Their music broke records and sold-out concerts. Changmin joined a new group S. He released a Japanese solo mini-album on November 18, , just one day before he enlisted in the military. Changmin enlisted for his mandatory military service on November 19, and was discharged on August 18, Twitter: bornfreeonekiss. However, his mother gave him up for adoption at a young age. He was then adopted by the Kim family and they changed his name to Kim Jaejoong.
He was accepted and contracted with SM Entertainment. While training in Seoul by himself, he had to take extra jobs to pay for his food, rent, and training fees. The group toured and released music up through The band was successful and had record sales and sold-out concerts.
In , Jaejoong and two other members, Junsu and Yoochun, initiated a lawsuit against SM Entertainment over contract disputes. Their argument was the contract was too long and they were not seeing enough of the profits from the group. They were released from the group in Both reached number one on the Japanese music charts and DVD charts. Jaejoong composed three of the tracks himself. The group toured is several countries and released the studio album In Heaven, selling over , units.
It went to number one on the Gaon Music chart. While working with JYJ, Jaejoong also released some solo music. While making music, Jaejoong was also taking acting jobs starting in On March 31, , Jaejoong enlisted in the military for his mandatory service. He was discharged on December 30, Twitter: theMicky.
Yoochun is a South Korean Kpop singer, songwriter, actor and rapper. His family moved to the United States in , and he attended school in Virginia. In , he won an award at the American Music Festival. In , Yoochun returned to South Korea.
He was scouted and signed a contract with SM Entertainment. He then trained and debuted with the group DBSK in DBSK was a best-selling group all the way through They toured to sold-out concerts and released record-breaking singles and albums. The following day, they performed on SBS's Inkigayo.
It was TVXQ's first record to debut at number one, selling a total of , copies in the first month. During the promotions of Tri-Angle, S. The members learned Japanese and moved to Japan to record their first single. The single reached to number thirty-seven on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. TVXQ's debut in Japan was not as successful as their management had hoped, and the group said their first few months in Japan were "difficult.
Rising Sun was released in South Korea on September 12, and became the group's first breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the Korean charts and was the fourth best-selling record of The album's lead single "Rising Sun" was a popular hit, and it eventually became the group's signature piece.
The latter single entered the Korean charts at number one. Rising Sun garnered several popularity awards for the group at the end of the year, including M. Comprising 6 shows only, the tour started off with four shows in Seoul, South Korea. The tour's second and last overseas stop was in Bangkok, Thailand on July 15, A CD recording of their concert in Korea was released on July 14; the DVD was released six months later in January , and had initial sales of 38, units.
Their debut Japanese album Heart, Mind and Soul was released two weeks later, and it debuted on the Oricon Albums Chart at number twenty-five, selling 18, copies. The single peaked at number twenty-two. The tour consisted of eleven shows that attracted an audience of 14, The latter debuted at number six on the Oricon, making it the group's first single to reach the top ten in Japan. The group resumed their Korean activities with the release of their third Korean album, "O"-Jung.
The album entered the Korean charts at number one and became the best-selling record of after one month of release. Hap won Album of the Year, the ceremony's grand prize.
The tour attracted an audience of , TVXQ released their second Japanese album Five in the Black in March , debuting at number ten on the Oricon with nearly 27, copies sold on its first week. Drawing in an audience of 46,, the group toured Japan from May to June Their third Japanese album T was released a week later and debuted at number four, selling over 52, copies. With the critical and commercial success of T, TVXQ delayed their Korean comeback to put more focus on their new Japanese releases, and from February to March , the group released a series of five singles consecutively for six weeks, promoting the releases as the "Trick" project.
Each single contained a solo track by a member, as well as some of their own compositions. With their new records the group toured around Japan from March to May The T tour concluded with 17 shows and attracted an audience of , people, more than three times the size of their previous Five in the Black tour. The tour's DVD, released in August , sold , copies.
Despite the drama's disappointing ratings, the single was a number-one seller, making TVXQ the first non-Japanese Asian performer to release two number-one singles in Japan, a record which was last held by Taiwanese artist Ou-yang Fei-fei twenty-four years prior. They performed the single at Avex's 20th anniversary meeting and at A-Nation , their fourth consecutive concert with Avex. The group assumed more creative control in this album compared to their last Korean releases: Yunho wrote the rap for several tracks, Junsu and Changmin wrote the lyrics to two tracks, and Jaejoong recorded his own solo track, Yoochun too.
Mirotic was slated to be released on September 24, , but due to an unprecedented amount of pre-orders, the release was postponed to September The album entered the charts at number one and sold over , copies in one week, setting a new record.
With over 4 million downloads worldwide, the album's lead single "Mirotic" became TVXQ's most successful single of their career, and was considered as one of the biggest K-pop hits in the world. Countdown, and was touted by international critics as a staple song of K-pop. Mirotic has sold over , copies, the first Korean album in six years to surpass half a million sales in South Korea. In October , TVXQ released the Japanese version of "Mirotic" , which topped the Oricon, breaking a record that the group had set with their previous single.
In February , the group kicked off their third international tour, the 3rd Asia Tour: Mirotic , which went through five cities in Asia. It managed to sell over , copies in Japan, earning a platinum certification. The concert's DVD, which was released in September , pre-sold , copies and ultimately sold more than , copies. Entertainment, claiming that their thirteen-year contract was excessively long, schedules were held out without permission of the members, and profits were unfairly distributed.
In November , Yunho and Changmin released a joint statement in support of S. Entertainment, and urged the trio to resolve their issues with their management quickly if they wished to continue their careers as TVXQ members. As a result of the legal battle, the Shenzhen show for the group's Mirotic tour was canceled a week before its scheduled date on November 21, , thus prematurely ending the tour. Despite the injunction, Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu maintained their activities as TVXQ members under Avex's management in Japan, and the group continued to release new Japanese singles together until early The single topped the Oricon and broke Elton John's fourteen-year record of having the highest first-week sales for a foreign artist.
The album sold over , copies in one week, earning RIAJ's double platinum status by the end of February. On April 3, , Avex declared the suspension of TVXQ's Japanese activities, stating that each member would be pursuing a solo career. However, a week later, Avex announced the formation of a "special unit" with members Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu—later known as JYJ—a move that led to Yunho and Changmin's indefinite hiatus from music activities.
After JYJ's announcement, S. Entertainment filed a lawsuit against JYJ to validate their contracts. Entertainment to void their exclusive contracts. Following the suits, S. Their two-piece performances garnered strong and supportive reactions from the audience, prompting Yunho and Changmin's decision to continue TVXQ activities without the other three.
Soul who trained for 15 years , the length of K-Pop idols training which can be particularly long in the K-Pop industry has become a hot topic. Is it necessary to train for that long? How long exactly should one train for? Idols often discuss how long or how short their training period was, so here is a compilation. The list is divided by trainee period. Do you think trainee length is directly related to talent?
Share how long your favorite idol was a trainee for in the comments below! Also see if you can guess who the trainees in the pictures are! Soul was a trainee for a grand total of 15 years. Before G. Jokwon and his mother have shared about their difficult financial situation when he was a trainee. Taeyeon actually revealed that she had been surprised when Seohyun joined their group when they were preparing to debut. Suho has shared how difficult it was when fellow trainees debuted before him.
Minzy has revealed a list of rules and a letter to CL , both of which were written when she was a trainee. K , Junhyung , and Park Bom went through four years of training.
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