UNIQ (band)
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Uniq in Shanghai during a fansign event, June 2015
From left to right: Yixuan, Yibo, Wenhan, Seungyoun and Sungjoo |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Yuehua Entertainment |
| Website | uniqclub |
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Uniq (Hangul: 유니크; stylized UNIQ) is a five-member Chinese-South Korean boy group formed by Chinese company Yuehua Entertainment in 2014. The group consists of Zhou Yixuan, Kim Sungjoo, Li Wenhan, Cho Seungyoun, and Wang Yibo. Uniq officially debuted on October 20, 2014 with their debut single "Falling In Love" in both China and South Korea.
On October 16, they had their first broadcast performance on M Countdown. Their debut single, "Falling In Love", was released on October 20 in both China and South Korea. UNIQ was chosen to participate in the OST for the movies TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Penguins of Madagascar. On October 23, they released the song "Born to Fight" for the Chinese release of TNMT. The group released the English adaptation of "Falling in Love" on November 5. On November 10, they released "Celebrate" for the Chinese release of Penguins of Madagascar. UNIQ made their official debut in China on November 25 with their first Chinese fanmeet in Beijing. On November 27, UNIQ commenced their first promotions in Taiwan and held a press conference on December 1. UNIQ's reality show The Best Debut began airing on December 2 on the Chinese online video platform, iQiyi, for three episodes.
In February 2015, Uniq began promoting a Chinese beauty shop, Mix-Box, replacing Ko Chen-tung as the official endorser. Uniq held their first fanmeet in Thailand in Bangkok on March 7. On April 6 Yuehua Entertainment formed a partnership with Starship Entertainment where UINQ will be manged by Yuehua while in China and will be managed by Starship while in Korea. On April 9, Yuehua Entertainment announced UNIQ's comeback with their first mini album titled "EOEO". UNIQ made their official comeback in South Korea on April 22 and held their first comeback broadcast performance on MBC's Show Champion, performing their title track "EOEO" and "Listen to Me". On April 23, UNIQ made their official comeback in China, performing "Listen to Me" at the KU Music Asian Music Awards. They were also awarded with KU Music Asian Music Awards' "Best New Artist" the same day. On April 24, UNIQ released their mini album and the official music video for "EOEO". After the release of "EOEO", the music video reached number 3 on the YinYueTai Weekly MV Chart.
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