Infinite (band)

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Infinite

Background information

Origin Seoul, South Korea

Genres

Years active 2010–present

Labels Woollim Entertainment

Universal D

Associated acts Infinite H

Infinite F

Website ifnt7.com

Members

Past members Hoya

Infinite (Korean: 인피니트; stylized as INFINITE) is a South Korean boy group formed in
2010 by Woollim Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Sungkyu,
Dongwoo, Woohyun, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong. Originally a seven-piece group (with
Hoya, who later departed from the group in August 2017), Infinite debuted in 2010 with their
mini album First Invasion. Their first full album, Over The Top, was released in July 2011.
Their mini-album New Challenge, released in March 2013, sold over 160,000 copies in
South Korea alone and was one of the best-selling albums of 2013. Their second full
album, Season 2, was released in May 2014.

History

2010: Debut
In April 12, Infinite first appeared in a Mnet pre-debut reality show "You Are My Oppa" along
with Lovelyz's Ji-ae and Epik High. On June 9, they debuted with their first mini album First
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Invasion.[1] Infinite released a digital single She's Back on August 4.

2011: Over The Top and Japanese debut

The group's second mini album Evolution was
released on January 7. The group promoted with lead
single "Before the Dawn (BTD)".

Their first studio album Over The Top was released on

July 21 along with the music video of their title track Be
Mine. They received their first music show first place
Infinite in August 2011
award at M! Countdown on September 1 and received
a "Double Crown" for winning two consecutive #1
places at M! Countdown. Following the success of Be Mine, Infinite re-released Over The
Top as a repackaged album titled Paradise, along with its title track of the same name, on
September 26. On October 9, Infinite came first on Inkigayo for Paradise. Infinite then won
their second trophy with Paradise on October 13 on M! Countdown.

Infinite unofficially debuted in Japan with their first Japanese single To-Ra-Wa[2] on January
26, which was a Japanese version of their Korean debut song, Come Back Again.
Immediately after its release, their Evolution mini album hit #3 on real-time charts for sales
in Korea.[3] The song was the top downloaded ringtone on the daily charts of the K-POP
section of Japan’s top mobile website. Infinite released various rental singles including
She's Back, BTD (Before The Dawn), and Nothing's Over before they officially debuted in
Japan.

Infinite made their official Japanese debut with the release of the Japanese version ofBTD
on November 19. The B-side for the single is Can U Smile, a remake of a track from their
2nd mini album Evolution. It is the 3rd track of their first single album Inspirit.

On December 5, they released their first Christmas song, White Confession.

2012: First concert and Infinitize

Infinite was held their first concert 2012 Infinite
Concert "Second Invasion" in Seoul's Olympic
Stadium on February 11–12 and in Tokyo International
Forum on February 25–26. The encore concert, 2012
Infinite Concert "Second Invasion Evoloution" was
held in Seoul's Olympic Stadium on April 1.

The group's second Japanese single was released on Infinite performing at Cyworld Dream
April 18. It included the Japanese version of their song Music Festival in 2011
Be Mine as its title track, as well as a Japanese
version of Julia. It peaked at #2 both in Oricon Daily
and Weekly Charts. Total reported sales amount to at least 54,218 copies.

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The group's third mini album INFINITIZE on May 15. On June 14, Infinite took their first
triple crown on M! Countdown with "The Chaser", which achieved top spot on the charts for
three consecutive weeks. At the end of the year, Billboard named The Chaser the number
one KPOP song of the year. [4]

2013–2014: New Challenge, first world tour and Season 2

On March 21, the group released their fourth mini album New Challenge. The lead single
titled Man in Love, which they took seven trophy on music show during its promotion
period.[5]

The group released their first Japanese debut album, Koi ni Ochiru Toki, on June 6.[6] It
took the #1 place on the Oricon’s albums chart for the week of June 3 to 9 with 69,647
copies sold.

The group then released their second single, Destiny, on July 16. The group first performed
Destiny at the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards on July 18 and began promotional
performances on MBC's July 20 episode of Show! Music Core and various music
programs.[7]

Infinite began their first world tour named 2013 Infinite 1st World Tour "One Great Step"
on August 9 in Seoul. The tour also included 22 shows in Asia, North America, Europe and
Dubai.

On January 16, 2014 Mnet released a preview for the group's new reality show, This is
INFINITE, and on February 6, the show aired its first broadcast. This was their first variety
show as a group since Ranking King in 2012.

Their first world tour encore 2013 Infinite 1st World Tour "One Great Step Returns" was
held in Seoul's Olympic Gymnastics Arena on February 28 and March 1.

On April 10, 2014 Infinite released their instrumental album The Origin, which the
instrumental album was most representative songs of the group and its the first
instrumental album released by Korean artist. Prior to the release of The Origin, Infinite
released the instrumental music video for their song BTD (Before the Dawn), which
featured never-before-seen footage from the original BTD music video.

On May 12, Woollim Entertainment confirmed in an interview with Newsen that Infinite's
second studio album, Season 2 will be released on May 21.[8] Prior to the release of the
album, Infinite held a showcase in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, titled 1.2.3. The group
held the first showcase in Japan on May 19 and Taiwan on May 20 before performing in
South Korea on May 21. On May 21, the group's second studio album Last Romeo was
released. A repackaged edition for Last Romeo titled Be Back was released on July 22.

Infinite held their second summer concert "2014 Infinite Concert <That Summer 2>" in
Seoul's Blue Square Samsung Card Hall with the expected total audience of 15.000 fans.[9]
It consisted of 7 shows starting from 7–10 August 2014 and 14–16 August 2014
respectively.[10]

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On September 11, the group had their first Billboard No. 1, with their single Last Romeo
topping the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart, becoming the first Korean act to do so,
and also hitting No. 33 on Billboard Twitter Top Tracks.[11]

On December 18, Infinite released the music video their new Japanese single, Dilemma,
composed by renowned Japanese musician and guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei. The single was
subsequently released on December 24 and used as the centerpiece of their upcoming
Dilemma Tour in Japan in early 2015.[12]

2015: Reality
Infinite embarked on their third Japan solo concert tour 2015 Japan Tour - Dilemma on
February 1 in Fukuoka, following held in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi.[13] On April 29, they a
revealed promotional video (PV) for 24 Hours. 24 Hours came in third on the Oricon Weekly
Chart with 56,266 copies sold.[14]

Infinite released their fifth extended plays Reality was

released on July 13. The EP was contains seven
tracks, with the lead single titled "Bad".

The group announced their second solo world tour

2015 Infinite 2nd World Tour "Infinite Effect" in July
2015. Two concerts were held in Seoul at the Olympic At 2015 summer kpop festival

Stadium Arena on August 8 and 9.[15]

Infinite was aired their reality show Infinite Showtime at MBC Every1 started on December
10.

2016–present: Infinite Only, Hoya's departure, Top Seed

Infinite concluded the Infinite Effect tour with held two concerts titled 2015 Infinite 2nd
World Tour "Infinite Effect Advance" in Seoul's Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium from
February 20–21.

Infinite held their summer concert 2016 Infinite Concert starting in Seoul Samsung Card
Hall's Blue Square from August 3–8. Prior their summer concert, they released special
digital single That Summer (The Second Story) on July 8.

Their sixth extended plays Infinite Only was released on September 19. The EP consists of
seven tracks with the lead single "The Eye".

On June 9, 2017 Woollim Entertainment announced that Infinite was discussing renewing
their contracts with the label.[16] On June 28, Korean media was reported that only 6 out of
7 members renewed their contracts.[17] On July 14, member L revealed in an interview [18]
that the members were still positively discussing the contract. On August 30, it was
announced that Hoya had officially left the group after decided to not renewed contract with
Woollim Entertainment.[19]

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The remaining six members continued as a group, releasing their third studio album, Top
Seed, in January 2018.[20] The album consists of twelve tracks with the lead single "Tell
Me".[21]

Members

Former member
Hoya - rapper, vocalist[23]

Sub-units
Infinite H - Hoya, Dongwoo
Infinite F - Lee Sungyeol, L, Lee Sungjong

Discography
Main article: Infinite discography

Tours

Headlining

World tours
2013 Infinite 1st World Tour "One Great Step" (2013–2014)
2015 Infinite 2nd World Tour "Infinite Effect" (2015–2016)

Asia tours
2012 Infinite Concert "Second Invasion" (in South Korea and Japan) (2012)
2016 Infinite Concert <That Summer 3> (in South Korea and Japan) (2016)
Asia Fan Meeting Tour 2017 — Infinite Only Show (2017)

Korean tours
2012 Infinite Concert <That Summer> (2012)
2014 Infinite Concert <That Summer 2> (2014)

Japan tours

Infinite Japan 1st Live "Leaping Over" (2011)

Infinite 2012 1st Arena Tour in Japan — Second Invasion Evolution Plus (2012)
2015 Japan Tour — DILEMMA (2015)

Filmography

Film
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 Infinite Concert: Second Invasion Evolution the Movie 3D [24] (2012)

Grow: Infinite's Real Youth Life (2014)

TV series

Reality shows
Mnet You're My Oppa (2010)
Mnet Japan Days Of Infinite (2010)
Mnet Sesame Player (2011)
KBS Birth Of A Family (2012)
Mnet Ranking King (2012)
TrunQ Korea Infinite Busan Wish Travel (2013)
Mnet 10 Days In Japan Story (2013)
Mnet This Is Infinite (2014)
MBC Every1 Infinite's Showtime (2015-2016)

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Infinite

References
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January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
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core 20130720". YouTube. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
8. Jump up ^ "Infinite Confirms Comeback Date for New Album ′Season 2′". M Wave.
May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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Act to Top Twitter Emerging Artist Chart, Enter Top Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved
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Oricon Weekly Pop Chart". KpopStarz. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
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"INFINITE EFFECT" world tour". Koreaboo. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
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Cartoon". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

Awards and achievements

Preceded by Korean Music Awards: Group Musician of the Year Succeeded by

f(x) 2012 Incumbent

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Infinite (band).

Official Website (in Korean)

Infinite

Subgroups Infinite H
Infinite F

Studio albums
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Extended plays

Single albums Inspirit

Destiny

Singles

Discography
Awards

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