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F.T Island promoting "Flower Rock" (2010)

F.T Island (에프티 아일랜드) is a Korean boy band consisting of five members. They debuted in Korea in 2007 with the album Cheerful Sensibility. One year later they debuted as indie artists in Japan under Ai Entertaiment with the mini-album Prologue of F.T Island -Soyogi-. In 2010, they changed labels in Japan and officially debuted as major artists under Warner Music Japan. F.T stands for "Five Treasure" and means that each member is a treasure of talent in their own right. The official color of their fan club, Primadonna, is yellow.

Members

Former Member

Information

Korean Debut

F.T Island promoting Cheerful Sensibility (2007)

F.T Island debut album was planned to be released in May, 2007, but instead it was decided that they would do promotional performances and appearances. They first appeared on the television program "Dugeun Dugeun Yeochinmandeulgi", later they performed live at Rolling Hall, and held their first official showcase at Live House Melon-AX in Seoul on May 27th, 2007. The day after their first album was released, they made their debut on the music program M!Countdown with the song "Love Sick".

Cheerful Sensibility, their debut album was divided into two parts: the “Emotional Chapter” and the “F.T. Island Chapter”. "Emotional Chapter" consisted of rock ballads produced by composers who worked for singers as SG Wannabe. The "F.T. Island Chapter" included upbeat songs and were produced by composers who worked with the Japanese group SMAP. The album sold 79,786 copies in 2007, making it the sixth best-selling album of the year in South Korea.

F.T Island promoting The Refreshment (2007)

On December 6th, 2007, F.T Island released their first repackage album The Refreshment. Following the trend of the first album, it also had an "Emotional Chapter" and a "F.T Island Chapter", but this time the two chapters were divided between the 2 CDs. The repackage album came in a cardboard box with a photobook, it also had a pack of cards with photos on them, and a music mixing program so the vocals and instruments on the CDs could be freely adjusted. This edition sold 36,957 copies.

Japanese Debut

Half year later, in June 2008, F.T. Island releases their first Japanese mini-album, Prologue of F.T Island -Soyogi-. After the mini-album promotion in Japan, the group returned to Korea and they released their second Korean album, Colorful Sensibility, in August.

This new album was the first part of a two-parts project and three months later, in October, the mini-album Colorful Sensibility (Part 2) was released to complete the project.

In December, 2008, the band released their first single in Japan, "The One", under the idie label Ai Entrainment. The single eventually reach #9 on the Oricon daily charts. This single was the last release in which the member Oh Won Bin participated.

F.T Island promoting Jump Up (2009)

In January 28, a statement confirmed that Oh Won Bin would leave the group but also that he would be replaced by another person. Just one day later, the new member, Song Seung Hyun, was announced and in only 14 days they released a music video, performed live as a new line-up and finally released their second Korean mini-album Jump Up.

In the summer of 2009 F.T. Island started their "2009 Asian Tour" and visited Singapore, Japan, Thailand, China and Taiwan.

After the release of one more Korean album, Cross & Change, and a Japanese single, "Raining", the band released their second Korean repackage album, Double Date. In this album it was included, as the CD 2, the single of the F.T Island's sub-group FT.triple, which was formed by the members Choi Jong Hun, Choi Minh Wan, and Lee Jae Jin.

Present

On November 14, 2009, F.T. Island started their national tour, titled "Men's Stories" in Seoul. In December and as their last release of the year, their first full Japanese album, So Long, Au Revoir, was released. The album was a compilation of all their previously released songs in the Japanese singles. This album was their last release under Ai Entertaiment, as in March 2010 it was revealed that they signed with Warner Music Japan.

The group is set to release their fourth and first major Japanese single in May 19, 2010, and a new Korean album is expected to release around August/September.

Korean Discography

F.T Island promoting Colorful Sensibility (2008)
F.T Island promoting Colorful Sensibility (Part 2) (2008)
F.T Island promoting Cross & Change (2009)
F.T Island promoting Double Date (2009)

Albums

Mini-Albums

Other Albums

Digital Singles

DVDs

Compilations

Japanese Discography

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

DVDs

Filmography

Television

Dramas

Commercials

  • [2007] Smart Uniform
  • [2008~2009] Litmus
  • [2009] Baviphat
  • [2009] Saewookkang

External Links

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