2PM is a South Korean boyband managed by JYP Entertainment. Originally it's a seven-member group but now only six remain due to the sudden contract termination of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. The current members are Junsu, Junho, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung and Chansung.
2PM debuted with the song titled 10 Points Out of 10 Points on September 4, 2008 and they received their first No. 1 song with Again & Again.
The group's first full length album, titled 1:59PM, was released on November 10, 2009. Hearbeat their lead song gained the #1 position on multiple music sales charts. On November 26, 2009, after two weeks of promotional activities for the 1:59PM album, 2PM earned their first #1 on a TV music show (KBS Music Bank's "K-Chart") since the album's release, with "Heartbeat", which went on to take #1 on the K-Chart for three more weeks. In addition, "Heartbeat" achieved the "Mutizen" song award Triple Crown on SBS Inkigayo by being the #1 song the Inkigayo "Take 7" chart for three weeks.
In mid-April 2010, 2PM released image and video teasers for their third single Don't Stop Can't Stop, for which the group promised to showcase an even stronger side of themselves than before. The EP album was released with six tracks and was released on April 19, 2010 and Without U became their hit song from this album. The group made their television performance comeback on Mnet's music program M! Countdown on April 22, 2010.
On October 11, 2010, 2PM released their fourth EP album Still 2:00PM with lead single I'll Be Back.
On March 6, 2011, 2PM announced that they will release their Japanaes Debut-Single Take Off on May 18th. Due to the major online pre-order of the limited version A, regular version and limited version B of the single, "Take Off" has ranked from No. 1 to 3, respectively, on the pre-order chart of Tower Records Japan.
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