FTISLAND
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Want proof that K-pop can plug in an amp? FTISLAND, often called Korea's first idol band, did it in 2007. Three members remain today, and "Love Sick" is the perfect door in: it topped the charts for eight straight weeks.
- Members
- 3
- Debut
- 2007 (19 years)
- Generation
- 2nd gen (2004 to 2011)
- Label
- FNC
Start with: Love Sick
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Achievements
- "Love Sick" topped the K-pop charts for eight consecutive weeks in 2007
- Debut album Cheerful Sensibility was the sixth best-selling album of 2007, with over 79,000 copies
- Won Best New Male Group at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and Rookie of the Year at the Golden Disk Awards (2007)
- Japanese album Five Treasure Island (2011) topped the Oricon Albums Chart
- First foreign male band and first band in 42 years to top the Oricon Daily Charts
- Japan arena tour Freedom (2013) across seven cities drew 100,000 people
Timeline
- 2007Debut on June 7 with the single "Love Sick" and the album Cheerful Sensibility
- 2008Japanese debut with the EP Prologue of F.T. Island: Soyogi
- 2009Guitarist Oh Won-bin leaves and is replaced by Song Seung-hyun; mini-album Jump Up with "Bad Woman"
- 2010Mini-album Beautiful Journey with the chart-topper "Love Love Love"
- 2012Mini-album Grown-Up and "Severely"; first North American show in Los Angeles with CNBLUE
- 2013Self-composed mini-album Thanks To, then the mini-album The Mood
- 2019Leader Choi Jong-hoon leaves in March and Song Seung-hyun leaves in December; the band continues as a trio
- 2026Renews its contract with FNC Entertainment
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