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75-449: Ateez ( Korean :  에이티즈 ; RR :  Eitijeu , stylized in all caps ) is a South Korean boy band formed by KQ Entertainment . The group consists of eight members: Hongjoong , Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho. They debuted on October 24, 2018, with the extended play (EP) Treasure EP.1: All to Zero . As of June 2024, Ateez have released eleven EPs, two studio albums and one single album in

150-625: A foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from

225-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with

300-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this

375-431: A fourth time, winning with their performance of Psy 's "Right Now" and consequently tying with Mamamoo for most wins by an idol group on the show. On July 9, KQ Entertainment confirmed that San tested positive but was asymptomatic for COVID-19 . All members except Mingi suspended their activities to enter self-isolation until July 23, and San stayed at a treatment center until he was released on July 19. On July 19, it

450-541: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,

525-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding

600-560: A second time on The Show five days later. On July 8, music video for the track "Aurora" was released. Ateez performed at KCON events in New York City and Los Angeles in July and August, respectively, and received the Soribada Award for Best Performance on August 20. On September 18, Ateez announced their third comeback with Treasure EP.Fin: All to Action , their first studio album. It

675-431: A set of three teasers. The second teaser, released on July 3, 2018, revealed the official name for the group: Ateez. The show, Code Name Is Ateez , premiered on Mnet on July 20. On October 24, 2018, Ateez released their debut EP, Treasure EP.1: All to Zero , alongside music videos for the two lead singles "Pirate King" ( Korean :  해적왕 ; RR :  Haejeogwang ) and "Treasure". Their debut showcase

750-844: A track on Treasure EP.3 . On December 4, their debut Japanese album Treasure EP. Extra: Shift the Map was released, and they won the Worldwide Fans' Choice Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in Nagoya , Japan on the same day. On January 6, 2020, Ateez released their fourth EP, Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer , as the conclusion to their Treasure series, alongside a music video for lead single "Answer". The EP sold 179,796 physical copies in South Korea in 2020. On February 12, Ateez released their first Japanese EP Treasure EP.Map to Answer , with

825-621: Is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean

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900-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to

975-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean

1050-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be

1125-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with

1200-478: Is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during

1275-438: Is their labelmate Eden , the leader of Eden-ary . Plans for a new KQ Entertainment boy band began after a staff member discovered a letter and sample mixtape from Kim Hongjoong, who would eventually become Ateez's leader, expressing interest in becoming a trainee at the company due to his admiration of Block B , a group also managed by KQ Entertainment. Hongjoong became the company's first official trainee and would remain

1350-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on

1425-523: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By

1500-776: The Billboard World Albums Chart , and the group reached a new peak on the Billboard World Digital Songs Chart with "Deja Vu" charting at number four. The EP debuted at number 42 on the Billboard 200 , their first appearance on the chart. Ateez also topped the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart . Domestically, they received their sixth music show win on MBC M 's Show Champion for "Deja Vu" on September 22. The EP received double platinum certification on November 11, having surpassed

1575-864: The Grammy Museum on February 8. They performed and participated in an interview, as well as an audience question-and-answer segment on the live event. The European leg of the Fellowship: Beginning of The End world tour was rescheduled to late April and May; eight shows in Madrid , London , Paris , Berlin and Amsterdam were held, while the Warsaw show was canceled. Three additional shows in Yokohama , Japan in mid-July were also announced. On May 25, Ateez released their second Japanese EP, Beyond: Zero , with lead single "Rocky (Boxers Ver.)". The EP charted at number two on

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1650-476: The KBS2 television drama Imitation , which aired from May to July. The competition show Kingdom: Legendary War that Ateez participated in alongside five other K-pop boy groups first aired on April 1. For the final round, they released the song "멋 (The Real)" on May 28, which Mingi participated in recording but not performing. The group finished in third place overall. On May 22, Ateez returned to Immortal Songs for

1725-682: The Oricon weekly album chart, Line Music weekly album chart and Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart. On June 30, they performed at the Jeddah K-pop Festival in Saudi Arabia. On July 3, they closed the second day of UNI-KON 2022 in Seoul. On July 29, Ateez released their ninth Korean EP The World EP.1: Movement , featuring the lead single "Guerrilla". Pre-orders exceeded 1.1 million copies, making it their first million-selling EP. Album sales in

1800-570: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and

1875-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,

1950-473: The 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as

2025-814: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea

2100-568: The 2022 part of the tour with two shows in Chiba , Japan. KQ Fellaz 2, a pre-debut boy group from the same label as Ateez, served as the opening act of all the shows except for the one in Canada. On November 26, Jongho released the song "Gravity" for the JTBC drama Reborn Rich . On November 30, Ateez released their third Japanese EP, The World EP.Paradigm, featuring the lead single "Paradigm". It ranked first on

2175-814: The 2023 Lovesome Festival in Seoul, the K-POP Super Live at Seoul Festa 2023, the Dance Day Live 2023 in Tokyo, and KCON Japan 2023 in Chiba. They also carried out six encore concerts out of the Fellowship: Break The Wall tour in Seoul , Tokyo and Chiba . On May 13, Jongho made his first solo appearance on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend . The group released their ninth EP The World EP.2: Outlaw on June 16. It became

2250-581: The 30th Seoul Music Awards . They returned to Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend for a third time and won the episode on February 6 by performing a rendition of Rain's " It's Raining ", making them the only K-pop boy group with multiple wins on the program. On March 1, their sixth EP, Zero: Fever Part.2 , was released with a music video for promoted single "Fireworks (I'm the One)" ( Korean :  불놀이야 ; RR :  Bulnoriya ). Ateez received their fifth music show win on The Show on March 9 for

2325-600: The 4th Fact Music Awards , at the 30th and 31st Seoul Music Awards . They also won the Grand Honor's Choice award ( daesang ) at the 2024 Korea Grand Music Awards . The group has also served as official global ambassadors for Korean culture and tourism. In 2024, Ateez became the first K-pop boy group to perform at Coachella and also the first K-pop group to headline the Mawazine music festival in Morocco . Their primary producer

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2400-671: The 500,000 copies sales mark. On October 2, Ateez won the Artist of the Year award on The Fact Music Awards . On October 31, They performed at the SBS Super Concert in Daegu, where Yunho was appointed as one of the hosts. On November 14, it was announced on their virtual concert "Fever: eXendtion edition" that the group's third world tour, The Fellowship: Beginning of the End, would be held in 2022. The world tour

2475-624: The Artist of the Year Bonsang, as well as the Best Performer award at The Fact Music Awards . Ateez opened their second world tour of the year, The Fellowship: Break The Wall, with two sold-out concerts in Seoul on October 29 and 30. They embarked on the North American leg, comprising eleven shows in Oakland , Anaheim , Phoenix , Dallas , Chicago , Atlanta , Newark and Toronto . They closed

2550-688: The EP was released on February 7. On January 24, Ateez announced their first tour, The Expedition Tour, with March dates in five American cities: New York City , Chicago , Dallas , Atlanta , and Los Angeles . The tour was then extended through April with the addition of European shows in London , Lisbon , Paris , Berlin , Amsterdam , Milan , Budapest , Stockholm , Warsaw , and Moscow . All American and European shows reportedly sold out. On May 17, Ateez performed at their first joint K-pop concert, KCON 2019 Japan , in Chiba, Japan . In early June, The Expedition Tour

2625-786: The Japanese version of "Answer" as the lead single. The group's second world tour, The Fellowship: Map the Treasure, was scheduled to begin in Seoul in February before reaching seven European cities in March and two Japanese cities and five American cities in April. The Seoul tour dates were held as planned on February 8 and 9. However, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic , the remaining tour dates were indefinitely postponed. Several tour dates had already been sold out;

2700-640: The Korean language, as well as two single albums, three EPs and two studio albums in the Japanese language. Their albums Treasure EP.Fin: All to Action , Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer , the Zero: Fever album tetralogy , Spin Off: From the Witness , The World album trilogy and Golden Hour: Part.1 each topped the South Korean Circle Album Chart , with Zero: Fever Part.1 becoming

2775-1070: The LA version of KCON 2022's signature song "Poppia". On September 8, it was reported that Hongjoong and Yunho had been chosen as DJs for MBC Radio 's Idol Radio Season 3 and that the show would incorporate Ateez's colors by adopting a "space pirate" concept. On September 9, Ateez released an original soundtrack for the web drama Mimicus , titled "Let's Get Together". Jongho then released his first solo soundtrack song, "A Fairy Tale of Youth", for TVING 's variety show Young Actor's Retreat on September 16. Ateez performed in several joint concerts across Asia during September and October, including Kpop Land 2022 in Jakarta , K-pop Masterz Ep.2 in Manila and Bangkok , KCON 2022 Saudi Arabia in Riyadh , Powerful Daegu K-pop Concert Restart, and KCON 2022 Japan in Tokyo . On October 8, Ateez received

2850-442: The Legend . They performed a cover of Turbo's "The Black Cat Nero" and won the episode, making them the first fourth-generation group and the sixth idol group overall to win on the program. On October 31, Ateez released a special Halloween music video version of "The Black Cat Nero", featuring the original artist Kim Jong-kook . On November 15, it was announced that member Mingi would temporarily suspend promotional activities with

2925-571: The United States in January. On January 18, it was announced that Yeosang would continue his role as co-host of The Show for a second year. On January 23, Ateez won the main award on the 31st Seoul Music Awards . On January 31, they released the promotional single "Don't Stop" through Universe Music for the platform Universe. On February 3, it was announced that Ateez would appear on Global Spin Live at

3000-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,

3075-458: The eight members in Los Angeles , California, training at The Millennium Dance Complex . During this period, a ninth trainee, Lee Jun-young, was promoted as a member of KQ Fellaz but ultimately not added to the final lineup. For the finale of the web series, KQ Fellaz released the music video of "From", a song composed and produced by Hongjoong. KQ Entertainment announced a debut reality show with

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3150-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in

3225-494: The first week totaled to over 930,000 physical copies, and the EP topped South Korea's Circle Album Chart for two consecutive weeks. The album charted at number three on Billboard 200 in the United States, Ateez's first top 10 on the main chart. The group wrapped up their album promotions with six music program awards for "Guerrilla", winning first places on The Show , Show Champion and Music Bank . On August 22, Ateez performed at KCON 2022 LA and were selected to perform

3300-457: The group in order to receive treatment for and recover from symptoms of psychological anxiety . At the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards , Ateez won the Worldwide Fans' Choice and Discovery of the Year awards. During their performance at the show, it was announced that they would be joining The Boyz and Stray Kids on the inaugural season of Kingdom: Legendary War , an Mnet competition show which aired in April 2021. On December 19, Ateez were

3375-547: The group's first to be certified platinum and The World EP.1: Movement becoming their first to be certified million in the country. The group achieved their first No.1 on the Billboard 200 with their second studio album The World EP.Fin: Will and has secured multiple No.1's on the Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart . They are also the first South Korean musical act to have three different releases chart in

3450-586: The group's most successful comeback, reaching No.2 on the Billboard 200 , No.1 on the Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart and No.10 on the UK Officials Albums Chart . On June 17, Ateez appeared on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend for the sixth time. They performed their rendition of the song "Highway in the Gale", originally sung by Yoo Jung Seok and won their fourth trophy making them the K-Pop idol group with

3525-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains

3600-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it

3675-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or

3750-405: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to

3825-468: The most wins on the show. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It

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3900-458: The only idol group invited to the Immortal Songs year-end finale "King of Kings", where they performed their version of Seo Taiji and Boys ' "Anyhow Song". According to an official Twitter survey, Ateez were the fifth most tweeted-about musician in the United States in 2020, after BTS , Kanye West , Beyoncé , and Drake , and the 10th most tweeted-about K-pop group in the world. On January 31, Ateez received their first Bonsang (main award) at

3975-449: The only one until Yunho joined six months later. Over the next year, members Mingi, San, Seonghwa, Yeosang, Jongho, and Wooyoung joined KQ Entertainment as trainees. Many had previous training experience at other companies: Mingi at Maroo Entertainment , Jongho at TOP Media , and Yeosang and Wooyoung at Big Hit Entertainment . They were known as "KQ Fellaz" prior to debuting. In late 2017, Hongjoong, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho competed on

4050-526: The opening and closing stages at KCON:TACT 2020 and held their first virtual meet-and-greet with fans. On July 4, Ateez released a promotional schedule for their fifth EP, Zero: Fever Part.1 , their first release following the conclusion of the Treasure series. The lead single, "Inception", was voted by fans over the track "Thanxx". The EP was released on July 29, and Ateez received their third and fourth music program awards for "Inception" on August 4 and 5, on The Show and Show Champion . Music video of

4125-414: The other single, "Thanxx", was released on August 24. Zero: Fever Part. 1 sold 379,052 physical copies in South Korea in 2020, Ateez's first album to be certified platinum by the Korea Music Content Association , and made Ateez the second fourth-generation boy group to generate one million total sales as rookies. On August 29, Ateez appeared on the South Korean television program Immortal Songs: Singing

4200-411: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by

4275-562: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting

4350-401: The shows in Amsterdam , Madrid , and Moscow were reportedly since January. All dates in United States were also sold out, including some arenas with capacities of over 18,000 people. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Ateez hosted a free, virtual concert called "Crescent Party" on the V Live app, with over 1.4 million viewers tuning into the live event on May 30. On June 26, they performed both

4425-479: The song "Wind" for the TvN drama Our Blooming Youth . On March 8, Yeosang was announced to continue as one of the hosts of The Show for a third consecutive year. On March 19, Ateez performed at KCON Thailand at the IMPACT Arena . On March 22, the group released Limitless , their second Japanese single album, including the opening song of the same name they recorded for the anime Duel Masters WIN . Between April and May, Ateez performed in multiple events such as

4500-488: The song. Zero: Fever Part.2 was certified double platinum on July 8, having sold over 500,000 copies. On March 24, Ateez released their first original Japanese studio album Into the A to Z with "Still Here" as the lead single. In addition to their music releases, the group and individual members participated in various Korean television programs. In March, Yeosang became a co-host of SBS MTV 's music program The Show . Meanwhile, Yunho, Jongho, Seonghwa, and San were cast in

4575-445: The survival reality show Mix Nine , placing 42nd, 63rd, 72nd, and 43rd out of all male contestants, respectively. On May 18, 2018, KQ Entertainment released the YouTube video "KQ Fellaz Performance Video I", which featured all eight Ateez members together for the first time, dancing to the song " Pick It Up " by rapper Famous Dex . Shortly after, the group premiered their pre-debut web series, KQ Fellaz American Training , showcasing

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4650-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at

4725-443: The top 10 of the UK Official Albums Chart within a single year. Often referred to as "Global Performance Idols" by Korean media and dubbed "Next Generation Leaders" by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in 2020, Ateez have sold over seven million physical albums worldwide. Their accolades include Worldwide Fans' Choice at the 2019 , 2020 , and 2023 Mnet Asian Music Awards and bonsang awards (main prize) at

4800-547: The two charts, respectively. "Halazia" brought Ateez their 13th music show trophy, winning first place on Music Bank on January 6. After finishing their domestic promotions for Spin Off: From the Witness , Ateez promoted their EP The World EP. Paradigm in Japan from January 29 to February 3. On February 10, the group embarked on the European leg of the Fellowship: Break The Wall world tour in Amsterdam , followed by eight shows in Berlin , Brussels , London , Madrid , Copenhagen and Paris . On February 28, Jongho released

4875-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ

4950-428: The weekly edition of the Oricon Albums Chart , as well as on the Oricon Weekly Combined Album Chart. The album also ranked first on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart with 124,584 physical copies sold in the first week, making it Ateez's first EP to top these charts. On December 7, Ateez released the soundtrack song "Like That" for the anime Lookism , an adaptation of the eponymous webtoon. On December 15, it

5025-440: Was announced that Mingi would be returning to group activities. On July 28, Ateez released their first Japanese single "Dreamers", which served as the fifth ending theme for the 2020 reboot anime series Digimon Adventure . On August 4, Ateez announced an album collaboration with Kim Jong-kook titled Season Songs , with lead single "Be My Lover" ( Korean :  바다 보러 갈래? ; RR :  Bada Boreo Gallae? ), which

5100-471: Was announced that the group would release the opening theme "Limitless" for the anime Duel Masters WIN . On December 22, KQ Entertainment released a comeback trailer for Ateez's first Korean single album, Spin Off: From the Witness , which was released on December 30, led by the single "Halazia". The single album entered the top 10 of Billboard 200 at number seven and the Billboard 's Top Album Sales at number two, making it their third and second time on

5175-469: Was certified platinum. On December 25, Ateez made a return to Immortal Songs year-end finale "King of Kings" with a mashup of Block B 's "Nillili Mambo", Big Bang 's " Fantastic Baby ", and their own song "The Real (Heung version)". Ateez held their first offline concerts in two years in Seoul from January 7 to 9. The Fellowship: Beginning of the End world tour continued with six sold-out shows in Chicago , Atlanta , Newark , Dallas and Los Angeles in

5250-403: Was extended again to visit Australian cities Melbourne and Sydney in August. Ateez released their third EP, Treasure EP.3: One to All , on June 10. The lead single, "Wave", was selected via fan vote, winning in the competition over "Illusion". Music videos for both songs were released on the same day. On June 20, Ateez won their first music program award on M Countdown for "Wave", winning

5325-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of

5400-440: Was held on the same day. The album peaked at number seven on the weekly Gaon Albums Chart , selling 23,644 copies in 2018. On January 3, 2019, Ateez announced their first comeback EP, Treasure EP.2: Zero to One , with a teaser photo on their social media accounts. The EP was released on January 15, alongside a music video for the lead single "Say My Name". A music video for the track "Hala Hala (Hearts Awakened, Live Alive)" from

5475-483: Was released on August 16. On August 19, it was announced that Ateez collaborated with American a cappella group Pentatonix on the single "A Little Space", set for digital release the following day. On September 13, Ateez released their seventh EP, Zero: Fever Part.3 . The lead single "Deja Vu" was voted on by fans over the track "Eternal Sunshine". Pre-orders for the EP surpassed 800,000 copies, more than double that of their last release . It debuted at number one on

5550-480: Was released on October 8 with a music video for lead single "Wonderland". The album sold 165,479 physical copies in South Korea in 2019 and became the first Ateez album to reach number one on the weekly Gaon Albums Chart . On November 3, Ateez won the Best Korean Act award at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards . On November 10, they released their first Japanese-language music video for the song "Utopia", originally

5625-619: Was scheduled to begin with three dates in Seoul in early January and proceed to five cities in the US in the latter part of the month before concluding on March 1 after shows in six European cities. On December 10, Ateez released their eighth EP, Zero: Fever Epilogue , featuring the lead singles "Turbulence" ( Korean :  야간비행 ; RR :  Yaganbihaeng ) and "The Real (Heung version)" ( Korean :  멋 (흥 ver.) ; RR :  Meot (Heung ver.) ). The album included tracks previously introduced as performances on Kingdom , and

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