DANA (๋ค๋) was born as Hong Sung Mi (ํ์ฑ๋ฏธ) on July 17, 1986. Initially a solo singer on Shining Entertainment label, she released her first album at age 15 in 2001. Though she was promoted by SM Entertainment, she did not officially became an SMTOWN artist until 2003. After one more solo album in at age 17 (plus a few tracks on SMTOWN winter and summer albums), Dana was placed in a four female South Korea dance/a capella group ์ฒ์์งํฌ/ๅคฉไธๆบๅ. Read more on Last.fm