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MAY (''also known as'': Mei, メイ, 메이) is a Korean singer, well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle". She is able to speak Korean , Japanese , and English . MAY was born on May 6 , 1982 in Seoul , South Korea . She started her music career in South Korea in late 2005 singing "Miracle", a well known song in South Korea. Within a month she was chosen by Avex 's Show Case Live because she was able to speak Japanese. By early 2006 she was signed to Avex Trax in Japan, and had a contract to publish her first EP "WONDERLAND" with CJ Music in South Korea, which charted at #23 in the Korean top 200 and sold 743 copies within the first week. Within 3 months, MAY released her second EP "SMILE" with a different publisher, Doremi Media in South Korea, and it charted at #27 and sold 695 copies in the first week. By 2007, MAY had released her first Japanese Album "a Little Happiness" which charted at #77 on Oricon . PROFILE
BIOGRAPHY 2005-2006:Between South Korea and Japan ''WONDERLAND'' MAY is a Korean artist who made her debut in 2006 but wasn't able to gain any success on any releases. MAY started her music career singing "Miracle" as a theme song along with a F.I.R. cover song "Lydia" as an insert song for a popular Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) weekend drama "Friends" in late 2005. On March 7 2006 MAY had a contract with CJ Music releasing her first EP or Mini Album entitled "WONDERLAND" that featured seven songs. MAY did not gain much success with her first released charted at #23 on Korean top 200. ''SMILE'' Three months later, on June 2 , 2006 , May released her second EP or mini album "SMILE" with a different publisher, Doremi Media. "SMILE" reached #27 in the chart. She also covered another song from F.I.R., "Fly Away". MAY released two versions of "SMILE": a first press limited version with her "M" symbol, and a regular version without the "M" symbol. ''a Little Happiness'' Early in 2005, Avex launched a project called Show Case Live. It featured samples of eight upcoming artists, including MAY. She signed under the Avex label later that year. On February 21 2006 , MAY released her first single "WONDERLAND", which failed to chart on Oricon . Before MAY's "SMILE" EP, she released her second single "Kienai Niji" on May, 2006 also fail to chart. On July 26 2006, MAY released "SURRENDER (c/w LYDIA)", her third single, which gained her little success. MAY released her fourth single in autumn on November 8 2006. By January 10 2007 , Sarai no Kaze was released as her fifth single, also her first single to chart at #132 sold 518 copies on the first week. By end of the month MAY released her first album "a Little Happiness" chart at #77. 2007-present: MAY's first tour around Japan Onna Gokoro and tour MAY is about to set off a tour in 2007 after releasing her sixth single "Onna Gokoro" on April 4 , 2007. THE "M" SYMBOL MAY uses a M symbols to represent her own name. Usually, the M symbols appear on her website and covers of her singles, albums, and EPs. DISCOGRAPHY Korean EP Japanese studio albums Japanese singles Other recordings
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