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Six guys from JYP who started out with acrobatic choreography and a tough "beast idol" image, on an R&B base. Big in Korea, even bigger in Japan. Your cardio might not survive the early stuff.
- Members
- 6
- Debut
- 2008 (18 years)
- Generation
- 2nd gen (2004 to 2011)
- Label
- JYP
Start with: Heartbeat
Achievements
- "Again & Again" gave them their first number-one single, and they won Artist of the Year, a Daesang, at the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards
- Debut album 01:59PM topped the first issue of the Gaon Album Chart (2009)
- First Korean group to perform six consecutive shows at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo (2012)
- Legend of 2PM, Genesis of 2PM, 2PM of 2PM and Galaxy of 2PM all topped the Oricon Albums Chart (2013 to 2016)
- Nine of their eleven Japanese singles were certified Gold by the RIAJ
Timeline
- 2008Debut with the single album Hottest Time of the Day and "10 Out of 10"
- 2009Jaebeom leaves after a controversy; first album 01:59PM released in November
- 2010Jaebeom's contract is terminated and the group continues as six; first solo concert at the KSPO Dome
- 2011Japanese debut single "Take Off"; second Korean album Hands Up
- 2013Third Korean album Grown marks a shift to a more mature image; two shows at Tokyo Dome
- 2014Fourth album Go Crazy! with a first self-composed single and first world tour
- 2017Final concert series 6Nights before military service; Taecyeon enlists in September
- 2021Return with the seventh Korean album Must after all members complete military service
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