154-438: Twice ( Korean : 트와이스 ; RR : Teuwaiseu ; Japanese : トゥワイス, Hepburn : Tuwaisu ; commonly stylized in all caps ) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment . The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon , Jeongyeon , Momo , Sana , Jihyo , Mina , Dahyun , Chaeyoung , and Tzuyu . Twice was formed under the television program Sixteen (2015) and debuted on October 20, 2015, with
308-475: 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 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
462-456: A 10-year-old JYP Chinese trainee went to China to record a roadshow-style audition show to recruit more trainees with the goal of creating a hip-hop oriented Chinese boy group. The name of the show was Guaishushu Is Coming , and the concept was to travel across different cities with large-scale auditions and then have a final round to select the members who will be trained in Korea. NCC Entertainment
616-567: A B-side, and was then released physically on November 18. The single debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 recording 93,548 unit sales on November 16–22. The group then made their US television debut with their appearance on the "#PlayAtHome" series of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on November 30, performing their song "I Can't Stop Me". On December 1, it was reported that Twice had reached cumulative sales of over 5.81 million albums on Gaon. Taking into consideration
770-484: 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
924-498: A Million" from their upcoming third EP, Twicecoaster: Lane 1 , through a live broadcast on V Live . Twicecoaster: Lane 1 and the music video of pop dance song " TT " were released online on October 24. In Korea, the album recorded more than 165,000 physical copies sold on the Gaon Chart within a week, exceeding the five-month sales of the group's previous release Page Two in only seven days. Eventually, Twicecoaster: Lane 1 became
1078-599: A commercial success and was the first South Korean group to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009, with their song " Nobody ". Their success lead to a management deal with the Jonas Group , which led the group to open the Jonas Brothers ' world tour in select cities. In 2007, Rain left JYP Entertainment and established his own agency called J. Tune Entertainment . In 2008, the competitive reality series Hot Blood Men
1232-399: A commercial success throughout and beyond Asia, which was seen when his third studio album, It's Raining , went on to record cumulative sales of over 1 million copies in seven Asian countries, including South Korea. On December 27, 2002, the company's first boy group was a four-member vocal oriented group Noel which failed to attract popularity. The company then turned its focus towards
1386-444: A compilation album titled #Twice which was set to be released on June 28. On May 15, Twice released their fourth EP titled Signal with the lead track of the same name , produced by Park Jin-young. This marked the group's first collaboration with Park. The EP contains six tracks, including "Eye Eye Eyes" co-written by members Jihyo and Chaeyoung, and "Only You" written by former Wonder Girls member Ha:tfelt . Signal debuted atop
1540-479: A concert at Nissan Stadium . The tour was their largest yet, with 51 shows in 27 cities across Asia, North America, South America, Oceania, and Europe, and 1.5 million attendees in total. On October 20, Twice held a fan meeting titled "Home 9round" to commemorate the ninth anniversary of their debut. During the event, they performed the unreleased track "Sweetest Obsession" and announced their fourteenth EP, Strategy , set for release on December 6. On October 25, Twice
1694-477: 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
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#17328592745901848-461: A joint venture with Sony Records Japan. Both groups released their debut single in 2024. In August 2024, Innit Entertainment was established – the company's management subsidiary for actors and artists. On November 22, JYP announced the launch date of their upcoming boy group named KickFlip, consisting of a total of 7 members. JYP Entertainment's records are distributed worldwide by The Orchard since March 2019. In March 2010, KMP Holdings
2002-688: A more mature style. This was first seen in 2019 with the release of " Fancy " and " Breakthrough ", which saw the group perform more sensual choreography for the former while employing a brassier electro-pop sound in the latter. They have since experimented with EDM , synth-pop , and retro soul among others in their eighth EP Feel Special ; tropical house , Latin pop , and new jack swing in their ninth EP More & More ; retro - synth , dance-pop , Japanese city-pop , and contemporary R&B in their second Korean studio album Eyes Wide Open ; and disco-pop , reggae-pop , and trap in their third Korean studio album Formula of Love: O+T=<3 . The group
2156-449: A movie Hold Your Hand , featuring actors who were signed to JYP Entertainment. On June 20, 2013, the merger plan for the publicly listed JYP Entertainment and the non-listed JYP was announced. The merger was approved on October 17. Miss A and Baek A-yeon , also joined JYP Entertainment due to the merger. On August 25, 2013, JYP Entertainment and KeyEast terminated their joint production enterprise, Holym. On November 17, 2013,
2310-491: A new music platform Flo, which will utilize various new technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networking. SK Telecom affiliate Iriver Inc would be responsible for handling the music distribution. In the first half of 2018, JYP Entertainment became the second largest entertainment company in South Korea, mainly due to the success of Twice and Got7 . On March 26, a new boy group Stray Kids debuted, named after
2464-511: A peak position of number 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart, three months after the song's original release. The music video for the group's single hit 50 million views on YouTube within five months of their debut and became one of the most-viewed debut music videos for any K-pop group. The group's early success earned them a "Best New Female Artist" award at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards held on December 2. On December 27, Twice performed
2618-513: 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
2772-474: A remix version of their single "Like Ooh-Ahh" at SBS Gayo Daejeon , which was the group's first-ever attendance on a year-end music program. On its chart issue dated January 23, 2016, Billboard reported that Twice had entered its World Albums chart, with their debut EP The Story Begins debuting and peaking at number 15, which marked the group's first entry on the chart. On April 25, 2016, Twice released their second EP, Page Two , which notably included
2926-456: A signature "color pop" sonic style described as a combination of rock , R&B , and hip hop coupled with notable hooks in their music. In the group's early years, teen pop represented their discography since teenagers were their target audience. Their "cheerful" musical base was employed alongside a colorful style in terms of the members' fashion. While they have gained notability for emphasizing their youthful image, Twice has since adopted
3080-401: A single day, also reached the seventh position in the list of YouTube's biggest debuts during the first 24 hours. Recording 314,323 copies sold on April 25, the release of Fancy You saw Twice exceeding a total of over 3.75 million album copies sold from their twelve Korean releases. Following the release of the album, the group embarked on their first world tour titled " Twicelights " which
3234-474: A special album titled The Year of "Yes" , along with its lead single " The Best Thing I Ever Did ", as a reissue of Yes or Yes . The group also released a repackage of BDZ with "Stay by My Side", the theme song of the Japanese television drama Shinya no Dame Koi Zukan , on December 26. "Stay by My Side" was released as a digital single on October 22, along with a behind-the-scenes video showing Twice recording
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#17328592745903388-403: A survey conducted by media outlet Sports Chosun done in 2020 wherein representatives from several Korean entertainment agencies were surveyed on their choice for the top girl group, Twice was ranked at number 1 with 83 points, with agency officials citing the group's strong digital and physical sales alongside their pan-Asia success. A similar survey was conducted by media outlet Sports Seoul in
3542-465: A total of 15,000 people. #Twice debuted at number 2 on Oricon Albums Chart with 136,157 copies sold within seven days since its release. The commercial success of Twice's debut Japanese album was reported to have the highest first-week album sales by a Korean artist in Japan in two years. Less than two months after the album's release, it recorded sales of over 260,000 copies. On October 6, the group released
3696-564: A week later. Both singles received a platinum certification from the RIAJ. On July 17, JYP Entertainment announced that the group will hold an additional Japanese tour leg after reaching tens of thousands of fans on the Southeast Asia and North America legs of their Twicelights World Tour. They staged twelve concerts in seven Japanese cities from October 2019 to February 2020. Twice released their eighth EP, Feel Special , on September 23, along with
3850-513: A year of operation, the company saw a net loss of around US$ 1.5 million by the end of 2012, leading to the liquidation and closure of the branch, including the New York branch. The same year, Park Jimin , winner of the competitive TV series K-pop Star and Baek Yerin , a female trainee and contestant on the show Star King , debuted as the duo 15& . In 2012, JYP Pictures signed a contract with China Eastern Performing Arts Group to co-produce
4004-710: Is a jointly produced management team by Tencent Music Corporation and JYP Beijing Cultural Exchange Ltd located in Beijing, China. It is working to promote its Chinese artists more, despite the ban placed on Korean entertainment and to further promote the Chinese boy group, Boy Story in China. During the COVID-19 pandemic , JYP Entertainment donated US$ 410 thousand to the Community Chest of South Korea on February 28, 2020. On March 8, 2022,
4158-442: Is also known for incorporating modern online culture into their musical releases and their corresponding music videos. For instance, their 2016 single "TT" is named after the crying emoticon which was imitated in the group's point choreography, while their 2017 track "Likey" lyrically alludes to Instagram culture and the struggles of maintaining a beautiful social media image. In the music video for their 2018 single " What Is Love? ",
4312-656: 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
4466-511: 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
4620-399: 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
4774-399: 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
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4928-471: Is one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea. The company also operates subsidiary ventures and divisions internationally. JYP Entertainment was founded in 1997 by South Korean singer-songwriter Park Jin-young , named after his stage name, J. Y. Park, as Tae-Hong Planning Corporation. In 2001, the company was retitled as JYP Entertainment. In 1997, the company signed its first artist – Pearl . In 1999, entertainment company SidusHQ introduced
5082-716: 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
5236-502: Is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during 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
5390-454: The 32nd Japan Gold Disc Awards . Twice released their first full-length Korean album, Twicetagram , on October 30 with its lead single titled "Likey". The music video for the song was filmed in Canada in early September. "Likey" was composed by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Gun, becoming the group's fourth collaboration with Black Eyed Pilseung. Several composers and songwriters participated in
5544-552: The Aichi Prefecture . On April 9, they released their fifth EP, What Is Love? , with the single of the same name produced by Park Jin-young. The EP sold 335,235 copies in the first month and made Twice become the first female artist and the fifth act to earn a platinum certification by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), for selling over 250,000 copies. Twice's third Japanese single, " Wake Me Up ",
5698-514: The Beyond Live platform launched by SM Entertainment and Naver for the concert, becoming the first artist outside of SM Entertainment to host an online concert using the platform. On September 16, Twice released their third Japanese compilation album #Twice3 , which became their seventh number 1 album on the Oricon Albums Chart, making Twice the second foreign female artist to achieve
5852-458: The Billboard Artist 100 for the first time, debuting at number 96. On July 8, Twice released their sixth Japanese single, " Fanfare ", which earned a platinum certification from the RIAJ. On August 9, the group held their first online concert titled "Twice: World in a Day" in response to their "Twicelights World Tour Finale" which had been canceled earlier in the year. The group worked with
6006-531: The Billboard World Albums chart, selling 266,645 copies by the end of February. Its lead single "Knock Knock" debuted atop the Gaon Digital Chart, and peaked at numbers 5 and 15 on the World Digital Song Sales and Japan Hot 100 , respectively. Twice launched their Japanese website and social media channels in early February. On February 24, they officially announced their Japanese debut with
6160-643: The Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart on the chart dated January 2, 2021, and also became the group's third entry on the Billboard Global Excluding US Chart debuting at #122. On January 28, Twice made an appearance on the Time 100 Talks series held by Time magazine via livestream broadcast, with the group delivering a special performance of their track "Depend On You" from their Eyes Wide Open album. On March 6,
6314-516: The Heatseekers Albums chart as the album debuted at number 10, one position higher than Signal' s peak at number 11. The Christmas-inspired reissue of Twicetagram , titled Merry & Happy , along with its lead single " Heart Shaker " was released on December 11, 2017. The album and its lead single "Heart Shaker" debuted at No. 1 on four charts of Gaon — Album Chart and Digital Chart , Download Chart and Social Chart respectively, while
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6468-675: 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 the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
6622-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , 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
6776-557: 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 ,
6930-644: The extended play (EP) The Story Begins , and has received the honorific title of "The Nation's Girl Group" in their home country. Twice rose to domestic fame in 2016 with their single " Cheer Up ", which charted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart , became the best-performing single of the year, and won "Song of the Year" at the Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards . Their next single, " TT ", from their third EP Twicecoaster: Lane 1 , topped
7084-489: The "Girl Group Brand Power Ranking" published by the Korean Corporate Reputation Research Institute several times. The group's success and domestic popularity was key in the rise of JYP Entertainment 's stock , which increased in value by a factor of seven in less than three years; since the group's debut in 2015, prices rose from ₩ 4,500 to ₩31,400 in 2018. The group is also credited as among
7238-645: The "Nation's Girl Group", being cited as a follow-up to previously successful girl groups Girls' Generation and Kara . Music critic Kang Tae-gyu has described Twice as being "one step ahead of the current period" among other girl groups from the same period of their debut. The group's commercial performance following their career breakthrough in 2016 was considered by the media to be 'remarkable' in an industry dominated by all-male music groups. Twice's distinctive point choreography—including for "Cheer Up" (2016), "TT" (2016) and "Signal" (2017)— became dance crazes and viral memes imitated by many celebrities in South Korea. In
7392-949: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By 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
7546-602: The 2017 reality show of the same title. In May, the company became the sole South Korean entertainment company to rank in Financial Times magazine's "FT 1000: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific" list. On August 30, the company's shares closed at 31,300 KRW, pushing the company's market capitalization to 1.09 trillion KRW. On January 21, 2019, JYP Entertainment announced its next girl group, Itzy . The group released their debut single album, It'z Different in February, featuring
7700-472: The 2AM members returned to JYP Entertainment, and member Lee Chang-min stayed with Big Hit Entertainment, to continue his career and as part of the duo Homme . In August, JYP Pictures and Dongyang World Culture Communication produced the drama Dream Knight , starring Got7 members. Season three K-pop Star winner Bernard Park signed a contract with JYP Entertainment to start his solo career, and making his debut on October 6. On December 17, J.Y. Park sold
7854-583: The EP's lead single, was pre-released on June 9, along with its music video. After the release of the music video, the number of YouTube views exceeded 20 million in just 24 hours. In the week ending June 17, Taste of Love debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200, becoming Twice's first top 10 album in the United States with 46,000 album-equivalent units earned. Of that sum, the EP recorded 43,000 physical sales, making it
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#17328592745908008-545: The Gaon Album Chart on the first week of its release, while also entering the Billboard World Albums chart at number three. The album also entered the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart, debuting at number 11. By the end of May, it was reported to be the second best-selling album in South Korea for the month, recording sales of 248,550 copies. Meanwhile, the album's eponymous lead single debuted atop
8162-560: The Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 chart. Notably, the song became a viral meme in South Korea due to the "shy shy shy" line sung by Sana. Eventually, the song became the best-performing single in South Korea for the entirety of 2016. "Cheer Up" also received international success, debuting and peaking at number three on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. Additionally, Twice became
8316-554: The Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard K-pop Hot 100, and at number three on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. With the commercial success of Signal , it was reported that Twice had reached cumulative sales of over 1 million copies of their five albums, achieving the feat in just one year and seven months after debuting. On June 14, Twice digitally released "Signal (Japanese ver.)", along with
8470-450: The Gaon charts for four consecutive weeks. The EP was the highest selling Korean girl group album of 2016. Within 19 months after debut, Twice had already sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album. As of 2022, the group has sold over 14 million albums cumulatively in South Korea and Japan. The group debuted in Japan on June 28, 2017, under Warner Music Japan , with
8624-597: The KCON music festival held in Los Angeles on July 31. On August 6–7, Twice and their JYP Entertainment labelmates held a concert at Jamsil Arena in Seoul, titled JYP Nation 2016 "Mix & Match". This was followed by shows at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on September 2–4. In celebration of Twice's first anniversary since debut on October 20, the group unveiled their new song "One in
8778-712: The South Korean music industry. Together with parent company SK Telecom and music labels SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and Big Hit Entertainment , the company launched a new online music store, FLO, in the second half of 2018. On April 5, 2017, Ocean Music and JYP Entertainment jointly established the Beijing Xin Sheng Entertainment Co., Ltd. for indoor recreational facilities operation, organization of cultural and artistic exchanges, film and television planning, and other aspects of cooperation. A few months later, Park Jin-young , Jackson Wang , Fei and
8932-562: The Tokyo concerts were postponed and scheduled on April 15–16, but was eventually canceled altogether. An encore of the tour called the "Twicelights World Tour Finale" was also initially set to be held in Seoul on March 7 and 8, 2020 at the KSPO Dome but was eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 24, it was announced that the group had signed with Republic Records for promotion in
9086-526: The US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart , peaking at the 83rd and 80th positions of the charts, respectively. Their point choreography—including for "Cheer Up" (2016), "TT" (2016), " Signal " (2017), and " What Is Love? " (2018)—became dance crazes and viral memes . On December 19, 2013, JYP Entertainment (JYPE) announced that they would debut a new girl group in the first half of 2014,
9240-457: The United States as part of JYP Entertainment's partnership with the label. The documentary series Twice: Seize the Light first premiered on April 29 through YouTube Originals, which features nine episodes that follow the group's members throughout their journey as trainees to their first world tour "Twicelights". Their ninth Korean EP, More & More , was released on June 1 with a lead single of
9394-494: The agreement, the company would be carrying out various social responsibility activities with its artists, employees and fans in order to support campaigns and initiatives for children with incurable diseases. On July 24, JYP Entertainment announced the closure of their acting division and would jointly manage its actors with the new start-up company, Npio Entertainment – created by JYP Entertainment Vice President – Pyo Jong-rok. Actors Jang Hee-ryung , Park Si-eun and Ryu Won left
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#17328592745909548-408: The album's lead single "TT" debuting at number 2 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. "TT" then became the first music video by a K-pop female act to surpass 200 million views on May 25, 2017. On November 11, the music video for their debut single "Like Ooh-Ahh" hit 100 million views on YouTube, making Twice the fourth K-pop girl group to reach 100 million views, as well as
9702-455: 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,
9856-506: The best selling album in the US for the week. With this, Twice became the first female Korean act to chart an EP within the top ten of the Billboard 200, and just the second female Korean act to have a top 10 album in the chart. On July 28, the group released their third Japanese studio album, Perfect World , which includes the lead single of the same name . The group released their first official all-English single, " The Feels ", on October 1. At
10010-448: The bestselling K-pop girl group album for 2016, selling 350,852 copies at year-end. Its lead single "TT" became one of the best-performing songs in 2016 , claiming the top spot of the Gaon Digital Chart for four consecutive weeks and becoming the best-performing single in South Korea for the month of November. Internationally, the group's third EP debuted at number 3 on the Billboard World Albums chart, marking their first Top 5 entry, with
10164-414: The compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean 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
10318-606: The company made a donation ₩ 300 million to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association, to help the victims of the massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk which had spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. On February 12, 2023, the company donated 500 million won through World Vision International , to help the aftermath of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes . Artists under JYP Entertainment are collectively known as "JYP Nation". Actors under Npio Entertainment,
10472-498: The company partnered with Smilegate to promote the video game game Crossfire , with 2PM and Miss A . In January 2014, the seven talent agencies behind KMP Holdings formed a collective bond partnership and bought 13.48% of KT Music 's stocks, leaving KT Corporation with 49.99%. In the same month, Got7 , made their debut. 2AM's joint contract of Big Hit Entertainment with JYP Entertainment later in April ended, after three of
10626-500: The company's headquarters building in Cheongdam-dong , Seoul to Choi Ki-won, for approximately $ 7 million, on the term that JYP Entertainment will still use the building for three years on rent. The subsidiary Studio J was formed on January 9, 2015, in line with JYP Entertainment's goal to "promote free and deep artists that create authentic music rather than appealing to the mainstream demand." The first artist on Studio J's roster
10780-403: The company. In December, Jinni both left the company and the group Nmixx, due to personal reasons. In 2023, the competition show A2K and the second season of Nizi Project both aired. A2K led to the formation of the group Vcha , a joint venture between JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. In the second season of Nizi Project , it concluded with the line up for the group Nexz –
10934-570: The company. Actors Yoon Park , Shin Eun-soo , Kang Hoon , Shin Ye-eun , Kim Dong-hee and Lee Chan-sun stayed in the company for the remainder of their contract periods. On January 6, 2020, Shinhan Card collaborated with JYP Entertainment to release four "JYP Fan's EDM Check Cards" – JYP, Got7, Day6 and Twice . Certain percentages of the amount used when making payments using the check cards were to be donated to Make-A-Wish Korea. On February 24, Twice
11088-409: The country even before their debut. NHK News credited the group's commercial success with helping mend relations between Japan and South Korea. An example of Twice's popularity in Japan was seen after the release of their song "TT", in which the track's signature pose was imitated by several Japanese celebrities and idols including AKB48 and Nogizaka46 . When Twice officially debuted in Japan through
11242-536: The country. In July 2017, JYP Entertainment acquired a property worth 20.2 billion KRW in Seongnae-dong , Gangdong District , Seoul to be used as its new office. A partnership with Dailymotion , Europe's largest video platform, was signed to open its artist channel on its platform to secure a more global fan base. On January 31, 2018, JYP Entertainment entered into a music business agreement with SM Entertainment, Big Hit Entertainment , and SK Telecom to launch
11396-592: The daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 89,721 units sold, setting a record for the highest first day sales of albums released by a Korean girl group in Japan. It also topped the weekly ranking with 181,069 units sold, making Twice the fifth foreign female artist in Oricon history to top both the weekly singles and albums chart. The release of the album was followed with their concert tour named Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ" , beginning in Chiba on September 29. The studio album
11550-618: The drama production industry following in the footsteps of SM Entertainment Group's SM C&C and CJ E&M's Studio Dragon – JYP Entertainment jointly established the television drama production company Holym with Key East Entertainment in June 2009. Holym later announced its first major television drama production, Dream High , in 2010. In March 2010, JYP Entertainment made a joint venture with SM Entertainment , YG Entertainment , Star Empire Entertainment , Media Line, CAN Entertainment and Music Factory Entertainment to establish KMP Holdings,
11704-425: The duo brothers One Two in 2003. In 2004, after the boy band g.o.d 's group contract with SidusHQ ended, they signed a contract with JYP Entertainment. Other notable artists that debuted under JYP Entertainment, from the years 2000 to 2005 include Park Ji-yoon , Byul , Lim Jeong-hee, Ryanga Rhanga [ ko ] , and Ivy . In May 2006, the company formed its first girl group, Wonder Girls , who became
11858-403: The end of the single's music video, their third Korean studio album (sixth overall) and fourth world tour were teased. On October 11, "The Feels" debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 , marking the group's first appearance on the chart. The song also made its way to the UK Singles Chart , where it peaked at number 80. The group's third Korean studio album, Formula of Love: O+T=<3 ,
12012-509: The end of the year. On January 20, 2023, Twice released a pre-release English single, " Moonlight Sunrise ", ahead of their twelfth Korean EP, Ready to Be . The EP and its lead single, " Set Me Free ", were released on March 10. Ready to Be had 1.7 million pre-order sales and is Twice's bestselling album to date. The group embarked on their fifth world tour, " Ready to Be ", with a two-day concert in Seoul on April 15–16. On May 31, Twice released their tenth Japanese single, " Hare Hare ", which
12166-456: The feat following South Korean singer BoA . The group released their second Korean studio album, Eyes Wide Open , on October 26 with the lead single titled " I Can't Stop Me ". Two months later after the release of Eyes Wide Open , the album debuted at number 72 on the US Billboard 200, marking the group's highest entry on the chart surpassing More & More , as well as making Twice only
12320-533: The first K-pop group to reach this milestone with a debut music video. On November 19, Twice's "Cheer Up" won Song of the Year at the 8th Melon Music Awards . It was then followed by another Song of the Year award at the 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 2. On January 10, JYPE announced Twice's first solo concert tour within just a year and four months after debuting in October 2015. The three-day sold-out concert titled " Twice 1st Tour: Twiceland – The Opening "
12474-399: 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
12628-424: The first female group to come out of the company since the debut of Miss A in 2010. On February 27, 2014, JYPE trainees Lena and Cecilia were confirmed as members of the group tentatively called as 6MIX, while other rumored members included JYPE trainees Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Minyoung. The group's debut plan was eventually canceled when Lena and Cecilia left the company. On February 11, 2015, J. Y. Park ,
12782-522: The first week since Kara 's Super Girl in 2011. Twice became the first female K-pop act to hold a Japanese dome tour with Twice Dome Tour 2019 "#Dreamday" , held from March to April 2019. The tour garnered a total audience of 220,000 during five shows in Osaka , Tokyo and Nagoya , with tickets selling out within one minute. On April 22, they released their seventh EP Fancy You . The music video for " Fancy ", which garnered over 42.1 million views in
12936-403: The founder of JYPE, announced that the lineup of the upcoming seven-member girl group would be decided through Sixteen , a competition survival show that would air on Mnet later that year. The show began on May 5 and ended on July 7 with Nayeon , Jeongyeon , Sana , Jihyo , Mina , Dahyun , and Chaeyoung being selected as the seven Twice members. Park then announced that he would increase
13090-452: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of 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
13244-509: The future members of boy band G.o.d to Park, as their producer and mentor. In cooperation with SidusHQ, JYP Entertainment oversaw the formation of g.o.d, which would make their debut appearance on January 13, 1999. The group was managed by SidusHQ, with their first album, Chapter 1 , being produced by Park. In December 2000, JYP Entertainment signed Rain as a trainee, who made his debut two years later in May 2002. Rain would then rise to become
13398-472: The group for #Twice and "One More Time" made them the first Korean girl group to earn a platinum certification in Japan for both a single and an album in the same year. "TT (Japanese ver.)", the digital single from #Twice , also earned an RIAJ gold certification for selling 100,000 downloads. #Twice and "TT (Japanese ver.)" then won Album of the Year and Song of the Year by Download for the Asian Region at
13552-470: The group held their second online concert titled "Twice in Wonderland", which was first announced on January 14. The concert was held in partnership with NTT Docomo and was broadcast using various technologies including AR (augmented reality) and MR (mixed reality). At the end of their online concert, Twice announced the release of their upcoming Japanese single " Kura Kura " to be slated on May 12. "Kura Kura"
13706-444: The group is "reigniting the heat of K-pop in Japan". Twice is one of two Korean acts that have been credited with leading a third " Hallyu " wave in Japan. 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,
13860-489: The group its first platinum single certification for both streaming and download, and making Twice the second act to earn a platinum certification for streaming, download and album by the KMCA since certifications were introduced in April 2018. On September 12, Twice released their first Japanese studio album , BDZ . Its lead single of the same name was pre-released as a digital single on August 17. BDZ debuted at number 1 on
14014-463: The group referenced several movies including The Princess Diaries , Ghost , La Boum , Pulp Fiction , Romeo + Juliet , Love Letter , La La Land , and Leon: The Professional . Twice have been well received in South Korea, ranking second in the top ten artists of the Gallup Korea survey for three consecutive years, making them the highest-ranking Korean group in 2016 and 2017, and
14168-515: The group were chosen from the competitive reality show Sixteen . In February 2016, JYP Entertainment established a music distribution partnership with China Music Corporation. It was followed by JYP Entertainment jointly establishing Beijing Xin Sheng Entertainment Co. Ltd. with Tencent Music in the same year, which oversaw the debut of the Chinese boy band Boy Story . Got7 member Jackson Wang also announced his solo endeavors in
14322-431: The group's earlier released singles "Happy Happy" and "Breakthrough". The album's lead single " Fake & True " was pre-released as a digital single on October 18. &Twice debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of the Oricon Albums Chart with 80,563 copies sold, before going on to top the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 124,197 copies sold. In 2019, Twice sold over one million albums on Gaon, achieving this feat for
14476-429: The group's sales in Japan, Twice had exceeded 10 million album copies sold in both countries. During their appearance at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 6, Twice gave a surprise performance of their unreleased track titled " Cry For Me " which was described by the group as a present for their fans, and after high demand, the song was officially released as a digital single on December 18. The song debuted atop
14630-437: The group. The group's name, Twice, was chosen by Park, explaining that "the group will touch people's hearts twice: once through the ears, and once again through the eyes". Fans of Twice are known as "Once", commonly stylized in all caps, illustrated by the members' statement "If you love us even once, we will repay your love with twice of our love" on social media in 2015. Twice made their official debut on October 20, 2015, with
14784-437: The highest first-week sales volume by a Korean girl group for the year. By August, Page Two had sold over 150,000 copies, making Twice the first girl group having a sales record of more than 100,000 units that year. Meanwhile, the album's lead single "Cheer Up" became the group's first chart-topper in South Korea, debuting at number 1 on eight real-time music charts immediately after its release, before going on to debut atop both
14938-528: The highest-ranking girl group in 2018. Since 2016, members regularly have placed in the top 20 of Gallup Korea's annual poll of the nation's favorite idols. In 2017, Twice was included in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity at third overall and first among recording artists. They entered within the top ten of the list again ranking third in 2018, and ninth in 2020. Twice has also been recognized for their brand recognition and marketing power, having topped
15092-462: The holiday track "Merry & Happy" entered and peaked at No. 24 on the Gaon Digital Chart. Twice's successful debut in Japan led them to rank third in the Top Artist category of Billboard Japan ' s 2017 Year-End Rankings. Twice then performed at 68th Kōhaku Uta Gassen , the top-rated annual year-end musical show in Japan produced by NHK , which marked the first time a Korean artist appeared on
15246-479: 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
15400-525: The internationally through The Orchard in order to "expand the label's presence around the world." On June 8, Fanling Culture Media trainee Yao Chen placed 5th in the finale of Produce Camp 2019 has made the final lineup of project group R1SE . The group made their debut on the same day. On June 17, JYP and Make-A-Wish Korea signed a memorandum of understanding to help support children's wishes under JYP Entertainment's "Every Dream Matters!" campaign as part of their corporate social responsibility . Under
15554-408: 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
15708-652: The key reasons for a significant increase in JYP Entertainment's market cap, from ₩1.33 trillion in 2021 to ₩2.24 trillion in 2022. During the 2017 South Korean presidential election , then-candidate Moon Jae-in from the Democratic party and candidate Yoo Seong-min from the Bareun party both used Twice's song "Cheer Up" with modified lyrics as their campaign jingles. Following their consecutive commercial successes in 2016 and 2017 Twice has since been dubbed by Korean media as
15862-618: 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
16016-639: The language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It 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
16170-451: 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
16324-480: The lead single " Cheer Up ", a rearranged version of Park Ji-yoon 's 1998 hit "Precious Love", and "I'm Gonna Be a Star", which served as the theme song for Sixteen . The album became a commercial success for the group, debuting at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and number six on the Billboard World Albums chart, with 80,686 units sold during the month of April. With the total first-week sales volume for Page Two reaching approximately 41,800 copies, Twice achieved
16478-442: The making of this album, including the Korean members of Twice as lyricists and former Wonder Girls member Hyerim , who co-composed the eighth track titled "Look at Me". The album and its lead single debuted atop both Billboard 's World Albums and World Digital Song Sales respectively—the group's first number one on both charts, making Twice the first female K-pop act to simultaneously top both Billboard charts. They also rose on
16632-407: The market cap of JYP Entertainment had rose from 1.33 trillion KRW in the previous year to 2.24 trillion KRW, an increase of 1 trillion KRW in the first three months of 2022. The company's stock prices soared to 66,200 KRW on April 8, surpassing company's record. On July 12, all members of Twice renewed their contracts with the company. On September 26, all members of Day6 renewed their contracts with
16786-708: The music video for the lead single of the same name produced by Park Jin-young. The single scored the group's second number one entry on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. "Feel Special" also increased Twice's popularity across North America, as the single debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 82. The group's first entry made Twice the third K-pop girl group and ninth K-pop act to appear on this chart. Recording sales of over 151,000 copies on September 30, Twice broke their own first-week album sales record with Feel Special . Twice released their second Japanese studio album &Twice on November 20, which included
16940-534: The music video for their first Japanese single, " One More Time ", ahead of its official release on October 18. Selling over 130,000 copies by the second day of its release, the single achieved the biggest first-day sales and became the fastest-selling release of any South Korean girl group in Japan. Both #Twice and "One More Time" earned platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The RIAJ certifications earned by
17094-516: The official distributor of releases from these companies. On December 28, 2010, JYP Entertainment became the largest shareholder of J. Tune Entertainment . The subsidiary AQ Entertainment was later formed and introduced the Chinese-Korean girl group Miss A . In November 2011, the American based subsidiary JYP Creative was established. Park invested approximately US$ 1.2 million in the branch. After
17248-427: The only Korean act to place an entry on the U.S. YouTube Music Chart for the year when "Cheer Up" charted at number 25 in May. Twice won their first music program award with "Cheer Up" on May 5, on M Countdown , exactly one year after the initial airing of Sixteen . This was soon followed by wins on Music Bank and Inkigayo . The group then made their debut performance in the United States with an appearance at
17402-631: 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 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
17556-542: The release of a compilation album titled #Twice . The album charted at number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart with the highest first-week album sales by a K-pop artist in Japan in two years. It was followed by the release of Twice's first original Japanese maxi single titled " One More Time " in October. Twice became the first Korean girl group to earn a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for both an album and CD single in
17710-567: The release of their compilation album #Twice , the Tokyo Tower Observatory commemorated the event by displaying "TT" on the landmark—it was the first time that the Tokyo Tower had collaborated with an artist for a display, and was regarded as an unusual development by local media. Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun called Twice the "new protagonist in the dominance of Japan's Korean wave content market", while Korean press remarked that
17864-490: The release of their debut EP The Story Begins and its lead single " Like Ooh-Ahh ", alongside a live showcase to promote it. The group initially received a lukewarm reception; while their EP debuted at number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending October 24 (before peaking at number 3 two weeks later), "Like Ooh-Ahh" met moderate success, debuting at number 22 on the Gaon Digital Chart . A week after its release,
18018-548: The release of their single " Feel Special " in 2019, Twice became the third female Korean act to chart into the Canadian Hot 100 . After signing with Republic Records for American promotions as part of a partnership with JYP Entertainment, the group achieved five top-ten albums on the US Billboard 200 and topped the chart in 2024 with their thirteenth extended play With You-th . Their first official English-language single, " The Feels " (2021), became their first song to enter
18172-510: The same name . A month after its release, the EP recorded over 563,000 sales on Gaon , making it not only Twice's bestselling album to date but also setting a record for having the highest sales volume for a girl group in Gaon Chart history. The EP debuted at number 200 on the Billboard 200 , making Twice the fifth South Korean girl group to enter the chart, after Girls' Generation-TTS , Girls' Generation , 2NE1 and Blackpink . Twice also entered
18326-419: The same year, with Twice also ranking at number 1 as the best female idol group among Korean entertainment industry officials with 111 points, citing the group's role in leading the re-emergence of girl groups in the Korean wave . In Japan, the group's positive reputation and relatability amongst fans were attributed by local media to the presence of Japanese members Momo, Sana, and Mina who gained Twice fame in
18480-443: The same year. Twice ranked third in the Top Artist category of Billboard Japan ' s 2017 Year-end Rankings, and in 2019, they became the first Korean girl group to embark on a Japanese dome tour. Twice is the first female Korean act to simultaneously top both Billboard ' s World Albums and World Digital Song Sales charts with the release of their first studio album Twicetagram and its lead single " Likey " in 2017. With
18634-432: The season finale of Nizi Project , the line-up for the new girl group, NiziU , was revealed. The group is a partnership with Sony Music Entertainment Japan , for its activities in Japan. The group made their debut on December 2, 2020. On March 11, 2019, JYP Entertainment made a partnership with Sony Music Entertainment's The Orchard . JYP Entertainment would distribute both digital and physical releases to key markets in
18788-567: The second season of Nizi Project was announced as a Global Boys Audition. On November 1, JYP Entertainment announced its new rock band Xdinary Heroes . The band released their debut single " Happy Death Day " on December 6. On January 26, 2022, a new girl group Nmixx was announced for a February 22 debut, with their debut single album, Ad Mare . After Twice's success in the U.S., JYP Entertainment expanded their partnership with Republic Records in February, by signing both Stray Kids and Itzy under Republic Records for promotions. In April,
18942-527: The sellout. Following the success of their US tour, Twice announced an encore concert at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, making them the first female K-pop group to headline a stadium concert in the United States. Initially announcing only one date for May 14, the group decided to hold an additional performance on May 15 following high demand. In addition, the group is scheduled to hold their Tokyo Dome concert in Japan for two days on April 23 and 24, but as
19096-660: 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
19250-497: The short version of its music video as a preview and countdown to their Japanese debut album release. One week later, they released the full music video of the Japanese version of "TT". They officially debuted in Japan with the release of #Twice on June 28. It consists of ten songs, including both Korean and Japanese-language versions of their first five singles. On July 2, Twice held their two-part debut showcase titled "Touchdown in Japan" at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium , attended by
19404-480: The show since 2011. Twice's second Japanese single titled " Candy Pop " was released on February 7, 2018. The single sold 303,746 copies in its first week and topped the Japan Hot 100 chart, while also becoming their second single to earn a platinum certification from the RIAJ. The group also embarked on their first concert tour in Japan titled Twice Showcase Live Tour 2018 "Candy Pop" , starting on January 19, 2018, in
19558-427: The single " I Got You ". The song serves as the pre-release single from their thirteenth Korean EP, With You-th , which was released on February 23 along with the lead single " One Spark ". The group released their fifth Japanese studio album, Dive , on July 17. That same month, they concluded the "Ready to Be" World Tour with a series of special concerts in Japan, becoming the first foreign female artist to headline
19712-405: The single "Dalla Dalla". On January 24, the program Super Intern premiered on Mnet, which featured the internship process at JYP Entertainment, with the goal of turning the interns into permanent marketing management staff. The show premiered on Mnet on January 24. On January 29, plans of creating a Japanese girl group, under their vision "JYP 2.0: Globalization By Localization" was announced. On
19866-439: The single dropped to number 57 on South Korea's largest music site Melon , but through word of mouth from netizens regarding the group's subsequent promotions and performances, "Like Ooh-Ahh" reached within the top 10 of various Korean music charts including Melon, Genie , and Naver Music by November 15. Such a reverse run on music charts by a rookie girl group was deemed unusual by Korean media. Eventually, "Like Ooh-Ahh" reached
20020-404: The size of the group from seven members to nine by adding Tzuyu , who was known as the "audience's pick" since she was the most popular contestant by the show's end, and Momo , who was added by Park himself since he felt the group needed someone with Momo's performance abilities. The decision was controversial at the time, with many people complaining about eliminated contestants being able to join
20174-400: The song. On March 6, 2019, the group released their second Japanese compilation album #Twice2 . The album debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of the Oricon Albums Chart with 95,825 units sold, breaking the group's own record of the highest first day album sales for K-pop girl groups in Japan. It then became the first album by a foreign female artist to sell more than 200,000 albums in
20328-417: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF JYP Entertainment JYP Entertainment Corporation ( Korean : JYP 엔터테인먼트 ) is a South Korean multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate founded in 1997 by J. Y. Park . Operating as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management company, concert production company and music publishing house, it
20482-441: 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
20636-545: The theme song to the Japanese film adaptation of Sensei Kunshu . The song was released as a digital single on June 15, along with the music video. A second version of the music video featuring the cast of the film was released on June 26. On July 9, an expanded reissue of What Is Love? named Summer Nights , along with its lead single " Dance the Night Away ", was released. The single surpassed 100 million streams and sold 2,500,000 downloads on Gaon Music Chart , earning
20790-577: The third K-pop girl group to break within the top 100 of the chart, after 2NE1 and Blackpink. Twice then collaborated with the virtual girl group K/DA , with members Nayeon, Sana, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung being featured on the song "I'll Show You" as part of K/DA's first EP All Out released on November 6. The group's four members performed the song alongside American singer-songwriters Bekuh Boom and Annika Wells. Following this, Twice released their seventh Japanese single titled " Better " on November 11 for digital download and streaming, featuring "Scorpion" as
20944-460: The third consecutive year. In Japan, Twice surpassed 5 billion yen worth of record sales in 2019. The group was the bestselling foreign artist and ranked fourth overall in the Artist Sales category of the 52nd Oricon Annual Ranking. On Billboard Japan , Twice ranked fifth in the Top Artist category of the 2019 year-end rankings, becoming the group's third consecutive year of ranking within
21098-480: The tickets were sold out at the same time as the opening sale, they added a performance on the 25th. With three sold-out dates at the Tokyo Dome, Twice became the first K-pop girl group and the second girl group overall (following AKB48 ) to hold a three-day concert at the said venue. On July 12, all members of Twice renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment. The group's fourth Japanese studio album, Celebrate ,
21252-471: The top five. The group also became the fifth most-streamed act on Spotify in the country. In October 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that the group has added two stops to their world tour "Twicelights" at the Tokyo Dome . The additional concerts were initially scheduled to be held on March 3–4, 2020, with tickets being sold out within three minutes. However, due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic ,
21406-464: 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
21560-615: Was G.Soul , who debuted on the same day. In March, 2AM members Seulong and Jinwoon departed from the company, because of their contract expiration, while Jo Kwon renewed his contract. The company stated 2AM remained intact and would be promoting as a group. On April 15, the company signed a contract with Jax Coco, a Hong Kong-based coconut product company. Both companies planned to launch coconut oil, coconut flakes, and other related products at major department stores and supermarkets in South Korea. In September, rock band Day6 debuted. In October, girl group Twice debuted. The members of
21714-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by 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
21868-411: Was certified platinum by the RIAJ, making it the group's fifth consecutive platinum certification in Japan. Twice released their sixth EP, Yes or Yes , on November 5, with the lead single of the same name . The music video of "Yes or Yes" achieved 31.4 million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours, becoming the seventh-biggest 24-hour YouTube debut of all time. On December 12, Twice released
22022-431: Was created for their first stadium concerts in Japan. With four sold-out dates at Yanmar Stadium Nagai and Ajinomoto Stadium , Twice became the first K-pop girl group to hold a concert at a stadium in Japan. The North American leg of the "Ready to Be" World Tour concluded on July 9, and included sold-out concerts at SoFi Stadium and MetLife Stadium , a first for any K-pop girl group. On February 2, 2024, Twice released
22176-622: Was created, pitting two teams of male trainees against each other for the chance to debut. The winning group, One Day, was later split into two boy bands, 2PM and 2AM . Both debuted in the same year. 2AM was jointly contracted with Big Hit Entertainment . Later in October, the JYP Beijing Center was opened, as the company's China branch. In that same year, the Creative Artists Agency included JYP Entertainment in its roster of high-profile clientele. Expanding its endeavors into
22330-805: Was established via a joint venture between JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment , YG Entertainment , Star Empire, Media Line, CAN Entertainment and Music Factory Entertainment. KMP Holdings was acquired by KT Music in November 2012. In June 2013, KT Music absorbed KMP's distribution network. In January 2014, the seven talent agencies behind KMP Holdings formed a collective bond partnership and bought 13.48% of KT Music 's stocks, leaving KT Corporation with 49.99%. In 2011, JYP Entertainment joined forces with SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, KeyEast , AMENT and Star J Entertainment to form United Asia Management in an effort to promote Korean pop music internationally. On January 31, 2018, iRiver announced its entry into
22484-485: Was featured on a remix of Megan Thee Stallion 's " Mamushi" . In turn, Megan Thee Stallion will feature on Strategy ' s lead single, "Strategy". Twice is most notable for their consistent employment of "cute" concepts which was further supported by the group's bubblegum pop sound, which was seen as a departure from the usual retro style of music that was seen in their predecessor labelmates and fellow girl groups Wonder Girls and Miss A . The group had come to develop
22638-497: Was first held at a sold-out KSPO Dome in Seoul on May 25–26. Twicelights marked the group's first solo concert tour held in the United States, with the North American leg of their tour recording over 41,000 people in attendance. On June 12, Twice released two Japanese digital singles, " Happy Happy " and " Breakthrough ". On the release day of the digital singles, "Happy Happy" was also released physically, followed by "Breakthrough"
22792-512: Was held on February 17–19 at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium . A tour across Thailand and Singapore was also held after the first stop in Seoul. After the Korean leg of the concert tour, Twice released a special album on February 20 titled Twicecoaster: Lane 2 , along with its lead single, " Knock Knock ". The album was a reissue of Twicecoaster: Lane 1 . The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and charted at number four on
22946-492: Was physically released on December 15 in Japan. With the successful completion of their seven-date U.S. leg of the "III" World Tour which concluded on February 27, 2022, Twice became the first female K-pop act to hold two separate arena tours in the world's biggest music market, bringing out an audience of approximately 100,000 people. Originally, only one date for Los Angeles and New York was announced, but second shows were quickly added to both cities added due to high demand after
23100-430: Was pre-released on online streaming platforms on April 20. Its music video was also released on the same date. On April 19, JYP Entertainment announced the group's upcoming mini-album that is planned to be released in June 2021. On April 28, Twice appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show with a performance of their single "Cry For Me". The group's tenth Korean EP, Taste of Love , was released on June 11. " Alcohol-Free ",
23254-417: Was released on July 27 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of their debut in Japan. Its lead single of the same name was pre-released as a digital single on July 15. On August 26, Twice released their eleventh Korean EP, Between 1&2 , and its lead single, " Talk That Talk ". Between 1&2 was Twice's first album to sell one million copies, and the group surpassed 14 million cumulative album sales by
23408-419: Was released on May 16, and became the first physical single by a foreign female artist to be certified double platinum by the RIAJ. Their second headline tour titled " Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park " began in Seoul on May 18–20. By its conclusion, the group's concert tour had attracted over 90,000 fans in six cities across Asia. Twice performed a cover of The Jackson 5 's " I Want You Back " as
23562-463: Was released on November 12 with its lead single, " Scientist ". The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, breaking Taste of Love ' s record. On November 15, the group announced five initial North American tour dates of their fourth world tour, " III ". They embarked on the tour with a two-day concert in Seoul on December 25–26. On December 3, Twice pre-released their ninth Japanese single, " Doughnut ", with an accompanying music video. It
23716-671: Was signed under Republic Records for American promotions. On August 4, a collaboration with SM Entertainment to establish Beyond Live Corporation, a joint company for virtual concerts was announced. On November 17, JYP Entertainment invested 5 billion KRW in Naver Z , the developer of the online avatar app Zepeto. On January 10, 2021, all members of Got7 left JYP Entertainment upon the completion of their 7-year contract. On April 26, JYP Entertainment and P Nation announced to form their new boy group in Loud . It premiered on June 5 on SBS . On July 12,
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