Jewelry (group)

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Jewelry (쥬얼리)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genre(s)	K-pop
Years active	2001 - present
Label(s)	M.Net Media
Website	Official Site
Members
Park Jung Ah (lead vocal) Seo In Young (supporting vocal) Ha Joo Yun Kim Eun Jung
Former members
Jung Yoo-jin Jun Eun-mi Lee Ji Hyun Cho Min-ah

Jewelry (쥬얼리) is a Korean girl group. After releasing their first album with low sales, the group eventually rose to prominence via their sophomore album and reached their commercial peak with their fourth album Superstar, which spawned a number-one hit for them. In addition to Korean releases, the group has also branch over to Japan, releasing materials over there with mediocre success as well.

1 History
2 Members
- 2.1 Current
- 2.2 Former
3 Discography
- 3.1 Korean Albums
- 3.2 Japanese albums
  - 3.2.1 Japanese singles
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Jewelry debuted in 2001 with their first album Discovery. After less-than-stellar sales of the first album, two of the singers were replaced. A year later, their second album Again was released, with better results. Full of strong ballads (as opposed to the sexy dance songs that were popular at the time), the album quickly yielded two high-charting singles — "Tonight" and "Again" — which started the group's rise to popularity. This was quickly followed by their third album Beloved, which saw a continuation of their cute image. Their first single "니가 참 좋아" ("I Really Like You") was very poppy and had Jewelry adopt a cutesy concept to match the song, with colorful outfits and perky dances.

After the success of their sophomore album, Jewelery left for Japan to start on their career there in 2004 with their first single Kokoro no Tomaranai under the independent label Giza Studio. After releasing a few materials there with mediocre sales, the group eventually left to return to their native country to release their fourth album.

By the time their fourth album Superstar came out in the beginning of 2005, Jewelry has since shed their "cute image" concept. Following the trend in Korean pop, they became sexier and more womanly, which helped bring about their current level of success. The first single "Superstar" (written by Shinhwa member Lee Min Woo) was a driven rock song and surprisingly became a huge hit. They followed this up with the sexy R&B number "Passion", which also charted strongly. Both of these singles prominently featured "sexy" member Seo In-Young dance scantily-clad in short solos, which brought the group much press attention (both positive and negative). In 2006, Jewelry took a break from the Korean music industry in order to focus on Japan. During that time, member Ji-Hyun left to pursue an acting career^[1]. In early November, news also leaked out that another member, Cho Min-Ah, has also left, which forced their record company to look for a second replacement member. As Park Jung-Ah and Seo In-young had solo projects, a new album was not expected until mid-2007.^[2]

In early 2008, Jewelry returned to the music scene with their new members Ha Joo Hyun and Kim Eun Jung with the release of their fifth album, Kitchi Island. Released on February 20, 2008, the album featured the single "One More Time", a cover of In-Grid's song. "One More Time" has mirrored the success of Jewelry's 2005 hit single, "Superstar" in South Korea, reaching the No. 1 spot on MBC's Music Core and KBS's Music Bank, two weeks after the song's debut.^[3]^[4]^[5] The single has also achieve success online, topping the charts of various music websites, including Melon, Dosirak, Bugs Music, MNet.com, Muz and Juke On.^[6] "One More Time" became the most successful single of Jewelry to date, staying on the no.1 spot for 7 weeks in a row on MBC's Music Core and KBS's Music Bank ^[7] ^[8]

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

Park Jung Ah (박정아、朴貞兒) - lead vocals(debut solo)
Seo In Young (서인영、徐寅榮) - music(debut solo)
Ha Joo Yun (하주연、河周妍) - rapper
Kim Eun Jung (김은정、金恩庭) - main vocals

[edit] Former

Jung Yoo Jin (정유진) vocals
- Left in January 2002
Jun Eun Mi (전은미) vocals
- Left in January 2002
Lee Ji Hyun (이지현、李知賢) - vocals, music
- Left in March 2006
Cho Min Ah (조민아、曹旻我) - vocals
- Left in December 2006

[edit] Discography

[edit] Korean Albums

#	Information	Tracks
1st	Title: Discovery Released: 2001 Language: Korean	"하늘같은 사랑" "사랑해" "이젠" "달콤한 상상" "작은바램" "Say" "Heart" "Say Yes" "Forever" "소나기" "날 믿어요" "Happy End"
2nd	Title: Again Released: 2002 Language: Korean	"Cool Girl" "Again" "One Summer Night" "To You" "Tonight" "선배" "How Are You?" "말하지 못한 절반의 사랑" "Sad" "1492살" "Maybe" "이별은 모르게..."
3rd	Title: Beloved Released: 2003 Language: Korean	"Be My Love" "니가 참 좋아" "바보야" "사랑이란 이유로" "Fantasy" "Amore" "고백" "So Long" "유혹" "끝" "Dear My Heart" "My Life"
4th	Title: Superstar Released: 2005 Language: Korean	"Twenty" "Super Star" "진실게임" "Passion" "단장" "너를 보내며" "KIN" "Liar" "시간에게" "Sunny Day" "Twenty" (Inst.) "Super star" (Inst.)
5th	Title: Kitchi Island Released: 2008 Language: Korean	"나는 나 너는 너" "...holic" "One More Time" "모를까봐서" "The Cradle Song" "Black Diamond" "모두 다 쉿!" "Stay With Me" "Don't Know Why" "모를까봐서" (Inst.) "One More Time" (Inst.)

[edit] Japanese albums

#	Information	Tracks
1st	Title: Jewelry First Released: March 2005 Language: Japanese	ココロが止まらない胸いっぱいのこの愛を誰より君に忘れないで LUCKYLOVE! 眠る君の横顔に微笑を Delight Sweet Life デイジー I believe かじりかけのオレンジ PASSIONATE WAVE 君と約束した優しいあの場所まで白のファンタジー違う世界で出逢えたらひらり夢一夜

[edit] Japanese singles

#	Information
1st	Title: Mune Ippai no Kono Ai wo Dareyori Kimi ni Released: June 2004 Language: Japanese
2nd	Title: Delight Sweet Life Released: August 2004 Language: Japanese
3rd	Title: Shiro no Fantasy Released: January 2005 Language: Japanese
4th	Title: Superstar Released: July 2005 Language: Japanese
5th	Title: Superstar (Japan Ver.niak) Released: July 2005 Language: Japanese