Cosmic Girls

Cosmic Girls

Cosmic Girls in July 2017
From left to right: Mei Qi, Exy, Dayoung, Yeonjung, Yeoreum, Bona, Eunseo, SeolA, Cheng Xiao, Xuan Yi, Luda, Soobin, and Dawon
Background information
Also known as WJSN
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Years active 2016–present
Labels Starship Entertainment
Yuehua Entertainment
Associated acts
Website starship-ent.com/cosmicgirls/
Members
  • Seola
  • Xuan Yi
  • Bona
  • Exy
  • Soobin
  • Luda
  • Dawon
  • Eunseo
  • Cheng Xiao
  • Mei Qi
  • Yeoreum
  • Dayoung
  • Yeonjung

Cosmic Girls (Hangul: 우주소녀 Wu Ju So Nyeo; Chinese: 宇宙少女; pinyin: Yǔzhòushàonǚ), also known as WJSN, is a South Korean-Chinese girl group formed by Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment which debuted in 2016. Their first extended play Would You Like? was released on February 25, 2016.

History

Starting in December 2015, Starship Entertainment began releasing information about band members in their four units. On December 21, Cosmic Girls released a Christmas cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey.

Cosmic Girls photographed during the closing ceremony of Yonsei University on May 26, 2016.

Cosmic Girls debuted on February 25, 2016 with the release of their debut mini album Would You Like?, including the title tracks "Mo Mo Mo" and "Catch Me".[1][2] The group held their debut stage on the February 25th episode of M Countdown with "Catch Me" and "Mo Mo Mo".[3]

On July 11, Starship Entertainment confirmed that I.O.I's Yeonjung would be joining the group.[4] In August 2016, SeolA, Exy, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, and Dayoung teamed up with label mate Monsta X to form the unit "Y-Teen." Y-teen is a project unit group that will be promoting as CF models for KT’s phone fare service, and will release EPs, music videos, and various entertainment content.[5] On August 17, Cosmic Girls released their second mini-album The Secret with all 13 members.[6]

On January 4, 2017, Cosmic Girls released their third extended play From. WJSN.[7][8] On June 7, Cosmic Girls released their first full length studio album Happy Moment.[9]

Members

Wonder Unit

Joy Unit

Sweet Unit

Natural Unit

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[12]
Happy Moment 3

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[14]
Would You Like? 7
The Secret
  • Released: August 17, 2016
  • Label: Starship Entertainment, Yuehua Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
 6
From. WJSN
  • Released: January 4, 2017
  • Label: Starship Entertainment, Yuehua Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
 4

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[19]		 CHN
V Chart
[20]
"Mo Mo Mo" (모모모) 2016 147 86 Would You Like?
"Catch Me" (캐치미) — — N/A
"Secret" (비밀이야) 49 18 The Secret
"I Wish" (너에게 닿기를) 2017 49 14 From. WJSN
"Happy" (해피) 77 — Happy Moment
"Kiss Me" (키스 미) — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

Title Year Artist Member(s) Album
"Do Better" 2016 Y Teen (Cosmic Girls and Monsta X) Seola, Exy, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, Dayoung Do Better - Single
"I Will Be On Your Side" (내가 니편이 되어줄게) Yoo Seung-woo, Yu Yeonjung Yeonjung 빈티지박스 Vintage Box, Vol. 2 -
내가 니편이 되어줄게 I Will Be On Your Side - Single
"TAXI" Sunny Girls (Eunha, YooA, Cheng Xiao, Nayoung and Nancy) Cheng Xiao Inkigayo Music Crush Part.2
"Love Therapy" (러브테라피) 2017 Exy and Kim Euna (feat. Zia) Exy Love Therapy - Single

Mixtape

Videography

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Notes
"Mo Mo Mo" (모모모) 2016 Zanybros
"Catch Me" (캐치미)
"Secret" (비밀이야) Fantazy Lab First MV with Yeonjung
"I Wish" (너에게 닿기를) 2017
"Happy"
"Kiss Me" Unknown CF collaboration with Kiss Me Cosmetics

Awards and nominations

Asia Artist Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2016 Most Popular Artists (Singer) - Top 50[26] WJSN (Cosmic Girls) 48th
Rising Star Award Won

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2016 Best New Artist (Female Group) WJSN (Cosmic Girls) Nominated
HotelsCombined Artist of the Year Nominated

Melon Music Awards (MMA)

Year Category Recipient Result
2016 Best New Artist WJSN (Cosmic Girls) Nominated

Golden Disc Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2017 New Artist of the Year WJSN (Cosmic Girls) Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2017 EPK Discovery Award WJSN (Cosmic Girls) Won

Korean Entertainment Arts Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2017 New Artist Award WJSN (Cosmic Girls) Won

References

  1. ↑ Seon, Mi-kyeong (2016-02-25). "우주소녀 "많은 일 겪으며 준비, 데뷔 상상도 못했다"". OSEN. Naver. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  2. ↑ "Cosmic Girls makes long-awaited debut". Yonhap News. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  3. ↑ Park, So-hyun (2016-05-30). "'엠카' 12인조 우주소녀 데뷔…스타쉽표 꽃밭 '발랄+엉뚱'". xsportsnews (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  4. ↑ Kim, Yu-young (2016-07-11). "I.O.I’s Yu Yun-jung to join Cosmic Girls". KPOP Herald. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  5. ↑ "MonstaX, Cosmic Girls join hands in unit project 'Yteen'". Yonhap News. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. ↑ Lee, Ho-yeon (2016-07-28). "'유연정 합류' 우주소녀, 8월 컴백 카운트다운 "13개의 비밀"". Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  7. ↑ Min, Susan (2017-01-04). "WJSN Makes Comeback with ′From. WJSN′". Mwave. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  8. ↑ Yim, Ji-min (2016-12-29). "[V Report Plus] WJSN’s teaser for their new song ‘I Wish’". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  9. ↑ Will, Jenny (2017-06-08). "Cosmic Girls top album sales with 'Happy Moment'". Allkpop. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "우주소녀 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
  11. ↑ "| [우주소녀 성적표②] 우주소녀, 절반도 보여주지 않았다텐아시아". 텐아시아 (in Korean). 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  12. ↑ Gaon Weekly Album Chart:
  13. ↑ 2017년 06월 Album Chart [2017 June Monthly Album Chart (see #9)]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  14. ↑ Gaon Weekly Album Chart:
  15. ↑ 2016년 05월 Album Chart [2016 May Monthly Album Chart (see #62)]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  16. ↑ 2016년 10월 Album Chart [2016 October Monthly Album Chart (see #30)]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  17. ↑ 2017년 03월 Album Chart [2017 March Monthly Album Chart (see #24)]. Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  18. ↑ http://onehallyu.com/topic/517-kpop-oricon-sales-1st-page-updated-feb-8/
  19. ↑ Gaon Digital Weekly Chart:
  20. ↑ Billboard V Chart
  21. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Mo Mo Mo":
  22. ↑ Cumulative sales for "The Secret":
  23. ↑ Cumulative sales for "I Wish": http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=month&hitYear=2017&targetTime=02&nationGbn=K
  24. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Happy"
  25. ↑ Exy releases "Sweep Away featuring Crucial Star
  26. ↑ "2016 Asia Artist Awards - the Most Popular Artists (Singer)". Retrieved November 3, 2016.
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