FT-island

F.T Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is a five member South Korean band. The name F.T. Island stands for 'Five Treasure Island'.[1] Their debut album, titled "Cheerful Sensibility", was the sixth best-selling album in 2007. Their debut song 'Lovesick' stayed on top of kpop charts for 8 consecutive weeks. Their first album in Japan also was the sixth best selling album by Oricon chart.

Career
[edit] 2007: Debut, Cheerful Sensibility

Although F.T. Island's first album was scheduled to be released commercially in May 2007, the members appeared on the show “Dugeun Dugeun Yeochinmandeulgi” (Korean: 두근두근 여친만들기) on the Korean television channel MNet. The program title is officially translated by MNet as "Wanna Be My Girlfriend?" although "두근두근" refers to the sound a heart makes. The band also performed on stage live at Rolling Hall and held their first official showcase at Live House Melon-AX, Gwangjang-dong in Seoul on May 27, 2007. [2] On June 7, 2007 the group performed their debut song "Love Sick" on the music television program M!Countdown. This song stayed on top of the chart for 8 consecutive weeks in Korea.[citation needed] They received their first #1 M!Countdown, and beat top artists such as Dynamic Duo and Fly To The Sky just a month after debuting.

Their first album, Cheerful Sensibility, was released on June 7, 2007, and was reportedly produced by the Japanese composers who worked with the Japanese band, SMAP.[3] Selling over 79,000 copies in 2007, it was the sixth best-selling album of the year.[4] The album was re-released on December 3, 2007, titled "The Refreshment". In addition to three extra songs, the package also included various extras, including a photobook, a stack of photocards, and a mixing program called Music 2.0 which allows one to adjust the levels of the instruments and vocals accordingly. This edition sold 25,724 copies in December 2007.[4]
[edit] 2008: Colorful Sensibility, Soyogi

On March 29, 2008, an autograph session in Malaysia at the Damansara Cineleisure was held, which was to be follow the next day by the group's first concert in Malaysia on March 30, 2008 at the Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater.[5] The performance was canceled last minute without explanation. [6] Their first live concert was held in Thailand, at the Royal Paragon Hall the following month.[7]

Extending overseas, F.T. Island's Japanese debut album, Prologue of FT Island, was released on June 7, 2008, with the first single released being "Soyogi". The album consists of 8 songs, 2 of which are newer versions of the original songs "FT Island" and "Primadonna". The last track, "Always Be Mine", is an English version of "First Kiss". However, the lyrics are not translated from the original version but completely original. Music videos were also released for "Soyogi" and "Friendship". After their promotional activities ended, the group returned to Korea to release their second Korean album Colorful Sensibility on August 27, 2008. A follow-up EP, Colorful Sensibility Part 2, was released on October 17, 2008. A two-part music video was released for one of its songs, "Heaven." Later that year, F.T. Island released "The One", their first Japanese commercial single, which hit #9 on the Oricon daily charts. "The One" is the first sonog in which all of the five members sung a part individually. The single also became notable for being the last official released CD with member Oh Won Bin before his departure early in January 2009.
[edit] 2009: New lineup and Cross & Change

On January 28, 2009, it was announced that member Oh Wonbin would leave the group due to musical differences and be replaced on January 29th [8] by F&C trainee Song Seung Hyun as a guitarist and backup vocalist.[9] With the new lineup change, F.T. Island released the music video for their mini-album lead song "Bad Woman." They also promoted it on SBS Inkigayo, and two days later, released the mini-album Jump Up.

FT Island consists of Lee Hongki (Main Vocal), Lee Jae Jin (Bass, Vocal, Rap), Choi Jong Hun (Leader, Guitar, Keyboard), Choi Min Hwan (Drums), Song Seung Hyun (Guitar, Vocal, Rap). Their former members was Oh Wonbin.