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The original idol group, the blueprint everyone else copied. They broke up in 2001 and got back on stage from 2018. Want to know where K-pop started? Start with "Descendants of Warriors".

Members

5

Debut

1996 (30 years)

Generation

1st gen (until 2003)

Label

SM

Start with: Candy

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Achievements

• Sold over 6.4 million records in South Korea during their career
• Best New Artist at the 1996 Golden Disc Awards; Grand Prize at both the 1997 Golden Disc Awards and 1997 Seoul Music Awards
• Wolf and Sheep (1997) sold 1 million copies in ten days
• First K-pop group to perform at Seoul Olympic Stadium, before over 40,000 fans (1999)

Timeline

1. 1996Debut on September 7 with "Descendants of Warriors"; first album We Hate All Kinds of Violence sells 1.5 million copies
2. 1997Second album Wolf and Sheep; first Chinese album released
3. 1998Third album Resurrection, which won the Grand Prize at the Seoul Music Awards
4. 1999Fourth album I Yah!; performance at Seoul Olympic Stadium
5. 2000First concert in China, in Beijing, and fifth album Outside Castle
6. 2001Breakup announced in May after a contract disagreement with SM Entertainment
7. 2018Reunion on Infinite Challenge, then reunion concerts at Seoul Olympic Main Stadium in October
8. 2025Performance at the Hanteo Music Festival in November

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