CN Blue is a South Korean rock band formed in Seoul in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Lee Jong-hyun (lead guitar, vocals), Lee Jung Shin (bass guitar, vocals) and Kang Min-hyuk (drums, vocals). "CN is an abbreviation of Code Name while BLUE is an abbreviation of the members’ individual images," said by one of the members. ‘Burning’ represents Lee Jong-hyun, ‘Lovely’ represents Kang Min-hyuk, ‘Untouchable’ represents Lee Jung Shin, and ‘Emotional’ represents Jung Yong-hwa. Debuted on August 19, 2009 in Japan with the band's first mini album, Now or Never. The group released four teasers for their 1st mini album Bluetory, starring one member per each of the videos in the sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and lastly, Yonghwa on the 6th, 8th, 11 and 13 January 2010 respectively. On January 14, 2010 CN Blue debuted their first mini-album in Korea with the lead single "I'm a Loner".
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정용화
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June 22, 1989 (age 23)
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Leader, main vocalist, main rapper, rhythm guitarist
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이종현
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May 15, 1990 (age 22)
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Lead guitarist, vocalist
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강민혁
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June 28, 1991 (age 21)
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Drummer, backing vocalist
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이정신
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September 15, 1991 (age 21)
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Bassist, rapper, backing vocalist
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Kwon Kwang-jin
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권광진
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August 12, 1992 (age 20)
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Bassist, backing vocalist
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In January 2010, FNC Music unveiled new teaser pictures for CN Blue's debut in South Korea. Bluetory was released on January 14, 2010, and stayed at the top of the Gaon Chart for two weeks. "I'm a Loner" was promoted as the title track. The song peaked at No. 2, solidifying their break into the industry. The group had their first televised live stage on KBS Music Bank on January 15. Later, on January 29, the group made their first music show chart win on Music Bank. They won their first Inkigayo mutizen on January 31, 2010. CN Blue holds the record for achieving No. 1 on South Korea's television music charts program in the shortest time since debut, grabbing their first win only 15 days after debuting with "I'm A Loner". The group debuted their new reality show "CNBluetory" on the Korean music channel Mnet on March 10. In March, the band started preparations for their first full-length album Thank U in Japan. It was released on March 20, 2010 with two new tracks. The album peaked at No. 90 on the Oricon charts, their highest position thus far. In April, their official fan club name was announced as BOICE, a combination of "blue" and "voice." CN Blue headed back to Korea in May and released their next single, "Love Light" (Korean: 사랑 빛), on May 10, 2010. The song peaked at No. 10 on the Korean national chart and foreshadowed their upcoming release. On May 19, their second extended play Bluelove was released. CN Blue held their comeback stage on M! Countdown the following day. It was promoted with the track "Love", which charted at No. 2, matching the success the band found earlier with "I'm A Loner". Bluelove peaked at No. 3, but stayed on the chart for many weeks and "Love" finally won first place on M! Countdown on June, 10, 2010 and Inkigayo on June 20, 2010.
After their success in Korea, the band headed back to Japan. They released their first single "The Way" on June 23. For the first time, they charted in the Oricon Top 40 at No. 26. The release was followed by "I Don't Know Why" on September 16. The song reached No. 8 on the Oricon Daily Chart, marking the first time the band made it inside the Top 10. On the weekly chart, they peaked at No. 15. On the Japanese indie top chart, the band reached No. 1. The band embarked on a small tour across Japan in order to promote the single. CN Blue members Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jong Hyun starred in the Korean movie "Acoustic". They released a song from the OST on October 7 entitled "High Fly".
On January 9 2011, CN Blue released their third Japanese single, "'Re-maintenance". They started off their 2011 Japanese promotions with a Zepp Tour in 4 cities: Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo from January 9–16. FNC Music, their entertainment agency in South Korea, released teasers for a CN Blue comeback in February 2011. However, the release date was later changed to March 21. He teaser was noted for having "more of the same departure from their pop rock sound into a heavier concept." CN Blue released their first full-length album First Step with the title track "Intuition" (Korean: 직감 ) on March 21. Despite the delay, fans couldn't seem to get enough of the fabulous foursome - "Intuition" achieved an all-kill on Korea’s major online music chart. Their album also topped online and offline chart physical album sales that week. They won K-Chart a week after their comeback on Mnet's M! Countdown, KBS Music Bank and a week later on SBS Inkigayo. This was the first time the band won triple crown on Mnet's M! Countdown and KBS Music Bank. The promotions of the song ended on April 24 on Inkigayo. They followed up with promotions of the song "Love Girl" from their special EP First Step +1 Thank You, beginning April 29 on Music Bank. The promotions of the song and album ended on May 22. After finishing promotions in Korea, CN Blue made a comeback in Japan with the release of their second and last indie album "392" on September 1, 2011. They also announced that they would make their major debut in Japan on October 19, 2011 under the Warner Music Japan label. CN Blue's last indie album "392" placed 6th on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart. The band released their major debut single "In My Head" on October 19, 2011 and peaked at 3rd on the Oricon Daily Chart and 4th on the Oricon Weekly Chart with 70,000+ units sold in its first week. In November, "In My Head" claimed a gold record accreditation according to the RIAJ, meaning that the album sold over 100,000 copies within a month of going on sale.
In 2012, The group released a new single in Japan on February 1, titled "Where You Are". The single reached number 1 in both Oricon's Daily and Weekly chart, making the first No. 1 for the group in the country. CN Blue and fellow label-mates F.T. Island performed in America for the first time at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater on March 9. After finishing their overseas activities, CN Blue returned to Korea to prepare their comeback. On March 26, the band released their third Korean mini album, Ear Fun. The singles of the album, "Still in Love" (Korean: 아직 사랑한다) released on March 16 ahead of the album release and the title track "Hey You" both of the songs got positive response from the fans which fastly topping Korean major online music charts on the day the songs released. CNBlue held their comeback stage on M! Countdown on March 29. They also held their comeback stage on others music program on following day. "Still in Love" peaked at No.10 on Korean national single weekly chart on 1st week then climb up to No.3 on 2nd week while "Hey You" charted at No.1 of the week the song released. The album Ear Fun peaked at No.1 on online and offline chart physical album sales that week. CN Blue finished the promotion of the album and the songs in four weeks and despite facing hard competition, they ended the promotion successfully with their K-chart and mutizen wins on their goodbye stage at KBS Music Bank and SBS Inkigayo on April 20 and April 22 respectively. After completing their mini album promotion CN Blue continue their Korean activities with individual works of the members in drama and also held their first fan meeting in Seoul on May 5.
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