In addition to their musical activities, SS501 participated in two reality shows - Thank You For Waking Us Up (2005) and Thank You For Raising Us (2006) - that profiled the group’s life together. Kim Hyun Joong debuted as the leader of SS501 in 2005. Official Fanclub: U:Zoosin KeyEast Korea Offical Site Career (Currently under KeyEast) Leader Kim Hyun JoongĮducation: Kyonggi University, Department of electronic digital musicįamily member : Parents, Elder brother and granny They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. Finishing their promotional activities for ‘U R Man’, they went on to promote ‘내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I’m Stupid)’, a song they sang for the OST of ‘Boys Over Flowers’. The three (members of the subgroup) also had a cameo in the fourth episode of Boys Over Flowers as performers in a club, singing “U R Man”. They initially wanted to use Triple S as their group name but gave up the idea because they think that they are 5 members always as 1 no matter what, so they continued to release a special project album U R Man(released on November 25, 2008) under the name of SS501. Subgroupĭue to two of the members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, also known as Boys Over Flowers, SS501′s album, originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.
A full album was released later in the year. The single debuted at #5 on the Oricon chart,and jumped to #3 the next day. The group had a Japanese single “Kokoro”, which had multiple versions, including one with all members and five others featuring the members individually. In Korea, their fan club members number around 41,700 Korean guys. A Japanese fanclub has been established with the name of “Triple S Japan” it officially debuted on March 27, 2007, when SS501 had their first official meeting with the group. Later in 2007, the group debuted in the Japanese market. On their 600th day (January 28th,2007), they won the Mutizen award from SBS Inki Gayo for their song “Four Chance”. As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. Singles from the album included “Unlock” and “Four Chance”.
In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10 called S.T.01 now. In mid-2006, they held their first concert, “Step Up Concert” in Osaka, Japan. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April.The hiatus was due to Heo Young Saeng’s throat condition which required surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover. SS501 debuted in 8 June 2005 with their first single “경고” ( “Warning”), with a second single “Snow Prince” released in late 2005. SS501 (Double S 501 / Double S Oh Gong ll) S: Superġ: United as 1 DEBUTED under DSP Media Entertainment
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