JJ Project

In 2009, Lim Jae-beom and Park Jin-young successfully auditioned for JYP Entertainment and became trainees.{{cite web|url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20120524/46500868/5|title=JJ프로젝트, 박진영·임재범 이름에 금테까지 둘렀다|publisher=Donga|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2014}} In January 2012, they were part of the KBS drama Dream High 2: in order not to be confused with the singers of the same name (Yim Jae-beom and J. Y. Park), they adopted the stage names of JB and Jr. respectively,{{cite web|date=January 17, 2012|title=Idols, Idols and More Idols Coming Your Way in 'Dream High 2'|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/2829/idols-idols-and-more-idols-coming-your-way-in-dream-high-2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008084649/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/2829/idols-idols-and-more-idols-coming-your-way-in-dream-high-2|archive-date=October 8, 2014|access-date=March 31, 2015|publisher=Mwave.interest.me}}{{Cite web|last=Moon|first=Yun-bae|date=May 20, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트, '실력·외모'되는 대형신인 "팬들과 함께 성장할 것"(인터뷰)|url=https://www.asiatoday.co.kr/view.php?key=642741|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Asia Today|language=ko}} later switching to Jay B{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=Jay B is switching it up from his K-pop idol past|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/52804/1/jay-b-got7-switching-up-k-pop-idol-past-h1ghr-music-jay-park-interview|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Dazed|language=en}} and Jinyoung.{{Cite web|title=Notice of Got7 Jr. Name Change|url=https://got7.jype.com/Default/NoticeView?AnSeq=1876&PgIndex=45|access-date=29 May 2015|website=got7.jype.com}}{{Cite web|title=박진영 on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/jrjyp/status/765512335783972865|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015204513/https://twitter.com/jrjyp/status/765512335783972865?lang=de|archive-date=15 October 2016|access-date=26 August 2016}}{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Se-rim|date=August 17, 2016|title=갓세븐 주니어, 본명으로 활동 개시 "오늘부터 주니어 아닌 진영"|url=http://enter.etoday.co.kr/view/news_view.php?varAtcId=72563|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=BizEnter}}{{Cite web|last=Park|first=So-hyun|date=September 28, 2016|title='주간아이돌' 갓세븐 진영 "박진영, 활동명 변경 후 표정 달라진 듯"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000655001&gid=999339&cid=1046735|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=entertain.naver.com|language=ko}} They also lent their voices for the soundtrack. On May 8, JYP Entertainment announced the new duo JJ Project,{{Cite web|last=Hwang|first=Yoo-young|date=May 9, 2012|title=JYP 新 아이돌 JJ 5월말 출격 "색다른 그룹될것"|trans-title=ko|url=https://newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201205091043061001|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Newsen}} which debuted with the single album Bounce on May 20, 2012,{{Cite web|last=Choo|first=Young-joon|date=May 14, 2012|title=JYP의 JJ프로젝트 '강렬 스타일+음악' 티저 공개|url=https://m.segye.com/view/20120514020846|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Segye Ilbo|language=ko}}{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Soo-jin|date=January 20, 2014|title=Have You Got the Boys of Got7?|url=http://kpoppla.net/interview/exclusive-have-you-got-the-boys-of-got7/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729210123/http://kpoppla.net/interview/exclusive-have-you-got-the-boys-of-got7/|archive-date=July 29, 2014|access-date=April 2, 2015|website=Kpop Planet|publisher=Kyunghyang Shinmun}} ranking #8 on Gaon Album Chart.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=22&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title=Bounce (2012) (see #8)|date=May 20–26, 2012|access-date=January 1, 2021}} The music video for the homonymous title track was released through their official YouTube account{{cite web|date=May 21, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트 '바운스', 아이튠즈 10위 '성공적 데뷔 신고식'|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/21/2012052101179.html|access-date=December 31, 2014|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko}} and reached over 1 million views on YouTube in 2 days.{{cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me/news/newsdetail/print/popup.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201205281116_7267|title=[K-pop] JJ Project Successfully Debuts and Hits 2 Million Views on YouTube|publisher=MWave|date=May 28, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208000806/http://mwave.interest.me/news/newsdetail/print/popup.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201205281116_7267|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=dead}} "Bounce" was produced by J.Y. Park and is a dance song which combines hip hop, rock and electronica in a new genre called "hip-rock tronica", and gained popularity for the free-spirited and cheerful performance.{{Cite web|date=July 16, 2017|title=JJ 프로젝트, 5년 만에 컴백···갓세븐 유닛|url=https://news.joins.com/article/21761617|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite magazine|date=July 31, 2017|title=GOT7's JJ Project Returns After Five Years With Introspective 'Tomorrow, Today': Watch|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7882254/got7-jj-project-returns-five-years-tomorrow-today|access-date=January 24, 2021|magazine=Billboard}} The single album also features "Hooked" ({{Langx|ko|꽂혔어|label=none}}), a collaboration with Miss A's Suzy titled "Before This Song Ends" ({{Langx|ko|이 노래가 끝나기 전에|label=none}}), and the instrumental version of "Bounce".{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Kyung-min|date=May 21, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트 '바운스', 아이튠즈 10위 '성공적 데뷔 신고식'|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/21/2012052101179.html|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=May 21, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트, 아이튠즈 탑댄스차트 10위|url=http://imnews.imbc.com/news/2012/culture/article/3064485_31052.html|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=MBC News|language=ko}} Promotions started on May 24 on M! Countdown and lasted one month.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyun-woo|date=May 24, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트, 마침내 공개 '엠카' 첫 출격|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/musics/view/2012/05/317246/|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Star Daily|language=ko}}

On June 26, 2012, the duo was invited to record an own rendition of "Na Na Na" by Yoo Seung-jun to be performed on the second season of MBC's music program MM Choice.{{cite web|title=JJ프로젝트, 유승준의 '나나나' 다시 부른다|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20120626n16673|work=Nate|publisher=Sports World|access-date=26 June 2012}} Between June and October, they also starred in SBS MTV reality show Diary for 45 episodes.{{Cite web |date=2012-06-21 |title=BTOB, JJ Project, My Name and VIXX to Star in New SBS MTV Reality Program |url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/news/btob-jj-project-my-name-and-vixx-to-051508147.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=sg.style.yahoo.com |language=en-SG}}{{Cite web|date=July 17, 2012|title=SBS MTV '다이어리' 시청률 고공행진 '아이돌 리얼리티 잘나가네~'|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/home/view/2012/07/442287/|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Daily Economy|language=ko|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207173758/https://www.mk.co.kr/news/home/view/2012/07/442287/|url-status=dead}}

On July 7, they opened Wonder Girls' Wonder World Tour in Seoul, which was held in front of 5,000 fans at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium.{{Cite web|date=2012-07-08|title=원더걸스, 亞 투어 성공적인 첫 걸음..'다섯 소녀의 꿈이 펼쳐지다'|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20120708000016|access-date=2020-08-14|website=biz.heraldcorp.com|language=ko}} They were the opening act for the September 8 stop in Singapore, too, where they performed "Bounce" and "Hooked", and later joined Hyerim for her solo stage.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Myung-soo|date=2012-08-27|title=JJ프로젝트(JJ Project), 원더걸스(Wonder Girls) 싱가포르 공연서 오프닝 무대 장식|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=25488|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Topstar News|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=sgxclusive|date=2012-09-10|title=(x)clusive!: A Wonderful night with the Wonder Girls (Wonder World Asia Tour in Singapore)|url=https://x-clusive.sg/2012/09/xclusive-a-wonderful-night-with-the-wonder-girls-wonder-world-asia-tour-in-singapore/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=(x)clusive★|language=en-US}} In August 2012, JJ Project took part in JYP Nation concert, which was held at the Olympic Park Gymnasium of Seoul on August 4, and at Yoyogi National Gymnasium of Tokyo on August 18 and 19. The shows attracted an audience of 10,000 and 36,000 people, respectively.{{Cite web|date=2012-08-04|title=JYP네이션, SM타운·YG패밀리와 다른점|url=https://news.joins.com/article/8962150|access-date=2020-08-15|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|title=[포토]JJ프로젝트, JYP 막내의 신나는 무대|url=http://www.inews24.com/view/678570|access-date=2020-08-15|website=inews24|date=August 5, 2012 |language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Ryu|first=Jennifer|date=2012-08-21|title='JYP Nation' attracts 36,000 fans in Japan|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120821001121|access-date=2020-08-14|website=The Korea Herald|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=＜JYP NATION in Japan 2012＞で、2AM新曲初披露|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000082466|access-date=2020-08-14|website=BARKS| date=August 20, 2012 |language=ja}} On November 25, they performed at "M-LIVE MO.A in Vietnam" global concert held in Ho Chi Minh to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Vietnam.{{Cite web|date=November 26, 2012|title=K-POP ★총출동 'MO.A', 5000여 호치민 관객 '들썩'|url=https://news.zum.com/articles/4595693|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=news.zum.com|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Byung-chul|date=November 13, 2012|title=한국-베트남 수교 20주년 콘서트 개최|url=https://www.kjtimes.com/news/article.html?no=13881|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=www.kjtimes.com|language=ko}}

JJ Project earned 1.25 billion won over the year{{Cite web|date=June 22, 2013|title=JYP 가수들 누가 많이 벌었나…2PM 압도적|url=http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=0500&key=20130622.99002194716|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=The Kookje Daily News}} from their activities in the music field, and endorsement deals with LG's teen cosmetic line nana's B,{{cite web|date=May 25, 2012|title=LG생활건강 '나나스비' 모델에 'JJ프로젝트' 발탁|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20120525n09261|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=News1|publisher=Nate|language=ko}} clothing brand TBJ,{{Cite web|last=Hwang|first=Yoo-young|date=July 2, 2012|title=JJ프로젝트 데뷔 두달만 광고모델 두개 대박신인 광고 잭팟|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201207021121401410|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=Newsen}} and Reebok.{{Cite web|date=November 29, 2012|title="전설의 의자곡예가 돌아왔다" JJ프로젝트, 80년대 리복 클래식 TV CF를 재해석|url=https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/201211298901q|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=The Korea Economic Daily|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Kang|first=Eun-hee|date=November 29, 2012|title=리복, JYP 신인듀오 'JJ프로젝트' 모델 새 TV CF 공개|url=https://www.g-enews.com/view.php?ud=201211291139000019552_1|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=Global Economics|language=ko}}

In April 2013, the duo appeared once again as actors for the MBC's drama When a Man Falls in Love.{{cite web|title=JJ Project′s JB to Appear as Shin Se Kyung′s Little Brother in ′When a Man Falls in Love′|url=http://mwave.interest.me/news/newsdetail.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201303111129_31066|work=Ko Hung Ju|publisher=CJ E&M enewsWorld|access-date=March 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616020642/http://mwave.interest.me/news/newsdetail.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201303111129_31066|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=dead}} While they were preparing for their second album,{{Cite web|date=2016-02-22|title=다른 아이들, 갓세븐|url=https://m.thesingle.co.kr/article/610338/THESINGLE|access-date=2021-11-01|website=The Singles|language=ko}} they were reintegrated into JYPE's new boy band project group, and on January 16, 2014, they debuted as members of Got7.{{cite web|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1109754242|title=JYP, 포스트 2PM 그룹명은 '갓세븐(GOT7)'..16일 데뷔무대|trans-title=JYP, first boy group since 2PM, group name 'GOT 7' .. debut stage|publisher=Osen|date=January 16, 2014|access-date=December 30, 2014}}

On July 31, 2017, they released Verse 2, an EP of self-composed, self-written songs about the anxieties of youth.{{cite web|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/07/31/2017073101458.html|title=[정오의 신곡] JJ프로젝트, 5년만에 돌아온 빛나는 청춘…'내일, 오늘'|trans-title=[New song] JJ project, a bright youth that came back in five years... 'Tomorrow, Today'|last=Jung|first=Ji-won|date=July 31, 2017|website=Chosun|access-date=July 31, 2017}} At the same time, they held a photo exhibition.{{cite web|last=Jeong|first=Seo-won|date=July 31, 2017|title=JJ프로젝트, 오늘(31일) 5년만 컴백…전시회·쇼케이스 동시 개최|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/07/31/2017073100811.html|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=Chosun}} Verse 2 charted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart{{cite web|script-title=ko:2017년 31주차 Album Chart|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=31&hitYear=2017&termGbn=week|access-date=August 17, 2017|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|language=Korean}} and the Billboard World Albums chart,{{cite magazine|title=World Music: Top World Albums Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/world-albums/2017-08-19|access-date=August 17, 2017|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Holdings}} and debuted at #29 on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan.{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年07月31日～2017年08月06日|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2017-08-14/p/3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809200647/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2017-08-14/p/3/|archive-date=August 9, 2017|access-date=August 17, 2017|website=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese}} Between August and September, they performed at KCON LA{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Soo-hyung|date=August 31, 2017|title='엠카' JJ프로젝트, '내일, 오늘' 거울안무 퍼포먼스‥LA 소녀팬들 심쿵|url=http://pop.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=201708311832498983276_1|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=pop.heraldcorp.com|language=ko}} and Inkigayo's Super Concert in Daejeon.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ha-na|date=October 1, 2017|title='인기가요 슈퍼콘서트' 스페셜 MC 방탄소년단 뷔 출격|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1OM4UWRIS3/GL0103|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=Seoul Daily|language=ko}} At the end of the year, Verse 2 was chosen as the fifth best K-pop album of 2017 by Billboard{{Cite magazine|last1=Benjamin|first1=Jeff|last2=Herman|first2=Tamar|last3=Kelley|first3=Caitlin|date=December 14, 2017|title=The 20 Best K-pop Albums of 2017: Critics' Picks|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2017/8070585/best-k-pop-albums-2017-top-20|access-date=January 24, 2021|magazine=Billboard}} and was nominated in the album division at the Golden Disc Awards;{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2017|title=[32회 골든] 부문별 후보부터 심사기준까지..골든디스크, 톺아보기|url=https://news.joins.com/article/22191966|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|title=The 32nd Golden Disc Nominees|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/goldendisc/en/candidate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211064438/http://isplus.live.joins.com/goldendisc/en/candidate|archive-date=December 11, 2017|access-date=January 24, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=(종합)방탄소년단, 음반 대상·본상·인기상 싹쓸이...'4관왕 기염'[2019 골든디스크]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0004283908|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=entertain.naver.com|language=ko}} JJ Project also got a nomination for the popularity award.{{Cite web|title=골든디스크 지니뮤직 인기상 투표 이벤트|url=http://www.genie.co.kr/promotion/2017/1211/index?type=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217153911/http://www.genie.co.kr/promotion/2017/1211/index?type=|archive-date=December 17, 2017|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=genie.co.kr}} In 2019, Verse 2 was included in the list of Billboard's 25 greatest K-pop album of the 2010s.{{Cite magazine |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |date=December 17, 2017 |title=The 25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/greatest-k-pop-albums-2010s-top-25-8546586/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

On January 19, 2021, following the expiration of their contract, they left JYP Entertainment.{{Cite web|title=갓세븐 전원, 결국 JYP 떠난다 "재계약 않기로…미래 응원" [공식]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000468139|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=entertain.naver.com|language=ko}}

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