Wonder Girls
The Wonder Girls was a South Korean girl group.[1] The Wonder Girls debuted on February 10th, 2007 on Show! Music Core, singing "Irony", the single from their debut mini-album, The Wonder Begins. The mini-album went on to become a minor hit, selling 11,454 copies in 2007.[2] The main producer was Jin-young Park, the leader of JYP Entertainment.[1] Wonder Girls is the first female group from JYP Entertainment since it was established.[3] Each of the five original members were selected through auditions.[2] The members are Yubin, Yeeun, Sunye, Hyerim and Sohee. Former member Kim Hyuna left in June 2007 due to health problems, and Sun Mi left in January 2010 to pursue her education.[2] Now Sun Ye has left and Sun Mi Has rejoined.
Wonder Girls | |
|---|---|
 Wonder Girls | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2007–2017 |
| Labels | JYP Entertainment |
| Past member(s) | Yeeun Yubin Sunmi Hyelim Sohee Sunye HyunA |
| Website | wondergirls.jype.com |
Sohee has become a successful actress after leaving Wonder Girls.
In 2017, Yeeun and Sunmi left JYP Entertainment, resulting in the group's disbandment.
Former members
change| Name | Date of birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Hangul | English | |
| Kim YuBin | 김유빈 | Yubin | October 4, 1988 |
| Park YeEun | 박예은 | Yenny | May 26, 1989 |
| Lee Sun-Mi | 이선미 | Mimi | May 2, 1992 |
| Woo HyeLim | 우혜림 | Lim | September 1, 1992 |
| Kim HyunA | 김현아 | HyunA | June 6, 1992 |
| Min SunYe | 민선예 | Sunye | August 12, 1989 |
| Ahn SoHee | 안소희 | Sohee | June 27, 1992 |
Timeline
change| Members＼Years | 2007 | 2008 ~ 2009 | 2010 | 2011 ~ 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | July | September | January | February | November | December | |||||||
| Sun Ye | |||||||||||||
| Ye Eun | |||||||||||||
| Sun Mi | |||||||||||||
| Hyuna | |||||||||||||
| So Hee | |||||||||||||
| Yu Bin | |||||||||||||
| Hye Lim | |||||||||||||
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 여성그룹 원더걸스, 13일 쇼케이스로 '날개짓' joynews. Retrieved on February, 9. 2007 (in Korean)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wonder Girls Profile Last.fm
- ↑ 박진영, JYP 10년만에 첫 여성그룹 공개 starnews. Retrieved on December, 18. 2006 (in Korean)
Other websites
change
- Wonder Girls Official Korean Site (in Korean)
- Wonder Girls Official English Site Archived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Wonder Girls MySpace