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2008 : Debut & The SHINee WORLD
On May 25, 2008, the group's first mini-album, Replay was released from label company, SM Entertainment. The mini-album debuted at #10 on the Korean music charts and peaked at #8, selling 17,957 copies in the first half of 2008.
On June 7, 2008, Shinee participated in the Dream Concert in the Seoul Olympic Stadium along with other South Korean singers and groups. The group won their first award, "Rookie of the Month", at the Cyworld Digital Music Awards on June 22, 2008. Shinee took part in SMTown Live '08, which was held on August 18, 2008 at Seoul Olympic Stadium. On August 23, 2008, they attended the MNet 20's Choice Awards 2008, where they won the "Hot New Star" award.
Shinee released their first full-length album, The Shinee World, on August 28, 2008. The album debuted on the charts at #3, selling 30,000 copies. The first single released from the album was "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)", a cover of "Show the World" by Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, originally written by the Danish songwriting and production team of Thomas Troelsen, Remee and Lucas Secon. On September 18, 2008, Shinee's "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)" was the #1 song on M! Countdown. A few days later, Shinee received the "Mutizen" award for the same single on SBS's Popular Songs.
SHINee participated in the 5th Asia Song Festival, where they received the "Best New Artist" award with Japanese girl group, Berryz Kobo. The group attended the 2008 Style Icon Awards on October 30, 2008, where they won the "Best Style Icon Award". On the same day, a repackage album of The Shinee World titled Amigo was released. The re-packaged album contained three new songs: "Forever or Never", a remix of "Sa. Gye. Han (Love Should Go On)" (사.계.한) and the promotional single "Amigo" (아.미.고)."Amigo" is a shortened version of the Korean phrase "Areumdaun Minyeorueljoahamyeon Gosaenghanda" (아름다운 미녀를 좋아하면 고생한다 lit. Heart Aches When You Fall In Love With a Beauty).
On November 15, 2008, Shinee won the "Best New Male Group" award at the 10th annual Mnet Asian Music Awards, beating fellow newcomers U-KISS, 2PM, 2AM and Mighty Mouth. At the 23rd Annual Golden Disk Awards, they performed a medley of their songs and won the award for "YEPP Newcomer Album".
> The SHINee WORLD"The Shinee World" (stylized as The SHINee WORLD) is the first studio album by South Korean boy band, Shinee. The album was released in South Korea on August 29, 2008. The album includes the lead single "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)" and their previous single "Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)"; which was the lead single for their mini-album, Replay. The Shinee World debuted at the #3 spot on the South Korean charts, selling 30,000 copies. In September issue of the charts, The Shinee World sold a total of 49,864 copies. |
On October 31, 2008 the album was re-released, under the title Amigo and contains three new tracks; "Forever or Never", a remix of "Sa.Gye.Han (Love Should Go On) (사.계.한)" and the second (lead) single for the album "A.Mi.Go (Amigo)" (아.미.고). Since its release The Shinee World has sold over 100,000 copies. |
2009: Romeo, rising popularity & 2009, Year of Us
In early February, 2009, Shinee won "Best Newcomer" award along with Davichi and Mighty Mouth at the 18th Seoul Music Awards. Later, SM Entertainment announced that Shinee would make their comeback with their second mini album Romeo on May 21, 2009. On May 18, "Juliette", the first single was released, an instrumental remake of Corbin Bleu's "Deal with It". It was later announced that their comeback was going to be delayed due to Onew damaging his teeth and the release of the mini-album was pushed back to May 25, 2009. Shinee eventually had their return performance on June 5, 2009, on KBS's Music Bank, where they received the award for first place.
On July 16, 2009 S.M. Entertainment released Shinee's first part of their first photobook called Day. On September 25 the 2nd part Night was released.
On July 16, 2009 S.M. Entertainment released Shinee's first part of their first photobook called Day. On September 25 the 2nd part Night was released.
The group released their third mini-album, 2009, Year Of Us, on October 19, 2009, five months after the release of Romeo. SM Entertainment stated that this EP would showcase the group's vocal talents and demonstrate their unique qualities. The lead single, "Ring Ding Dong", was released digitally on October 14; the group had their comeback stage on October 16, on KBS's Music Bank. In early December, 2009, Shinee won the "Popularity" award along with fellow labelmate group, Super Junior, at the 24th Golden Disk Awards. In February, 2010, the group won the main "BonSang" award at the 19th Seoul Music Awards. In December, Shinee also started promoting their song "Jo Jo" with live performances on local music programs.
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2010: Lucifer and first Asian Tour
SM Entertainment revealed individual photograph teasers of each member for the new album starting with Minho on July 8, 2010 and ending with Key on July 12, 2010. A teaser for the music video of the lead single was released on July 14, 2010 at the official channel of SM Entertainment on YouTube. The group was originally set to have their comeback stage on KBS Music Bank, July 16, to begin their promotions for the new album, however, due to Minho injuring his ankle during filming of Dream Team Season 2 on July 8, the comeback was postponed to July 23, 2010.
The second full length studio album, entitled Lucifer, was released on July 19, 2010 in South Korea. The music video promoting the lead single, also named Lucifer, was released on the same day. Within hours of the release, the album topped various physical and digital sales charts in South Korea. The songs on the album "were more carefully selected than ever", and the album is said to "[give] listeners a great chance to experience the diverse musical characters and more mature vocal skills of the members." The group made their comeback on July 23, 2010 at KBS Music Bank. Choreography of "Lucifer" was released on the same YouTube channel on August 3, 2010. The studio album was re-released as a repackaged version, entitled Hello, on October 1, 2010. The music video of the promotional single, also named "Hello", was released on October 4, 2010. The re-released version included three new tracks.
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2011: Japanese debut and The First
On May 16, 2011, EMI Music Japan revealed a teaser for the Japanese version of "Replay" through their official YouTube channel. The music video was released through the same channel on May 27, 2011. The single was released in Japan on June 22, 2011 and sold more than 91,000 copies in the first week. It was certified 'Gold' by RIAJ for selling over 100,000 copies in June 2011.
On August 8, 2011, EMI Music Japan revealed the music video for the Japanese version of "Juliette" through their official YouTube channel. The single was released in Japan on August 28, 2011. On October 12, 2011, the group again released their third Japanese single "Lucifer" after the official music video for the single was released on EMI Music Japan's official YouTube channel on September 15, 2011. It was announced on Oricon's website that Shinee was the first foreign artist in the 44 year long history of Oricon ever to have three different singles released in Japan and all three of which ranked in top three on their weekly singles sales chart. These singles were their first three Japanese singles: "Replay", "Juliette" and "Lucifer".
On August 8, 2011, EMI Music Japan revealed the music video for the Japanese version of "Juliette" through their official YouTube channel. The single was released in Japan on August 28, 2011. On October 12, 2011, the group again released their third Japanese single "Lucifer" after the official music video for the single was released on EMI Music Japan's official YouTube channel on September 15, 2011. It was announced on Oricon's website that Shinee was the first foreign artist in the 44 year long history of Oricon ever to have three different singles released in Japan and all three of which ranked in top three on their weekly singles sales chart. These singles were their first three Japanese singles: "Replay", "Juliette" and "Lucifer".
2012 : Sherlock, first Japan Arena Tour, Second Asia Tour,
Dazzling Girl, 1000-nen, Zutto Soba Ni Ite...
Shinee made their Korean comeback a year and six months after the release of Hello, with the announcement of their fourth mini album, entitled Sherlock. The title song "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" is a hybrid remix and choreographed by Tony Testa. After the album was released, their title song “Sherlock” reached #1 on various music charts. Shinee also gained a lot of attention in global music charts, such as in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and France, and achieved 8th place on the iTunes Top Albums chart. They also reached 1st position on the Japanese, 6th on the Swedish, 9th on the Canadian, and 10th on the Mexican iTunes Chart.
On April 25, 2012, EMI Music Japan revealed the music video for the Japanese version of "Sherlock" through their official YouTube channel.
Shinee has announced that they’ll be releasing a brand new Japanese single, Dazzling Girl, on October 10
Shinee will be releasing the first Japanese ballad single that Shinee has ever released since debut, 1000-nen, Zutto Soba ni Ite... as their sixth Japanese single and their live DVD for their Shinee World 2012 arena tour on December 12, 2012.
On November 30, 2012 Shinee attended 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards which was hold in Hong Kong and won the award for the "Best Dance Performance - Male Group" for their latest Korean single, "Sherlock (Clue + Note)".
On April 25, 2012, EMI Music Japan revealed the music video for the Japanese version of "Sherlock" through their official YouTube channel.
Shinee has announced that they’ll be releasing a brand new Japanese single, Dazzling Girl, on October 10
Shinee will be releasing the first Japanese ballad single that Shinee has ever released since debut, 1000-nen, Zutto Soba ni Ite... as their sixth Japanese single and their live DVD for their Shinee World 2012 arena tour on December 12, 2012.
On November 30, 2012 Shinee attended 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards which was hold in Hong Kong and won the award for the "Best Dance Performance - Male Group" for their latest Korean single, "Sherlock (Clue + Note)".
2013 : Dream Girl , Fire
On January 15, 2013, Shinee attended The 27th Golden Disk Award which was held in Kuala Lumpur at Sentul International Circuit and crowned with the Popularity Award for the third time after winning the same title in their mega successful years of 2009 and 2010 and claim the honorable Disk Bonsang for "Sherlock" as their second Bonsang to date, with the last being a trophy for "Lucifer" in 2010.
On February 1, 2013 it was revealed that Shinee would be releasing a new Japanese single entitled "Fire" on March 13. The PV teaser was released on February 15 by EMI Music Japan.
On February 3, 2013, MBC announced that Shinee would be starring in their own Lunar New Year special entitled "Shinee's Wonderful Day" to air on the 10th. The special features the Shinee members visiting and enjoying themselves in their respective various countries. For the special, Onew visited Thailand, Jonghyun visited Japan, Key and Minho visited England, and Taemin visited Switzerland. The teasar was released on February 4, which featured the members practicing the choreography for "Dream Girl".
On February 7, 2013 S.M. Entertainment announced that Shinee's third Korean album will be released on domestic music sites on February 19 and the title track will be called "Dream Girl". They also released Key's teaser pictures. Taemin's teaser pictures were released on February 8. Jonghyun's pictures were released on February 9 and Minho's pictures on the February 10. The last individual teasers featuring Onew were released on February 11. The group teaser pictures were released on February 12. They released an additional group teaser on February 13, along with the information that the title track "Dream Girl" would be acid electro funk and produced by Shin Hyuk and Joombas Music Factory.
On February 1, 2013 it was revealed that Shinee would be releasing a new Japanese single entitled "Fire" on March 13. The PV teaser was released on February 15 by EMI Music Japan.
On February 3, 2013, MBC announced that Shinee would be starring in their own Lunar New Year special entitled "Shinee's Wonderful Day" to air on the 10th. The special features the Shinee members visiting and enjoying themselves in their respective various countries. For the special, Onew visited Thailand, Jonghyun visited Japan, Key and Minho visited England, and Taemin visited Switzerland. The teasar was released on February 4, which featured the members practicing the choreography for "Dream Girl".
On February 7, 2013 S.M. Entertainment announced that Shinee's third Korean album will be released on domestic music sites on February 19 and the title track will be called "Dream Girl". They also released Key's teaser pictures. Taemin's teaser pictures were released on February 8. Jonghyun's pictures were released on February 9 and Minho's pictures on the February 10. The last individual teasers featuring Onew were released on February 11. The group teaser pictures were released on February 12. They released an additional group teaser on February 13, along with the information that the title track "Dream Girl" would be acid electro funk and produced by Shin Hyuk and Joombas Music Factory.
On February 14, Shinee held the event "Melon Premiere Shinee Music Spoiler" at the Olympus Hall in Seoul, where they revealed six out of the nine songs on the album to 100 music reviewers.
There, Shinee announced that not only were they releasing a third album, but that it would be split into two versions.
The first part would be released on the 19th, titled Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You and the second part called Chapter 2. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of Me will release in April.
They also revealed three songs off the second album. Shinee also revealed the choreography for the title song “Dream Girl“, which was choreographed by Tony Testa, who previously worked with Shinee on Sherlock.
The making of the music video was also shown which showed the members jumping on trampolines and using running machines.
On February 16, SM released the highlight medley for Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You. SM released the music video teaser for "Dream Girl" on February 18. Shinee released Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You on February 19, 2013 in the U.S. on iTunes.
Several hours later Shinee officially released the music video and dance version for "Dream Girl" on February 19. The album was then physically released on February 20.
There, Shinee announced that not only were they releasing a third album, but that it would be split into two versions.
The first part would be released on the 19th, titled Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You and the second part called Chapter 2. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of Me will release in April.
They also revealed three songs off the second album. Shinee also revealed the choreography for the title song “Dream Girl“, which was choreographed by Tony Testa, who previously worked with Shinee on Sherlock.
The making of the music video was also shown which showed the members jumping on trampolines and using running machines.
On February 16, SM released the highlight medley for Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You. SM released the music video teaser for "Dream Girl" on February 18. Shinee released Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You on February 19, 2013 in the U.S. on iTunes.
Several hours later Shinee officially released the music video and dance version for "Dream Girl" on February 19. The album was then physically released on February 20.