TWICE

k-pop

There are numerous artists who have performed under the name Twice: 1. TWICE (Korean: 트와이스; Japanese: トゥワイス) is a nine-member South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show SIXTEEN. The group is composed of: Nayeon (나연), Jeongyeon (정연), Momo (모모), Sana (사나), Jihyo (지효), Mina (미나), Dahyun (다현), Chaeyoung (채영) and Tzuyu (쯔위). On February 11, 2015, Park Jin-young announced that the lineup of JYP Entertainment's upcoming seven-member girl group would be decided through SIXTEEN, a competition survival show that would air on Mnet later that year. The show began on May 5 and ended with Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, and Chaeyoung as the winners. Park then announced that he would be increasing the size of the group from seven members to nine by adding Tzuyu, who was the audience's pick since she was the most popular contestant by the show's end, and Momo, who was added by Park himself since he felt the group needed someone with her performance abilities. The decision was controversial at the time with many people complaining about eliminated contestants being able to join the group. The group debuted on October 20, 2015 with the extended play The Story Begins and title track OOH-AHH하게. TWICE rose to fame in 2016 with their single CHEER UP from their second mini Page Two; the song charted at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and became the best-performing single of the yea...