A successful, immensely famous and talented member of the South Korean female groups Aespa and GOT the beat, Kim Min-jeong is popularly known as Winter. She was born in 2001 in the South Korean city of Suwon. After completing her middle and elementary education at Samseong Middle and Elementary Schools, Winter dropped out of Yang San Girls High School. In the end, she took the High School GED and passed.
Quick Biological facts to check out
Birth: 1 January 2001
Birth Name: Kim Min-jeong
Nationality: South Korean
Occupation: Singer, Dancer
Band/Group Name: Aespa and GOT the beat
Genres: K-Pop, J-Pop
How is Winter’s list as a singer and dancer in Aespa?
In 2020, Winter made her music debut with her band, aespa, with the release of Black Mamba, their first digital feature. When the personnel of the international entertainment and record label, SM Entertainment, learned about Winter and her abilities, Winter became a member of the group. Along with the other members of the group, Winter has been receiving training from the record label for three years now, and she has beautifully embraced the chance to develop her skills.
Winter became popular after was a part of the 2020 Mnet Asian Award tribute to BoA. Upon BoA’s two decade career, Winter sang “ID; Peace B” the first single from BoA. Winter has also made a special appearance in Kangta’s Free to Fly 2021.
2021 was another special year in Winter’s career as together with Karina, her co singer from aespa, Winter started a new unit called GOT the beat. The new group is a part of the Girls On Top initiative, along with talented singers and rappers Seulgi and Wendy from Red Velvet as well as BOA, Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, and Wendy from Girls’ Generation. In January 2022, the group released their debut digital song, “Step Back.”
The song Next Level by The Band and Winter, which peaked at number three on the World Digital Song Sales Chart, stunned the music industry when it made one of the most successful debuts on the Billboard Charts. As soon as it released, “Next Level” was the ninth post popular song on the Gaon Music Chart and later went on to become part of the top 5 hits of that year.
In 2021, aespa released their song Savage which got the band and Winter immense recognition. The song debuted at the top of the Gaon Album Chart and was Aespa’s first and strongest debut on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 20. Not only this, such a hit performance at the US Billboard Chart gave aespa an opportunity that no other Korean girl group has ever gotten – a feature performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What awards has Winter won?
Numerous accolades have been bestowed to Winter and her group, aespa. These honours and recognitions amply demonstrate the group’s talent and appeal with both the public and the entertainment business.
A wonderful year for the group and for Winter, 2022 saw them reach new and loftier heights. The ensemble made history by becoming the first artist to ever take home the Golden Disc Awards’ Artist of the Year honour. They also won the Best Performer Award at the Korea PD Awards. At the Korean Music Awards, Aespa was a hit again as they bagged the titles – Best K-pop Song, Rookie of the Year and Song of the Year (Daesang)
In 2021 they won the titles Most Next Level Award and 2021 Visionary at the Tokopedia WID Indonesia K-Pop Awards and Visionary Awards respectively. They also won the Rookie of the Year the Main Award (bonsang) at the Seoul Music Awards in 2021 and 2022. They won Best Korean Act and Rookie Artist – Female at MTV Europe Music Awards in 2021 and 2020. In 2021 they won two awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards – Best Dance Performance – Female Group and Best New Female Artist. Aespa won four title at the Melon Music Award in 2021 – Best Group – Female, New Artist of the Year – Female, Record of the Year (Daesang), Top 10 Artist
Aespa is still in its infancy despite being named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Time magazine’s list of Next Generation Leaders. The triumph of Winter and Aespa is further demonstrated by the band’s record agreement with none other than Warner Studios! The first K-pop musicians picked by the French fashion business as its global ambassadors were Aespa. In the year 2020, Winter was nominated for being one of the 100 most beautiful faces in the world.
How is Winter as an individual in the aespa verse?
The Aespa Verse has unique markers for their artists and members. Glimpses of Winter’s personality are revealed through these markers. Her spirit animal is touted to be a Siberian husky and a nickname given to Winter is Baby husky. She is matched with the flower Lobelia and her symbol is a Star.
What are Winter’s favourite things?
Winter loves the colour ivory and absolutely loves the season autumn. Her Instagram features the most aesthetic photos of her during autumn with her favourite seasonal drink, a pumpkin spice latte. Winter, true to her spirit animal, Siberian husky, loves dogs especially puppies. She is also has a huge adventurous side to herself which satiates with her travels and by going on the world’s coolest roller coasters.
Winter has numerous other talents besides singing and dancing. She is an amateur gymnast and has the ability to rotate her hands 360 degrees, flip them from palm up to palm down, and produce a loud click with her tongue rolled backwards. She also studied kendo for six months, and can cut paper and cucumber with a pretend samurai sword and is extremely skilled in doing English tongue twisters.
What is Winter’ net worth?
Winter’s impressive work as a vocalist and dancer for Aespa, their tours, and other music video appearances, as well as her brand endorsements and collaborations from being a well-known celebrity, have all contributed to her projected net worth of a stunning $1.2 million.