1TYM (, pronounced as "One Time") was a four-member South Korean group. They were
Teddy Park
Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978) is a Korean Americans, Korean–American Rapping, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. Wh ...
(also known as Park Hong-jun), Oh Jinhwan, Song Baekyoung, and
Danny Im (also known as Im Taebin).
History
In the late 1990s, YG CEO
Yang Hyun Suk had his trainees perform as a group named MF family which was named after an apparel brand called Majah Flavah! created by Sean of the Korean hiphop group
Jinusean
Jinusean (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean Hip hop music, hip hop duo signed to YG Entertainment. The duo, which is made up of Kim Jin-woo (also known as Jinu) and Noh Seung-hwan (also known as Sean), debuted in 1997 and rose to fame wit ...
. The group initially had seven members, which three of them later departed. They originally participated in the song "No more(이제 더 이상)"in the album "The Real" by Jinusean as a featured artist in January 1998.
Teddy and Danny grew up in
Los Angeles
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and were discovered there when they were teenagers by a producer who worked with
Yang Hyun-suk. After auditioning for Yang, the two were signed to his new label,
YG Entertainment
YG Entertainment () is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment agency established in 1996 by Yang Hyun-suk. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and conce ...
, and moved to
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. Teddy, Danny, and rappers Jinhwan and Baekyoung debuted as 1TYM in 1998 with the album, ''One Time for Your Mind''. It was one of the best-selling albums of the year and won several major awards.
Hiatus
1TYM went on hiatus in 2006 due to Oh's
mandatory military service. Although they never officially disbanded they have not been active as a group since then. Their last performance was in 2008, when they were guests for
BIGBANG's Japan Concert "Stand Up".
Oh and Song both left the entertainment industry and have since married and started their own families. Song most recently made an appearance on ''
Radio Star
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'' alongside fellow first-generation K-pop idol singers
Joon Park
Joon Park (born July 20, 1969), Korean name Park Joon-hyung (), is a South Korean-born American singer, rapper, actor and entertainer. As a singer, he is best known as the leader and rapper of the Korean pop group g.o.d.
Early life
Park was ...
and
Kim Tae-woo of
g.o.d
g.o.d (; acronym for Groove Over Dose) is a South Korean boy band formed by IHQ (company), SidusHQ. Debuting in 1999, the group became one of the most popular boy bands of the early 2000s in South Korea. The members had gone on to solo careers ...
and
Jun Jin of
Shinhwa. He stated that he and Oh were business partners and run a restaurant together.
Members
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Teddy – rap, leader
* Oh Jin-hwan – rap
* Song Baek-kyoung – rap
*
Danny – vocals
Discography
Studio albums
Music videos
Awards
KMTV Music Awards
Golden Disk Awards
SBS Music Awards
References
External links
* (in Korean)
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YG Entertainment artists
South Korean boy bands
South Korean hip-hop groups
K-pop music groups
Musical groups from Seoul
Musical groups established in 1998