Twice ( Hangul :트와이스;Japanese: トゥワイス) is a SouthKoreangirl group formed by JYPEntertainment through the2015realityshow Sixteen .The groupis composedof nine members: Nayeon,Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana,Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, andTzuyu .Thegroup debuted onOctober 20, 2015, with theextendedplay(EP)
TheStory Begins . [1]
Twice
Twice atthe 2017 GoldenDisc Awards From leftto right:Momo, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Sana,Jeongyeon, Mina, Tzuyu , Nayeon,Jihyo Backgroundinformation Origin Seoul ,South Korea Genres K-pop • J-pop Years active 2015–present Labels JYP Entertainment • Warner Music Japan Associatedacts JYPNation Website twice.jype.com
Members Nayeon Jeongyeon Momo Sana Jihyo Mina Dahyun Chaeyoung Tzuyu
Twice rose to famein 2016with their single " CheerUp ": thesongcharted at number 1 ontheGaonDigital Chart and became the best-performing single oftheyear. It alsowon "Song oftheYear" attwo majormusic awardsshows— Melon Music Awards
andMnet AsianMusic Awards . [2][3][4] Their subsequentsingle " TT ", fromtheir third EPTwicecoaster: Lane 1 , claimedthetopspot for four consecutive weeks. The EPwasthehighestselling K-pop girlgroup album of 2016, which sold350,852
copies by year-end. [5][6] Within 19 months after debut, Twice has soldover1.2
millionunits oftheir four EPs and special album. [7][8]
Thegroup officially debutedin Japan onJune 28, 2017, under WarnerMusic Japan with the release oftheir first compilation albumtitled#Twice .Thealbumdebuted at number 2 ontheOricon Albums Chart , which sold136,157 copies withinseven days,
the highest first weekalbumsales ofa K-pop artist in Japan in twoyears. [9][10] It wasfollowed bytherelease ofTwice's first original Japanesemaxi single titled" One More Time "in October. With over250,000 unitsales,Twicebecame thefirst Korean girl group that earned Platinum certification bytheRecording Industry Associationof
Japan(RIAJ) for both albumand CDsingle in thesameyear. [11][12] Twice ranked
third onTop Artist category ofBillboard Japan ' s 2017 Year-End Rankings. [13]
History Edit
2013–2015: Formationthrough Sixteen and debut with TheStory Begins Edit
On December19, 2013, JYPEntertainment(JYPE) announced that they would debut anewgirlgroup in the first half of2014, thefirst female group to come out ofthe
company since thedebut ofMiss Ain 2010. [14] On February 27, 2014, JYPE traineesLenaandCeciliawere confirmedas members ofthegroup tentativelycalled as 6mix, whileother rumoured members included JYPEtrainees Nayeon,Jeongyeon,
Jisoo (later Jihyo) and Minyoung. [15][16] After Cecilia's departure, JYPEtraineeSana replacedherand 6mix wasabout to debut whenLena leftthecompany, effectively canceling their debut.
On February11, 2015, ParkJin-young announcedthat thelineup ofJYPE's upcoming sevenmember girlgroupwould bedecidedthroughSixteen ,a competitionsurvival
show that would air onMnet laterthat year. [17] The show beganon May 5 and ended withNayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, and Chaeyoung as the sevenTwicemembers. Park then announcedthat he would be increasingthesize of the group fromseven members to nine byaddingTzuyu ,who was the"audience's pick" since she wasthemostpopularcontestant bytheshow's end, and Momo, who wasadded by Park himself since he felt thegroup needed someonewith Momo's performanceabilities. The decisionwascontroversial atthe time withmany people
complaining abouteliminated contestants beingableto jointhegroup. [18][19][20]
On October 7, 2015, JYPElaunched the band's official website andannounced via SNS that the group would debut with theextendedplay(EP) The Story Begins and single " LikeOoh-Ahh ". The track wasdescribed as a"color pop" dance track with
elements ofhip-hop , rock ,and R&B . [21][22] The composition teamincluded Black Eyed Pilseung ,known for composing successful releases suchas Miss A's "Only
You." [23][24] The album and thesong's music video werereleased onOctober 20. Thegroup held a live showcase the sameday, where they performedall tracksfrom
the EP. [25][26][27] Themusic video hit50 millionviewsonYouTube withinfive months oftheir debut and became oneofthemost-viewed debut music videos for
anyK-pop group. [28][29][30]
On December27, thebandperformeda remixversion oftheir single "Like Ooh-Ahh" at SBS Gayo Daejeon ,Twice's first-ever attendanceon ayear-end music program. [31][32]
2016–present: Riseinpopularity, firstsolo concerttour, Japanese debut and Twicetagram Edit Twice arriving to MusicBank onMay 13, 2016
Twice's secondEP, PageTwo , wasreleased onApril 25, 2016. Thealbumincludes title track " Cheer Up ", a remakeofPark Ji-yoon 's "Precious Love", and "I'm Gonna Be AStar", which served as the theme songfor Sixteen . The group held their comeback showcase thesame dayat theYes24 Live Hall locatedin Seoul, South
Korea. [33][34] Twicewon their first music program awardwith "Cheer Up" on May 5, onM Countdown , exactly one year after the initial airingofSixteen . This wassoon
followed by wins onMusic Bank and Inkigayo . [35][36] ByAugust, thePageTwohad soldover150,000 copies, making itthe first girlgroup having asales record ofmore
than100,000 units that year. [37]
On September 23, Twice released their twoofficial colors, namely Apricot and Neon
Magenta, which signify thegroup and their fan club called "Once". [38][39] On October 10, theagencyreleaseda time table for their third EP, titled Twicecoaster: Lane 1 , through their official homepage and SNS, which showsTwice's promotion
schedule beginning October 10until the release oftheir albumonthe24th. [40][41]
[42] On October 19, Twice revealedtheir official cheeringlightwith their official colours called"Candy Bong", which is inspiredbysong"Candy Boy" fromtheir first
EP. [43]
In celebration ofTwice's first anniversarysince debut, thegroup unveiledtheir new
song"One in a Million", througha live broadcast onNaver VLive onOctober 20. [44]
On October 24, Twicecoaster: Lane 1 and themusic video ofthelaid-back but light andcheerful pop dance song" TT "wasreleasedonline. Twiceheld their showcase the same day, where they performed"One in a Million", "JellyJelly" and "TT" for thefirst
time. [45][46][47]
On November 11, themusic video for "Like Ooh-Ahh" hit 100 millionviewson YouTube, making Twice thefourth K-pop girlgroup to reach 100millionviews, as well as thefirst K-pop group to reachthismilestone with adebut music video. Themusic
video for "Cheer Up" followed six dayslater. [48][49] On November19, Twice's "Cheer Up" won SongoftheYear at the8th Melon Music Awards . Itwasthen followed by another SongoftheYear awardat the18th Mnet Asian Music Awards on
December 2. [3][4]
On December19, Twicereleaseda Christmasedition ofTwicecoaster: Lane 1 . [50]
On January3, 2017, themusic video for "TT" hit100millionviews, becoming the fastest K-pop group music video to dosoand breaking Twice's own record previously
set by "Cheer Up". [51] Later in that sameyear, "TT" would alsobecomethefirst
video bya K-pop female actto surpass200millionviews. [52]
On January10, JYPEannounced Twice's first solo concerttourwithinjust a year and four months afterdebuting in October 2015. The three-day sold-out concerttitled Twice 1st Tour:Twiceland– The Opening washeld onFebruary17–19 at theSK Olympic HandballGymnasium . Atouracross Thailand and Singaporewasalso
scheduled afterthefirst stop in Seoul. [53][54][55][56] After the Korean legofthe concerttour, Twicereleaseda special albumonFebruary20titledTwicecoaster: Lane 2 ,along with its leadsingle, " KnockKnock ". Itis thereissueofTwicecoaster: Lane
1 . [57][58] Thealbumsold266,645 units in February2017. [59]
Twice launched their Japanesewebsite andothersocialmedia channelsin early
February. [60][61] On February24, they officially announcedthat their Japanese
debut with a compilation albumtitled#Twice wasset onJune28, 2017. [62][63]
In April, JYPEannounced Twice's newKoreanalbumrelease in May beforeheading to Japan. On May 1, Twiceconfirmedtherelease oftheir fourth EPtitled Signal withthe leadtrack ofthesame nameproducedbyPark Jin-young. This markedtheir first collaboration with Park. TheEP, along withthe music video for " Signal "was released onMay 15. Itcontains six tracks, including"Eye EyeEyes" co-writtenbymembers Jihyoand Chaeyoung, and "Only You" written by former Wonder Girls' member
Ha:tfelt . [64][65][66]
On June 14, Twice digitally released "Signal (Japanese ver.)", alongwith theshort version ofitsmusic video, as a preview and countdownto albumrelease. Aweek
later, they released thefull music video ofthe Japaneseversion of "TT". [67][68]
Theyofficially debutedin Japan with therelease of#Twice onJune28. Itconsists of ten songs includingboth Koreanand Japanese-language versions of their first five
singles. [69] On July 2, Twiceheld their two-part debut showcase titledTouchdown in
Japan at TokyoMetropolitanGymnasium ,attended bya total of15,000 people. [70]
[71][72] #Twice debuted at number 2 on Oricon AlbumsChart with 136,157 copies
soldwithin seven dayssinceitsrelease. [9] On October 18, the group released their first Japanesesingle, " One More Time ". The music video wasfirst released on
October 6. [73][74][75] The single album achievedthebiggest first-day sales and
became thefastest-selling albumofany South Koreangirlgroup in Japan. [76][77]
Both#Twice and "One MoreTime" earned Platinum certification by the Recording
Industry AssociationofJapan (RIAJ).[78]
Twice released their first full-length Koreanalbum, Twicetagram , on October 30with itsleadsingle titled" Likey ". Themusic video for thesongwasfilmedin Canada in
early September. [79][80] "Likey" wascomposed byBlack Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Gun. Itwasthe group's fourth collaboration with Black Eyed Pilseung. Several composers and songwritersparticipatedin thealbumincludingthe Koreanmembers ofTwice as lyricistsand former Wonder Girls' member Hyerimwho co-composed the
eighthtrack titled"Lookat Me". [81][82] The albumandits leadsingle debuted atop both Billboard 's WorldAlbums and WorldDigital SongSales respectively—the group's first number 1, making Twice thefirst female K-pop act to leadon both charts. They alsorose ontheHeatseekers Albums as thealbumdebutedatnumber 10, one
positionhigherthanSignal' s peak at number 11. [83] The Christmas-inspired reissue ofTwicetagram , titled Merry& Happy ,along with its titletrack" HeartShaker " was
releasedon December 11, 2017. [84][85]
On November 16, itwasofficially announcedthrough a press conference in Tokyo that the group will debut on the 68th KōhakuUta Gassen , thetop-rated annual year-end musical show in Japan producedbyNHK . They are thefirst Koreanartistto attendthe event in thelastsix years and the fourth K-pop groupafter TVXQ , Kara
andGirls' Generation . [86][87][88]
Members Edit Nayeon (나연) Jeongyeon(정연) Momo (모모) Sana (사나) Jihyo(지효) Mina(미나) Dahyun (다현) Chaeyoung (채영) Tzuyu (쯔위)
In the media Edit
Withwide recognition and popularity in thegeneral public and bigfan basethat resultedto consecutive hit singles , Twicehas beendubbed as the[new or next]
"Nation's GirlGroup" and"Top-trend Girl Group". [89] The groupwasalsopraised for itsteamworkwith unique charmsand individuality among the members. Their "addictive with therepeated andcute killingpart", thehighlightor point choreography, including"shy shy shy" line in " Cheer Up ,"TT" pose in " TT "and "jjirit jjirit" ("tingling tingling") in " Signal "became dance craze and viral meme and was
imitated by many celebrities. [90][91][92][93] Male actstypically dominatephysical sales due to large fan bases, but Twicehas beenableto surpass gender andage boundariesas their secondEPbecame the 5th highestselling K-pop albumof2016. [6][94] Twicealsotopped the list ofKorea's most popularmusic video on YouTube
for twoconsecutive years with "Cheer Up" (2016) and " KnockKnock "(2017). [95]
Twice ranked secondin thetop 10 artistofGallup Korea survey for twoconsecutive
years. [96][97] In 2016, thegroupwasincluded in Variety 's Youth Impact Report 2016, an annual listofyoungactors, digital contentcreators, musicians, and other artistswho havemade an impact onshowbizoverthe past year. Theyranked at
number 54, theonlyK-pop group in thelist. [98] In 2017, Twicewasincluded in ForbesKorea Power Celebrity , ranked third over-all and first among recording artists. Theyalsoappeared in 18th place and the onlyAsian act on Billboard 's 21Under 21 2017: Music's Next Generation, an annual ranking that highlights some of the world's mostpowerfulyoungvoicesacross various musical genres, taking into
consideration their popularity, creativity,andsocial media impact. [99][100]
Duringthe 2017 South Korean presidentialelection , candidate andnow elected presidentMoonJae-in fromtheDemocraticpartyand candidate Yoo Seong-min from the Bareun party both used Twice's song"Cheer Up" with modified lyricsas their
campaign jingles. [101][102]
In Japan, despite the absence ofKoreanwave fromlocalTV and music scene since 2013, Twicemade its successful debut in June 2017 evidenced bystrongsales and packedcrowdsfor events such as KCON ,debut showcaseandHi-Touch . According to localshowsandinterviews, thegroupbecame populareven before its official debut, especiallyamong female teenagers, becauseofthepresence oftheJapanese members—Momo, Sana andMina—asstatedthat "fans can relateand feel close[to them]". NHK Newsran a feature aboutthegroup, centeredonhow itis mending
relations betweenthetwocountries, Japan andSouthKorea. [103][104][105][106]
Twice wasalsospotlighted in Japan's largestdailynewspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun ,and wasdescribed as the"new protagonist in thedominance ofJapan's Koreanwave contentmarket", whileKoreanpressremarked that thegroupis "reignitingtheheat
ofK-pop inJapan". [107][108][109] In November, Twice ranked secondon Oricon 's Breakout Artists of2017. They alsobecame thefirst overseasfemale artist to achievedtriplecrown for rookies on the 50th Oricon Annual Ranking. Twiceachieved first placefor rookieartisttotal sales in 2017, which reached 1.54 billionyen , as wellas No. 1 among albums andsingles for #Twice and " One MoreTime "
respectively. [110][111]
Twice in an event for Pocari Sweat in May 2017
Endorsements Edit
Evenbeforetheofficialdebut ofTwice, thenine members had signed contract as exclusive models for schooluniform brand Skoolooks,alongside Park Jin-young . By December 2015, Twice had signed tenCF contracts, totalingearningsofKRW 1.8
billion. [112][113] ByFebruarythe nextyear, they had oneofthefastest growths in the advertisingindustry as thegroup's ratefor endorsementhit 200million won for
6 months and 300million won for a year. [114]
Twice is alsooneofthecelebrity endorsersofLotteDutyFree .Theyalsocollaborated with shoecompany Sprisand created their own shoebrand called "Twice bySpris". [115][116]
In early 2017, Twice wasselected bybeverage maker Donga Otsuka to promote the company's flagship sportsdrink PocariSweaton its30th anniversary. Theybecame the first-ever idolgroup to model for theiconic drink product. PocariSweat recorded 100billionwon sales for thefirst half ofthe year,a 10% raise compared to last
year. [117][118]
Asof2017, Twice has representedabout 30 different brands includingcosmetics,
clothing, online and mobile games, foods andbeverages, credit cards and more. [119]
Discography Edit Mainarticle:Twice discography Twicetagram(2017)
Filmography Edit
DVDs Edit PageTwoMonograph 2017Season's Greetings Twicecoaster: Lane 1 Monograph Twice 1st Photo Book"One in aMillion" Twice Super Event Twicezine: JejuIsland Edition SignalMonograph Twice Debut Showcase "Touchdown in Japan" 2018Season's Greetings "FirstLove" Twiceland – The Opening
Realityshows Edit Sixteen (2015, Mnet ) Twice TV , TV2 ,TV3 ,TV4 , TV4 Roommates ,Special ,TV6: Twice in Singapore (2015–2017, NaverTVCast, Naver VLive) Twice TV5: Twice in Switzerland (2017, Naver VLive, MBCEvery 1 ,MBCMusic ) [120]
Twice's PrivateLife (2016, Mnet) Twice TV Begins (2016, Naver VLive) BeautifulTwice (2016, NaverVLive+) Twice TV SchoolMealClub's Great Adventure(2016, Naver VLive) CheerfulTwice (2016, Naver VLive+) Twice TV MelodyProject (2016–2017, Naver VLive) Twice – Lost:Time (2017, JTBC , Naver VLive)
Concert and tours Edit Twice performing at KCON LA in July 2016
Mainarticle:List ofTwice concert tours Headlining tours Twice 1st Tour: Twiceland – TheOpening (2017) Twice Showcase Live Tour 2018"CandyPop"(2018) Headlining concerts Twice Debut Showcase "Touchdown in Japan" (2017)
Awards and nominations Edit Mainarticle:List ofawardsand nominationsreceived byTwice
Twice received itsfirst-ever nominationand awardat the2015Mnet Asian Music Awards with theBest New Female Artist award, followed by another New Artist
Awardatthe 2016 GoldenDisc Awards . [121][122][123]
In 2016, Twicewon itsfirst music programaward with" Cheer Up " on the May 5th
episode ofM Countdown . [124] Thegroup alsowon several mainand grand prize awardsincludingSongoftheYear with "Cheer Up" in twomajor music awardsshows,
Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).[3][4] In 2017, " Signal " fromtheir fourth extendedplayofthesame nameachievedTwice's secondSongof the Year awardat the2017Mnet AsianMusic Awards , making them thefirst artist to
consecutively win thegrand prize. [125] Theyalsobecame thefirst artist to winfive consecutive Triple CrownsonInkigayo .Witha total of34music programtrophiesin
2017, Twicerecorded the most wins
