From left to right: Ye-eun, Sunye, Sohee, Sunmi, and Yubin at the MBC Campus Song Festival in October 2008.
The Wonder Girls (Korean: 원더걸스) are a South Korean girl group.[1][2] Their producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment.[2] Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in the fall of that year with the song "Tell Me."[3] They have scored three consecutive #1 hit singles: "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody".[4] In 2008, they won two Daesangs ("Artist of the Year" Awards).[5][6]
The group began their entry into the American market in 2009, with lead single "Nobody"; the single became the first song by a Korean group to enter the Billboard Hot 100. They are co-managed in the United States by JYP Entertainment and Jonas Group.[7]
Background information | |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | Pop, Dance-pop |
Years active | 2007 - Present |
Labels | JYP Entertainment |
Website | wondergirls.jype.com(Korean) www.wondergirlsworld.com (English) |
Members | |
Sunye (Sun) Ye-eun (Yenny) Sohee Yoobin Hye-rim (Lim) | |
Former members | |
Sunmi (Mimi) Hyuna |
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