All About 2NE1: KPop All Girls Group

Labeled as one of the hottest kpop groups, they captured the heart of many Filipinos because of their exceptional talent and sweetness, not to mention with Sandra Park or Dara on it (she joined the very first “Star Circle Quest before, had her acting career after the contest and called “Pambansang KrungKrung”). 2NE1 is a Korean girl group under YG Entertainment consists of 4 members namely CL, Dara, Bom and Minzy.

2NE1 (Little Trivia)

1. 2NE1 was formed in 2009. The name derived from the word 21’s century and new evolution and it is enunciated “to anyone” or “twenty one”.
2. Their first debut single “Fire” was launched in the same year. They also appeared for LG Electronics commercial with Big Bang entitled “Lollipop”.
3. Their very first song “Fire” received over 1,000,000 views within 24 hours of its release.
4. Minzy is the youngest amongst 2NE1 group member. She just turned 18 last January.
5. Bom or Park Bom was rejected by YG Entertainment at first but it didn’t stop her to pursue her dream to become one of the talents of YGE. It took her 3 years before the company accepted her as a trainee.
6. CL supposed to launch as a solo artist but their company decided to place her under 2NE1 and act as the leader of the group.
7. Dara took 3 years of training under YGE before debuting in 2NE1.
8. In 2011, the group officially debuted in Japan.
9. Their songs “Go Away” and “I don’t Care”, symbolizes girl power and independence.
10. The group first cameo in 2009 Girlfriends and later on launched their first TV show entitled “2NE1TV” (season 1 to 3) which follows their life on-and-off cam.
11. 2NE1 is set to have their world tour concert this year. The group will visit New Jersey and Los Angles first.
12. They released their comeback song recently entitled “I Love You” and it already reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard K-Pop Hot 100.