Champs was a Brazilian boy band formed in 2013 by JS Entertainment owner Alex JS Lee. Champs consisted of five members: Diego, Ricky, Kenji, Henrique Bessat and Iago.
Champs made its first appearance of pre-debut in October 2013 at
Arirang TV
Arirang International Broadcasting is a South Korean-based broadcasting company operated by the International Broadcasting Exchange Foundation.
It began as a cable TV service in South Korea on February 3, 1997, and opened Korea's first overseas ...
in Seoul, South Korea. In November 2013, they appeared on
PlayTV
PlayTV is an add-on unit for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console that allows the PS3 to act as an HDTV or Digital television, DTV receiver, as well as a digital video recorder (DVR). It was used for recording television programmes to t ...
in São Paulo. In June 2014, the group began its official activities.
History
2014: Dynamite
In January 2013, JS Entertainment recruited four members through auditions. In October of the same year, the agency recruited another member. The group was named by the media and fans as a "B-pop band" due to its influences in
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, gos ...
music and South Korean music groups, although the term "B-pop" had never been used by other artists.
Inspirados em coreanos, brasileiros formam primeiros grupos de B-pop
' UOL, January 24, 2014 The group spent two months in Seoul recording the "Dynamite" music video and took lessons with the choreographer of the hit song "
Gangnam Style
"Gangnam Style" ( ko, 강남스타일, ) is a K-pop song by South Korean rapper Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, ''Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1'' (''Ssai Yukgap Part 1''). The term ...
", Ju Sun Lee.
2015: disbandment
In 2015, the official breakup of Champs was announced by JS Entertainment in a letter that they would not continue with the group due to local problems.
References
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K-pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2013
Musical groups disestablished in 2015
Brazilian pop music groups
Brazilian boy bands
Brazilian dance music groups
Musical groups from São Paulo
Musical quintets
2013 establishments in Brazil