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Debut: October 20, 2015 (The Story Begins)
Company: JYP Entertainment
Official Fandom Colours: Apricot and Neon Magenta
Fandom Name: Once
Years Active: 2015 - present
Members: 9
The members of Twice were determined through the survival show "Sixteen" which aired May 2015. It featured 16 trainees and the final nine members are Jihyo, Nayeon, Jungyeon, Sana, Momo, Mina, Tzuyu, Dahyun and Chaeyoung. TWICE was originally meant to debut with 7 members but JYP decided to add Tzuyu and Momo as well. Tzuyu was added solely based on viewer's opinions and JYP chose to add Momo. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Sana were originally meant to debut in a group called 6mix but a JYPE trainee Cecilia left, cancelling their debut.
The name TWICE comes from the members vowing to "wow their fans once through their ears and twice through their eyes". They have been dubbed the 'Nation's Girl Group' and the 'Top-Trend Girl Group' and their highlight points in their choreography have gone viral.
Achievements
- best first day sales as of October 2017 for a Korean girl group in Japan with 'One More Time'
- first female Korean group to reach 300 million views on a YouTube video with 'TT'
- fastest k-pop girl group to reach 50 million views with 'Likey' (9 days, 16 hours)
- first k-pop artist with all music videos over 1 million likes
- first Korean girl group to have a platinum certified single in Japan
- first k-pop performer at Japanese year end music festival Kohaku Uta Gassen in 6 years (4th ever performer there)
- first artist to receive 5 consecutive triple crowns on Inkigayo
- fastest k-pop girl group to reach 100 million views with 'Likey'
- achieved #1 on Gaon Digital Chart with 'Cheer Up'
- 'Cheer Up' was the best performing single of 2016
- 'TT' was #1 on Gaon Digital Chart for 4 straight weeks
- Twicecoaster: Lane 1 was the highest selling k-pop girl group album of 2016
- sold more than 1.2 million units within 19 months of debuting
- #Twice debuted at #2 on Japan's Oricon Album Charts
- #Twice recorded the highest first week album sales of a k-pop artist in Japan in 2 years
- first Korean girl group to earn platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for both album and CD in a single year
- ranked 3rd in the Top Artist category of Billboard Japan's 2017 Year End Rankings
- their debut song 'Like Ooh-Ahh' reached 50 million views on YouTube within 5 months of their debut and became one of the most viewed debut music videos for any k-pop group
- 4th k-pop girl group to reach 100 million views on a YouTube video with 'Like Ooh-Ahh'
- first music video by a k-pop female group to pass 200 million views with 'TT'
- first female k-pop group to get #1 on Billboard's World Albums and World Digital Song Sales charts
- topped the list of Korea's most popular music videos on YouTube for two consecutive years (2016 - 2017)
- ranked #2 on Gallup Korea's Top 10 Artist survey for two consecutive years
- included on Variety's Youth Impact Report 2016 which is an annual list of people who have made an impact on showbiz over the past year (only k-pop group on the list)
- ranked #3 on Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 2017 list
- ranked #18 on Billboard's 21 Under 21 2017: Music's Next Generation list (they were the only Asian act on the list)
- ranked #2 on Oricon's Breakout Artists of 2017
- first overseas female artist to achieve triple crown for rookies on the 50th Oricon Annual Ranking
- achieved first place for rookie artist total sales in 2017
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