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FEATURED ARTIST: TO1 (티오원)

TO1 (티오원) (formerly known as TOO) is a 9 member boy group under Wake One Entertainment (home to artists such as Kep1er, Davichi, Roy Kim, and Jo Yuri). Current member line-up includes: Jaeyun (재윤), Donggeon (동건), Chan (찬), Jisu (지수), J.You (제이유), Kyungho (경호), Daigo (다이고), Renta (렌타), and Yeojeong (여정). The group debuted under n.CH Entertainment and CJ ENM on April 1, 2020 following the reality show ‘WORLD KLASS’ with their first EP ‘Reason for Being: Benevolence’ and the lead track ‘Magnolia’. Then the line-up included Jehyun, Donggeon, Chan, Jisu, J.You, Kyungho as well as former members Chihoon (치훈), Minsu (민수), Jerome (제롬) and Woonggi (웅기).

Prior to debut on March 20, 2020 it was announced that the group would participate in the upcoming reality show ‘Road to Kingdom’, the group left the show as the 2nd group on the 7th episode. They were well known for their performance of BTS’s ON which they collaborated with VERIVERY, it gained over 3 million views following its release on the show. Their debut EP ‘Reason for Being: Benevolence’ sold over 27,000 copies and ranked 4th on Gaon Albums charts.

Their 2nd EP ‘Running TOOgether’ with the title track ‘Count 1.2’ was released on July 15, 2020. The song debuted on Big B Radio’s Listeners’ Choice Weekly Top 30 KPOP songs on July 25, 2020 at #24 staying only for 2 weeks. Following the release TOO won the "New Artist Award", on August 13, at the 2020 Soribada Awards, it was their first rookie award since debut.

On March 28, 2021 it was announced that TOO would officially re-brand and change their name to TO1. ‘Son of Beast’ from their 3rd EP ‘Re:Born’ was released on May 20, 2021. The song debuted on Big B Radio’s Listeners’ Choice Weekly Top 30 KPOP songs on June 5, 2021 at #19 and also stayed for only 2 weeks. On November 4, 2021 their 4th EP ‘Re:alize’ was released with the lead track ‘No More X’. Member Chihoon was the first to announce that he would leave the group on April 30, 2022, and soon following members Minsu, Jerome, and Woonggi left the group on June 17, 2022 following cancellation of the exclusive contracts. Members Daigo, Renta (from Produce 101 Japan Season 2, placing 13th and 16th on the show) and Yeojeong were added to the group before their 5th EP was announced to be released.

On July 28, 2022 ‘Why Not??’ their 5th EP was released with the title track ‘Drummin’. Drummin’ entered Listeners’ Choice chart on August 13 debuting strong at #7, the following week the song became their first to reach #1 on August 20th. You can request TO1 songs and vote for their songs on Big B Radio’s poll.

Article created: 8-31-2022

Special Credit to: @TO1supportTeam on twitter