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From Victon
''From. Victon'' (stylized as ''From. VICTON'') is the fourth EP by the South Korean boy group Victon. It was released on November 9, 2017 with the lead single "Remember Me" by Plan A Entertainment and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. Background and release The EP was released on the group's one year anniversary of debut. The EP contains six songs, including the lead single "Remember Me". Member Do Han-se Do Han-se ( ko, 도한세, born September 25, 1997), also known mononymously as Hanse, is a South Korean rapper, singer and songwriter. He debuted as a member of South Korean group Victon in 2016. He debuted with his solo album ''Blaze'' on Sept ... contributed to writing on all six of the tracks, and all the member's of Victon participated in the writing of the song "Have a Good Night". The music video for "Remember Me" featured labelmate Hayoung. Commercial performance The album peaked at number fourteen on the Gaon weekly album chart. By May 2020, the EP had sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victon
Victon ( ko, 빅톤; stylized as VICTON, an acronym for Voice to New World) is a South Korean boy group formed in 2016 by IST Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Han Seung-woo, Kang Seung-sik, Lim Se-jun, Do Han-se, Choi Byung-chan and Jung Su-bin. They debuted on November 9, 2016, with their extended play ''Voice to New World''. Originally a septet, Heo Chan left the group on October 11, 2022. History Pre-debut Members Chan, Seungwoo, Seungsik and Byungchan joined A Cube Entertainment in 2014 and were among the company's first batch of male trainees. Hanse and Sejun joined a year later, followed by last-minute addition, former Cube Entertainment trainee Subin. Several of the members had experience working with their label-mates whilst still trainees, having been back-up dancers for Apink at their 2015 "Pink Island" concerts and recorded backing vocals for Huh Gak's album. 2016: ''Me & 7 Men'' and debut In August 2016, Plan A Entertainment (formerly A Cube En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. The term "K-pop" became popular in the 2000s, especially in the international context. The Korean term for domestic pop music is ''gayo'' (), which is still widely used within South Korea. While "K-pop" can refer to all popular music or pop music from South Korea, it is colloquially often used in a ''narrower'' sense for any Korean music and artists associated with the entertainment and idol industry in the country, regardless of the genre. The more modern form of the genre, originally termed "rap dance", emerged with the formation of the hip hop boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan A Entertainment
IST Entertainment (Hangul: 아이에스티엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company under Kakao Entertainment. History Plan A Entertainment In 2011, A Cube Entertainment was established as an independent label of Cube Entertainment. A Cube signed its first solo artist Huh Gak and launched girl group Apink, which was made up from former Cube Entertainment trainees. In November 2015, LOEN Entertainment (later Kakao M and then Kakao Entertainment) acquired 70% of the entire label and subsequently absorbed it as an independent subsidiary. The label announced in March 2016 that it has been renamed Plan A Entertainment since it was no longer affiliated with Cube Entertainment. It launched its first boy group Victon in November that year. In early 2018, Plan A Entertainment acquired Kakao M's actor agency E&T Story Entertainment, owning 60% of the agency's shares. In the following months, Choi Jin-ho (founder and co-CEO) resigned and 30% of the remaining shares were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Identity (Victon EP)
''Identity'' is the third extended play by the South Korean boy group Victon. It was released on August 23, 2017 with the lead single "Unbelievable" by Plan A Entertainment and distributed by Kakao Entertainment. Background and release The EP contains five songs, including the lead single "Unbelievable", released on August 23, 2017. Victon began promotions for the album with a showcase on August 23 and their performance on M Countdown on August 24. The group's rapper, Do Han-se, participated in the writing of four of the five songs, and Han Seung-woo participated in writing for three songs and he co-composed the lead single. Commercial performance The album peaked at number six on the Gaon weekly album chart. By October 2017, the EP had sold 22,145 copies in South Korea. The song also sold 1,096 copies in Japan, ranking number 50 on the Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakao Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment Corp. (), stylized as kakao ENTERTAINMENT, is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPage and Kakao M. History KakaoPage Corp. Podotree Co, Ltd. was founded on July 20, 2010, as a subsidiary of Kakao, and launched KakaoPage three years later. On August 1, 2018, the company changed its corporate name to KakaoPage Corp. Kakao M Seoul Records, Inc. was founded in October 1978 by , the owner of local educational company (formerly Sisa English). In 2005, the company was acquired by SK Telecom and relaunched as LOEN Entertainment, Inc. three years later, before being sold to Star Invest Holdings (a subsidiary of Affinity Equity Partners). In January 2016, it was taken over by Kakao and renamed again as Kakao M Corp. in December 2017. In October 2020, the company expanded in Asia by launching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naver
Naver (Hangul: 네이버) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its own search engine. It was also the world's first operator to introduce the comprehensive search feature, which compiles search results from various categories and presents them in a single page. Naver has since added a multitude of new services ranging from basic features such as e-mail and news to the world's first online Q&A platform Knowledge iN. As of September 2017, the search engine handled 74.7% of all web searches in South Korea and had 42 million enrolled users. More than 25 million Koreans have Naver as the start page on their default browser and the mobile application has 28 million daily visitors. Naver has also been referred to as 'the Google of South Korea'. Owing to its rising popularity in Japan, Naver is now competing with Kakao to claim position in Japanese market of web novel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Han-se
Do Han-se ( ko, 도한세, born September 25, 1997), also known mononymously as Hanse, is a South Korean rapper, singer and songwriter. He debuted as a member of South Korean group Victon in 2016. He debuted with his solo album ''Blaze'' on September 25, 2021. Career 2016–present: Debut with Victon Do joined Plan A Entertainment as a trainee in 2016, and later that year was announced as a member of their new boy group, initially referred to as "Plan A Boys". He participated in their pre-debut show ''Me and 7 Men'', before he debuted in Plan A's new group, officially named Victon in November 2016. Since the group's first EP, Do has songwriting credits on the majority of their songs. 2020–present: Solo work In January 2021, for Victon's first full-length album '' Voice: The Future is Now'', Do released the solo song "Where is Love?" which was also self-composed. In March, Do appeared alongside groupmate Heo Chan as a model for designer Jang Yoon-kyung's brand SETSETSET ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Ha-young
Oh Ha-young (born July 19, 1996), better known by the mononym Hayoung, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink. Life and career 1996–2011: Early life and debut with Apink Oh Ha-young was born on July 19, 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. During her school days, she attended Seoul Yangcheon District's Shinwol Middle School where she graduated in 2012, and School of Performing Arts Seoul where she graduated in 2015. During her seventh grade, she auditioned for Cube Entertainment where she later on became a trainee. Oh decided not to pursue college after high school to concentrate on Apink's promotions. Oh was introduced as the third member of girl group Apink on February 21, 2011. She debuted with Apink on Mnet's M Countdown on April 21, 2011, performing their songs "I Don't Know" (몰라요) and "Wishlist", which were included on their debut EP ''Seven Springs of Apink''. 2013–2018: Acting career, variety shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Album Chart
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Korea based on their Record sales, pure sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly and year-end format with detailed album sales. History The Gaon Album Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010 by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline albums sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data and was the first time that offline album sales was released since 2008 when the Music Industry Association of Korea stopped compiling data. In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as Circle Chart with reformation in the album chart that would also provide weekly physical album sales data in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Seung-woo (singer)
Han Seung-woo ( ko, 한승우, born December 24, 1994), known mononymously as Seungwoo, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor. He debuted as a member of South Korean group Victon in 2016. In 2019, he finished third on ''Produce X 101'' and became a member of X1. He debuted as a solo artist in August 2020 with the extended play '' Fame''. Career Early life Han was born on December 24, 1994, in Busan, South Korea. He is the youngest of three children, with two older sisters, the eldest being the singer and actress Han Sun-hwa. In 2010 he appeared on television when he visited his sister in ''Invincible Youth''. He never considered entering the entertainment industry and was an avid athlete throughout elementary and middle school, until an injury forced him to quit. Despite initial opposition from his father, he successfully auditioned with A Cube Entertainment (now IST Entertainment) and moved to Seoul in 2014 after completing high school. He and Victon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Byung-chan
Choi Byung-chan ( ko, 최병찬, born November 12, 1997), also known as Byungchan, is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a member of South Korean group Victon in 2016. In 2020, he made his acting debut in the drama '' Live On''. Career 2016–2018: Debut with Victon Choi joined A Cube Entertainment (which became Plan A in 2015 and then IST Entertainment in 2022) as a trainee in 2014 and was among the company's earliest batch of male trainees alongside Victon members Heo Chan, Han Seung-woo and Kang Seung-sik. In 2016 he was announced as a member of their new boy group, then referred to as "Plan A Boys", participating in their pre-debut reality show ''Me and 7 Men''. In November 2016, Choi debuted in Plan A's new group, officially named Victon. 2019–present: ''Produce X 101'' and acting debut In 2019, Choi competed in ''Produce X 101'' alongside groupmate Han Seung-woo. Choi withdrew from the show permanently on July 11 to recover from the increasing pain br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
