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15&
Also known as Fifteen And
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2012 (2012)–present
Labels JYP Entertainment
Associated acts JYP Nation
Website 15and.jype.com
Members

15& (Korean: 피프틴앤드, also known as Fifteen And) is a South Korean duo formed by JYP Entertainment in 2012. The duo consists of Park Jimin and Baek Yerin. 15& is a combination of their ages at debut and the ‘and’ means that they can have success into the future. They released their debut single "I Dream" on October 5, 2012.[1] They released their single "Somebody" on April 17, 2013.[2]

History

Formation

In 2012, Park Jimin was the first-place winner of the South Korean reality TV competition, "K-pop Star".[3] 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.[4][5]

When Baek Yerin was ten years old, she was introduced as a "R&B genius" on Star King.[6][7] In 2008, she auditioned with Beyoncé’s "Listen" and was accepted as a trainee at the same time as 2PM's Wooyoung and Beast's Doo-joon.[8] Yerin had been a JYP trainee for over four years before she officially debuted with Jimin.[9]

2012–2013: Debut

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.[10] On October 12, 2012, 15& held their ‘school attack’ guerrilla concerts. The girls made performed at the Chungdam Middle School, Eonnam Middle School, Sungil Information High School and Dankook University. For a total of eight hours, 15& held a surprise concert at each school, performing their debut song and their cover versions of Alicia Keys's "Put It in a Love Song", and Sistar19's "Ma Boy". The event attracted a total of 5,000 in attendance. Not only the students who attended the schools were there, but also the citizens living nearby who heard the news of the free concert.[11]

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 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–present: Sugar

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."[12] 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. They made their comeback on Mnet's M Countdown on May 29, 2014.

They released the fourth single Love Is Madness, featuring Kanto of Troy on February 8, 2015. The song found real-time digital success, reaching #1 and #2 positions on all seven major Korean charts.[13] They performed the song for the first time along with other songs on February 14, 2015 for their Valentine's Day concert for singles.[14]

On March 31, Park Jin-young revealed that Park Ji-min would be the first member to make her solo debut.[15] She released her single and music video Hopeless Love on April 5,[16] and made her debut stage before the finals of K-pop Star 4 on the same day.[17] On November 25, JYP Entertainment released teaser images for Baek Ye-rin announcing her solo debut seven months after her groupmate's.[18] Her music video for "Across The Universe" was released on November 30, as well as her self-written debut mini-album FRANK.[19]

Members

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[20]
Sugar 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (download) Album
KOR
Gaon
[22]		 KOR
Hot 100
[23]
"I Dream" 2012 6 11 Sugar
"Somebody" 2013 3 10
"Can't Hide It" (티가 나나봐, Tiga Nanabwa) 2014 1 3
"Sugar" 17 36
"Love is Madness" 2015 2 — Digital Single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[22]
"Rain & Cry" 2014 46
  • KOR: 52,613 (DL)[29]
 Sugar
"Star" 85
  • KOR: 25,834 (DL)[29]
"Not Today Not Tomorrow" 95
  • KOR: 23,805 (DL)[29]

Filmography

Variety shows

Year Title Network Note
2013 Weekly Idol MBC Every1 Guest

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013
22nd Seoul Music Awards
 Best New Artist N/A Nominated
2015
24th Seoul Music Awards
 Bonsang Award Can't Hide It Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Hallyu Special Award Nominated
7th MelOn Music Awards
 Best R&B / Soul Song Love is Madness (feat. Kanto of Troy) Nominated
2016
25th Seoul Music Awards
 Bonsang Award[30] Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Hallyu Special Award Nominated

References

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