Astro: Members and Career Overview
Astro: Members and Career Overview
Jinjin
Cha Eun-woo
Moon Bin
Rocky
Yoon San-ha
Contents
1Career
o 1.1Pre-debut
o 1.22016: Debut, finding success and rising popularity
o 1.32017: Winter Dream, Dream Part.01, and Dream Part.02
o 1.42018: Rise Up, group hiatus
o 1.52019: All Night, Venus, Blue Flame, and Moon Bin's hiatus
o 1.62020: One&Only, Gateway, "No, I Don't", and first sub-unit
o 1.72021–present: All Yours and Switch On
2Members
3Discography
o 3.1Studio albums
o 3.2Extended plays
o 3.3Single albums
o 3.4Singles
o 3.5Promotional singles
o 3.6Collaborations
o 3.7Soundtrack
4Filmography
o 4.1Web series
o 4.2Reality shows
5Videography
6Concerts and tours
o 6.1Asia Tours
o 6.2World tours
o 6.3Online concerts
7Awards and nominations
8Notes
9References
10External links
Career[edit]
Pre-debut[edit]
The members of Astro were known as iTeen Boys while training as part of Fantagio
iTeen, a rookie talent development program under the management agency Fantagio.
The group's name and members were announced in August 2015.[4] That month, they
starred in a web drama series titled To Be Continued.[5] The web drama featured the
members as themselves, as well as Kim Sae-ron, Seo Kang-joon, and Hello Venus.[6]
In January 2016, Astro starred in their own reality show, Astro OK! Ready, which was
aired on MBC Every1 at 7PM KST.[7]
2016: Debut, finding success and rising popularity[edit]
Astro's debut extended play Spring Up, was released on February 23, 2016.[8] Within a
week of its release, Spring Up reached #6 on the Billboard World Albums Chart in the
United States,[9] as well as #4 on the Gaon Music Chart.[10] On February 25, the group
released the music video for "Cat's Eye", containing clips from their web series To Be
Continued.[11] In March, 6 the group was the only Korean act invited to the LeTV
Entertainment Awards in China.[12]
Their second extended play Summer Vibes was released on July 1.[13] The album
peaked at #6 on the Billboard World Albums Chart and #21 on the Billboard World
Digital Songs Chart.[14]
Astro performed at Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 31 for KCON 2016.[15] They
held their first solo concert on August 27–28 at the KEPCO Art Center in Seoul.[16] The
group also held showcases in Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand throughout the months of
October and November.[17][18]
Astro's third extended play Autumn Story, was released on November 10.[19] The music
video features labelmate Sei of Weki Meki.
2017: Winter Dream, Dream Part.01, and Dream Part.02[edit]
On February 22, Astro released Winter Dream, featuring title track "Should Have Held
On (Again)". Despite the album being the final piece to the group's seasonal album
concept, it was not promoted on music shows.[20]
On May 29, Astro released their fourth extended play Dream Part.01, featuring title track
"Baby".[21] The group held their first tour, titled "The 1st ASTROAD", from July 15 –
August 29, with dates in Seoul, Osaka, and Tokyo.[22]
On November 1, Astro released their fifth extended play Dream Part.02 featuring the
title track "Crazy Sexy Cool".[23] On January 10, 2018, the group released a limited
edition of their album Dream Part.02 'Wish' version which sold out all 10,000 copies in
pre-orders alone. The special album contains a poem by member Eunwoo, a hidden
'thanks to', and polaroid photos which the members took themselves.[24]
2018: Rise Up, group hiatus[edit]
On July 24, Astro released Rise Up featuring title track "Always You". The album was
not promoted on music programs due to internal issues at their label, Fantagio.[25] Still,
the group toured cities such as Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo throughout August 2018.[26]
2019: All Night, Venus, Blue Flame, and Moon Bin's hiatus[edit]
On January 16, they released their first full-length album, the first album release in
general following their 8-month period hiatus, All Light. [27] To further promote their first
full-length album the group announced "The 2nd ASTROAD Tour", which included cities
across Asia and North America.[28] On January 21, 2019, the label Fantagio announced
four US shows following their 2nd Tapei Tour, to conclude with further tour dates in
Asia.[29]
On January 29, Astro gained their first music show award during promotions for their
release “All Night" on the SBS MTV music program The Show.[30]
On April 3, Astro released their Japan debut EP, Venus featuring three original
Japanese tracks along with three Japanese versions of their Korean singles "Baby",
"Always You", and "All Night". The album garnered a successful debut, debuting #2 on
the daily album chart of Japan's largest music site Oricon.[31]
On November 12, Fantagio Music announced that Moon Bin would be going on a hiatus
to recover from health issues and focus on his treatment[32] On November 20, Astro
released their sixth extended play Blue Flame.[33]
Moon Bin focused on recovery from mental health concerns, allowing him to take a
break from group promotions as parts were re-distributed temporarily to other members.
Despite this, he participated in the album and appeared in the music video for Blue
Flame.[34]
2020: One&Only, Gateway, "No, I Don't", and first sub-unit[edit]
On March 13, Astro released special single album One&Only for their 4th anniversary
debut.[35]
On May 4, Astro released their seventh extended play Gateway, promoting the song
"Knock".[36] On May 13, 2020, they received an award from the Korean music show,
"Show Champion", for the song "Knock", marking the group's second win.[37] On June 28,
2020, Astro held an online "Ontact" concert '2020 ASTRO Live on WWW.' to
communicate with fans in a new way.[38] On June 28, 2020, Astro released digital single
"No, I Don't" and they performed it for the 1st time at the "2020 ASTRO Live on
WWW."[39]
On August 14, Fantagio confirmed that Moon Bin and Yoon San-ha would form Astro's
first sub-unit called Moonbin & Sanha.[40] On September 14, 2020, they released their
first extended play In-Out, with the title track Bad Idea. They received an award from the
Korean music show "The Show" on September 22, 2020 marking their first award as a
sub-unit and third win as Astro.[41] They also set the record of fastest sub unit to receive
first win on music show, which is 8 days.
On December 31, Astro released a special digital single "We Still (Be With U)" as a
special gift to their fans. "We Still (Be With U)" is a new arrangement of 'We Still'
from Gateway to match the winter atmosphere, contains a warmer & emotional. feeling.
[42]
Members[edit]
MJ (엠제이)
Jinjin (진진)
Cha Eun-woo (차은우)
Moon Bin (문빈)
Rocky (라키)
Yoon San-ha (윤산하)
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Extended plays[edit]
List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales
Peak chart
positions
KOR JPN US
[62] [63] World
[56]
Single albums[edit]
List of single albums, with selected details and chart positions
Singles[edit]
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
"Hanasakemirai" (花咲ケミライ) — — — — Venus
"Blue Flame" —[B] — — 14 Blue Flame
Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work
[116]
Dahsyatnya Awards 2017 Outstanding Guest Star Won
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the
nomination
Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work
The Fact Music Awards 2021 Artist of the Year (Bonsang) Won [117]
2018
Golden Disc Awards Global Popularity Award Astro Nominated [119]
2017 Won
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the
nomination
Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work
Nominee /
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Work
Notes[edit]
1. ^ "Always You" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at
number 95 on the component Download Chart.[92]
2. ^ "Blue Flame" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at
number 56 on the component Download Chart.[93]
3. ^ "One & Only" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at
number 138 on the component Download Chart.[94]
4. ^ "No, I Don't" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at
number 37, 71, and 93 on the components Download, Ring, and BGM
Chart respectively.[95][96][97]
5. ^ "We Still (Be With U)" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but
appeared at number 128 on the component Download Chart.[98]
6. ^ "Alive" was released as a promotional single in collaboration
with Universe.
7. ^ "Alive" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at number
103 on the component Download Chart.[100]
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