Early life and career beginningsedit

She got into singing by creating a YouTube channel called "mzamyx3" and later "aileemusic" because she wanted to garner more attention to her singing on the web. She moved to South Korea in 2010 after she landed an audition through her uncle's connections.She sang Big Mama's Resignation and was recruited on the spot.

Ailee was also featured in Decipher's song "Catch Me If You Can", which also featured Jay Park . Ailee performed with Jay Park , Art of Movement , Johnnyphlo , Decipher, and Clara C at "projectKorea III" at Rutgers University in 2010.

2012: Debut,Invitationedit

On May 19 of part 2 of the ‘ J.Y. Park ' special, Ailee performed J.Y. Park ’s debut song “Don’t Leave Me“. She beat Davichi ’s Lee Haeri by 1 point, 419 to 418, for the win.Later on June 30th episode,Immortal Song 2featured composer Yoon Il Sang. She performed "Fate" by Lee Seung Chul and won again with 402 votes.In August, it was announced that Ailee was making a temporary leave from the show in order to focus on her music.She performed her final stage on August 6, and the episode aired on September 1.Later in August, Ailee made an appearance in the 3rd episode of Jay Park 's online web series,Jay Park TV, where she was backstage attending Park's concert in Seoul .Ailee also, co-hosted the ABU Radio Song Festival with Han Seok Joon which took place on October 11, 2012.

On October 18, Ailee made her comeback with "I'll Show You" on M! Countdown .

2013-present:A's Doll Houseand Japanese debutedit

The album's single "U&I", topped music charts within 4 hours of release and earned Ailee her first "All-Kill" status.Popularity for the physical album was also deemed high when nearly all stores in Korea were sold out of the soloist's album on the first day of release. Orders overwhelmed the amount of stock, and a representative from Ailee's agency stated, "The rate at which this album is selling is many times greater than the previous album’s."^{[citation needed]}

On September 5, a video of her teasing the chorus of the song was released, along with some part of it and the release day of the single, stated to be released on November 6.

"Singing Got Better" reached #1 on Korea's major charts: Mnet, Bugs, Olleh, Soribada, Naver Music, Daum Music, and Genie.

As a result of the scandal, Ailee was removed from several advertising campaigns, including fried chicken company Kyochon . Kyochon responded, "Ailee’s commercial contract hasn’t ended. But consumers have been showing sensitive reactions to Ailee’s recent situation, and Ailee’s agency is also not entirely keen on the singer’s exposure at this time, so we took certain steps.”

Korean discography

Television Drama

Music Bankedit

Show Championedit

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