Park Hwayobi is a female vocalist with a powerful voice. It is no exaggeration to call her the diva of Korean R&B music as she has a voice of great compass and full resonance. Especially, Hwayobi is famous for her live performances in which she overwhelms the audience with her powerful and appealing voice. She had released 6 regular albums and a few specials so far mainly performing on live stages rather than appearing on broadcast shows.

Park Hwayobi spent her childhood dreaming to become a pianist. However, she first listened to Mariah Carey’s music when she was in junior high school and just fell in love with soul and R and B music. She practiced singing by herself until she became the winner of the grand prize on a talent show on local radio. She was in her second year of high school at that time. That led Hwayobi to become a professional singer. Even before she released her debut album,Park Hwayobi was already under the spotlight by media. By participating in other singer’s albums, like Park Hyo-shin, and by singing various songs used in television dramas, Park Hwayobi made many pop music lovers curious of who she was. She finally released her first official album in 2000 under the title of “My All.” The title song of the album “Lie” was a great hit. She became the "diva of ballads".

After she entered the Department of Popular Music at Dongdeok Women’s University, Park Hwayobi released her second album which also was a success. What was more impressive about her second album, was that she wrote 5 of the songs by herself. While leading her life as a student, she has steadily maintained her singing career.

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.

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Park Hwayobi is a rhythm & blues and soul singer from Korea. She also debuted in Japan as well. By the fans she is usually regarded as one of the best female soloists. She has released a total of five albums, two singles and one best album. Under the name of Park Hwayobi she released four albums and the best album. The two singles were released in Japan under the name of Hwayobi; the fifth korean album as well. She is talented at playing the piano, creating lyrics and music.

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