Park Hwayobi

Park Hwayobi (born Park Mi Young, February 11, 1982 in Seoul), more commonly known as simply Hwayobi, is a Korean R&B singer. Educated in Department of Popular Music, Dongdeok Women’s University. Park Hwayobi's hobby is talking on phone and has the talents in writing songs and lyrics, playing the piano, paintings and cooking.

In 2006, Park Hwayobi has changed her stage name to simply Hwayobi by removing the word "Park". It is said that the reason for removing the word "Park" is for the convinience of pronouncing her name and the meaning of the name would be more significant. Hwayobi is made of the word "Hwayo" which means tuesday (as she debut on Tuesday) while the "bi" came from her singing genre "R&B".

In October 2008, Park Hwayobi has changed her birth name from Park Mi Young to Park Leah for her volunteer work. Park Hwayobi has long been doing volunteer work through a religious organization and says she experiences the most joy through volunteering. To continue giving of her services and time in this way, Park Hwayobi has changed her name to Park Leah, after the woman saint who lived a lifetime of volunteer work. Her determination and passion could not be more clear. As for her singing persona, Park Hwayobi will continue making music as Hwayobi.

Korean Albums:

1) June 30th 2000: My All

2) September 15th 2001: Ninteen Plus One

3) October 9th 2002: Because I Love You

4) July 8th 2004: 언제라도

5) February 9th 2006: Hwayobi

6) March 17th 2008: Sunshine

7) February 5th 2009: This is Love (Mini Album)

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