Jeon So-mi is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on March 9, 2001 in Ontario, Canada. Jeon is born the 9th of March 2001 , in Ontario, Canada to a Korean mother, Jeon Sun-hee, and Dutch Canadian father, Matthew Douma. At the age of one years old, the family relocated from Canada to South Korea. Because of her mixed heritage, Jeon was often bullied in her early years. Jeon is a taekwondo third degree black belt holder , but she could not achieve the fourth-degree rank as her father because of her age.
In January of 2016, Jeon represented JYPE on reality show Produce 101. Jeon came in first with 858,333 votes. Jeon debut on May 4 together with project group I.O.I shortly after launching on the album Chrysalis in the company of YMC Entertainment. On the 29th of August, Jeon collaborated with I.O.I groupmates Choi Yoo-jung, Chungha as well as DIA’s Ki Hyeon-hyeon on the digital single “Flower, Wind and You”. The song was released in October. Jeon has been chosen as host of The Show on MTV. The Show along with UP10TION’s Wooshin.
On March 28, 2017 Jeon was cast in KBS’ web entertainment program Idol Drama Operation Team. She played a role as a high school student named Bo-ram. Final filming for the show was held on May 9. The seven cast members formed a project girl group called Girls Next Door and released a single as part of the show’s soundtrack. The song titled “Deep Blue Eyes”, co-written and co-composed by B1A4’s Jinyoung, was released on June 14 under Warner Music Korea. In November 2017, Jeon featured on Jun. K’s digital single titled “Nov to Feb”.
On January 9, 2017, it was confirmed that Jeon signed a formal contract with JYPE for solo activities regarding Television appearances. Soon after, she joined the cast of KBS2’s Sister’s Slam Dunk 2. Jeon’s activities with I.O.I soon came to an end following disbandment on January 29, 2017. On March 9, Eric Nam and Jeon released a collaborative digital single titled “You, Who?”. On May 12, Jeon debuted with Unnies, the project girl group created through Sister’s Slam Dunk 2. The group released the lead singles “Right?” and “Lalala Song”.
The year was 2014. Jeon became a part of JYP Entertainment (JYPE) after auditioning for the 2NE1 group’s “Lonely”, leading her to be in the Got7’s “Stop Stop It” music video along with fellow female trainees. In May 2015 Jeon was a participant in Mnet reality-based survival show Sixteen where she competed against others trainees of JYPE to be selected in the next JYPE label’s girl group, named after Miss A, later revealed to be known as Twice. Jeon was subsequently eliminated in the last round, and was subsequently relegated to an apprentice for the brand.
