generasia:Featured article for 2017 week 6
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls (원더걸스, ワンダーガールズ) is a Korean pop girl group created by JYP Entertainment. They debuted in 2007 with rapper and sub vocalist Hyun A whom later left the group on July 20, 2007 citing illness. Yubin later took her place and the group became known for their songs "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody". In 2009 Wonder Girls announced their expansion in the United States and China, and the group was the opening act for the Jonas Brothers North American leg for their 2009 World Tour. Original member Sun Mi left the group in January of 2009 to pursue her education and was replaced by Hye Rim. Original members Sun Ye and So Hee officially left the group in 2015, the former to give birth and the latter to pursue acting, and Sun Mi returned to the group. The group's final line-up consisted of Yubin, Ye Eun, Sun Mi, and Hye Rim.
On January 26, 2017, JYP announced that Sunmi and Ye Eun did not renew their contract with the agency and the group would be disbanding after a final single released the same day as the 10th anniversary since their debut.
Their final digital single "Geuryeojwo" is released this week on February 10th.
