Wonder Girls

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Wonder Girls
Left to right: Sunmi, Yeeun, Hyerim and Yubin. The Wonder Girls in an appearance on July 19, 2016.
Left to right: Sunmi, Yeeun, Hyerim and Yubin.
The Wonder Girls in an appearance on July 19, 2016.
General information
origin South Korea
Genre (s) K-pop , dance-pop , pop , mandopop , teen pop
founding 2007
resolution 2017
Website wondergirls.jype.com
Last occupation
Ye-eun
Yubin
Sunmi
Hye-rim
former members
Kim Hyun-ah
Sohee
Sunye

The Wonder Girls (Korean: 원더 걸스 ) were a South Korean girl group . You are under contract with JYP Entertainment in South Korea and Sony Music Entertainment Japan in Japan . All five members of the band were selected through various auditions and made their debut in February 2007.

Since then, they have had four consecutive number 1 hits with Tell Me , So Hot , Nobody and 2 Different Tears, and in 2008 they won two Daesang's "Artist of the Year" awards . With their Youtube hit Like Money , the band reached number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .

The band broke up on January 26, 2017. Her last single Draw Me (Korean: 그려 줘) was released on February 10, 2017.

Band members

There are three former band members: Hyuna left the band for health reasons shortly before the release of Tell Me in 2007 and has been a member of the group 4minute since 2009 . In 2010 Sunmi postponed her music career to continue her school career. However, since there is no official notification of an exit, it is still partially regarded as a member. In the current comeback, which is scheduled for August 3, 2015, she will be there again.

Sohee was the group's front dancer. She made her acting debut as a supporting actress in the film 뜨거운 것이 좋아 , Hellcats . She also starred in 8eight's music video Without a Heart . In December 2013 she left the group.

  • Min Sun-ye 민선예 , 閔 先 藝 ; * August 12, 1989 has the stage name "Sunye" in Asia and "Sun" in America. She takes the position of the band leader and main singer. In 2001 she took part in the casting show 99% Challenge Project and was inducted into the JYP Academy at the age of 12 . She trained for almost six years to debut as the band leader for the Wonder Girls. She has worked with many different artists, such as 8eight , Park Jin-young and Mighty Mouth . She also sang a song for two television series: 일월지 가 , Sun and Moon for 한성 별곡 , Conspiracy in the Court and Maybe for Dream High .
  • Park Ye-eun 박예은 , 朴 譽 恩 ; * May 26th 1989 has the stage name "Yeeun" in Asia and "Yenny" in America. She takes the position of the lead singer in the group. She joined the group as the last member in 2007 just before the debut. She has worked with many different artists, such as 8eight , H-Eugene and San-E. She sang the song 正 , Jeong , for the television series 한성 별곡 , Conspiracy in the Court with Jay Park . She composed and wrote the songs Saying I love you , For Wonderful , Smile and GNO .
  • Kim Yu-bin 김유빈 , 金 瑜 斌 ; * October 4th, 1988 is known under the name "Yubin" or "Yoobin" and is the rapper of the group. She is the oldest of the group and joined the group after Hyun-ah left the group. She made her official debut on September 7, 2007. She can also be seen in the music video of 2PM's 10 out of 10 , as well as in Shinhwa's Once in a Lifetime . As a rapper is it heard in songs of Shinhwa members Lee Andy , Lee Min-woo and singer Kim Bum-soo and Chun G . She was supposed to make her debut in the girl group Five Girls together with G.NA , After Schools UEE, Secrets Hyosung and also with the former T-ara member Yang Jiwon in a band. But for financial reasons this did not happen and the members switched to different labels. Yubin wrote her own rap lyrics for Girls Girls , Sweet Dreams and Me, In on the Wonder World album .
  • Woo Hye-rim 우 혜림 , 禹惠林 ; * September 1, 1992 is also known as "Hyerim", "Hyelim" and "Lim". Her American name is "Christina Woo". She takes the position of singer, main dancer and second rapper in the group. She joined the group after Sunmi's break in 2010 became known. Hyerim was born in Seoul but grew up in China. Because of this, she can speak four languages ​​fluently: English, Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Her debut was actually planned with Miss A. Hyerim wrote her own rap lyrics for the song Act Cool from the Wonder World album .

Members Chronicle

Membersyears 2007 2008 ~ 2009 2010 2013 2015
February July September January February
Sunye
Ye-eun
Sunmi
Hyuna
Sohee
Yubin
Hye-rim

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
KR KR
2007 The Wonder Years KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR
First release: September 13th, 2007
Seoul Records
2011 Wonder World KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2011KR
First published: November 7th, 2011
JYP Entertainment

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
KR KR
Korean speaking
2007 The Wonder Years: Trilogy KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR
First published: September 30, 2008
LOEN Entertainment
2012 Wonder party KR3 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2012KR
First published: June 3, 2012
JYP Entertainment
Japanese speaking
2010 Nobody for Everybody -
Initial release: July 25, 2012
Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
KR KR US US
2007 The Wonder Begins KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		-
First release: February 13, 2007
Seoul Records
2008 So hot KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		-
First published: June 3rd, 2008
LOEN Entertainment
Nobody KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		US76 (1 week)
US
First published: September 30, 2008
LOEN Entertainment
2010 2 different tears KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2010KR 		-
First published: May 15, 2010
JYP Entertainment
2011 Be my baby KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2011KR 		-
First published: November 7th, 2011
JYP Entertainment

Filmography

Reality shows

year
title
2006-2007 MTV Wonder Girls (Season 1)
2007 MTV Wonder Girls (Season 2)
2008 MTV Wonder Girls (Season 3)
Wonder Bakery
2009 Welcome to Wonderland
2010 MTV Wonder Girls (Season 4)
Made in Wonder Girls

Movies

year title role
2010 The Last Godfather Brief appearance
2012 Wonder Girls at the Apollo main actor

Music Videos - Guest Appearances

year Song title Artist role
2008 Cry With Us Various artists oneself
I Love Asia / Smile Again Various artists oneself
2010 This Christmas JYP Nation oneself

Awards

year Award
2007
2008
  • 17th Seoul Music Awards : Newcomer Award
  • Nick Korea Kids Choice Awards: Best Female Singer
  • 20th Korean Producers & Directors Awards: Best Singer Award
  • 5th Korean Music Awards : Best Dance & Electronic Song Award ("Tell Me")
  • Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Song of the Month (June) ("So Hot")
  • Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Song of the Month (September) ("Nobody")
  • Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Song of the Month (October) ("Nobody")
  • Mnet 20's Choice Awards : Hot Club Music ("So Hot")
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best Female Group Award
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best Music Video Award ("Nobody")
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards: Song of the Year ("Nobody")
  • 25th Korea Best Dresser Awards: Best Dresser Award for Singer Category
  • 23rd Golden Disk Awards: Bonsang (Main Award)
  • Korea Fashion & Design Awards: Style Icon of the Year
2009
  • 18th Seoul Music Awards: Daesang Award
  • 18th Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang Award
  • 18th Seoul Music Awards: Best Digital Album Award (The Wonder Years: Trilogy)
  • 6th Korean Music Awards: Group Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
  • MTV Style Gala: Most stylish Asian artist of the year
  • Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Artist of the Year
2010
  • Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards: Asia's Most Hit Group
  • Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards: Asia's Most Appealing Korean Female Artist
2011
  • RTHK International Pop Poll Award Presentation: Top Ten International Gold Songs
  • RTHK International Pop Poll Award Presentation: Top Group / Band Gold Prize
  • 5th China Wireless Music Awards: Top Ranking Digital Downloads of The Year

Tours

  • 2009: 1st Wonder Tour
  • 2010: Wonder Girls World Tour
  • 2010: JYP NATION: TEAMPLAY
  • 2011: JYP NATION in Japan

Opening act

Concert participation

  • 2007: Shin Hye-sung encore concert
  • 2008: JYP Tour
  • 2008: Shin Hye-sung Live Tour Side 1 - "Live and Let Live"
  • 2009: JYP Tour
  • 2010: JYP Nation Team Play Concert
  • 2011: JYP Nation Concert in Japan

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JYP Entertainment
  2. ↑ Psy's Success Is 'No Surprise' To Wonder Girls , MTV
  3. ↑ Jeff Yang: Next stop, Wonderland , San Francisco Chronicle , April 9, 2008.
  4. ↑ ehk38: " [1] ", July 22, 2015 (English)
  5. ↑ a b c d Wonder Girls' official profile (Korean) . Archived from the original on March 15, 2014 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 21, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jype.com 
  6. ↑ 지나, '엠카' 서 '꺼져 줄게 잘 살아' 데뷔 .. 용 준형 지원 사격: 야후! 미디어 - 세상 을 만나는 창 . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  7. ↑ a b c Chart sources: KR US
  8. ↑ Wonder Bakery on mnet.mnet.com (Korean)
  9. ↑ Welcome to Wonderland on mnet.mnet.com (Korean)
  10. ↑ MTV Wonder Girls Season 4 to show life in America and Malaysia . Allkpop.com. July 26, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  11. ↑ Wonder Girls to star in new reality show! . Allkpop.com. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.
  12. ↑ Eun-gyeong Park: 원더걸스, 디지털 뮤직 어워드 '신인상' 수상 (Korean) , Joynews24. March 20, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  13. ↑ An-u Nam: 원더걸스, 상복 터졌다… '10 월 의 노래 '상도 접수 (Korean) , Mydaily. November 19, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  14. ↑ Ji-hun Kang: '텔미' 열풍 원더걸스, MKMF 신인상 수상 (Korean) , Mydaily. November 17, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  15. ↑ Gyeong-hwa Jung: 원더걸스, 2007 국회 대상 대중 음악 상 수상 (Korean) , Mydaily. November 29, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  16. ↑ Hyeon-u Choi: 대한민국 영상 대전, 유재석 - 원더걸스 등 '포토 제닉' (Korean) , OSEN. December 7, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  17. ↑ a b Jae-geol Shim: [골든 디스크] 원더걸스, 본상 - 인기상 '텔미' 로 싹쓸이 (Korean) , Sportsseoul. December 14, 2007. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  18. ↑ 원더걸스, 서울 가요 대상 신인상 수상! (Korean) , Joongang. January 31, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  19. ↑ Hyo-eun Ahn: 원더걸스, '한국 PD 대상' 가수 부문 수상 (Korean) , Mydaily. February 28, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  20. ↑ Hye-seong Gil: 원더걸스, '텔미' 로 한국 대중 음악 상 '최우수 댄스 & 일렉트로닉 노래 상' 수상 (Korean) , Starnews. March 5, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  21. ↑ Se-yeon Park: 원더걸스 이달 의 노래 영예 .. '텔미' 넘은 '소핫' 열풍 뜨거워 (Korean) , Newsen. July 9, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2012. 
  22. ↑ Tian, ​​Gan. Doing things in style . China Daily . December 4, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  23. ^ Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards 2010 Winners List . Fooyoh.com. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  24. ↑ 音樂 專欄 . Hk.music.yahoo.com. December 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.
  25. ^ A b "RTHK International Pop Poll Award Presentation" Reveals the Top Ten Foreign Music Awards . App3.rthk.org.hk. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  26. ↑ 咪 咕 盘点 2010 年度 乐坛 收成 周杰伦 独揽 四 奖 on ent.qq.com from June 24, 2011 (Chinese).

Web links

Commons : Wonder Girls  - album with pictures, videos and audio files