2nd generation · YG Entertainment
トゥエニィワン / 투애니원
2NE1 built the template that later became girl crush, and nothing else in the second generation sounded quite as abrasive.
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CL, Bom, Dara and Minzy had sharply divided roles, and the catalogue swings from hip-hop through electro and reggae to ballads without losing its edge.
Start here to understand why so many later groups describe themselves against this one; the reunion tour in 2024 says the rest.
シーエル씨엘 · CLSoloView in Japanese
ボム봄 · BomSoloView in Japanese
ダラ다라 · DaraSoloView in Japanese
ミンジ민지 · MinzySoloView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| シーエル | 1991-02-26 | 35 | 162cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ボム | 1984-03-24 | 42 | 165cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ダラ | 1984-11-12 | 41 | 162cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ミンジ | 1994-01-18 | 32 | 161cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
I Am the Best MVI Am the Best is the song that carried the group worldwide, and the self-assertion is total.
Fire MVFire is the debut single and already sounds like a group with nothing to prove.
Come Back Home MVCome Back Home comes from the album CRUSH and holds the most complete visual world the group built.3 daesang · 3 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of September 17, 2026)
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What anchors 2NE1 is the force that built the girl-crush context and a YG-style sound with strong individual characters. YG Entertainment debuted the four-piece girl group on May 6, 2009 with the digital single Fire, and the roles of CL, Bom, Dara and Minzy were clearly divided, making a hard entrance unlike the pure and delicate girl-group image of the time.
The axis of the signature songs is the debut Fire, I Am the Best, which widened recognition worldwide, and Come Back Home from the album CRUSH. The range swings across hip-hop, electro, reggae and ballads, and the YG-style sound and the force of the individual characters come out together.
Taking I Am the Best for the intensity first, then returning to Fire for the origin, then Come Back Home for the visual world and the weight of the later period, works well. Watching the choreography practice as well shows the sharpness of the physical work, not only the force of the songs. I Am the Best, then Fire, then Come Back Home is the way in.
Editors' take I Am the Best / Fire / Come Back Home — a YG four-piece that built the girl-crush context of K-pop.
No. 52 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 25%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-09-17).
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