Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. By Jeff Benjamin. Copied to clipboard. Click to copy. Breaks Through. The teens performed an a cappella version of "O Holy Night" and debut track "Hug. The group's debut album became an instant classic, helping TVXQ! In , the band was listed on the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest official fan club in the world -- named Cassiopeia -- with more than , members.
The record was the first album in four years to surpass the , sales mark since K-pop icon Seotaiji's "7th Issue" LP. The title track won No. With commercial success all throughout Asia, the boys were on top of their game with no real threat to their throne.
With their new records the group toured around Japan from March to May The T tour concluded with 17 shows and attracted an audience of , people, more than three times the size of their previous Five in the Black tour.
The tour's DVD, released in August , sold , copies. Despite the drama's disappointing ratings, the single was a number-one seller, making TVXQ the first non-Japanese Asian performer to release two number-one singles in Japan, a record which was last held by Taiwanese artist Ou-yang Fei-fei twenty-four years prior. They performed the single at Avex's 20th anniversary meeting and at A-Nation , their fourth consecutive concert with Avex.
The group assumed more creative control in this album compared to their last Korean releases: Yunho wrote the rap for several tracks, Junsu and Changmin wrote the lyrics to two tracks, and Jaejoong recorded his own solo track, Yoochun too. Mirotic was slated to be released on September 24, , but due to an unprecedented amount of pre-orders, the release was postponed to September The album entered the charts at number one and sold over , copies in one week, setting a new record.
With over 4 million downloads worldwide, the album's lead single "Mirotic" became TVXQ's most successful single of their career, and was considered as one of the biggest K-pop hits in the world. Countdown, and was touted by international critics as a staple song of K-pop.
Mirotic has sold over , copies, the first Korean album in six years to surpass half a million sales in South Korea. In October , TVXQ released the Japanese version of "Mirotic" , which topped the Oricon, breaking a record that the group had set with their previous single. In February , the group kicked off their third international tour, the 3rd Asia Tour: Mirotic , which went through five cities in Asia.
It managed to sell over , copies in Japan, earning a platinum certification. The concert's DVD, which was released in September , pre-sold , copies and ultimately sold more than , copies. Entertainment, claiming that their thirteen-year contract was excessively long, schedules were held out without permission of the members, and profits were unfairly distributed. In November , Yunho and Changmin released a joint statement in support of S.
Entertainment, and urged the trio to resolve their issues with their management quickly if they wished to continue their careers as TVXQ members. As a result of the legal battle, the Shenzhen show for the group's Mirotic tour was canceled a week before its scheduled date on November 21, , thus prematurely ending the tour. Despite the injunction, Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu maintained their activities as TVXQ members under Avex's management in Japan, and the group continued to release new Japanese singles together until early The single topped the Oricon and broke Elton John's fourteen-year record of having the highest first-week sales for a foreign artist.
The album sold over , copies in one week, earning RIAJ's double platinum status by the end of February. On April 3, , Avex declared the suspension of TVXQ's Japanese activities, stating that each member would be pursuing a solo career. However, a week later, Avex announced the formation of a "special unit" with members Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu—later known as JYJ—a move that led to Yunho and Changmin's indefinite hiatus from music activities.
After JYJ's announcement, S. Entertainment filed a lawsuit against JYJ to validate their contracts. Entertainment to void their exclusive contracts. Following the suits, S. Their two-piece performances garnered strong and supportive reactions from the audience, prompting Yunho and Changmin's decision to continue TVXQ activities without the other three.
There was an attempt to add new members to the group, but their mentor Lee Soo-man suggested that they should continue as a duo act. Shortly after the concert, the duo began working on their comeback album and brought in a new line of producers, including E-Tribe and Outsidaz. The album debuted at number one on the Gaon Albums Chart, and maintained its position for a second week. According to Yunho, JYJ had "exceedingly deep conflicts" with their agency and the members had irreconcilable differences about their career.
Changmin added that the team had worked so hard to the point where they felt like they could finally "harvest the fruits of [their] labor", yet instead of being happy they had to perform their final stage with heavy hearts.
JYJ responded by saying that they did not regret their decision in leaving S. The lyrics of "Keep Your Head Down" also came under media scrutiny, with claims that they were directed at JYJ; however, TVXQ clarified that "Keep Your Head Down" was not a diss track, and that similar claims would still happen even if they were to release a different song with different lyrics.
Yunho said, "The song is about a man's mind towards a woman who had left him. We can sometimes find out that a certain song seems to talk about my own story.
In this way it totally depends on the interpretation using our own thoughts. TVXQ were the first foreign performers to close the festival. On September 28, the group released the Japanese album Tone , which earned them their first number-one studio album. It sold over , copies on its first week and earned RIAJ's platinum certification on its second week. TVXQ was the second overseas artist in Japan to achieve album sales of more than , in a week; the previous holder was Bon Jovi with their album, Crush.
In the latter months of , the duo performed for a string of K-pop music festivals around the world. It was held in New Jersey. Their new Japanese holiday single "Winter" was released on November It was their first time performing at the Kohaku since the split, drawing media attention.
Tickets were sold out in a few minutes. Spanning a total of twenty-six shows in nine cities, the Tone Tour reached to an audience of ,, more than twice the audience count of their Japanese tour, The Secret Code. TVXQ also became the third foreign artist, after Michael Jackson and the Backstreet Boys, to perform at the Tokyo Dome for three consecutive days, attracting crowds of over , The Tone tour's , audience was also the largest mobilization for any Korean artist in Japan at the time, until TVXQ broke their own record with their Japan tour Time.
The group had a fan club event tour called "The Mission" that attracted over , fans. Catch Me was released online on September 24 and on September 26 through normal commercial outlets.
Two days after the reissue's release, S. Entertainment and JYJ dropped their lawsuits against each other and reached a settlement, ending their three-year legal dispute.
As part of the agreement, both parties stated that they would no longer interfere with each other's activities, and it was agreed upon that JYJ's contracts with S. Facebook: tvxq. Instagram: tvxq. They debuted on December 26, It peaked at number four on the MIAK music chart.
In , Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu left the group due to contract disputes. During formation in , the five members were scouted from four different SM training teams. However, after they made their initial television debut, the single rose on the charts and won awards.
From to , more albums were released. Their album Rising Sun debuted at number one and was considered their breakthrough album. Throughout the next four years, DBSK toured and relased more music with most tracks charting within the top ten. The group released Japanese versions of their popular hits which broke records on the Japanese music charts. In , Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu wanted to leave SM Entertainment as they felt the contract was too long and they were not getting their fair share of the profit from the group.
They obtained an injunction in October , and their last public performance together was December 31, They toured Japan and released Japanese versions of their music.
Listen on Spotify. Release date: September 29, Songs: Balloon lyrics. Instagram: yunho He was born in Gwangju, South Korea. He comes from a family of four. In middle school, Yunho formed in a dance group and won various competitions.
SM Entertainment contracted him in and he began his training. The group continuously dropped successful albums in Korean and Japanese. In , contract disputes with Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu, were much publicized. They filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment complaining the contract was too long and they were not getting their fair share of the profits. Then in , the duo Yunho and Changmin released albums in Korean and Japanese. They had high record sales and concert attendance in Japan and were the best-selling and highest-grossing music act in that country.
Their name was changed to TVXQ. Yunho enlisted in the military for his mandatory service on July 21, , and was discharged on April 20, Instagram: changmin He was born in Seoul, South Korea. He comes from a family of five.
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