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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

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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

1. 2008Debut with the single album Hottest Time of the Day and "10 Out of 10"
2. 2009Jaebeom leaves after a controversy; first album 01:59PM released in November
3. 2010Jaebeom's contract is terminated and the group continues as six; first solo concert at the KSPO Dome
4. 2011Japanese debut single "Take Off"; second Korean album Hands Up
5. 2013Third Korean album Grown marks a shift to a more mature image; two shows at Tokyo Dome
6. 2014Fourth album Go Crazy! with a first self-composed single and first world tour
7. 2017Final concert series 6Nights before military service; Taecyeon enlists in September
8. 2021Return with the seventh Korean album Must after all members complete military service

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