BAP

The title of this article is ambiguous. for further meanings see BAP (disambiguation) .

BAP
BAP (2013)
General information
origin	Seoul , South Korea
Genre (s)	K-pop
founding	2012
Website	official website
former members
Yongguk (until 2018) Zelo (until 2018)
	Himchan (until 2019) Daehyun (until 2019) Youngjae (until 2019) Jongup (until 2019)

BAP ( Korean 비 에이피 , an acronym for B est A bsolute P erfect) is a South Korean boy band founded by TS Entertainment in 2012 . The group officially debuted on January 26, 2012 with the single Warrior . The group's official fan club name is Baby .

Band history

In January 2012, the reality show Ta-Dah, It's BAP was broadcast on the Korean broadcaster SBS MTV. The show worked with the concept that the BAP members are aliens from another planet who are now on Earth to save their planet Mato. On January 26, 2012, the group debuted with their first single Warrior ; the album of the same name was released on February 2, 2012. The EP was # 10 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. Warrior was sold more than 10,000 times in South Korea in two days.

On April 27, 2012 they released the album Power . Shortly after its release, 30,000 copies of the album were sold out. This album also reached number 10 on the Billboard World Album Charts. On October 13, 2012, BAP performed for the first time in the USA .

On March 2, 2013, their third album, One Shot, reached # 1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. That same month, BAP announced that it would give concerts in Los Angeles , San Francisco , Washington, DC and New York City . All 10,000 seats were sold out within an hour.

In February 2016 the fifth EP called Carnival was released, which contains six songs. In March 2016, BAP released their first Japanese studio album called Best. Absolute. Perfect. with thirteen new songs. From April to July the group gave concerts in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Finland, Germany, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Russia.

In August, BAP released their fifth single, Put 'Em Up. In November, the album Noir was released with the title song Skydive . The group again topped the Billboard world album charts. In March 2017, BAP released the song Rose . This was the first comeback with Bang Yong-guk, who had been on hiatus for four months.

On August 23, 2018, TS Entertainment announced that Yongguk had decided not to renew his contract and to leave the agency and BAP. The group will continue with the remaining five members. Zelo left the group in December 2018. TS Entertainment announced on December 24th that Zelo's contract expired on December 2nd and that he had decided to leave BAP and the agency.

On February 18, 2019, it was reported that the remaining four members had not renewed their contracts and had left the agency. Jongup and Daehyun said in an interview on the same day that BAP had not been dissolved. Currently, all members are concentrating on solo projects and want to work together again as a group later.

Members

Surname	Birth Name	Birthday (age)	place of birth	position
former members
Yongguk ( 용국 )	Bang Yong-guk ( 방용국 )	March 31, 1990 (30)	Incheon , South Korea	Main rapper, leader
Himchan ( 힘찬 )	Kim Him-chan ( 김 힘찬 )	April 19, 1990 (30)	Seoul , South Korea	Sub-vocalist, rapper
Daehyun ( 대현 )	Jung Dae-hyun ( 정대현 )	June 28, 1993 (27)	Gwangju , South Korea	Main vocalist
Youngjae ( 영재 )	Yoo Young-jae ( 유영재 )	January 24, 1994 (26)	Seoul, South Korea	Lead vocalist
Jongup ( 종업 )	Moon Jong-up ( 문종 업 )	February 6, 1995 (25)	Seoul, South Korea	Main dancer, lead vocalist
Zelo ( 젤로 )	Choi Jun-hong ( 최준홍 )	October 15, 1996 (23)	Mokpo , South Korea	Lead rapper, lead dancer
Himchan Daehyun Youngjae Jongup Zelo (until 2018) Yongguk (until 2018)

Discography

→ Main article : BAP / discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		KR	JP
Korean albums
2014	First Sensibility	KR1 (19 weeks) KR	JP16 (1 week) JP	First published: February 4, 2014 Label: TS Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Format: CD, download Sales: 106,190+
2016	Noir	KR2 (7 weeks) KR	JP39 (4 weeks) JP	First published: November 7, 2016 Label: TS Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Format: CD, download Sales: 55,904+
Japanese albums
2016	Best.Absolute.Perfect	-	JP4 (1 week) JP	First published: March 30, 2016 Label: King Records Format: CD, download
2017	Unlimited	-	JP6 (1 week) JP	First published: June 28, 2017 Label: King Records Format: CD, download
2018	Massive	-	JP6 (2 weeks) JP	First published: March 28, 2018 Label: King Records Format: CD, download

Awards

Award ceremonies (selection)

2012

• Golden Disc Awards - Rookie Award
• Melon Music Awards - Rookie of the Year
• Mnet Asian Music Awards - Mnet PD's Choice Award

2013

• Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards - New Artist of the Year (Male Group)
• Seoul Music Awards - Bonsang Award for One Shot

2014

• MTV Europe Music Award
  • Best Korean Act
  • Best Japan and Korea Act
• Japan Gold Disc Awards
  • Best New Artist
  • Best 3 New Aritst

2015

• Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards - Hot Trend Award

2016

• Asia Artist Awards - Best Entertainer Award (Male Group Category)
• MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Korean Act

2017

• Soribada Best K-Music Awards - Bonsang Award

Music shows

BAP's wins at music shows:

Inkigayo

year	date	title
2014	February 16	1004 (Angel)

Music Bank

year	date	title
2014	14th of February	1004 (Angel)
2015	November 27th	Young, Wild & Free

Show champion

year	date	title
2014	February 12th	1004 (Angel)

The show

year	date	title
2015	December 1	Young, Wild & Free
2016	8th of March	Feel so good
	22nd of November	Skydive

Web links

• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Music: Top World Albums Chart . In: Billboard . ( billboard.com [accessed August 31, 2017]).
2. ↑ 2012 년 빛낼 아이돌 출격 임박 .. '신고 합니다!' - 스타 뉴스 . In: 스타 뉴스 . January 25, 2012 ( mt.co.kr [accessed August 31, 2017]).
3. ↑ BAP sells out their first batch of 30,000 copies | allkpop.com . In: allkpop . ( allkpop.com [accessed August 31, 2017]).
4. ↑ BAP To Perform at KCON in California , Soompi
5. ^ Billboard World Albums: March 2, 2013 , Billboard
6. ↑ BAP sells out 10,000 seats to their USA tour within an hour , Allkpop
7. ↑ BAP Announces North America Dates for 2016 Live on Earth World Tour . In: Fuse . ( fuse.tv [accessed August 31, 2017]).
8. ↑ # LOE2016: BAP Announces Locations For Their 2016 "Live On Earth" World Tour . In: Hype Malaysia . January 11, 2016 ( hype.my [accessed August 31, 2017]).
9. ↑ BAP Reclaim Title as K-Pop Act With Most No. 1s on World Albums With 'Noir' . In: Billboard . ( billboard.com [accessed August 31, 2017]).
10. ↑ R. Choi February 22, 2017: Bang Yong Guk's Agency Confirms That He Will Return For BAP's Upcoming Comeback “Rose”. In: Soompi. February 22, 2017, accessed August 31, 2017 . 
11. ↑ TS Entertainment Announces Bang Yong Guk's Decision To Not Renew Contract + Departure From BAP In: soompi.com. August 23, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Zelo Confirmed To Leave BAP In: soompi.com. December 24, 2018, accessed December 24, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Remaining 4 BAP Members Part Ways With TS Entertainment After Deciding To Not Renew Contracts. In: soompi.com. February 18, 2019, accessed February 18, 2019 . 
14. ↑ BAP's Jongup And Daehyun Talk About The Future After Group's Departure From TS Entertainment. In: soompi.com. February 18, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Chart sources:
    • Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .  (KR)
      • First Sensibility. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
      • Noir. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
    • Oricon Album Charts. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .  (JP)
      • Best.Absolute.Perfect. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
      • Unlimited. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
      • Massive. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
16. ↑ First Sensibility sales in South Korea:
    • 2014 년 Album Chart. Retrieved June 18, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Sales of the studio album Noir in South Korea and Japan:
    • 2016 년 Album Chart (52,812) . In: Gaon Chart . Retrieved June 18, 2018.
    • 2016 Oricon Albums Chart - December Week 1 (3,092) . In: Oricon . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
18. ↑ The 27th Golden Disk Awards 2013 Winners List. In: edmdroid.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
19. ↑ 2012 Melon Music Awards Winners & Performances. In: soompi.com. December 14, 2012, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
20. ↑ 2012 MAMA Winners and Performances. In: soompi.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
21. ^ Winners from the '2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards'. In: allkpop.com. February 13, 2013, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
22. ↑ EXO Takes Home Daesang for the 23rd Seoul Music Awards + Full List of Winners. In: soompi.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
23. ↑ Gold Disc Awards 2014 winners announced. In: koreaobserver.net. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
24. ↑ Winners from 'The 5th GAON Chart Kpop Awards'! In: allkpop.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Winners Of The 2016 Asia Artist Awards Announced. In: soompi.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
26. ↑ BAP Is Crowned Best Korean Act Of 2016 At MTV EMAs. In: soompi.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
27. ↑ Winners Of 1st Soribada Best K-Music Awards. In: soompi.com. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
28. ↑ SBS Inkigayo 02.16.14- BAP Beats Girl's Day and Soyu x JungGiGo with “1004 (Angel)”. In: soompi.com. February 16, 2014, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
29. ↑ BAP Takes Their Second Music Show Win on Music Bank with “1004 (Angel)”. In: soompi.com. February 14, 2014, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
30. ↑ BAP Grabs 1st Win for “Young, Wild & Free” on “Music Bank”. In: soompi.com. November 27, 2015, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
31. ↑ BAP Takes Home First Ever Music Show Win on “Show Champion”. In: soompi.com. February 12, 2014, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
32. ↑ BAP Takes Second Win for “Young, Wild & Free” on “The Show”. In: soompi.com. December 1, 2015, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
33. ↑ BAP Takes 1st Win for “Feel So Good” on “The Show”. In: soompi.com. March 8, 2016, accessed June 18, 2018 . 
34. ↑ Watch: BAP Takes 1st Win For “Skydive” On “The Show”. In: soompi.com. November 22, 2016, accessed June 18, 2018 .