Uniq (band)
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Uniq in Shanghai during a fansign event, June 2015 From left to right: Yixuan, Yibo, Wenhan, Seungyoun and Sungjoo | |
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Yuehua Entertainment |
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Uniq (Hangul: 유니크; stylized UNIQ) is a five-member Chinese-South Korean boy group formed by Chinese company Yuehua Entertainment in 2014.[1] The group consists of Zhou Yixuan, Kim Sungjoo, Li Wenhan, Cho Seungyoun, and Wang Yibo. Uniq officially debuted on October 20, 2014 with their debut single "Falling In Love" in both China and South Korea.[2]
History
2014: Debut with Falling in Love
On October 16, they had their first broadcast performance on M Countdown. Their debut single, "Falling In Love", was released on October 20 in both China and South Korea. UNIQ was chosen to participate in the OST for the movies TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Penguins of Madagascar.[3] On October 23, they released the song "Born to Fight" for the Chinese release of TNMT.[4] The group released the English adaptation of "Falling in Love" on November 5.[5] On November 10, they released "Celebrate" for the Chinese release of Penguins of Madagascar. UNIQ made their official debut in China on November 25 with their first Chinese fanmeet in Beijing.[6] On November 27, UNIQ commenced their first promotions in Taiwan and held a press conference on December 1.[7] UNIQ's reality show The Best Debut began airing on December 2 on the Chinese online video platform, iQiyi, for three episodes.[8]
2015: EOEO
In February 2015, Uniq began promoting a Chinese beauty shop, Mix-Box, replacing Ko Chen-tung as the official endorser.[9] Uniq held their first fanmeet in Thailand in Bangkok on March 7.[10]On April 6 Yuehua Entertainment formed a partnership with Starship Entertainment where UINQ will be manged by Yuehua while in China and will be manged by Starship while in Korea.[11][12] On April 9, Yuehua Entertainment announced UNIQ's comeback with their first mini album titled "EOEO".[13] UNIQ made their official comeback in South Korea on April 22 and held their first comeback broadcast performance on MBC's Show Champion, performing their title track "EOEO" and "Listen to Me". On April 23, UNIQ made their official comeback in China, performing "Listen to Me" at the KU Music Asian Music Awards. They were also awarded with KU Music Asian Music Awards' "Best New Artist" the same day.[14] On April 24, UNIQ released their mini album and the official music video for "EOEO". After the release of "EOEO", the music video reached number 3 on the YinYueTai Weekly MV Chart.[15]
On May 22, UNIQ released the official music video for their follow up track "Luv Again".[16] On the same day, it was announced that UNIQ will hold their first showcase in Japan on July 19 and July 20 in Osaka and Tokyo respectively.[17] UNIQ achieved their first music show award on CCTV's Global Chinese Music on May 23.[18][19] UNIQ holds the record for most wins on Global Chinese Music Chart with Three wins by non-live voting; Three wins by live voting, beating the record previously held by EXO-M in 2014 (Three wins by non-live voting; Two wins by live voting).[20]
To commemorate UNIQ's one year since debut, UNIQ released their second digital album, "Best Friend", on October 16.[21] On December 7, was launched "Erase Your Little Sadness" for the soundtrack of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.[22] On December 28 UNIQ released "Happy New Year", with labelmate, Cosmic Girls, making a guest appearance in the music video.[23] The song debuted at #4 position in China V Chart.[24]
2016: "My Dream"
In February 2016, American magazine Teen Vogue published an article on the group with the title "12 Major Boy Bands to Fill the One Direction-Shaped Hole in Your Heart", Teen Vogue speaks just as glowingly for UNIQ, stating that their song "EOEO" is a "body-roll-worthy jam with punchy rap deliveries and a slick sax."[25][26] On March 24, 2016, the group released the song "My Dream" for the soundtrack of the movie MBA Partners, debuting at #3 position in China V Chart.[27]
Members
Yixuan, Wenhan and Yibo previously trained together for four years before the addition of Seungyoun and Sungjoo. All five members trained together for 1,400 days before the group's debut.[28]
- Zhou Yixuan (Chinese: 周藝軒; pinyin: Zhōu Yìxuān) was born on December 11, 1990 in Shengzhou, Zhejiang, China. Yixuan traveled to Sydney, Australia and learned dancing techniques. Afterwards, he returned to China and was scouted by Yuehua Entertainment after his appearance at KOD, a large street dance competition in China. In September 2015, he joined the cast of webdrama Female President.[29]
- Kim Sung-joo (Hangul:김성주, RR : Kim Seong-Joo) was born on February 16, 1994 in Incheon, South Korea. Sungjoo lived in China before moving back to South Korea to pursue his dreams as a singer. There he attended Anyang Arts School. He was previously a trainee under YG Entertainment for many years before signing with Yuehua Entertainment.[30] In early June 2016, Sungjoo has joined the cast for the Chinese version of Youth Over Flowers.[31] In June 2016, has been cast in the Chinese remake of She Was Pretty playing Choi Siwon's character in the original drama.[32] The Chinese remake is produced in collaboration with the Korean production company Bon Factory and a major Chinese production company. Sungjoo is the only Korean actor to have been cast in a lead role in the remake.[33] Also in June, he released "Flying At Night" for the soundtrack of the animated film Sunduck.[34]
- Li Wenhan (Chinese: 李汶翰; pinyin: Lǐ Wènhàn) was born on July 22, 1994 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Wenhan has a background in classical guitar and swimming, practicing with Chinese Swimming Olympic Medalist, Sun Yang. While attending high school in America, he auditioned for Yuehua Entertainment and passed. Wenhan had previously appeared on television in a diving reality show which aired nationwide on JSTV in April 2013.[35] In April 2016, he joined the fixed cast of the talk show Ni Hao China. The show aims to share China's culture, lifestyle, tradition, economy, and more in an easily understandable and entertaining manner.[36] In June 2016, has been confirmed as one of the main MCs for a Chinese sports variety program. is a reality program following the basketball competition among Chinese, American, and Korean stars.[37] In October 2016, it was confirmed in the historical drama cast Hot Blood Academy, playing the prince Li Jingyu.[38][39]
- Cho Seung-youn (Hangul: 조승연, RR : Jo Seung-Yeon) was born on August 5, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea. Seungyoun previously lived in the Phillippines, Brazil and United States and was a member of the Corinthians (a Brazilian soccer team). He speaks fluent in English, Tagalog, Mandarin and can speak a little bit of Portuguese language. He later returned to South Korea and decided to pursue his dreams as a singer. He was previously a trainee under YG Entertainment for many years before signing with Yuehua Entertainment.[40] On August 14, 2015, Jimin announced a project group she had formed with Seungyoun (using the stage name Luizy) and rapper Nathan.[41] Their group name was later revealed to be M.O.L.A (Make Our Life Awesome), and they released their first track "My Way" on August 20.[42] The second song of the group "Trick or Treat" was released on October 31, 2015.[43] In early 2016, participated in the Show Me the Money 5.[44] On July 29, 2016 he released his first solo single, "Recipe", along with Flowsik.[45] The song was composed by Seungyoun, using the name Luizy for his solo promotions.[46] On August 14, he released his second solo single, entitled "Baby Ride", with the participation of Im Hyun-sik.[47]
- Wang Yibo (Chinese: 王一博; pinyin: Wáng Yībó) was born on August 5, 1997 in Luoyang, Henan, China. Yibo auditioned for Yuehua Entertainment and became a trainee. He had taken part in IBD National HipHop Dance Contest in Luoyang, China in 2011.[48] In April 2016, he became fixed member of the talk show Day Day Up.[49] Is cast in the movie Unexpected Love, starring Lay and Krystal, with release date for the end of 2016.[50]
Discography
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [51] | |||
| EOEO |
Track listing
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7 |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN Baidu Chart [53] |
CHN V Chart [54] |
KOR Gaon Chart [55] |
US Billboard World [56] | |||
| "Falling In Love" | 2014 | — | — | 294 | — | EOEO |
| "EOEO" | 2015 | — | — | — | 16 | |
| "Luv Again" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Best Friend" | — | 24 | — | — | Non-album releases | |
| "Happy New Year" | 8 | 4 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||
Soundtracks
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN V Chart [57] | ||||
| "Born To Fight" | 2014 | — | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OST
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| "Celebrate" | — | Penguins of Madagascar OST
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| "Erase Your Little Sadness" | 2015 | 12 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water OST
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| "My Dream" | 2016 | 3 | MBA Partners OST
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHN V Chart [58] | |||
| "Happy New Year (UNIQ version)" | 2015 | 22 | Non-album releases |
Music videos
| Year | Music video | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "Falling in Love" (Chinese version) | 3:40 |
| "Falling in Love" (Korean version) | 3:40 | |
| "Born To Fight" | 3:04 | |
| "Falling In Love" (English version) | 3:35 | |
| "Celebrate" | 3:17 | |
| "Celebrate" (Dance version) | 3:11 | |
| 2015 | "EOEO" (Korean version) | 3:12 |
| "EOEO" (Chinese version) | 3:12 | |
| "EOEO" (Dance version) | 3:09 | |
| "Luv Again" (Korean version) | 3:42 | |
| "Luv Again" (Chinese version) | 3:42 | |
| "Best Friend" (Korean version) | 3:06 | |
| "Best Friend" (Chinese version) | 3:06 | |
| "Erase Your Little Sad" | 3:38 | |
| "Happy New Year" | 4:05 | |
| "Happy New Year" (UNIQ version) | 4:10 | |
| 2016 | "My Dream" | 4:05 |
Guest appearances
| Year | Artist(s) | Music video | Album | Member(s) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Park Ji-min | "Hopeless Love"[59] | Non-album releases | Seungyoun | Male Lead |
| 2015 | Hangeng | "I Don't Give a 屑" | 《三庚》迷你数字专辑I | Seungyoun, Yixuan, Wenhan | Guest Appearance |
| 2015 | Hangeng | "三不管地带" | 《三庚》迷你数字专辑I | Yixuan | Guest Appearance |
Filmography
Variety show
| Year | Channel | Title | Member(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | iQiyi | The Best Debut | All |
| 2015 | JTBC | Off to School | Sungjoo[60][61] |
| Arirang TV | After School Club | All | |
| Hunan Television | Happy Camp (variety show) | All[62] | |
| MBC Every 1 | Weekly Idol | All | |
| Hunan Television | Day Day Up | All | |
| Sichuan Television | Let's Go 咱们穿越吧 | Sungjoo | |
| KBS | Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education - Cool Kiz On The Block | Wenhan | |
| 2016 | EBS | Nihao China | Wenhan |
| Mnet | Show Me the Money 5 | Seungyoun | |
| Sichuan Television | Let's Go 咱们穿越吧 Season 2 | Sungjoo | |
| Dragon Television | 花样男团 (Flower God's) | Sungjoo[63] | |
| Dragon Television | The Players | Wenhan |
Drama
| Year | Title | Member | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Magical Space-Time | Sungjoo | Peng Zhen Dong | 奇妙的时光之旅 |
| Female President/Female CEO's Protector | Yixuan | Leng Feng | 女总裁的贴身高手 | |
| Piao Liang De Li Zhen Hui | Sungjoo | Lin You He | 漂亮的李慧珍 | |
| Love Actually | Yibo | Qu Zhi Wei | 人间至味是清欢 |
Movie
| Year | Title | Member | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MBA Partners[64] | Yibo | Lead Role | UNIQ makes an appearance |
| A Chinese Odyssey 3 | Yibo | Red Boy | Yixuan and Seungyoun make an appearance as Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie respectively | |
| Unexpected Love | Yibo | Supporting Role | ||
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 iQiyi Awards | Most Anticipated Award[65] | UNIQ | Won |
| 2015 | Apollo Music Awards | Best Movie Soundtrack | Born to Fight | Won |
| Asia Billboard Awards | Popular Group Award | UNIQ | Won | |
| Tencent Beijing App Awards | Most Promising Group of the Year (Asia) | UNIQ | Won | |
| KU Music Asian Music Awards | Best New Artist[66] | UNIQ | Won | |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Artist in Mainland China & Hong Kong | UNIQ | Nominated | |
| 2016 iQiyi Awards | Award | UNIQ | Won | |
Music Program Awards
Global Chinese Music
CCTV's Global Chinese Music is Chinese music show
| Year | Date | Song | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | May 23 | EOEO[18][19] | UNIQ |
| 2015 | June 6 | Listen to Me[67] | UNIQ |
| 2015 | June 13 | Luv Again[68] | UNIQ |
The Show
| Year | Date | Song | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | May 26 | EOEO[69][70] | UNIQ |
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- ↑ "UNIQ's Seungyoun to team up with Aziatix rapper Flowsik for a new hip-hop single!". Allkpop. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ↑ "UNIQ's Seungyoun teases for his 2nd solo single album with a ton of teaser photos + tracklist!". Allkpop. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
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- ↑ "UNIQ's Yibo becomes a fixed MC of Chinese talk show 'Day Day Up'!". Allkpop. April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Lay and Krystal's Chinese film unhindered by ongoing THAAD issues". Allkpop. August 9, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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- "Best Friend - China V Chart (November 28, 2015)". Billboard chart.
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- "Erase Your Little Sad - China V Chart (December 12, 2015)". Billboard chart.
- "My Dream - China V Chart (April 9, 2016)". Billboard chart.
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- "Happy New Year (UNIQ version) - China V Chart (January 16, 2016)". Billboard chart.
- ↑ 박지민, ′호프리스 러브′ 뮤직비디오 촬영 인증샷 공개…유니크 승연과 9종 셀카 ′귀요미′ (in Korean). Newspim. April 6, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
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External links
- Uniq Official Website (Chinese)
- Uniq on Twitter
