15&
{{short description|South Korean vocal duo}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 300px
| alias = Fifteen And
| origin = Seoul, South Korea
| genre = {{hlist|K-pop|R&B|soul}}
|years_active = 2012–2015
| label = JYP
| website = {{URL|15and.jype.com}}
| past_members = *Baek Ye-rin
}}
15& ({{langx|ko|피프틴앤드}}, also known as Fifteen And) was a South Korean duo formed by JYP Entertainment in 2012. The duo consisted of Park Ji-min and Baek Ye-rin. The name refers to fifteen being their age at debut, with the ampersand meaning they can continue to have success into the future.{{Cite web|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1349391600396559010|title='Jyp 천재소녀' 박지민 백예린이 밝힌 15&의 3가지 반전[인터뷰]|date=5 October 2012}} They released their debut single "I Dream" on October 5, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://15and.jype.com|title=15& Official Website|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927025957/http://15and.jype.com/|archive-date=2012-09-27|url-status=dead}} Following a four-year hiatus which began in February 2015, the group de facto disbanded upon the expiration of both members' contracts with JYP Entertainment in 2019.
History
= Formation =
In 2012, Park Ji-min was the first-place winner of the South Korean reality TV competition, "K-pop Star".{{cite web |url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=15770 |title=JYP Entertainment Opens Park Ji Min's 15& Homepage |publisher=enews world |date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928080840/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=15770 |archive-date=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead }} With the opportunity of signing with three major record labels (YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment), she had chosen to sign with JYP Entertainment on May 21.{{cite web|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20120521n23103 |title=K팝스타' 박지민, JYP와 전속계약 "데뷔 앨범 준비 |publisher=Nate |date= May 21, 2012|language=ko |access-date=October 8, 2012}}
When Baek Ye-rin was ten years old, she was introduced as a "R&B genius" on Star King.{{cite web |url=http://news.nate.com/view/20121002n05454?mid=e0101 |title=JYP '천재소녀' 백예린 알고보니 김조한 제자 |publisher=Nate |date=October 2, 2012 |language=ko |access-date=October 8, 2012 }} In 2008, she auditioned with Beyoncé's "Listen" and was accepted as a trainee at the same time as 2PM's Wooyoung and Highlight's Doo-joon.{{cite web |url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/16146/jyp-reveals-k-pop-star-park-ji-mins-fellow-member-for-15-baek-ye-rin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403162922/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/16146/jyp-reveals-k-pop-star-park-ji-mins-fellow-member-for-15-baek-ye-rin |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |title=JYP Reveals {{prime}}K-Pop Star{{prime}} Park Ji Min{{prime}}s Fellow Member for 15&, Baek Ye Rin |publisher=Mnet |date=September 27, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2012 }}{{Cite news|last=Lyu|first=Jacob|date=11 September 2007|title=동영상 UCC 오디션서 예비스타 5명 선발|work=Yonhap News|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.naver?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=001&aid=0001925235}} Baek had been a JYP trainee for five years before she officially debuted with Park.{{Cite news|last=Heo|first=Seol-hee|date=27 September 2012|title=박지민 듀엣 천재소녀 알고보니 '스타킹' 출신 백예린|work=OSEN|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201209271020132210}}
= 2012–2013: Debut with ''I Dream'' and ''Somebody'' =
15&'s debut single I Dream was released on October 5, 2012. The duo's debut officially began on October 7, 2012, performing on SBS Inkigayo.{{Cite news|last=Cho|first=Yoo-kyung|date=5 October 2012|title=박지민·백예린, 두 천재소녀의 만남 '15&' 데뷔앨범 공개|work=스포츠동아|url=https://sports.donga.com/ent/article/all/20121005/49878685/2}} On October 12, 2012, 15& held their 'school attack' guerrilla concerts. The girls performed at the Chungdam Middle School, Eonnam Middle School, Sungil Information High School and Dankook University. Supported by KT Corporation's Genie Music, the concert attracted both students and local residents' attendance.{{Cite news|last=Kwak|first=Hyeon-soo|date=14 October 2012|title=15& 게릴라 콘서트, 가는 곳마다 열광...무서운 10대 위력 제대로|work=TVdaily|url=http://www.tvdaily.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1350222347401445010}}
15&'s second single Somebody was released on April 7, 2013. The music video showed the two parodying the "K-Pop Star" judge panel while reacting to staged auditions/cameos by Park Jin-young and some of Park Ji-min's fellow contestants from K-pop Star season 1. On April 7, 2013, 15& made their comeback performance on K-pop Star 2 finale with "Somebody". Upon its release on the same day, the song rose to the summit of music charts on Olleh, Melon, Daum and others.
= 2014–2019: ''Can't Hide It'', ''Sugar'', ''Love is Madness'', and unofficial disbandment =
15&'s third single Can't Hide It was released on April 13. On the same day, they made their comeback performance on K-pop Star 3 finale with "Can't Hide It."{{Cite news|last=Heo|first=Seol-hee|date=13 April 2014|title=15&, '티가나나봐' 컴백 박지민·백예린 여유로운 선배|work=My Daily|url=http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=201404131711591110&ext=na}} It was also revealed that their first album is scheduled to be released in May 2014. 15&'s first album Sugar was released on May 26, 2014.{{Cite news|last=Kwon|first=Ji-young|date=26 May 2014|title=[정오의 신곡] 15& '슈가', 소녀들의 R&B가 달콤하게 시작됐다|work=OSEN|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1109860640}} They made their comeback on Mnet's M Countdown on May 29, 2014.{{Cite news|last=Jeong|first=Ji-won|date=29 April 2014|title=15& 박지민, 눈에띄게 깜찍해진 미모(엠카운트다운)|work=Newsen|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201405291853171210}}
15& released the fourth single Love Is Madness, featuring Kanto of Troy on February 9, 2015.{{Cite news|last=Kim|first=Sara|date=9 February 2015|title=[한밤의 신곡] 15&, 소녀들의 귀여운 이별공감 '사랑은 미친 짓'|work=OSEN|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110074450}} They performed the song for the first time along with other songs on February 14, 2015 for their Valentine's Day concert for singles.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Sara|date=February 16, 2015|title=15& '사미자쑈', 커플파괴 이색공연 성료..유쾌+발랄|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110080301|url-status=live|website=OSEN|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211205182052/http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110080301 |archive-date = 2021-12-05 }}
Following four year of hiatus, the expiration and non-renewal of Park Ji-min's contract with JYP Entertainment in August 2019 led to the group's de facto disbanding.{{cite news|url=https://news.v.daum.net/v/20190806090221880|script-title=ko:박지민, 7년만에 JYP 떠난다.."피프틴앤드 사실상 해체|work=Yonhap News|trans-title=Park Ji-min, leaving JYP after 7 years.. "15& de facto disbanding"|via=Daum|last=Lee|first=Eun-jung|date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019|language=ko}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" |Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Sales (download) ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| KOR Gaon {{cite web|title=Gaon Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL |publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association |access-date=February 8, 2015 |language=ko |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309051712/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL |archive-date=March 9, 2017 }} ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| KOR |
| scope="row"|"I Dream"
|2012 | 6 || 11 |
|rowspan="4"|Sugar |
| scope="row"|"Somebody"
|2013 | 3 || 10 |
|
| scope="row"|"Can't Hide It" ({{lang|ko|티가 나나봐}}, Tiga Nanabwa)
|rowspan="2"|2014 | 1 || 3 |
|
| scope="row"|"Sugar"
| 17 || 36 |
|
| scope="row"|"Love Is Madness" ({{lang|ko|사랑은 미친짓}}) {{small|featuring Kanto of Troy}} |2015 | 2 || — |
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" |Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" |Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| KOR Gaon |
| scope="row"|"Rain & Cry"
|rowspan="3"| 2014 | 46 |
|rowspan="3"|Sugar |
| scope="row"|"Star"
| 85 | |
| scope="row"|"Not Today Not Tomorrow"
| 95 | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|2013
| {{center|22nd Seoul Music Awards}} | Best New Artist | {{NA}} | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2015
| rowspan="3"|{{center|24th Seoul Music Awards}} | Bonsang Award | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Can't Hide It | {{nom}} |
| Popularity Award
| {{nom}} |
| Hallyu Special Award
| {{nom}} |
| {{center|7th Melon Music Awards}}
| Best R&B / Soul Song | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Love is Madness (feat. Kanto of Troy) | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|2016
| rowspan="3"|{{center|25th Seoul Music Awards}} | {{nom}} |
| Popularity Award
| {{nom}} |
| Hallyu Special Award
| {{nom}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://15and.jype.com}}
{{JYP Entertainment}}
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Category:2012 establishments in South Korea
Category:JYP Entertainment artists
Category:Musical groups established in 2012
Category:Musical groups from Seoul