Sweet Sorrow () is a South Korean male vocal group formed in 2002. Originally a quartet, its current members consist of In Ho-jin, Song Woo-jin and Kim Young-woo. In 2019, they joined with female vocal group

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and performed together under the name "SBSB" (

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: 스바스바).

History

In Ho-jin, Song Woo-jin, Sung Jin-hwan and pianist Kim Young-woo first met around 1996 as students at

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and were all members of the university

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. Together with four other friends, they formed their own eight-member a cappella group and received a positive response. The name "Sweet Sorrow" was taken from the quote "Parting is such sweet sorrow" in '' Romeo and Juliet'' and was conceived by Kim, an English literature major, as a reminder of the hardship they had gone through together. Only the four of them chose to pursue music professionally and debuted in 2002. After a stint performing cover songs at college festivals and events, the quartet came to national prominence by winning the ''Daesang'' (Grand Prize) at the 16th Yoo Jae-ha Music Competition for their original song "Sweet Sorrow". They were signed by the company Mezoo Cultures and released their first album in 2005. They also came to prominence with a much larger audience for performing the soundtracks of popular television dramas and their appearances on the MBC singing competition ''Show Survival'' (쇼바이벌) and the KBS music program '' Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend''. In December 2017, Sung announced that he would be a hiatus due to health reasons and later left permanently. Sweet Sorrow returned as a trio in 2019 with a new album. They also combined with

to form a mixed group called "SBSB" and performed together on ''Immortal Songs''.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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