Twice

Twice 트 와이스
Twice at Cheer Up in Seoul (2016)
General information
origin	South Korea
Genre (s)	K-pop
founding	2015
Website	twice.jype.com
Current occupation
Nayeon Jeongyeon Momo Sana Jihyo Mina Dahyun Chaeyoung Tzuyu

Twice ( Korean 트 와이스 ) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the casting show Sixteen . The group consists of the nine members Nayeon , Jeongyeon , Momo , Sana , Jihyo , Mina , Dahyun , Chaeyoung and Tzuyu . On October 20, 2015, the group released their first EP called The Story Begins . The group's official fan club is called Once .

Twice sold more than 6 million albums worldwide, including 3.7 million in South Korea . This makes Twice the most successful South Korean girl group in terms of physical sales.

history

Background: Sixteen

In December 2013, JYP Entertainment announced the debut of a new girl group for the first half of the coming year. In February 2014, the JYP trainees Lena and Cecilia were announced as members, while there were rumors about possible further members. After Cecilia left the agency, she was to be replaced by Sana. However, Lena eventually left the agency and the group's debut was canceled.

On February 11, 2015 was Park Jin-young finally announced that the members of a new girl group by the talent show Sixteen radio station Mnet to be determined. Park stated in a press conference that the new group would have the "natural and healthy feel" of the Wonder Girls and Miss A , with a wilder and snappier side. The show started on May 5th, 2015. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun and Chaeyoung emerged successfully as members of the Twice group. Park Jin-young later announced, however, that he was increasing the membership from seven to nine and adding Tzuyu and Momo. The reasons are Tzuyu's popularity with the fans of the casting show and Momo's performance.

On July 10, 2015, the group's Instagram account was opened with the first, official picture. Before the debut, the web series TwiceTV aired, with the stories and hopes of the members as they prepared for their debut.

debut

On October 20, 2015, the EP The Story Begins and the music video for Like OOH-AHH were released through the V Live platform . The theme song was written by Black Eyed Pilseung and Sam Lewis. In five months, their debut video received more than 50 million views on YouTube, more than any other K-pop group's debut songs . It's also the first debut video by a K-pop group that has been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube. By December, Twice had 10 advertising deals that grossed them approximately 1.8 billion won .

2016: breakthrough

Twice's second EP, Page Two , was released on April 25, 2016. The group held a performance in Seoul . On May 5th, Twice received her first award for the theme song Cheer Up on the show M! Countdown . Victories in Music Bank and Inkigayo followed .

To celebrate Twice's first anniversary, the group released the song One in a Million on October 20 through an appearance on Naver V Live. Shortly afterwards, the third mini-album, Twicecoaster: Lane 1 , was released on October 24th . The title song TT has a Halloween theme. On January 3, 2017, the music video for TT also reached 100 million views and set a record at that time. No other music video by a South Korean group has reached this milestone in such a short time. In the meantime, the video for TT had been viewed more than 500 million times on the YouTube video platform by early 2020. Twice was also the previous record holder with Cheer Up . At the end of the year a Christmas edition of Twicecoaster was published: Lane 1 .

2017: Twicecoaster: Lane 2 , Signal , Japan debut and first studio album

From February 17th to 19th, 2017 the group gave their first concert called Twice 1st Tour: Twiceland The Opening in the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium as the first part of their world tour. A day after that, their previous EP was re-released under the title Twicecoaster: Lane 2 . The theme song included is Knock Knock . Lane 2 had about 310,000 pre-orders within a week.

Signal , the group's fourth mini-album, was released on May 15 along with the single of the same name. Mini-album and single both reached number 1 on the charts. On June 14, Twice released the Japanese version of Signal as a pre-release single for their official Japanese debut, which followed on June 28 with the album #Twice . #Twice rose to number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Her first Japanese single, One More Time , was released on October 18 . With 94,957 copies sold on the first day, they set a new record for a K-pop girl group in Japan. On October 30th, Twice released their first full studio album called Twicetagram , including the album track Likey . The music video for Likey , which was filmed in Canada in early September, achieved 10,767,044 views in the first 24 hours, which was a new personal record for Twice.

2018: What Is Love , BDZ , Yes or Yes and tours

In 2018, Twice intensified its activities in Japan. They released two Japanese singles: Candy Pop and Wake Me Up . They also recorded a cover of the Jackson 5 song I Want You Back as the theme song for the Japanese film Sensei Kunshu . Their first Japanese-language studio album, BDZ , was released in September .

In South Korea, the group released the album What Is Love? In April . , Dance the Night Away in July and Yes or Yes in November .

2019–2020: # Twice2 , Fancy You , Singles and World Tour

On March 6th, the Japanese album Twice2 was released , which consists of songs from previous Korean albums that have been translated into Japanese. A month later on April 22nd, they released the album Fancy You . With this album they sold more albums than Girls' Generation , and therefore more than any other Korean girl group. On June 11th, Twice released two Japanese singles in one day. The two songs are Happy Happy and Breakthrough . Happy Happy represents a bright summer day and Breakthrough shows the feelings of a cool summer night. The TWICELIGHTS world tour began on May 25th in Seoul and ended on August 17th in Kuala Lumpur . Concerts were held in various cities in Asia , North America and South America . This was followed by the eighth mini-album called Feel Special on September 23, 2019. The album followed a new concept for Twice, but was still successful.

On April 29, 2020, the eight-part documentary series Twice: Seize the Light about the girl group and their tour Twicelights was published on Youtube .

Members

Surname	Korean	Birth Name	Birth name in native language	Date of birth	place of birth
Nayeon	나연	In the Na-yeon	임 나연	September 22, 1995	Seoul ( South Korea )
Jeongyeon	정연	Yoo Jeong-yeon	유정연	November 1, 1996	Suwon ( South Korea )
Momo	모모	Momo Hirai	平井 も も	November 9, 1996	Kyoto ( Japan )
Sana	사나	Sana Minatozaki	湊 崎 紗 夏	December 29, 1996	Osaka ( Japan )
Jihyo	지효	Park Ji-su	박지수	February 1, 1997	Guri ( South Korea )
Mina	미나	Mina Myōi	名 井 南	March 24, 1997	San Antonio ( USA )
Dahyun	다현	Kim Da-hyun	김다현	May 28, 1998	Seongnam ( South Korea )
Chaeyoung	채영	Son Chae-young	손채영	April 23, 1999	Seoul ( South Korea )
Tzuyu	쯔위	Chou Tzu-yu	周子瑜	June 14, 1999	Tainan ( Taiwan )
Nayeon Jeongyeon Momo Sana Jihyo Mina Dahyun Chaeyoung Tzuyu

Discography

→ Main article : Twice / discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		KR	JP
Korean albums
2017	Twicetagram	KR1 (... week) KR	JP7 (9 weeks) JP	First published October 30, 2017 Label: JYP Entertainment + Genie Music Format: CD, download Sales: + 349,315
	Merry & Happy 1)	KR1 (58 weeks) KR	JP8 (9 weeks) JP	First published December 11, 2017 Label: JYP Entertainment + Genie Music Format: CD, download Sales: + 216,453
Japanese albums
2018	BDZ	-	JP1 platinum (70 weeks)JP	First published: September 12, 2018 Label: Warner Music Japan Format: CD, download Sales: + 273,168
2019	& Twice	-	JP1 platinum (27 weeks)JP	First published: November 20, 2019 Label: Warner Music Japan Format: CD, download Sales: + 250,000

¹⁾Re-release of Twicetagram with the new single Heart Shaker and the additional title Merry & Happy

Awards

→ Main article : List of Twice's awards and nominations

Web links

Commons : Twice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Japanese website
• Twice on YouTube
• Twice on MusicBrainz (English)
• Twice at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Caitlin Kelley: K-pop Girl Group TWICE Has Sold Over 6 Million Albums Worldwide. In: Forbes . April 27, 2019, accessed April 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Yun Seong-yeol: JYP, 역대 급 미모 新 걸 그룹 출격 .. '내년 상반기 · 6 인조'. In: Star News. December 19, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2017 (Korean). 
4. ↑ Yun Seong-yeol: '선미 피처링' 리나, JYP 新 걸 그룹 데뷔 .. 미모 · 실력 겸비. In: Naver. Star News, February 27, 2014, accessed February 23, 2017 (Korean). 
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7. ^ Won Ho-jung: 'Sixteen' compete for spot in JYP's next girl group. In: The Korea Herald . April 29, 2015, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
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16. ↑ Jung Eun-jin: Twice to move on to 'Page Two'. In: The Korea Herald . April 19, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Kim Byung Kwan: Twice Performs New Songs From 'Page Two'. In: Mwave. April 25, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Yun Jun-pil: '엠 카운트 다운' 트 와이스, 1 위 수상 “'식스틴' 첫 방송 1 주년… 1 위 주셔서 감사”. In: 10asia. May 5, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (Korean). 
19. ↑ Kim Su-gyeong: '인기 가요' 트 와이스, '치어 업' 으로 1 위… 지상파 2 연속 1 위. In: 10asia. May 8, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (Korean). 
20. ↑ Jeon Won: 트 와이스 사나, 1 주년 기념 파티 서 눈물 "옛날 생각나". In: Naver. My Daily, October 20, 2016; accessed February 26, 2017 (Korean). 
21. ↑ Susan Min: Twice Preparing for a Fall Comeback. In: Mwave. September 28, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
22. ↑ Susan Min: Twice Confirms Comeback Date as October 24. In: Mwave. October 7, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Susan Min: Twice Releases Schedule for October Comeback. In: Mwave. October 10, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
24. ↑ ^{a b} TWICE's 'TT' music video tops 100 mln YouTube views. In: Yonhap . January 3, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
25. ↑ jypentertainment: TWICE "TT" M / V. October 23, 2016, accessed September 18, 2018 . 
26. ↑ Cho Hejin: Twice to Release Special Christmas Edition Album. In: Mwave. December 6, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
27. ↑ Susan Min: Twice to Hold First Solo Concert Since Debut. In: Mwave. January 10, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
28. ↑ 트 와이스 측 "데뷔 1 년 4 개월 만 첫 단독 콘서트" 깜짝 발표. In: Naver. Herald Pop, January 10, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 (Korean). 
29. ↑ Girl group TWICE to release special album. In: Yonhap . January 18, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
30. ↑ Yoon Min-sik: Twice reveals new teaser image for upcoming album. In: The Korea Herald . February 14, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
31. ↑ Yun Jun-pil: 트 와이스, 트 와이스 를 뛰어 넘다. In: Naver. 10asia, February 21, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 (Korean). 
32. ↑ Signal in the Gaon Digital Charts. Retrieved November 1, 2017 . 
33. ↑ 2017 年 06 月度 オ リ コ ン 月 間 CD ア ル バ ム ラ ン キ ン グ . In: ORICON NEWS . ( oricon.co.jp [accessed November 1, 2017]).
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35. ↑ Jeong Joon-hwa: [단독] 트 와이스, 캐나다 에서 신곡 M / V 촬영 .. 컴백 임박. In: Naver. Sports Chosun, February 21, 2017; accessed September 25, 2017 (Korean). 
36. ↑ TWICE's "Likey" MV Beats Their Personal Record For Most Views In 24 Hours | Soompi. Retrieved November 1, 2017 (American English). 
37. ↑ Yim Hyun-su: Twice signals winter hit with new single 'Yes or Yes'. In: The Korea Herald . October 22, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 . 
38. ^ These Are The Best-Selling Korean Groups In The History Of South Korea. May 17, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 . 
39. ↑ Tamar Herman: TWICE Have a 'Happy Happy' 'Breakthrough' in Duo of New Music Videos: Watch. June 11, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 . 
40. ↑ TWICE World Tour 'TWICELIGHTS' 2019: Cities And Ticket Details. April 8, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 . 
41. ↑ How 9 girls from Twice dominated K-pop. Retrieved March 27, 2020 . 
42. ↑ Kwon Yae-rim: Twice's 'Seize the Lights' shows girl group as genuine as can be. In: The Korea Herald . May 7, 2020, accessed on May 8, 2020 . 
43. ↑ Chart sources:
    • Twice (트 와이스) in the South Korean charts. Retrieved May 17, 2018 . 
    • Oricon Album Charts. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .  (JP)
      • Twicetagram. Retrieved November 14, 2017 . 
      • BDZ. Retrieved September 19, 2018 . 
      • & Twice. Retrieved November 27, 2019 . 
44. ↑ Sales of Twicetagram in South Korea:
    • 2017 년 Album Chart (320,389). Retrieved May 17, 2018 . 
    • 2018 년 10 월 Album Chart (28,926). Retrieved November 8, 2018 . 
45. ↑ Merry & Happy sales in South Korea:
    • 2017 년 Album Chart (165,342). Retrieved May 17, 2018 . 
    • 2018 년 9 월 Album Chart (51,111). Retrieved October 11, 2018 . 
46. ↑ BDZ sales in Japan:
    • 月 間 ア ル バ ム ラ ン キ ン グ 2018 年 09 月度 ( Japanese ) Oricon. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.
    • 月 間 ア ル バ ム ラ ン キ ン グ 2018 年 10 月度 ( Japanese ) Oricon. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.