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GOT7 at the 2015 Summer K-POP Festival.
From left to right: JB, Jackson, Jinyoung, Yugyeom, Mark, Youngjae, BamBam |
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Background information | |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2014–present |
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Website | got7 |
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Got7 (Korean: 갓세븐; romanized as Gatsebeun; stylized as GOT7) is a South Korean boy group formed by JYP Entertainment in 2014. The group is composed of seven members who hail from South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and the United States. JB, Jinyoung, Youngjae and Yugyeom are from South Korea, while Mark is a Chinese-American from Los Angeles, Jackson from Hong Kong and BamBam is from Thailand. Prior to their debut as part of Got7, JB and Jinyoung, debuted in 2012 as part of the duo JJ Project.
Got7 is the first all-male band from JYP Entertainment in six years, after the debut of 2PM in 2008 and similar to their senior group Got7 gained attention for their performance on stage as it includes "martial arts tricking". On January 20, 2014 the group released their first EP, Got It?, which charted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart. They officially debuted on Mnet's music show M Countdown with their title song "Girls Girls Girls". On November 18, 2014 the group released their first studio album, Identify, which was followed by their second studio album Flight Log: Turbulence in 2016. For their work in 2014, Got7 won Best New Artist Group at the Seoul Music Awards and received three nominations at the 29th Golden Disk Awards, winning the New Artist Award. On October 22, 2014, Got7 made their Japanese debut with the release of their first single, "Around the World". In 2016 the group released their first Japanese studio album, Moriagatteyo.