Wonder Girls
Girl groupDisbandedDance-popRetro
JYP's "Retro Queens", with a 1960s to 80s sound and "Nobody" as their calling card, the first South Korean act on the Billboard Hot 100. They disbanded in January 2017 after 10 years. Retro never really goes out of style, apparently.
- Members
- 5
- Debut
- 2007 (19 years)
- Generation
- 2nd gen (2004 to 2011)
- Label
- JYP
Start with: Tell Me
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Achievements
- "Nobody" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 76 in 2009, making them the first South Korean act on the chart
- Won the Daesang (Artist of the Year) at the 18th Seoul Music Awards for "Nobody" (2008)
- Ranked first on Gallup Korea's Singer of the Year poll in 2007 and 2008
- Joined the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 for 45 concert dates in North America
- Billboard ranked them third among K-pop girl groups of the past decade (2017)
Timeline
- 2007Debut with "Irony"; Hyuna leaves and Yubin joins before "Tell Me"
- 2008"So Hot" and "Nobody" released; "Nobody" tops Music Bank for four weeks
- 2009English version of "Nobody" released; tour with the Jonas Brothers in the US
- 2010Sunmi leaves for her studies and Hyerim replaces her; single "2 Different Tears" and The Wonder World Tour
- 2012TeenNick movie The Wonder Girls and Japanese debut with "Nobody for Everybody"
- 2013Hiatus begins after Sunye's marriage announcement
- 2015Return as a four-member band with the album Reboot; Sunmi rejoins
- 2017Disbandment announced on January 26; final single "Draw Me" on February 10
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