BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene”, is a seven-member South Korean boy band under Big Hit Entertainment. Debuting in 2013 with their single album, “2 Cool 4 Skool”, the group, consisting of members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, has gained a steady following, both domestically and internationally, capturing the heart of their fans with their authentic music, social conscious, and stellar performances. Breaking several records and winning numerous awards, with their chart-topping songs and sold-out shows, BTS has become a global icon. In 2018, “Time” magazine named them one of the 25 most influential people on the internet, while “Forbes” Korea Power Celebrity named them one of the most influential celebrities of Korea. In 2019 the group was named one of “Time 100”’s most influential people.

The Boyz is a 12-member South Korean boy band that made its debut in 2017. The group’s first musical release was the EP “The First,” whose lead track was titled “Boy.” The group was formed by talent agency Cre.ker Entertainment, and was originally named Cre.kerz prior to its official debut. The group’s members are Sangyeon, Sunwoo, Jacob, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Juyeon, Q, Kevin, New, Ju Hak Nyeon, Eric, and Hwall. The act won the Best New Male Artist prize at the Melon Music Awards in 2018. The Boyz has also appeared on TV reality shows, such as “Flower Snack” (2017), “Our Happy Home” (2018), “Thumping Travel” (2019), and “School Attack 2019.”

The Boyz

WJSN

Kim Yeon Ja is a South Korean singer and actress who was born on January 25, 1959. She attended Supia Girls’ High School and released her debut song “Tell Me” in 1974. She has since gone on to release scores of albums and singles, also appearing on a number of variety TV shows including the music-themed show “Last Chance” in 2020. She also appeared in the drama series “Pegasus Market” in 2019.

Kim Yeon Ja

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Lovelyz

Red Velvet is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2014 with the single “Happiness.” The group was formed by talent agency SM Entertainment and has enjoyed considerable chart success, scooping the Golden Disc New Artist Award in 2015 and the Mnet Asian Music Awards prize for Best Female Group in 2017. The group began as a four-piece, with founding members Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy. a fifth member, Yeri, joined in 2015. Red Velvet has appeared on numerous TV programs, including “Level Up Project!” (2017-2018) and the “2019 Idol Star Athletics Championships – Chuseok Special.”

Red Velvet

Roy Kim is the stage name of Kim Sang Woo, a South Korean singer-songwriter and radio host. Born on July 3, 1993, in Seoul, he spent time in Canada during elementary school and graduated high school in Asheville, North Carolina. Before starting college, Roy Kim entered the talent competition “Superstar K4” in 2012 and won. Since 2013, he has been splitting his time attending Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., while pursuing his music career in Korea.

Roy Kim

MOMOLAND is a seven-member South Korean girl group under MLD Entertainment. Formed in 2016 through the reality show, “Finding Momoland” the members, Hyebin, Yeonwoo, Jane, Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and Nancy, made their debut in November of that same year with the release of their EP, “Welcome to Momoland”. In 2017, two new members, Daisy and Kim Taeha, were added to the group. Since their debut, the group has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards Discovery of the Year and the 2019 Seoul Music Awards Bonsang Award.

MOMOLAND

VIXX is a South Korean all-male pop group that formed in 2012 after its members appeared in the reality show “MyDOL” (also 2012). The group originally comprised six members: N, Hongbin, Leo, Ken, Ravi, and Hyuk. The group’s debut single, released in May 2012, was entitled “Super Hero.” VIXX has since gone on to release hit singles and albums, including the 2017 album “Shangri-La.” The group has also appeared on TV shows such as the reality TV title “Plan V Diary” (2013).

VIXX

Sunmi is a South Korean singer and TV personality who was born in Iksan, South Korea, on May 2, 1992, in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. She made her debut as a member of the pioneering all-female K-pop group Wonder Girls in 2007. She left the group in 2010 to study, but then returned to the fold in 2015, having also released a solo project titled “Full Moon” in 2013. She scored a chart smash with the song “Gashina” in 2017 and has also appeared on variety TV show titles such as “Secret Unnie” (2018).

Sunmi

Apink is a popular South Korean girl group that has enjoyed tremendous success since it formed in 2011. The current six members of the group are Park Cho Rong, Yoon Bo Mi, Jung Eun Ji, Son Na Eun, Kim Nam Joo and Oh Ha Young. When the group first debuted in 2011, it started with seven members but Hong Yoo Kyung left the group in 2013 to focus on her studies.

Apink

(G)I-DLE is a six-member South Korean girl group that debuted under talent agency Cube Entertainment in 2018, releasing the EP “I Am” – which featured the hit track “Latata.” (G)I-DLE’s members are Miyeon, Minnie, Soojin, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. In 2018, the group was nominated for the Best Korean Act prize at the MTV Europe Music Awards and won the Best New Female prize at the Melon Music Awards. The group has also featured in reality TV shows, including “Queendom” (2019) and the “2019 Idol Star Athletics Championships – Chuseok Special.”

(G)I-DLE

GFRIEND is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2015, with the “Season of Glass” EP. The group’s six founding members are Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. The group has appeared in reality TV shows such as “One Fine Day” (2015) and “Mamamoo x GFRIEND Showtime” (2016), as well as televised concerts such as “SMUF K-POP 2019.”

GFRIEND

Oh My Girl is a South Korean pop girl group that debuted in 2015 as a sister group to the popular boy group B1A4. The seven members of the group are Hyojung, Mimi, YooA, Seunghee, Jiho, Binnie and Arin. An eighth member, JinE, went on hiatus in 2016 to get treatment for a medical condition and then was dropped from the group in 2017. Oh My Girl won Best New Artist at the 2015 SBS Power FM Cultwo Show Awards.

Oh My Girl

Yong Junhyung

Chungha, born Kim Chan Mi, is a South Korean singer, dancer, songwriter, and choreographer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea on February 9, 1996 and made her debut in the entertainment world in 2016 when she placed fourth in the Mnet survival reality series, “Produce 101” and joined the subsequent girl group, I.O.I. In 2017, she released her first solo EP and has been working as a solo artist ever since. The winner of multiple awards, she has made appearances on various reality programs and music shows, including the “SBS Super Concert in Incheon” (2019).

Chungha

Hwang Chi Yeol

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BTOB (short for Born to Beat) is a South Korean, all-male K-pop group that debuted in March 2012 with a self-titled EP featuring the songs “Insane” and “Imagine.” The group’s membership consisted of Eunkwang, the act’s leader, as well as Minhyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik, Peniel, Sungjae, and Ilhoon, but the latter departed in 2020. The group has two subunits: BTOB Blue and BTOB 4U. It has also appeared in a number of TV shows, including the reality show “The Beat” (2014-2015) and the more recent “Kingdom: Legendary Wars” in 2021.

BTOB

EXO is an award-winning South Korean-Chinese boy band formed under SM Entertainment. Consisting of Chen, Chanyeol, D.O, Xiumin, Kai, Lay, Sehun, Baekhyun, and Suho, the nine-member group made their debut in 2012. Ranked from 2014-2018, as one of the top five most influential celebrities on the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list, the group has garnered numerous labels over the years, including "Kings of K-pop" and the "biggest boyband in the world”. Since their debut, they have released countless albums and singles, held a number of tours, and appeared on an endless variety of television programs, including “Music Bank K-Chart in Hanoi” (2015), “Ask Us Anything” (2015), “Star Show 360” (2016), “Music Bank K-Chart in Jakarta” (2017), and “2018 KBS Song Festival” (2018).

GOT7 is an award-winning South Korean K-Pop boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. Consisting of seven members: JB, Jinyoung, Mark, Jackson, Youngjae, BamBam, and Yugyeom, the group made their debut on January 16, 2014, with the release of their first EP, “Got It?”, which peaked at number one on “Billboard’s” World Albums Charts. Since their debut, they have released a number of chart-topping albums, held several world tours, and have won over 55 various music awards. The group has also appeared on a number of variety shows, including “Ask Us Anything” (2015) and the “2020 SBS Gayo Daejeon in Daegu” (2020).

GOT7

MONSTA X is a popular K-pop group formed in 2015 from the winners of the music survival show “No.Mercy.” The seven members of the group are Shownu (leader, vocalist), Wonho (vocalist), Minhyuk (vocalist), Kihyun (main vocalist), Hyungwon (vocalist), Jooheon (rapper) and I.M (rapper). Since releasing its first EP “Trespass” in 2015, the group has produced two studio albums, six EPs, one compilation album, one video album and many hit singles. It also has provided soundtracks for popular Korean dramas and one mobile game. In 2018, MONSTA X starred in the Viki Original series “When You Call My Name” about the meeting and shared stories between MONSTA X and Gallant, the American singer and songwriter. The mini-documentary features a must-see acoustic duet of MONSTA X’s song “Beautiful.”

MONSTA X

NCT 127 is a 10-member subunit of South Korean boy group NCT. Its members were previously part of the talent agency SM Entertainment’s SM Rookies group. NCT 127 made its debut in 2016, releasing the EP “NCT #127.” The act initially consisted of seven members – Taeyong, Taeil, Yuta, Jaehyun, Winwin, Mark, and Haechan. Two more members, Johnny and Doyoung, joined at the end of 2016, with Jungwoo joining in 2018. The act has appeared on long-running TV shows such as “Weekly Idol” and made an appearance on the “2019 Idol Star Athletics Championships – Chuseok Special.”

NCT 127

SEVENTEEN is a South Korean all-male K-pop act that debut in 2015. The group has 13 members and released its debut EP “17 Carat” in late May 2015. The group released its first full-length studio album – entitled “Love & Letter” on April 25, 2016. SEVENTEEN has since gone on to release a number of chart-topping songs and has appeared in a range of TV variety shows – including “Seventeen’s One Fine Day” in 2016.

SEVENTEEN

TWICE is a nine-member girl group under JYP Entertainment. Formed through the 2015 survival reality show “Sixteen”, the members, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu, rose to fame with the release of their 2016 single, “Cheer Up”. Charting at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, the track became the best-performing single of the year, allowing the group to bring home both the Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards “Song of the Year” award. With the release of subsequent chart-topping tracks, TWICE has become one of South Korea’s most popular and widely recognized K-Pop groups, gaining an incredible following the world over. In 2017 the group was included in both “Forbes” Korea Power Celebrity ranking and “Billboard”’s 21 Under 21 2017: Music’s Next Generation.

TWICE

Wanna One was a South Korean all-male pop group whose membership was composed of the 11 highest-placing contestants on the audition-based reality TV show “Produce 101 Season 2” (2017). The group debuted on August 7, 2017, and disbanded after it last appeared on stage at a concert held on January 27, 2019. The act scored hits with songs such as “Energetic” and “Beautiful.”

Wanna One

Dahyun is a South Korean musician and TV personality who was born on May 28, 1998. She first made a name for herself in the entertainment industry while still a teenager, appearing as a contestant in the 2015 reality television show “Sixteen.” She was subsequently selected as a founding member of the K-pop girl group TWICE, which made its debut later the same year. She has since gone on to appear on a number of variety TV shows, including “Real Men” and “Weekly Idol” in 2016. She also co-hosted the 2020 Lunar New Year edition of “Idol Star Athletics Championships.”

Dahyun

Chanyeol, born Park Chan Yeol, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and model. He was born in Seoul, South Korea on November 27, 1992 and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2012 as a member of SM Entertainment’s idol group, EXO. He made his debut as an actor in 2015 and has appeared in various films and television dramas since, including the 2016 romantic comedy film, “So I Married My Anti-Fan”.

Chanyeol

KBS, KOCOWA

2018 KBS Song Festival is bringing all the hottest K-pop stars to perform. The lineup includes BTS, TWICE, GFRIEND, GOT7, EXO, Wanna One, Red Velvet, Apink, WJSN, NORAZO, OH MY GIRL, AOA, Lovelyz, VIXX, and more. Don’t miss out on their amazing special performances!

2018 KBS Song Festival

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