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Formed through the reality show SIXTEEN, they debuted on October 20, 2015 with the mini album The Story Begins. In December 2013, JYP Entertainment announced that they would debut a new six-member girl group in the first half of 2014. It would be the company’twice baked potatoes first female group since the debut of miss A in 2010. In 2015, Park Jin Young announced that the new JYP girl group would be formed by the survival reality show SIXTEEN, where sixteen JYP trainees would compete to debut in the seven-member girl group TWICE.
TWICE The Story Begins group promo photo 1. On October 7, 2015, JYP launched the group’s official website and announced on social media that the group would debut with the mini album The Story Begins with “Like Ooh-Ahh” as the title track. On October 20, the album and the song’s music video were released online and through the Naver “V LIVE” App. TWICE Page Two group promo photo 2.
On April 25, 2016, their second mini album Page Two was released. It contains a total of seven songs including the title track “Cheer Up” and “I’m Gonna Be A Star” which serves as the theme song of SIXTEEN. TWICE won their first music program award on May 5, 2016, on M! Countdown, exactly one year after the initial airing of SIXTEEN. On September 23, TWICE released their official colors, Apricot and Neon Magenta. Five days later, JYP Entertainment announced that the group was preparing for a late October comeback with a new album. On October 10, the agency released a time table for their mini album, TWICEcoaster: Lane 1.
TWICE TWICEcoaster LANE 1 teaser photo 1 alpha. The album along with the music video for its title track “TT” was released online on October 24 at midnight. After an hour of its released, they achieved an All-Kill by topping on all of Korea’s major music charts for five days. On November 17, “Cheer Up” became TWICE’s second music video to reach 100 million views. TWICE TWICEcoaster Lane 2 promotional photo.
On January 3, 2017, “TT” became TWICE’s third music video to hit 100 million views, becoming the fastest K-pop group music video to do so and breaking its own record with “Cheer Up”. It was revealed on January 10 that TWICE would be holding their first solo concert titled TWICE 1st Tour: TWICELAND The Opening with the first stop held at SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul from February 17 and 19, as the first leg of their world tour. On January 25, it was announced that Bangkok would be second leg of their tour. On February 8, TWICE opened their official Japanese website and Twitter account. TWICE, which includes Japanese versions of their first three title tracks.
On May 1, it was announced that the group would be making a comeback with their fourth mini album Signal with the title track of the same name. The album, along with the music video for “Signal”, was released on May 15 at 18:00 KST. It contains six tracks, including “Eye Eye Eyes” co-written by members Jihyo and Chaeyoung, and “Only You” written by former Wonder Girls member HA:TFELT. In early September, TWICE was spotted filming a music video in Canada which JYPE confirmed on the 7th. Their agency announced on the 25th that the group was prepping for a comeback in late October. It was later revealed on October 16 that the group would be releasing their first album titled Twicetagram on the 30th with “Likey” as the title track.
The group released their first Japanese single “One More Time” on October 18. The single became the biggest first-day sales and fastest-selling album by a Korean girl group in the country. The single was later certified Platinum by RIAJ after selling over 250,000 copies. On November 25, the group announced during a V Live that Twicetagram would have a repackage. Happy was released on December 11 with “Heart Shaker” as the title track.
TWICE What is Love group image 1. On February 7, TWICE released their second Japanese single “Candy Pop”. On February 26, it was revealed the group would be aiming for a Korean comeback in early April with JYPE still discussing the exact date. The first teaser for their fifth mini album titled What is Love?
On May 16, TWICE’s third Japanese single, “Wake Me Up” was released. Two days later, TWICE’s 2nd tour, TWICE 2nd Tour: TWICELAND Zone 2: Fantasy Park began in Seoul. On June 26, another music video with the cast of the film was released. On July 9, their second special album, Summer Nights, was released with “Dance the Night Away” serving as the title track. After the release of the album, on September 29, their first Japanese arena tour, TWICE 1st Arena Tour 2018 “BDZ”, began in Chiba, Japan.
On October 22, “Stay By My Side” was released on digital platforms. It was featured on the repackage of BDZ as the title track. It was also certified platinum from the RIAJ. TWICE Fancy You group promotional photo. Dreamday”, with a total audience of 220,000 during five shows in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya was held in March and April 2019.
On April 22, they released their seventh mini album Fancy You. The music video of “Fancy”, which garnered over 42. The group began their TWICE World Tour 2019 ‘TWICELIGHTS’ with their first concert taking place on May 25 in Seoul. On June 12, TWICE released both “Happy Happy” and “Breakthrough” singles digitally alongside with their accompanying music videos.
