Wonder Girls
are a South Korean girl group. They are produced by song-writer Park Jin-Young and are signed to his talent agency,JYP entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in the fall of that year with the song "Tell Me".
Since then they have scored 3 consecutive #1 hit singles with "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody", and in 2008, won two Daesangs ("Artist of the Year" Awards).At the 2008 M.Net MKMF Awards, the Wonder Girls won three awards, including "Song of the Year" and "Best Music Video" for "Nobody", and "Best Female Group". The group also won an award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards for high digital sales.At the 18th Seoul Music Awards, the Wonder Girls won the Daesang ("Artist of the Year" award) for "Nobody", along two other awards.
The Wonder Girls have had several showcases in China shortly after their debut in 2007 and have been receiving Chinese language lessons.
In February 2008, the Wonder Girls joined their producer Park Jin-Young for his month-long concert tour through Korea and the United States (including New york city and Los Angeles ) as special guests, and took the opportunity to film the music video for "Wishing on a Star" while in New York City. Park had stated that the concerts were also meant to be a showcase for his other protégés, such as Min, G-Soul, and Lim Jeong Hee. On February 28, 2009, the Wonder Girls debuted their official MySpace Music account. The page confirmed that the group would debut in the United States, with the official release of "Nobody" on May 5, 2009.
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