AleXa will etch her name in history as the first Korean solo artist to grace the stage of iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball.
Get ready to join her in this monumental moment as she lights up the stage on November 28 for 106.1 KISS FM in Dallas/Fort Worth, followed by a spectacular performance on December 16 for Y100 in Miami.
In Miami, she'll share the limelight with household names such as Shaggy, Big Time Rush, Flo Rida, Marshmallow, Ludacris, and many more. AleXa, an artist described by ELLE as someone who's "breaking the mold of the typical K-pop star," will treat the audience to all her chart-topping hits, including her latest release, "Juliet."
AleXa's journey in the U.S. has been nothing short of meteoric. In 2022, she performed the National Anthem to a crowd of nearly 50,000 fans at Los Angeles' iconic Dodgers Stadium. Her first U.S. visit in September saw her sell out three fan-meeting stops. The accolades don't stop there. She clinched a win at the 2021 Asia Artist Awards, one of Korea's most prestigious award shows. Notably, this Oklahoma-born star became the first K-pop artist to host a fan-meeting event in the metaverse, attracting thousands of fans to a virtual arena built inside the popular first-person shooter game, Scavengers.
Following a breakthrough comeback with her mid-tempo dance track "Tattoo," AleXa's song "Wonderland" scored a remarkable victory on NBC's American Song Contest, a remake of Europe's renowned Eurovision Song Contest. "Wonderland" soared to the 38th spot on Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart, establishing AleXa as the sixth most played Korean artist on U.S. radio. Furthermore, she became the first female Korean act to present at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.
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It is not surprising that more Americans know this kpop idol than Koreans, seeing as how she was born and raised in Oklahoma and her biggest claim to fame is winning an American song contest. I am confused as to why she is considered the first Korean act rather than an American act as her Mom was mostly raised in America (from a young child) and AleXa herself (although biologically half Korean) was born and raised her whole life growing up in America? Not intending to take away heritage or downplay talent (she has plenty of that for sure), just curious as to why many Korean publications call her Korean American (which she is) while some places like here just say Korean solo artist?