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Wonder Girls

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Wonder Girls modeling for EXR; Left to Right: Ye Eun, Sun Mi, Soo Hee, Yoo Bin, Sun Ye (2010)

Wonder Girls (원더걸스) is a Korean pop girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. They debuted on February 11, 2007 with their single Irony with original member Hyun A. Hyun A later left the group due to health issues in July 2007 and Yoo Bin took her place. They are best known for their hit songs Tell Me, which sparked a "Tell Me Dance Craze" and Nobody. In 2009, the Wonder Girls announced that they would debut in the United States and expand in China. They were the opening act for the North American leg of the Jonas Brothers 2009 World Tour, and have scheduled their debut English album for a 2010 release. However on January 22, 2009 it was announced that original member Sun Mi would postpone her music career to pursue an academic career. Sun Mi would finish musical activities with the Wonder Girls and depart at the end of February. She will be replaced with Chinese member Hae Lim, who will also re-record Sun Mi's lines for their second album.


Members

Former Members

Information

Wonder Girls promoting "Mianhan Maeum ~tears~" (2007)

Debut

In July 2001 Park Jin Young, the founder and CEO of JYP Entertainment, held an open audition called the “Talent & Live Voice Project 99% Competition” in order to find talented young females that would be trained for his planned idea to create his first girl group. MTV Wonder Girls, a documentary program filmed and aired on MTV Korea, revealed the name of Park Jin Young’s girl group as the “Wonder Girls” on May 22, 2006. The program introduced the four members of the Wonder Girls which were Sun Ye, So Hee, Hyun A, and Sun Mi. Ye Eun was later recruited as the fifth member of the group and not long after her addition, Wonder Girls official debut was held at Show! Music Core where they performed their hip-hop song “Irony” on February 10, 2007. They held their first showcase at the “MTV Studio” on February 13, 2007. The group began their performance by performing a cover of “Don’t Cha” by the Pussycat Dolls, followed by “Irony” and “Mianhan Maeum ~tears~”. Following their group performances, Wonder Girls showed off their individual talents with solo performances. Sun Ye sang “Stand Up for Love” by Destiny’s Child, Hyun A performed a solo dance, and Sun Mi, Ye Eun, and So Hee sang a cover of Janet Jackson’s “Together Again”. The showcase was broadcast live on MTV. Sequentially, their debut single “The Wonder Begins” was released and it sold 11,454 copies.

Wonder Girls promoting The Wonder Years - Trilogy (2008)

Trivia

  • Official Fanclub: Wonderfuls
  • Official Balloon Color: Pearl Burgundy

Korean Discography

Albums

Mini Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Collaborations

US Discography

Singles

Digital Singles

Filmography

Television

  • [2006.12.22 - 2007.02.23] MTV Wonder Girls Season 1 (원더걸스 시즌1)
  • [2007.04.09 - 2007.06.04] MTV Wonder Girls Season 2 (원더걸스 시즌2)
  • [2008.03.07 - 2007.03.28] MTV Wonder Girls Season 3 (원더걸스 시즌3)
  • [2008.11.05 - 2008.12.24] Wonder Girls Wonder Bakery (원더걸스)
  • [2009.03.06 - 2009.04.10] Welcome to Wonder Land

Commercials

  • [2007] Crown Haim
  • [2007] Baskin Robbins
  • [2008] Red Pen
  • [2008] Pizza Bingo
  • [2008] TAAN
  • [2008] Keroro Fighter
  • [2008] IVYclub
  • [2008] Free Style
  • [2008 - 2009] KTF Ever
  • [2008 - 2009] Vita 500
  • [2009] BBQ Chicken
  • [2009] Cafe Mori

Endorsements

  • [2007] 1677
  • [2007~2008] TBJ
  • [2008 - 2010] peripera Wonder Line
  • [2010] EXR

External Links

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