# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-mi-ja-q12611433
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:18:45.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-mi-ja-q12611433"
name: "Lee Mi-ja"
slug: "lee-mi-ja-q12611433"
description: "Lee Mi-ja is a South Korean singer. She is widely considered the most influential trot singer in Korean music history. Lee debuted in 1959 and rose to stardom with her 1964 best-selling song, \"Camellia Girl.\" She has released over 500 albums during her career and is known as the \"Queen of Elegy,\" after one of her most popular songs. In 2002, she became one of the first South Korean singers to perform in North Korea."
tagline: "South Korean singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Mi-Ja.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             3.949367088607596
  historical:           6.194569333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4101621"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Mi-ja"
    title: "Lee Mi-ja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Mi-ja_(cantante)"
    title: "Lee Mi-ja (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E7%BE%8E%E5%AD%90"
    title: "李美子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%AF%B8%EC%9E%90"
    title: "이미자"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Mi-ja"
    title: "Lee Mi-ja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/559fa8cf-8d0b-4634-bc2f-75de52acc971"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12611433"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump