SS501

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SS501 (pronounced as Double-S Five-Oh-One or Deo Beul E Seu Oh Gong Il (더블에스오공일) in Korean) is a popular South Korean boy band formed under the management of Daesung Entertainment, also known as DSP Entertainment. All the members of the group have subsequently left DSP Entertainment to different management companies, but they still intend to stay together as SS501. The name of the band is a combination of letters and numbers that have special meaning. The first “S” stands for “Superstar". The second “S” is an abbreviation for "Singer". The combination of 5, 0, and 1 symbolizes "five members united as one forever". SS501's official fan club name is Triple S (means SSS : Super Star Supporters).

2005-2006: Debut

SS501 debuted pada June 8, 2005 dengan single pertama diaorang "Kyeonggo" (Korean: "경고", "Warning"), diikuti dengan single kedua "Snow Prince" hujung tahun 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April of that year.^[2] The reason was due to Heo Young Saeng's throat condition which required a surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover.^[3] In mid-2006, they held their first successful concert, "Step Up Concert" in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10 and titled S.T.01 Now. Singles from the album included "Unlock" and "Four Chance". As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. The group (except Heo Young Saeng, who was recovering from the sugery) also lent their voices for the 2006 animated movie Pi's Story.^[4]

SS501 debuted on June 8, 2005 with their first single "Kyeonggo" (Korean: "경고", "Warning"), with a second single "Snow Prince" released in late 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April of that year. The reason was due to Heo Young Saeng's throat condition which required a surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover. In mid-2006, they held their first successful concert, "Step Up Concert" in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10 and titled S.T.01 Now. Singles from the album included "Unlock" and "Four Chance". As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. The group (except Heo Young Saeng, who was recovering from the surgery) also lent their voices for the 2006 animated movie Pi's Story.

2007-2008: Japanese activities, 'Boys Over Flowers', and Sub-unit

Later in 2007, the group debuted in the Japanese market. A Japanese fan club has been established with the name of "Triple S Japan"; it officially debuted on March 25, 2007, when SS501 had their first official meeting with the group. The group released their Japanese single "Kokoro", alongside multiple versions, including one with all members and five others featuring the members individually. The single debuted at #5 on the Oricon chart, and move to #3 the next day. A full album was released later that year. Then SS501 got the new comer award in Japan and this is the first time for Korean artist could get this award.

In 2008, SS501 returned to Korea with their single Deja Vu released on March 8, 2008. The title track was the first song to be promoted, and they began their comeback on music channel M.Net's M Countdown. After success with their single "Deja Vu", they began to promote their second single, "A Song Calling for You". They performed their Goodbye Stage on Music Bank on June 6, 2008, to return to Japanese activities.

On October 2, 2008, an official announcement confirmed that leader Kim Hyun Joong was part of the cast for the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, officially named Boys Over Flowers. It was broadcast on KBS in the first half of 2009, with a total of 25 episodes and a few special episodes.

With both Park Jung Min (Danny Park on the musical Grease) and Kim Hyun Joong on solo activities, the next SS501 album was pushed back to July 2009. As such, the other three members formed a subunit with Heo Young Saeng as the leader and released a project album named U R Man in November 2008. The first single released was "U R Man". They also promoted their single for the Boys Over Flowers soundtrack, "Nae Meoriga Nabbaseo" (Korean: "내 머리가 나빠서", "Because I'm Stupid"). Due to the success of the drama, the song had a high number of downloads.

2009—2010: Mini albums, first Asian tour, and contract issues

SS501 released their official second Japanese album All My Love on May 13, 2009. A promotional tour was also held in Japan support of the album. They later released the album Solo Collection, consisting of the individual members' songs. Following its release, the members dissolved into their solo activities. They later reunite to embark on their first Asia tour, visiting Seoul, Tokyo, Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

The group's mini album Rebirth was released in two part: a limited and a full edition. The former was released on the 20th of October with the latter on the 22nd. The limited special edition album included two posters and a 100 page photo diary. SS501 promoted the album with the single "Love Like This"; the song went on win two Music Bank awards and one Inkigayo Mutizen in November. Promotional activities for the album ended on November 29, 2009.

Kicking off 2010, SS501 held a concert in Thailand before holding their final concert in Seoul to conclude their Asia Tour. Although the release of their new mini album was planned to be on May 1, 2010 (a nod towards "501" in the group's name), the date was pushed back in order to "add finishing touches". They also performed at the 2010 Dream Concert later that month. Due to the fact that Kim Hyun Joong was still recovering from a previous injury, they sang two ballads instead of the rumored come back track. A day after their performance at the Dream Concert, one of their mini-album tracks, "Let Me Be The One" was leaked on the internet. Not long afterwards, the teaser for the comeback track was unveiled. The third mini album, "Destination", was finally released on May 24, 2010. Their first win for their title track "Love Ya" was during their second week of promotion in Music Bank, on June 11, 2010. They also took first place the following week. On June 18, 2010, Daesung Entertainment announced that SS501 would end their "Love Ya" promotions due to contract expiry with DSP on June 7, 2010.

Starting with the group's leader Kim Hyun Joong, majority of the members began to leave DSP Entertainment. Kim was the first to leave, signing with KeyEast Entertainment. This was followed by Park Jung Min to join CNR Media, Kim Hyung Jun for S-Plus Entertainment, and Heo Young Saeng and Kim Kyu Jong both signing with B2Ment. Although the members are under different companies, SS501 will retain its name and will still produce songs. All of the members' companies have stated that SS501's activities will be top priority in their contracts. All the other members have also stated that the group is definitely not disbanded. Kim Hyun Joong explained in an interview that at that time, there wasn't a company that accepted them as a whole so the group decided to take this chance to focus on their solo activities.

On October 2010, Kim Hyung Jun announced that SS501 will be back in early 2011 with a new album. Regardless, the members are working on their solo endeavors for the time being. Kim Hyun Joong wrapped up filming the drama Playful Kiss as Baek Seung Jo, the main male lead along with Jung So Min as Oh Ha Ni, the main female lead, meanwhile it was confirmed that members, Heo Young Saeng and Kim Kyu Jong will be holding fanmeetings in countries across Asia. Park Jung Min's comeback solo album 'Not Alone' was originally supposed to be released back in November 2010, but due to North Korea attacking South Korea, CNR Media pushed back the date to January 20, 2011 to allow Park Jung Min to add more songs to the album. Park Jung Min was also involved in a musical 'Bonds Of Boys' in Japan as an exchange student from 18 November - 23 November. Kim Hyung Jun was in musical 'Cafe-In' in Korea from 24 November 2010 - 23 January 2011 as two characters: Ji Min and Jeong Min. His solo album 'Girl' was released on 8 March 2011. Heo Young Saeng has released his solo album 'Let It Go' on 12 May 2011. Kim Hyun Joong's solo album 'Break Down' was released on the 8 June 2011.

Artistry

Although most of their music is composed by various people, the members of SS501 have also contributed to their albums. Kim Hyung Jun and his brother, Kim Ki Bum (U-KISS) composed, under the name "H&B", the songs: "Want It", "The One", "I AM", "Hey G".^[12] Kim Hyung Jun also wrote the lyrics of the song "Obsess" in their Rebirth album. Heo Young Saeng composed his solo song "Is It Love?" and wrote the lyrics of "Until Forever", one of the tracks in SS501's album Destination. Park Jung Min composed the song "Kiss" which is sung by Rainbow, he performed the song at their Persona concert. Park Jung Min also wrote the lyrics of Not Alone and contributed to all the other songs from his album.