AleXa

Alexandra Christine Schneiderman (born December 9, 1996), known professionally as AleXa (Korean: 알렉사) and formerly Alex Christine (알렉스 크리스틴), is an American singer based in South Korea. After competing in both seasons of the reality show Rising Legends, AleXa signed with Zanybros' ZB Label in 2018 and trained there for roughly two and a half years. During this time, she also competed on Mnet's Produce 48. She debuted as a K-pop singer in October 2019. In 2022, she represented her home state Oklahoma in NBC's American Song Contest with the song "Wonderland" where she won with 710 points.[2]

"Alex Christine" redirects here. For the British journalist named Alex Christine Crawford, see Alex Crawford.
For other uses, see Alexa.
AleXa
AleXa in 2018
Background information
Birth nameAlexaundra Christine Schneiderman
Also known asAlex Christine, Kim Seri
Born (1996-12-09) December 9, 1996
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
OriginSouth Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2016–present
Labels
Stage Name
Hangul
알렉사
Revised RomanizationAlleksa
McCune–ReischauerAlleksa
Former Stage Name
Hangul
알렉스 크리스틴
Revised RomanizationAllekseu keuriseutin
McCune–ReischauerAlleksŭ k'ŭrisŭt'in
Korean Name
Hangul
김세리
Revised Romanizationgim seri
McCune–Reischauerkim seri

Early life

AleXa was born Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman on December 9, 1996, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[3] to a Russian American father and a South Korean mother. AleXa’s mother was adopted at age five by her adoptive American parents from an orphanage in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, where she last saw her brother.[4] AleXa has one sibling, a younger brother.

As a child, AleXa took dancing lessons for various genres, including ballet, jazz, hip hop, and tap. She began to dance when she was eighteen months old and continued into mid-high school. She attended Jenks High School where she was a member of the show choirs Jenks Varsity Pom and the Jenks Trojanaires, which competed nationally. She attended Tulsa Community College, where she participated in theatre. AleXa was an avid K-pop fan and created both an Instagram and Snapchat account dedicated to covering K-pop songs and choreography while in school.[5]

Musical career

2016–2018: Rising Legends and Produce 48

In 2016, under the name Alex Christine, she participated in the Rising Legends online audition run by Soompi. The competition was organized in partnership with JYP Entertainment. In 2017, she competed on Rising Legends again when Soompi partnered with Cube Entertainment. Despite placing #1 in the dance category the first time and the overall winner the second,[6] she did not make it into either of the companies' trainee programs and instead signed with ZB Label as their first (and as of 2022, only) in-house artist.[7] In 2018, AleXa competed on Produce 48 and was eliminated in the first round at #82.[8]

2019–2021: Debut, Do or Die and Decoherence

In 2019, AleXa released her debut single album titled "Bomb" on October 19.[9] She collaborated with rock band Diablo to release a rock version of the song on December 13.[10]

In 2020, she announced her first mini-album with the release of the trailer "A.I Trooper" on February 24. The music video "Do or Die" was released on March 6. The mini-album, also titled Do or Die, was released on April 1. AleXa collaborated with girl group Dreamcatcher and boy group IN2IT to release the single "Be The Future" for the Millenasia Project on May 6. The project, supported by UNESCO's Global Education Coalition, was released to bring attention to the importance of education and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] On July 16, AleXa released the music video for "Villain" (빌런) from her upcoming second mini-album titled Decoherence.[12] She released the mini-album alongside the music video for "Revolution" on October 21.[13]

In 2021, AleXa released her digital single "Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) on January 14.[14] She collaborated with rock band Onewe to release an acoustic version of the song on February 8.[15] On April 12, AleXa released the OST "I Miss You Every Day" for the TV Chosun drama Somehow Family.[16] On May 18, Spotify announced its third RADAR collaboration in the MENA region, bringing together AleXa and Bader AlShuaibi, a Kuwaiti-Saudi pop singer. The song "Is It On" was released on May 21.[17] AleXa released her second single album ReviveR and its lead track "Xtra" on July 1.[18] She collaborated with all-female rock band Rolling Quartz to release the rock version of the song on August 25.[19]

2022–present: American Song Contest

In 2022, AleXa released her third single album Tattoo on January 6.[20] On March 3, AleXa was announced as one of the contestants to compete in the American Song Contest, representing Oklahoma with the song "Wonderland".[21] On May 9, 2022, it was announced she won the competition.[22] In July 2022, AleXa held a fan meeting in the United States.[23]

In August 2022, it was announced that AleXa would hold solo concerts in eight US cities in October.[24]

In October 2022, AleXa announced that it would release her third mini album Girls Gone Vogue on November 11.[25]On October 31, ZB Label announced that the album promotions scheduled for this week have been postponed due to the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.[26]

In April 2023, AleXa signed with Eshy Gazit's label Intertwine for her U.S. promotion.[1]

Other ventures

From June 23 to August 4, 2020, AleXa served as a guest host on the podcast How Did I Get Here?, often shortened to "HDIGH". On August 7, 2020, Dive Studios announced on their Twitter that she would become a permanent fixture on the show alongside original host Jae Park from Korean band Day6.[27][28][29] The podcast won the "People's Choice" and "Entertainment" category at the Podcast Award in 2020.[30] It also went on to win Best Podcast 2020 from Apple Podcasts.[31]

On January 29, 2021, AleXa created a new YouTube channel called AleXa 360 focusing on vlogs and behind the scenes footage.[32]

On March 18, it was announced that AleXa would be making her acting debut in the anthology horror film, Urban Myths.

Discography

Extended plays
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[33]
Do or Die[34]
Track listing
  1. "A.I Tropper"
  2. "Do or Die"
  3. "Kitty Run"
  4. "Bomb" (Korean version)
  5. "Bomb" (EDM remix)
  6. "Do or Die" (instrumental)
  7. "Bomb" (instrumental)
  8. "A.I Tropper" (instrumental)
 — —
Decoherence
  • Released: October 21, 2020
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Villain"
  2. "Burn Out"
  3. "Revolution"
  4. "Moon and Back"
  5. "Revolution" (English version)
  6. "Revolution" (instrumental)
  7. "Villain" (instrumental)
  8. "Allegory of the Cave" (동굴의 비유) (CD Only)
 67
Girls Gone Vogue
  • Released: November 11, 2022
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Star" (feat. Moon Byul of Mamamoo)
  2. "Back in Vogue"
  3. "Endorphine"
  4. "Black Out"
  5. "Please Try Again"
  6. "Back in Vogue" (instrumental)
 54
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Single albums
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[33]
Bomb
  • Released: October 21, 2019
  • Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Bomb"
  2. "Bomb" (English version)
  3. "Bomb" (instrumental)
 — —
ReviveR
  • Released: July 1, 2021
  • Label: ZB Label, Warner Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Xtra"
  2. "Obsession"
  3. "Xtra" (instrumental)
 41
Tattoo
  • Released: January 6, 2022
  • Label: ZB Label, Sony Music Korea
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Tattoo"
  2. "Tattoo" (instrumental)
 50
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Singles
Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Album
US
Pop
[39]		 US
World
[40]
"Bomb" 2019 —7 Bomb
"A.I Trooper" 2020 —— Do or Die
"Do or Die" —23
"We Can" —— Non-album single
"Villain" (빌런) —— Decoherence
"Revolution" ——
"Never Let You Go" (오랜만이야) 2021 —— Non-album single
"Xtra" —— ReviveR
"Tattoo" 2022 —— Tattoo
"Wonderland" 38— Non-album single
"Back in Vogue" —— Girls Gone Vogue
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations
Title Year Album
"Be the Future"
(with Dreamcatcher & In2It)
(As Millenasia Project)		 2020 Non-album singles
"Rule the World"
(with TheFatRat)
"Is It On"
(with Bader AlShuaibi)		 2021
"Summer Breeze" (나만 없어, 여름)
(with Daedo)
"MBTI"
(with Just B)		 2023

OST
Title Year Album
"I Miss You Every Day" (어제도 오늘도 너무 보고싶어) 2021 Somehow Family OST Part 9
"Midnight Sun" (백야) 2022 The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway OST Part 1

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Urban Myths Se-ri Segment: "Escape Games"

Television shows
Year Title Role Note Ref.
2018 Produce 48 Herself As Alex Christine [8]
2022 American Song Contest Representing Oklahoma [41]

Web shows
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 Virtual Top Ten Song Host YouTube [42]

Podcast host
Year Title Role Ref.
2020–2021 How Did I Get Here? Co-host [29]

Hosting
Year Title Notes Ref.
2022 2022 Changwon K-POP WORLD FESTIVAL with Kim Myung-soo and Sua (Billlie) [43]

Awards and nominations
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee/Work(s) Result Ref.
Soribada Best K-Music Awards 2020 Next Artist Award AleXa Won [44]
Asia Artist Awards 2020 Focus Singer Award Won [45]
2021 Potential Award – Female Won [46][47]
2022 Icon Award – Singer Won [48]
American Song Contest 2022 — "Wonderland" First [49]
K-Global Heart Dream Awards 2022 K-Global Rising Star Award AleXa Won [50]

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