KPOP 2nd generation · SM Entertainment
The Grace
ザ・グレース / 천상지희 더 그레이스
The Grace could sing and dance in equal measure, which is why they were sometimes described as the female counterpart to TVXQ!.
- 2005DebutApr 29, 2005
- 4Members
- 2thGeneration
- ShapleyFandom
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In 30 seconds: The Grace
Lina, Dana, Sunday and Stephanie worked in Korea and Japan and fill the gap in SM Entertainment's female roster between two much better-known groups.
Come here if you are following the lineage of women's groups at that label and want the missing piece.
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Key facts
- Group name
- The Grace
- Reading / Hangul
- ザ・グレース / 천상지희 더 그레이스
- Company
- SM Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 29, 2005
- Days active
- 7,855 days (21 years, 6 months)
- Debut song
- Too Good
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- Shapley(シャープリー)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| リナ | 1984-02-18 | 42 | 168cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ダナ | 1986-07-17 | 40 | 171cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| サンデー | 1987-01-12 | 39 | 164cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ステファニー | 1987-10-16 | 39 | 168cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Graceful 4
One More Time OK MVOne More Time OK is the signature and shows the singing and the dancing together.
Dancer In The Rain MVDancer In The Rain belongs to the Japanese years and is the easiest of the three.
Too Good MVToo Good is the earliest and the purest demonstration of the voices.05
From debut to now
- 2005Appearing from SM Entertainment as a female four-piece, the early activity put singing ability to the front.
- 2006Dance tracks ran in parallel with work under the Japanese name, an important year that widened the route into Japan as well as Korea.
- 2007The Korean full-length album period left the signature dance track, which is the most important way into The Grace.
- 2008Releases in Japan accumulated, forming a shelf that can be followed as a discography under the Japanese name.
- 2009After the Japanese releases, group activity narrowed and the stage work and solo routes of the members came forward.
- 2011One More Chance by Dana & Sunday opened a way back from The Grace itself to the spin-off unit.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's The Grace note
What holds The Grace together is singing ability and dancing kept in balance. Lina, Dana, Sunday and Stephanie made up the SM Entertainment four-piece, sometimes introduced as a female counterpart to TVXQ, and they link the history of female groups around the second generation at SM.
Too Good, The Club and One More Time OK? make the entry. Ballad-leaning vocal power, then a dance line that includes a track featuring Yunho, then the signature song of the Korean full-length album period: taken in that order, the outline of the group rises into view.
In Japan, releases such as Sweet Flower, Piranha and Graceful 4 came out under the Japanese name. Rather than stopping at the Korean work, following the Japanese releases and the later thread of Dana & Sunday shows the thickness inside a run that looks short. Too Good, then The Club, then One More Time OK? covers the singing, the dancing and the signature song.
Editors' take Too Good / The Club / One More Time OK? — a four-piece linking the history of female groups around the second generation at SM through singing and dancing.
Trivia worth knowing
Separate name
In Korea the act is billed with a native-language name ahead of The Grace, and in Japan with that name on its own, so knowing both forms makes searching easier.
Singing
With Lina and Dana at the centre, the group showed the strength of the SM female vocal line very early.
Dance
Stephanie brings stage performance, so the dance side — The Club and One More Time OK? — matters as much as the ballads.
Japanese releases
The Japanese catalogue, which takes in Sweet Flower, Piranha and Graceful 4, changes the sense of how much work was done.
Offshoot
Dana & Sunday is the important offshoot that carried on after The Grace scaled back.
Comparison
Held up against S.E.S., Girls' Generation and Red Velvet, the way SM passes singing and concept down its female groups becomes visible.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 80/ 241 groups
No. 80 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 33%)
- 4Japanese releases
- 5Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 3Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 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 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines The Grace?
Lina, Dana, Sunday and Stephanie worked in Korea and Japan and fill the gap in SM Entertainment's female roster between two much better-known groups.
Why should a new listener start with The Grace?
Come here if you are following the lineage of women's groups at that label and want the missing piece.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with One More Time OK, Dancer In The Rain, Too Good, then continue to the official video index.