2NE1
2NE1 (, ) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Park Bom, Bom, CL (rapper), CL, Sandara Park, Dara, and Minzy. Known for their Experimental music, musical experimentation, fashion, and stage pre ...
is a South Korean
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring two or more women in music, female singers who generally vocal harmony, harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female p ...
signed to
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 ...
, with members
CL,
Bom,
Dara
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, and
Minzy making up the quartet.
Their discography consists of two
studio album
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s, two
extended play
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s, eighteen singles and two promotional singles. The group established themselves in the
Korean music scene in March 2009, with the release of the
LG Cyon promotional single "
Lollipop", a collaboration with label mates
Big Bang
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.
It brought the group instant recognition in South Korea and would receive over 3,000,000 downloads in the country.
"
Fire
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" served as 2NE1's official debut single and was released to digital outlets on May 6, 2009. It served as the first single for their debut extended play ''
2NE1 1st Mini Album'', which was released on July 8, 2009. The EP was named the best-selling record by a female group on the Korean Hanteo chart during 2009 and would sell over 220,000 copies by 2016.
"
I Don't Care" served as the lead single during this period, which reached number one on domestic charts
and was one of the top downloaded songs of the year. After ''2NE1 1st Mini Album'', the group released a series of their own solo singles: "
Kiss
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", "
You and I", and the duet track "Please Don't Go".
In February 2010, the group released their second promotional single in support for their
Samsung
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Corby CF, "
Try to Follow Me". 2NE1 released their first full-length studio album ''
To Anyone'' on September 9, 2010, where it became the number-one album of the month and would sell over 167,000 copies. It was anchored by the "triple" singles "
Clap Your Hands", "
Go Away" and "
Can't Nobody", with promotions for "
It Hurts (Slow)" beginning afterwards in October. The members' solo singles from the previous year were also included on the album.
"Don't Stop the Music" was 2NE1's first official international release because it was meant as a "special gift for Thai fans". On July 28, 2011, the group released their second extended play ''
2NE1 2nd Mini Album'', which spawned several hits such like "
Lonely", "
I Am the Best" and "Ugly"; all three songs reached number one on Gaon and garnered over 3,000,000 downloads in South Korea. Following the release of their Japanese compilation album ''
Collection'' in March 2012, the group returned to Korean music charts with the chart-topping release of their single "
I Love You" that July.
2NE1's sophomore Korean studio album, ''
Crush
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* Infatuation or limerence, the romantic attraction to another person
* Puppy love, feelings of love, romance, or infatuation felt by young people
Crush may also refer to:
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'', was released on February 27, 2014. Within four days, the album sold over 5,000 copies in the United States and charted at number 61 on the
''Billboard'' 200 in its first week of release. In doing so, the album broke two records: the best-selling K-pop album and the highest-charting K-pop album on the ''Billboard'' 200, which would hold the latter record for two and a half years until
BTS
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material. Originally a hip hop group, they ...
's ''
Wings''. The album yielded the singles "
Come Back Home" and "
Gotta Be You", with the former single becoming the group's ninth number-one single on the Gaon Digital Chart, continuing the record for most number-one songs among idol groups at the time.
Following a two-year hiatus of group activities, YG Entertainment announced that 2NE1 would be disbanding in November 2016. As a farewell gift to their fans, 2NE1 released their final single "Goodbye" on January 21, 2017, featuring only the three remaining members CL, Bom, and Dara since Minzy left YG Entertainment in April 2016. In total, the group has reportedly sold 66.5 million digital and physical records worldwide, making them one of the
best-selling girl groups of all time.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
Promotional singles
Other charted songs
Guest appearances
Video releases
Music videos
Footnotes
References
External links
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Discography
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Discographies of South Korean artists
K-pop music group discographies