korea for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019.

In October 2020, JYP Entertainment announced that Jeongyeon would be taking a hiatus due to anxiety. She return in January 2021 at the 30th Seoul Music Awards.

In August 2021, JYP Entertainment announced that Jeongyeon would be taking a second hiatus due to panic and anxiety disorder.

She resumed activities as a member of the group in February 2022, beginning with the North American leg of Twice 4th World Tour “III”.

That same year (2022), Jeongyeon and the rest of the members renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment.

Jeongyeon Age

Jeongyeon celebrated her 26th birthday last year (2022). She was born on November 1, 1996, in Suwon-si, South Korea. Jeongyeon will be 27 in November this year.

Jeongyeon Parents

Jeongyeon was born in Suwon-si, South Korea to his parents. However, their identities were not available at the time of this writing. Her father was a chef who worked for Kim Dae-jung, a former president of South Korea

Jeongyeon Husband

The award-winning South Korean singer, Jeongyeon hardly shares information regarding her private affairs hence we are not sure whether she’s dating, engaged, or married.

Jeongyeon Children

We can’t emphatically state whether or not the 26-year-old singer is a mother or not. Jungyeon keeps his private affairs away from the spotlight hence there’s no information on whether she has biological or adopted children.

Jeongyeon Siblings

Jeongyeon is not the only child of her parents. She has two older sisters, Gong Seungyeon, an actress, who appeared in “We Got Married” and Seo Yeon, an office worker.

Jeongyeon and one of her sisters co-hosted the South Korean music program; Inkigayo from July 2016 to January 2017 for which they both won the Newcomer Award at the 2016 SBS Entertainment Awards.

Jeongyeon Net Worth

As of April 2023, Jeongyeon had an estimated net worth of about $4.8 million. She has accumulated such an amount from her career as a musician.