2000 Won
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2000 Won | |
|---|---|
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Members | Kim Hyo-Bin Kim Il-Do |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Icheon Won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ich'ŏn wŏn |
2000 Won (hangul: 이천원) is a South Korean male duo formed in 2013. The duo consists of friends Kim Hyo-Bin and Kim Il-Do who came to prominence on K-pop Star 2, finishing in the Top Four. From this success, the pair were signed by Reve Entertainment in July of the same year and in March 2014 made their debut.
Debut
Relatively unknown, 2000 Won made their first TV appearance on the second series of Good Sunday's K-pop Star - covering Park Jin-young's Elevator; Sistar's 나혼자 (Alone); Sanulrim's 개구쟁이 (Naughty Boy); 2NE1's Lonely and Sim Soo-bong's Million Roses. After increased popularity, the band signed for Reve Entertainment.[1] Subsequently on March 11 of the next year, they announced their upcoming debut titled "Beautiful".[2] The next day, the two released the teaser for the single and announced that fellow K-pop artist Ailee would be featuring.[3] The single was then released March 14.[4]
Members
Members Kim Hyo-bin (김효빈) and Kim Il-do (김일도), both born in 1990, grew up together in Gyeonggi-do and have been friends since their childhood. Their dream of the last eight years has been to become a famous band. Hyo-bin provides vocals for the group and Il-do is the rapper.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Sales (Digital download) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [5] |
KOR Billboard [6] | ||||
| 2014 | "Beautiful" (feat Ailee) | 25 | — |
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Digital Single |
| "I Hate Seoul" | 43 | — |
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2000Won 1st Mini Album | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
References
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/07/k-pop-stars-2-2000-won-signs-with-reve-entertainment
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/03/k-pop-star-2s-2000-won-announce-their-debut-date-and-unveil-charismatic-pictorial
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/03/2000-won-walk-down-memory-lane-in-teaser-for-debut-single-beautiful
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/03/2000-won-release-debut-single-beautiful-ft-ailee-greeting-video
- ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ^ "Billboard K-Pop Hot 100" (in Korean). Billboard Korea. Retrieved April 16, 2014.