KPOP 2nd generation · JYP Entertainment
Wonder Girls
PAK ×11 song with a PAK (iChart)Why So Lonely3 times
ワンダーガールズ / 원더걸스
Wonder Girls made retro pop that the whole country learned the moves to, then rebuilt themselves as a band playing their own instruments.
- 2007DebutFeb 13, 2007
- 4Members
- 2thGeneration
- WonderfulFandom
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In 30 seconds: Wonder Girls
Tell Me, So Hot and Nobody form a retro trilogy, an American push followed, and REBOOT turned the group into something else entirely.
Start here for the group that taught Korean pop how a hook could take over a country, and then refused to repeat it.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Wonder Girls
- Reading / Hangul
- ワンダーガールズ / 원더걸스
- Company
- JYP Entertainment
- Debut date
- February 13, 2007
- Days active
- 3,635 days (9 years, 11 months)
- Final activity date
- January 26, 2017
- Debut song
- Irony
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- Wonderful
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| イェウン | 1989-05-26 | 37 | 165cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユビン | 1988-10-04 | 38 | 161cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソンミ | 1992-05-02 | 34 | 166cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヘリム | 1992-09-01 | 34 | 165cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソニュ | 1989-08-12 | 37 | 162cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソヒ | 1992-06-27 | 34 | 163cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヒョナ | 1992-06-06 | 34 | 164cm | 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.
Nobody MVNobody is the one that travelled abroad first and is still the group's best-known record.
Why So Lonely MVWhy So Lonely belongs to the band period and is the most surprising thing in the catalogue.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2007As an early JYP girl group they debuted with Irony, and the choreography and hook of Tell Me built a popular entry point that stands for the second generation.
- 2008So Hot and Nobody settled a self-assured hook, a retro sound and choreography that sticks as the core of Wonder Girls.
- 2009Through the English version of Nobody and work overseas, they became an important early case of K-pop heading for the United States market.
- 2010After the hiatus of Sunmi and the arrival of Hyelim, 2 Different Tears showed the new line-up at work.
- 2011Be My Baby from Wonder World added a polished dance track and a vocal route in the manner of a JYP girl group.
- 2012Like This from Wonder Party used a crowd-based music video and choreography to open a bright dance route unlike the retro trilogy.
- 2015With Sunmi back, the four of Yubin, Yeeun, Sunmi and Hyelim released REBOOT, and I Feel You brought fresh regard for them as a band.
- 2016Why So Lonely showed a matured reggae-leaning sound and left a mark for the musical strength of the final Wonder Girls years.
- 2017They disbanded after the tenth anniversary digital single Draw Me, and from then on they are followed through solo careers and as a second-generation archive.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Charts and PAK
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
1 recordNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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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 Wonder Girls note
What anchors Wonder Girls is a hook the whole country knew and a later turn into a band-format group. As a girl group that stands for the early years of JYP Entertainment, they debuted with Irony in 2007 and spread the choreography and the hook of Tell Me across Korea the same year. The retro trilogy that runs on through So Hot and Nobody is the way to understand the mass appeal of the second generation.
From 2009 they pushed into the United States with the English version of Nobody and other work, becoming an important early case of K-pop aimed at markets abroad. After changes in the line-up, they settled into a four-member form of Yubin, Yeeun, Sunmi and Hyelim.
REBOOT in 2015 rebuilt them as a band-format group with the members holding instruments, and I Feel You and Why So Lonely raised how their musicianship was judged. They disbanded after Draw Me in 2017. Tell Me, then Nobody, then Why So Lonely runs from the hook everyone sang to the rebuild.
Editors' take Tell Me / Nobody / Why So Lonely — from a hook the whole country sang to a rebuild as a band, three songs for the girl group that defines early JYP.
Trivia worth knowing
Entry point
Tell Me, So Hot and Nobody taken together as the retro trilogy explain the mass appeal of the second generation in one sitting.
US expansion
The English version of Nobody matters as the prehistory of K-pop stepping into the North American market.
Line-up
The final four-piece is treated as the standard line-up, while the years of Sunye, Sohee and Hyuna fill out the activity history.
Band period
From REBOOT onward, Yubin took drums, Yeeun keyboards, Sunmi bass and Hyelim guitar.
Official videos
Because this is second-generation work, the broadcast stages from MBC, Mnet and KBS carry the heat of the time as much as the videos.
Solo route
Plenty of listeners arrive from the solo work of Sunmi or Yeeun and travel back to Wonder Girls, so that link is worth keeping strong.
Frequently asked questions
What defines Wonder Girls?
Tell Me, So Hot and Nobody form a retro trilogy, an American push followed, and REBOOT turned the group into something else entirely.
Why should a new listener start with Wonder Girls?
Start here for the group that taught Korean pop how a hook could take over a country, and then refused to repeat it.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Nobody, Why So Lonely, then continue to the official video index.