Got7 has been active for over eight years now and is one of the few groups that are still active together even after leaving their original agency. The boy band was known for its acrobatic dance elements, especially at the beginning of their career, and was therefore often paired with their agency colleagues 2PM compared. GOT7 has now become an integral part of the K-pop scene and the members have also made a name for themselves solo!
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In 2009, the first future members of Got7 joined JYP Entertainment: Lim Jaebeom and Park Jinyoung. Just a year later, Mark Tuan, Bambam, Kim Yugyeom and Jackson Wang joined. Six out of seven members were already gathered. But it would be a few more years before they would debut together. In fact, two of them first took the stage as a duo!
JJ Project
Jaebom and Jinyoung made their acting debut in the Korean series “Dream High 2”, the sequel to “Dream High”, in January 2012. Both seasons revolve around the students of Kirin High School. In this fictional school, singing, dancing and songwriting are mainly taught. The students hope to debut as idols later. Both Jaebom and Jinyoung were part of the main cast; Jaebom even played the male lead!
In addition to the two, several other artists from JYP Entertainment were involved in the series. Jeong Jiwoon from 2PM and JYP's founder Park Jinyoung himself were also part of the main cast. Additionally, Mark (Got7), Young K (Day6), Nayeon (Twice) and Park Yeeun (Wonder Girls) made guest appearances in the series. The first season of Dream High also starred Taecyeon from 2PM and Suzy from Miss A as the two main roles.
Then on May 20, 2012, Jaebom and Jinyoung debuted as a duo called “JJ Project”. They had previously adopted the stage names JB (Jaebom) and Junior/ Jr. (Jinyoung).
JYP wanted to avoid name confusion. Lim Jaebom has almost the same name as the rock singer “Yim Jaebeom”, who is very well known in South Korea, and Park Jinyoung has the same name as the founder of JYP himself!
The debut single album “Bounce” contains three other tracks in addition to the title song of the same name. One of them, “Before This Song Ends,” also features singer Suzy, a member of JYP Entertainment's girl group Miss A. The album reached number 8 on the Gaon Album Charts and the music video was viewed over a million times in the first two days! So JJ Project's debut was successful! Nevertheless, the duo only celebrated a comeback in 2017. This is for the simple reason that JB and Jr debuted again as members of GOT7 in January 2014!
Who is Next: WIN
A few months before GOT7's debut, four of the future members appeared on YG Entertainment's survival show "Who is Next: Win". In the fourth episode, which aired in early September 2013, YG's founder Yang Hyunsuk visited JYP Entertainment with his trainees. There, the YG trainees - who would later debut as Winner and iKON - competed in a battle against nine trainees from JYP. Five of JYP's trainees debuted in Day6 in 2015 and the other four in GOT7. In the episode, Mark, Jackson, Bambam & Yugyeom introduced themselves as JYP’s dance team. They impressed the audience with a performance of “Caught Up” by Usher. The acrobatic elements incorporated into the choreography, such as somersaults, were particularly striking. Such acrobatic movements later found their way into GOT7's choreography and became one of their trademarks!
At the time the episode aired, Park Jinyoung - JYP's founder - said that it was not yet clear in which configurations his trainees would debut. Apparently it didn't take long to make a decision, because the label announced Got7's debut in January 2014!
The seven members are JB, Jr, Mark, Bambam, Yugyeom, Jackson and Youngjae. Youngjae had only been a trainee since mid-2013 and was the last to be added to the lineup. JYP has gathered talent from around the world and put together a diverse group: JB, Jr, Yugyeom and Youngjae are of Korean descent, Bambam is from Thailand, Jackson is from China and Mark is a Taiwanese who grew up in California!
| Artist name | Real name | Birthday |
|---|---|---|
| Mark | Mark Yi En Tuan | 04.09.1993 |
| JB (Leader) | Lim Jaebeom | 06.01.1994 |
| Jackson | Jackson Wang | 28.03.1994 |
| Junior/ Jr. | Park Jinyoung | 22.09.1994 |
| Youngjae | Choi Youngjae | 17.09.1996 |
| Bambam | Kunpimook Bhuwakul | 02.05.1997 |
| Yugyeom | Kim Yugyeom | 17.11.1997 |
Got7 is the label's first boy band since 2PM's debut in August 2008. In fact, the groups were initially compared to each other because they are both known for their acrobatic dance styles and are classified in the hip-hop genre.
The name “Got7” stands for “seven happy people come together”.
On January 20, 2014, GOT7 debuted their first album “Got It?”!
The album ranked #2 on Korea's Gaon Album Charts and topped Billboard's World Album Charts! The success was followed by two more albums in the first year: “Got Love” (June) and “Identify” (November), both of which made it to number 1 on the weekly Gaon Album Charts! As if that wasn't enough, GOT7 also made their Japanese debut in October with the single “Around the World”. This was written by 2PM's Jun K. In the same month, the boy band also gave their first concerts as part of the “Got7 1st Japan Tour 2014”! For the efforts, Got7 was honored with New Artist Awards at two award shows - the Golden Disc Awards & Seoul Music Awards - in January 2015.
The boys did not rest on their success: from the end of January to the beginning of March, a series called “Dream Knight” was broadcast, in which the main roles were played by the seven members of GOT7 and actress Song Hayoon. The boy band even has their own series! The series revolves around a sick high school girl who meets a group of mysterious boys with magical powers.
In 2015, fans couldn't complain about a lack of music. Got7 released three Korean albums that year - “Just Right” (July), “Mad ” (September) and the first repackage album “Mad: Winter Edition” (November) - and two Japanese singles: “Love Train” in June and “Laugh Laugh Laugh” in September. All albums achieved high chart positions and with “Laugh Laugh Laugh” the boy band topped the Japanese Oricon Singles Charts for the first time!
Just two years after debuting, Got7 had already firmly established itself in the K-pop scene, building a loyal fan base in both South Korea and Japan. You can imagine that the boy band continued to conquer the charts and climb the career ladder over the next few years. From the debut to today, within eight and a half years, GOT7 presented a total of 24 albums. Six of them are Japanese. Below we'll shorten the story a bit and focus on the biggest and most interesting milestones, but don't worry; at the end you will find a complete chronological overview of all albums!
Special achievements & milestones!
In April 2016, Got7 embarked on their first world tour “Fly Tour”, which took them to South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore and the United States. In September of the same year, the studio album “Flight Log: Turbulence” was released, which topped the Billboard World Album Charts. What is particularly interesting is that 11 of the 13 tracks were co-composed and written by the members of the boy band! They always tried new things challenges and became the outstanding artists they are today. They then worked on the lyrics and composition of Japanese songs for the first time. These were released in November on the Japanese album “Hey Yah”.
Junior announced in August that he would be using his real name “Jinyoung” from now on. He felt that the stage name Junior no longer suited him and wanted to show that he had grown and matured since his debut.
At the end of the year, Got7 ranked 6th on Billboard's Year-End World Album Artists chart, making them only the sixth Korean artist to make it onto the charts after G-Dragon, SHINee, 2NE1, EXO and BTS!
In July 2017, JJ Project celebrated its first comeback! Over five years after their debut album “Bounce”, JB and Jr released “Verse 2”. The album consists of eight songs, all co-written and composed by JB or Jr. Two of them are solos by the two of them. It peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Charts, the Billboard World Album Charts and was voted the fifth best K-pop album of 2017 by Billboard at the end of the year. The comeback couldn't have gone better!
In March 2018, the album “Eyes On You” was released, which, among other things, topped the iTunes charts in 20 countries. The title track “Look” ranked number 1 on several major real-time charts in Korea and was considered GOT7's most successful song since its debut! The next release, the Japanese single “THE New Era” in June, was once again particularly successful. It conquered both the Oricon charts and the Billboard Japan charts!
Got7 promoted the next Korean album “Present: You”, which was released in September, through, among other things, a comeback show on Mnet - one of the largest music channels in Korea. The show was broadcast on the station's television channel, YouTube channel and Facebook account. This made them only the third boy band to get their own comeback show from the station!
Five years after Got7's debut, the boy band's second subunit was founded: “Jus2”. Like JJ Project, it consists of two members; JB and Yugyeom. Jus2 debuted on March 3rd 2019 with the album “Focus” and the title song “Focus on Me”. Shortly thereafter, the unit sang a soundtrack for the Korean series “He is Psychometric,” which starred bandmate Jinyoung. Focus is Jus2's first and so far last album. In addition, Jus2 is currently the last subunit of GOT7.
With the album “Spinning Top: Between Security & Insecurity” Got7 reached a new peak in May 2019. Including the almost 280,000 copies of Spinning Top sold, at the end of May, GOT7 had sold 2 million albums since their debut five years earlier. They were the first group from JYP Entertainment to celebrate this milestone! During the following tour “Got7 2019 World Tour ‘Keep Spinning’”, the boy band was the first Korean group ever to be seen on the American news program “Today Show”. The show is broadcast regularly on NBC, one of the largest networks in America.
In November 2019, the album “Call My Name” sold over 100,000 copies on its first day. This was another record for JYP Entertainment, as no group on the label had achieved this before Got7! The fact that 2019 was a successful year for the boy band was also reflected in various major awards. Got7 won the Daesang (Grand Prize) at the Asia Artist Awards for the first time! They were also listed at No. 4 on Billboard's Year-End Social 50 Artists chart.
In April 2020, with their new album “Dye”, the boy band broke their record for sales on the first day (almost 160,000) and in the first week (280,000)! The next album “Breath of Love: Last Piece” (November) was the last before the big change that Got7 subsequently went through.
In January 2021, JYP Entertainment announced that all members of Got7 would be leaving the label.
7 years after the debut, the members' original contracts had expired and everyone decided against signing a new one with JYP. A few days after leaving the label, JB announced that he would henceforth use the new stage name “Jay B”. In February the boy band released the single “Encore”. The members then concentrated on their solo activities for the time being.
The change created a misunderstanding: many fans thought that GOT7 would disband, especially because all members signed new contracts with different labels. This is understandable, of course, because in most cases groups really disband when they leave the entertainment in which they debuted. However, the boy band confirmed several times that they would stay together and will be on stage together again in the future.
Recently, in May 2022, the time had come. Got7 opened new social media accounts, unveiled a new logo and announced a new album. It’s called “GOT7” and came out the same month. The album reached number 2 on the Gaon Album Charts and had sold over 500,000 copies by early July! GOT7 also reached number 1 on the iTunes Albums Charts in 95 countries. This made Got7 only the second K-pop group after BTS to top the charts in 90 or more countries! The boy band has proven that they can continue to conquer the charts independently and will certainly delight their fans for many years to come!
By the way, Jay B, Jinyoung and Yugyeom were given the rights to the two subunits by JYP Entertainment. So there is hope that JJ Project and Jus2 will also release a new album at some point in the future.
In the table below we have listed all of the boy band's albums in chronological order:
| Album | Title song | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Got It? | Girls Girls Girls | 20.01.2014 |
| Got Love | A | 23.06.2014 |
| Identify | Stop Stop It | 18.11.2014 |
| Just Right | Just Right | 13.07.2015 |
| Mad | If You Do | 30.09.2015 |
| Mad Winter Edition | If You Do | 23.11.2015 |
| Moriagatteyo (Jap.) | Around the World | 03.02.2016 |
| Flight Log: Departure | Fly | 21.03.2016 |
| Flight Log: Turbulence | Hard Carry | 27.09.2016 |
| Hey Yah (Jap.) | Hey Yah | 16.11.2016 |
| Flight Log: Arrival | Never Ever | 13.03.2017 |
| 7 for 7 | You Are | 10.10.2017 |
| Turn Up (Jap.) | Turn Up | 15.11.2017 |
| Eyes on You | Look / One and Only You | 12.03.2018 |
| Present: You | Lullaby | 17.09.2018 |
| Present: You & Me | Miracle | 03.12.2018 |
| I Won't Let You Go | I Won't Let You Go | 03.01.2019 |
| Spinning Top | Eclipse | 20.05.2019 |
| Love Loop (Jap.) | Love Loop | 31.07.2019 |
| Call My Name | You Calling My Name | 04.11.2019 |
| Love Loop ~Sing for U Special Edition~ (Jap.) | Sing for U | 18.12.2019 |
| Dye | Not By the Moon | 20.04.2020 |
| Breath of Love: Last Piece | Breath / Last Piece | 30.11.2020 |
| GOT7 | NANANA | 23.05.2022 |
All members of GOT7 have built their own solo careers over the years:
Jay B has several mixtapes and two albums - “SOMO:FUME” & “Love.” - publishes and writes songs under the name “Defsoul”, often for GOT7.
Mark has released a few singles and his first solo album “The Other Side” will finally be released in August. Due to his popularity in China, the singer opened the “Mark Tuan Studio” in Beijing in February 2021, which takes care of his activities in China.
Jackson has released several singles, the mixtape “Lost and Found” and the studio album “Mirrors”. He has also already released his own collection called “Fendi X Jackson Wang Capsule Collection”. Jackson designed clothes, shoes and accessories for them himself. He can often be seen in entertainment programs, especially in China.
Jinyoung has released a few soundtracks and a single called “Dive”, but apart from that he is mainly active as an actor. He has played leading roles in series such as “He is Psychometric”, “The Devil Judge” and recently “Yumi’s Cells”.
Youngjae has released two solo albums - “Colors from Ars” & “Sugar” - as well as several singles. Since March he has been hosting the radio show “Got7 Youngjae’s Best Friend”, in which his band members have also been guests.
Bambam has also released a number of singles and two solo albums - “Ribbon” & “B”.
Yugyeom can count several singles, a single album called “Take You Down” and an extended play called “Point of View: U” to his discography.
All members of Got7 have co-written and co-composed many of their own songs and those of Got7. Every single one is a talented artist. So Got7 consists of concentrated talent. The boy band is not so successful for nothing!
