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*'''Full Name''': Lee Chang Min (이창민)
*'''Full Name''': Lee Chang Min (이창민)
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1986|5|1}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about04.php</ref>
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1986|5|1}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about04.php</ref>
*'''Position ''': Main Vocalist, Rapper


Born in Busan, South Korea, Changmin finished his mandatory army service before debut, being the only idol to have entered the entertainment scene with a completed army service. In December 12, 2008, he featured in Mario's digital single "Superman". On February 5, 2009, he and Jo Kwon released a digital single titled "졸업" (''"Graduation"''). In December 2009, he contributed to the original soundtrack of drama series "돌멩이의 꿈" ("'' A Dream Comes True''") with a solo single "삼키지마" ("''Don't Swallow''").
Born in Busan, South Korea, Changmin finished his mandatory army service before debut, being the only idol to have entered the entertainment scene with a completed army service. In December 12, 2008, he featured in Mario's digital single "Superman". On February 5, 2009, he and Jo Kwon released a digital single titled "졸업" (''"Graduation"''). In December 2009, he contributed to the original soundtrack of drama series "돌멩이의 꿈" ("'' A Dream Comes True''") with a solo single "삼키지마" ("''Don't Swallow''").
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*'''Full Name''': Im Seulong (임슬옹)
*'''Full Name''': Im Seulong (임슬옹)
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1987|5|11}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about03.php</ref>
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1987|5|11}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about03.php</ref>
*'''Position ''': Vocalist, Rapper


He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of [[2PM]]'s reality show "''Wild Bunny''", performing a parody of popular [[Brown Eyed Girls]] song ''"[[Abracadabra (Brown Eyed Girls song)|Abracadabra]]"'' with Jo Kwon. The music video became extremely popular.<ref>{{ko icon}} [http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200908261542011135 ‘드러운아이드걸스'의 '다불어때 다불었다'? 패러디 화제 (''Dirty Eyed Girls' "It's Sung When it's All Sung"? Parody Sparks Conversation'')]. ''Mydaily''. August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.</ref> Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for [[We Got Married]] Season II. He debuted as an actor in drama series "[[Personal Taste]]", the first episode airing March 31, 2010<ref>[http://news.d.paran.com/snews/newsview2.php?dirnews=620157&year=2010 "2AM 임슬옹, '개인의 취향'으로 연기자 데뷔"]. ''Paran''. March 2, 2010.</ref>.
He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of [[2PM]]'s reality show "''Wild Bunny''", performing a parody of popular [[Brown Eyed Girls]] song ''"[[Abracadabra (Brown Eyed Girls song)|Abracadabra]]"'' with Jo Kwon. The music video became extremely popular.<ref>{{ko icon}} [http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200908261542011135 ‘드러운아이드걸스'의 '다불어때 다불었다'? 패러디 화제 (''Dirty Eyed Girls' "It's Sung When it's All Sung"? Parody Sparks Conversation'')]. ''Mydaily''. August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.</ref> Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for [[We Got Married]] Season II. He debuted as an actor in drama series "[[Personal Taste]]", the first episode airing March 31, 2010<ref>[http://news.d.paran.com/snews/newsview2.php?dirnews=620157&year=2010 "2AM 임슬옹, '개인의 취향'으로 연기자 데뷔"]. ''Paran''. March 2, 2010.</ref>.
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*'''Full Name''': Jo Kwon (조권)
*'''Full Name''': Jo Kwon (조권)
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1989|8|28|}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about02.php</ref>
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1989|8|28|}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about02.php</ref>
*'''Position ''': Leader, Lead Vocalist


The leader of the group, Jo Kwon is the longest-serving trainee in [[JYP Entertainment]]. He was chosen as last members of Park Jin Young's 99% Challenge project along with Sunye of [[Wonder Girls]].
The leader of the group, Jo Kwon is the longest-serving trainee in [[JYP Entertainment]]. He was chosen as last members of Park Jin Young's 99% Challenge project along with Sunye of [[Wonder Girls]].
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*'''Full Name''': Jung Jinwoon (정진운)
*'''Full Name''': Jung Jinwoon (정진운)
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1991|5|2}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about01.php</ref>
*'''Birthdate''': {{Birth date and age|1991|5|2}}<ref>http://2-am.co.kr/about/about01.php</ref>
*'''Position ''': Vocalist, Main Rapper


In January, 2009, Jinwoon was cast in [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]'s reality show "Family Needed" Season III, also featuring [[NRG (group)|NRG]] member Lee Sung-Jin and actors Choi Yangrak and Ricky Kim.
In January, 2009, Jinwoon was cast in [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]'s reality show "Family Needed" Season III, also featuring [[NRG (group)|NRG]] member Lee Sung-Jin and actors Choi Yangrak and Ricky Kim.

Revision as of 02:52, 2 May 2010

2AM

2AM is a South Korean four-member ballad boy band under JYP Entertainment. The members are Jinwoon, Jo Kwon, Seulong, and Changmin. 2AM is one of the two subgroups branched out from the eleven-member (before Jaebeom's departure) boy band One Day, the other being 2PM. They officially debuted on July 11, 2008 on KBS's Music Bank, performing their debut song "This Song". They won their first Mutizen at Inkigayo on February 7, 2010 with "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die".

History

Predebut

Along with the members of 2PM, 2AM appeared on the documentary Hot Blood that was aired on Mnet, documented their rigorous training program of their pre-debut days. Changmin was the only member of One Day to not appear in the documentary because he was serving in the military at that time. Initially, Jinwoon was eliminated on Hot Blood, but he ended up in 2AM due to Daehun's withdrawal from JYPE. JoKwon trained for 2567 days, 10 days past 7 years after joining JYPE.

Mid-2008 Debut

File:2am first single.jpg
2AM's First Single Album

2AM's first single "This Song" release July 21, 2008 and made their debut performance on July 11, 2008 performing their debut song "이 노래"("This Song")[1].

Early-2009: 2nd Single Album

2AM made a comeback with another single album "Time For Confession" on March 19, 2009 with "친구의 고백" ("Confession Of A Friend") being the title track.

Early-2010: 1st Mini-Album

"Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go"

2AM made a comeback with a second album, "죽어도 못 보내" on January 21, 2010 with "죽어도 못 보내" ("Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go") as the promoted track. In the week before the release, JYP Entertainment released a total of four teasers on their Youtube account. Along with a group teaser, the individual shots were based on the seasons. On February 7, 2010, 2AM won their first Mutizen award on Inkigayo since their debut. On February 25, 2010, their second win was on Mnet M!Countdown. They won a second Mutizen on their final day of promotions for "죽어도 못 보내" ("Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go") on March 7, 2010.[2]

"I Was Wrong"

2AM revealed on March 5th, 2010 through their official home page cuts of their new image. Jo Kwon, Changmin, Seulong, and Jinwoon respectively transformed as a club DJ, an ice hockey player, a biker, and a basketball player for their new 10 minute drama-music video. The repackaged mini-album will feature 4 additional songs, 3 from their first and second singles and one entirely new song titled "잘못했어" ("I Was Wrong"), which would be their promoted track. One representative stated, “The song we’re releasing is something that 2AM has never shown before and is a brand new type of music.”[3] A portion of the song was revealed in the first episode of 2AM's new reality show "2AM DAY" on March 10th[4], where the members playfully sing along to it in their car. 4 teasers were released for each member from March 12 to March 14. A leaked version of Part 1 of the music video was released on March 15, having been recorded by camera at 2AM's subway showcase[5]. The album was released on March 18, 2010 and this song won the Mnet M!Countdown on April 1, 2010

Other contributions

2AM endorsed up to $1 million for products commercials in early 2010,[6], including Pepsi[7] and BHC Chicken.[8] It was also announced that 2AM would be the new faces of Samsung's "Dugeunduguen Tomorrow" campaign, following after 4Tomorrow in 2009.[9]

In April 2010, they participated in the original soundtrack of drama series "Personal Taste" with a ballad titled "바보처럼" ("Like A Fool").[10]

Member profiles

Changmin

  • Full Name: Lee Chang Min (이창민)
  • Birthdate: (1986-05-01) May 1, 1986 (age 38)[11]

Born in Busan, South Korea, Changmin finished his mandatory army service before debut, being the only idol to have entered the entertainment scene with a completed army service. In December 12, 2008, he featured in Mario's digital single "Superman". On February 5, 2009, he and Jo Kwon released a digital single titled "졸업" ("Graduation"). In December 2009, he contributed to the original soundtrack of drama series "돌멩이의 꿈" (" A Dream Comes True") with a solo single "삼키지마" ("Don't Swallow").

He was a regular DJ for "Starry Night Radio" with Girls' Generation's Sooyoung.

Seulong

  • Full Name: Im Seulong (임슬옹)
  • Birthdate: (1987-05-11) May 11, 1987 (age 37)[12]

He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of 2PM's reality show "Wild Bunny", performing a parody of popular Brown Eyed Girls song "Abracadabra" with Jo Kwon. The music video became extremely popular.[13] Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for We Got Married Season II. He debuted as an actor in drama series "Personal Taste", the first episode airing March 31, 2010[14].

Jo Kwon

Main article: Jo Kwon
  • Full Name: Jo Kwon (조권)
  • Birthdate: (1989-08-28) August 28, 1989 (age 34)[15]

The leader of the group, Jo Kwon is the longest-serving trainee in JYP Entertainment. He was chosen as last members of Park Jin Young's 99% Challenge project along with Sunye of Wonder Girls.

He was part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of 2PM's reality show "Wild Bunny", performing a parody of popular Brown Eyed Girls song "Abracadabra" with Seulong. He joined the cast of We Got Married on October 3, 2009, coupled up with Brown Eyed Girls member Ga-in. Although they were initially only supposed to feature for the Chuseok special, their appearance brought in the highest ratings yet for Season II, and they were announced a permanent couple. In 2010, he became a permanent member of Family Outing Season 2[16].

Jinwoon

  • Full Name: Jung Jinwoon (정진운)
  • Birthdate: (1991-05-02) May 2, 1991 (age 33)[17]

In January, 2009, Jinwoon was cast in MBC's reality show "Family Needed" Season III, also featuring NRG member Lee Sung-Jin and actors Choi Yangrak and Ricky Kim.

He starred in 8eight's music video "잘가요 내사랑" ("Goodbye My Love") with Kim So Eun and Jung Gyeo-Woon, as well as singing in May Doni's song "몰라-ing" ("Don't Know-ing") with Jo Kwon on January 15, 2009. Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for We Got Married Season II.

In January 2010, Jinwoon was diagnosed with an early case of H1N1, but recovered quickly before the illness took effect[18]. He became part of the cast of "아이돌 막내반란시대" (Idol Maknae Rebellion) along with the other youngest members of fellow idol groups FT Island, U-Kiss, T-Max, Mighty Mouth and later MBLAQ. The first episode aired on November 7, 2009.

Awards

Year Award
2008
2010
  • Cyworld Song of the Month (February)
  • Gaon Charts Most Popular Ringtone

Discography

Singles

# Information Tracklisting
1 1st Single Album
  • Title: Debut Single - 이 노래
  • Format: CD
  • Release Date: July 21, 2008
  • Language: Korean
  • Record Label: Cube Entertainment
  1. 이 노래 (This Song)
  2. 아니라기에 (Not Because)
  3. 어떡하죠 (What Do I Do)
  4. 이 노래 (This Song) (instrumental)
  5. 아니라기에 (Not Because) (instrumental)
2 2nd Single Album
  • Title: Time For Confession
  • Format: CD
  • Release Date: March 23, 2009
  • Language: Korean
  • Record Label: JYP Entertainment
  1. 친구의 고백 (A Friend's Confession)
  2. Lost
  3. 일단 돌아서지만 (Although You've Turned Around Now)
  4. 친구의 고백 (A Friend's Confession) (instrumental)
  5. Lost (instrumental)
  6. 일단 돌아서지만 (Although You've Turned Around Now) (instrumental)

Mini Albums

# Information Tracklisting
1 1st Mini Album
  • Title: 2AM : 죽어도 못 보내
  • Format: CD
  • Release Date: January 21, 2010
  • Language: Korean
  • Record Label: Big Hit Entertainment
  1. Intro
  2. 죽어도 못 보내 (Can't Let You Go Even If I Die)
  3. 웃어 줄 수가 없어서 미안하다 (I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You)
  4. I Love You (feat. Baek Chan, Joo Hee of 8eight)
  5. 그녀에게 (To Her) (feat. Chansung of 2PM)
  6. 웃는다 (Laugh) (Outro)
1.5 1st Mini Album (Repackaged)
  • Title: 잘못했어
  • Format: CD, DVD
  • Release Date: March 18, 2010
  • Language: Korean
  • Record Label: Big Hit Entertainment
  1. Prologue
  2. 잘못했어 (I Was Wrong)
  3. 어떡하죠 (What Do I Do)
  4. 아니라기에 (Not Because)
  5. 일단 돌아서지만 (Although You've Turned Around Now)
  6. Lost
  7. 죽어도 못보내 (Can't Let You Go Even If I Die)
  8. 웃어 줄 수 없어서 미안하다 (I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You)
  9. I Love You (feat. Baek Chan, Joo Hee of 8eight)
  10. 그녀에게 (To Her) (feat. Chansung of 2PM)
  11. Epilogue (웃는다) (Laugh)

References

  1. ^ 2AM ‘이노래’, 질러차트 2주째 1위. Paran. September 25, 2008.
  2. ^ 2AM, SBS '인기가요' 정상 재 탈환. EDaily.com. March 7th, 2010.
  3. ^ "2AM, '유럽 거리의 반항아' 신곡 이미지 컷 공개 ". TVDaily.com. March 5, 2010.
  4. ^ 2AM 직접 촬영한 미공개 영상 전격유출 “순도 100% 리얼리티” Newsen. March 5, 2010.
  5. ^ 2AM ‘잘못했어’ 뮤직드라마 캠버전 불법 유출 ‘충격’. Nate. March 18, 2010.
  6. ^ 예능돌로 다른 멤버들보다 먼저 인기를 얻은 조권의 움직임이 심상치 않다.. TV Daily. April 19, 2010.
  7. ^ 2PM vs 2AM, 치열한 콜라전쟁?. SPORTS SEOUL. February 8, 2010.
  8. ^ 2AM, 코믹CF 관심폭발 ‘깨방정 감성돌 떴다’. Newsen. April 20, 2010.
  9. ^ 인기 아이돌 그룹 카라와 2AM이 트위터에 동참했다.. Chuno. April 20, 2010.
  10. ^ [1]. YesAsia. April 21, 2010.
  11. ^ http://2-am.co.kr/about/about04.php
  12. ^ http://2-am.co.kr/about/about03.php
  13. ^ Template:Ko icon ‘드러운아이드걸스'의 '다불어때 다불었다'? 패러디 화제 (Dirty Eyed Girls' "It's Sung When it's All Sung"? Parody Sparks Conversation). Mydaily. August 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  14. ^ "2AM 임슬옹, '개인의 취향'으로 연기자 데뷔". Paran. March 2, 2010.
  15. ^ http://2-am.co.kr/about/about02.php
  16. ^ '패떴2' 일곱 번째 멤버…'깝권' 조권 확정 ETODAY. January 19, 2010.
  17. ^ http://2-am.co.kr/about/about01.php
  18. ^ "2AM 정진운도 신종플루...6일 완치 판정". Reviewstar.net. January 9th, 2010.
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