Sharp (stylized as S#arp; ) were a South Korean

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pop vocal group that was active from 1998 to 2002. The group initially consisted of

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, Jang Seok-hyun, John Kim and Oh Hee-jong. John and Hee-jong left the group after the release of the group's first album, ''The S#arp'', in 1998. New members Sori and Chris joined the group in 1999 for the second album, ''The S#arp+2''. Sori later left the group, and Sharp went on to release the albums, ''The Four Letter World Love'' (2000), ''4ever Feel So Good'' (2001), ''Flat Album'' (2001), and ''Style'' (2002). The group disbanded in 2002, reportedly as a result of ongoing conflict between Ji-hye and Ji-young, including verbal and physical assault. Sharp was one of the few mixed-gender groups active during an era when single-gender groups such as S.E.S.,

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and

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were dominating the music scene. The group won #1 on the music programs ''

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'' and ''

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'', tasting their first success in 1999 with "Tell Me Tell Me."

Members

Final lineup

* Jang Seok-hyun – leader (1999–2002), rapper (1998–2002) *

– vocalist (1998–2002) *

– rapper, vocalist (1998–2002) * Chris – rapper (1999–2002)

Other past members

* John Kim – leader, rapper (1998–1999) * Oh Hee-jong – rapper (1998–1999) * Sori – rapper (1999–2000) ImageSize = width:800 height:200 PlotArea = left:90 bottom:70 top:15 right:5 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:28/10/1998 till:15/10/2002 ScaleMajor = increment:1 unit:year gridcolor:black start:1999 ScaleMinor = unit:month increment:1 start:01/11/1998 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:led value:skyblue legend:Leader id:mem value:oceanblue id:rel value:red legend:Studio_album_(vertical) id:bars value:gray(0.95) BackgroundColors = bars:bars BarData = bar:JSH text:"Jang Seok-hyun" bar:IJH text:"Lee Ji-hye" bar:SJY text:"Seo Ji-young" bar:KYJ text:"John Kim" bar:OHJ text:"Oh Hee-jong" bar:Chr text:"Chris" bar:JJY text:"Sori" PlotData = width:11 align:left bar:JSH from:start till:end color:mem bar:JSH from:01/03/1999 till:end width:3 color:led bar:IJH from:start till:end color:mem bar:SJY from:start till:end color:mem bar:KYJ from:start till:01/03/1999 color:mem bar:KYJ from:start till:01/03/1999 width:3 color:led bar:OHJ from:start till:01/02/1999 color:mem bar:Chr from:01/01/1999 till:end color:mem bar:JJY from:02/10/1999 till:01/03/2000 color:mem LineData= at:17/11/1998 color:red width:1 layer:back at:04/10/1999 color:red width:1 layer:back at:11/08/2000 color:red width:1 layer:back at:20/02/2001 color:red width:1 layer:back at:05/11/2001 color:red width:1 layer:back at:06/09/2002 color:red width:1 layer:back Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Awards

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References

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