Dia (band)
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Also known as | Diamond |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2015 | –present
Labels | MBK Entertainment |
Website | mbk-ent |
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DIA (Korean: 다이아; shortened from DIAMOND and acronym for Do It Amazing) is a South Korean girl group formed by MBK Entertainment in 2015. The group consists of seven members: Eunice, Heehyun, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin, Chaeyeon, and Eunchae. Their album, Do It Amazing was released on September 14, 2015.
Contents
History
Pre-debut
In February 2015, MBK Entertainment announced its plans to debut a new girl group. Originally, the company had decided to have possible candidates for their new group compete on a reality survival program, through which the public could become familiar with the group members.
MBK Entertainment revealed the first potential members to be Cathy, Eunjin and Kim Minhyun.[1] Minhyun later left the project due to personal reasons, and Moon Seulgi and Chaeyeon were added to replace her.[2] On February 10th, a fifth member, Kim Dani, was confirmed to be joining the project, and the program's name was announced to be "T-ara's Little Sister Girl Group".[3] An additional member, Seunghee was also confirmed to have joined the lineup. Seunghee originally made her debut as member of F-ve Dolls in 2013, however she left two years later when the group disbanded.[4] In June, MBK announced that they had cancelled their plans for a survival program, and decided to select the members internally. The final three members, Yebin, Eunice and Jenny were revealed, and the group was set to debut in August under the name "DIA".[5]MBK also announcement final line-up with six member: Eunice, Cathy, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin and Chaeyeon, however possible added another member to make DIA debuted with seven member[6] MBK Entertainment later added Seunghee in the line-up and made them debut with seven-member lineup: Seunghee, Cathy, Eunice, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin and Chaeyeon. Seulgi and Dani dropped out of the group to become trainees again.
2015: Debut with Do It Amazing and Cathy and Chaeyeon's hiatus
On September 14, 2015, DIA released their self-titled debut album, Do It Amazing. On the same day, the music video for their lead single, "Somehow", was released.[7] Their first official public appearance was also on September 14; the group performed a showcase at the Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul.[8] They made their official debut stage on the music program M! Countdown on September 17, 2015.
On October 19, DIA released the music video for "My Friend's Boyfriend", another song from their debut album, and they continued their promotions for this new song on music stages.[9]
On December 17, Cathy and Chaeyeon were announced to have temporarily withdrawn from DIA to join Mnet's Girl Group Project Produce 101. It was revealed that both Cathy and Chaeyeon auditioned and signed contracts with the show before DIA's official debut. Although it is not clear when Cathy and Chaeyeon will resume group activities, they are expected to return to DIA once the project is finished. DIA was said to continue to promote as a five member group for the time being. After being eliminated in episode 11, Cathy is set to resume her activities with the group, while Chaeyeon, placing 7th in the final episode which granted her entrance to I.O.I, will continue her hiatus for ten months to carry out her activities with I.O.I and this group is set to debut in May.[10]
2016–present: Line-up changes, Cathy and Chaeyeon re-join, Summer comeback
On March 7, MBK Entertainment announced the addition of a new member, Chaewon and confirmed that they are currently preparing comeback.[11][12]
On April 13, MBK Entertainment announced through their official Twitter that Seunghee's contract with the company will come to an end on 30th April, but she hasn't made any decision about renewing her contract at the moment.[13]
On April 19, IOI agency stated "As it's already been mentioned, it's possible that they might promote according to their different agencies. However, IOI will be promoting as a whole or in units for the upcoming 10 months".[14] On May 11, MBK Entertainment announced that Cathy and Chaeyeon will return to the group for a summer comeback in June. Chaeyeon can still promote as a DIA member after I.O.I promotions are finished.[15]
Members
Eunice
Eunice (Hangul: 유니스) was born Heo Soo-yeon (Hangul:허수연) on September 2, 1991 in Busan, South Korea. She is one of the group's main vocalist and lead dancer.[16]Eunice is a former Star Empire Entertainment trainee and was briefly a member of the group Jewelry, but the group disbanded before her official debut with them in early 2015.
Heehyun
Ki Hee Hyun (Hangul: 기희현) was born on June 16, 1995 in Nanwon, North Jeolla, South Korea.
In December 2015, MBK Entertainment announced Cathy temporarily withdrawn from the group to join survival program Produce 101, she auditioned and signed contracts with the show before DIA's official debut. On May 11, MBK Entertainment confirmed that Cathy was re-joined to the group.[15]Cathy will be used her real name for upcoming promotion.
Jenny
Jenny (Hangul: 제니) was born Lee So-yul (Hangul:이소율) on September 14, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea. Jenny is a former Source Music trainee and trained with members of girl group GFriend. She then moved to Ensoul Entertainment and trained with upcoming girl group Project A.[17][18]
Yebin
Baek Ye-bin (Hangul: 백예빈) was born on July 13, 1997 in Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea. She is one of the group's sub vocalist.[16]Yebin is a former Ensoul Entertainment trainee and trained with upcoming girl group Project A.
Eunjin
Ahn Eun-jin (Hangul: 안은진) was born on August 31, 1997 in Mokpo, South Jeolla, South Korea. She is lead rapper, main dancer and one of the group's sub vocalist.[16]She is a former LOEN Entertainment trainee.
Chaeyeon
Jung Chae-yeon (Hangul: 정채연) was born on December 1, 1997 in Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea.
In December 2015, MBK Entertainment announced Chaeyeon temporarily withdrawn from the group to join survival program Produce 101, she auditioned and signed contracts with the show before DIA's official debut. She was confirmed to debut as one of the members of I.O.I. On April 19, IOI agency stated "As it's already been mentioned, it's possible that they might promote according to their different agencies. However, IOI will be promoting as a whole or in units for the upcoming 10 months".[14]On May 11, MBK Entertainment confirmed that Chaeyeon is re-joined the group for their upcoming summer comeback.[15]
Chaewon
Eunchae (Hangul: ) was born Kwon Chae-won (Hangul: 권채원) on May 26, 1999 . On March 7, 2016 MBK Entertainment introduced Chaewon as new member to the group, while Heehyun and Chaeyeon were temporarily withdrawn for Produce 101.[11]Eunchae is a former Ensoul Entertainment trainee and trained with upcoming girl group Project A. Chaewon will be promotion with stage name Eunchae.
Former Members
Seunghee
Cho Seung-hee (Hangul: 조승희) was born on June 3, 1991 in Gwangju, South Korea. She is leader and one of the group's main vocalist.[16]Seunghee auditioned at both Woollim Entertainment and FNC Entertainment and successfully passed the auditions, but ended up choosing Woollim Entertainment for training and trained with members of girl group Lovelyz. In 2012, She appeared on Running Man Lovelyz's Jiae and The SeeYa's Yeonkyung as "Woollim Girls". She then moved to Core Contents Media (now MBK Entertainment) and debuted as new member of F-ve Dolls in 2013, but the group disbanded in March 2015.
Discography
Studio Albums
Title | Album Information | Peak Positions |
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Do It Amazing |
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||
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"Somehow" | — | Do It Amazing | ||||||||||
"My Friend's Boyfriend" | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Videography
Year | Title | Other Version(s) |
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2015 | "Somehow" | |
"Somehow" |
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"음악 들을래 (I Wanna Listen to Music)" | ||
"Lean on Me (feat. Microdot)" | ||
"내 친구의 남자친구" (My Friend's Boyfriend) |
Music video appearances
Year | Title | Artist | Member | Notes |
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2012 | "Message" (Jpn. Vers.) | MYNAME | Eunice | MYNAME [Official] |
2013 | "We Are The Night" | MYNAME [Official] | ||
"Shirayuki" | MYNAME [Official] | |||
2014 | "Tell Me" | The SeeYa | Seunghee | MBK Entertainment [Official] |
"Again" | Davichi | MBK Entertainment [Official] | ||
"Little Apple" | T-ara | MBK Entertainment [Official] | ||
2015 | "Don't Forget Me" | TS | MBK Entertainment [Official] | |
"I'm Good" | Elsie | Chaeyeon | MBK Entertainment [Official] | |
"Pick Me" | Produce 101 | Cathy & Chaeyeon | CJENMMUSIC [Official] |
Filmography
Reality shows
Year | Title | TV Network | Member(s) | Note |
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2015 | DIA Daily | Afreeca TV | All | Season 1 (Episode 1-15 and 2 Episode special) and Season 2 (Episode1-46) |
Variety shows
Year | Title | TV Network | Member(s) | Note |
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2015 | Show Me The Money 3 | Mnet | All | |
100 People, 100 Song | JTBC | All | ||
After School Club | Arirang TV | All | [21] | |
Hidden Singer | JTBC | Seunghee, Yebin and Chaeyeon | ||
Sugar Man | JTBC | Eunjin, Chaeyeon and Yebin | [22] | |
Escape Crisis No.1 | KBS2 | All | ||
Sweet Temptation | Naver | Seunghee, Jenny, and Chaeyeon | ||
2016 | Produce 101 | Mnet | Cathy and Chaeyeon | |
After School Club | Arirang TV | Eunjin | ||
Vitamin | KBS2 | Seunghee, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin |
Awards and Nominations
Seoul Music Awards
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result | |
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2015 | "Somehow" | Bonsang Award | Nominated | [23] |
DIA | New Artist Award | Nominated | ||
Popularity Award | Nominated | |||
Hallyu Special Award | Nominated |
AfreecaTV BJ Awards
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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2015 | DIA | Special Idol Awards[24] | Won |
References
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/04/ymc-entertainment-clears-up-misunderstanding-about-iois-upcoming-schedule
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