Ft Island

F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is the name of the band . The name F.T. Island stands for 'Five Treasure Island', each of the five members being a treasure. The band's official color is yellow, and their fans carry yellow flags known as "pentasticks." Their debut album, Cheerful Sensibility, was the sixth bestselling album of 2007 in South Korea. The official fanclub is Primadonna or short : Pris.

Debut F.T. Island's first album was scheduled to be released commercially in May 2007. However, instead of releasing the album as planned, all of the members appeared on a television program called “Dugeun Dugeun Yeochinmandeulgi” (Korean: 두근두근 여친 만들기) 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. On June 7, 2007 F.T. Island performed their debut song on the music television program M!Countdown. They received their first #1 M!Countdown and beat other top artists such as Dynamic Duo and Fly To The Sky just 2 weeks after debuting.

Cheerful Sensibility Their first album Cheerful Sensibility combined 13 songs that can be divided into 2 parts: “Emotional Chapter” and “FT Island Chapter” respectively according to the style of the song in the album. For the “Emotional Chapter”, the genre is rock ballad oriented which produced by the composers who work for many songs of famous Korean singer such as SG Wannabe. The other part, “FT Island Chapter”, tend to be the upbeat pop-rock oriented style, which was produced by the Japanese famous composers participating with the Japanese band, SMAP. The album sold 79,786 copies in 2007, making it the sixth best-selling album of the year. The album was re-released on December 3, 2007 and it was named "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[6]

2008: Overseas promotions, return to Korea The group was scheduled to hold their first concert in Malaysia on March 30, 2008, at Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater. On the day before the concert, they held an autograph session at Damansara Cineleisure. A special version of their debut album was released in mid-February. However, the concert was suddenly cancelled, with no explanation given.

On April 12, 2008, the group held their first concert in Thailand, at the Royal Paragon Hall.[8] In addition to playing material from their album, each member of the group had their own solos as well. F.T. Island's Japanese debut album, entitled 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, but completely original. Music videos were also released for "Soyogi" and "Friendship". Their second Korean album, Colorful Sensibility, was released on August 27, 2008. A follow-up EP, Colorful Sensibility Part 2, was released on October 17, 2008. Later that year, on December 17, F.T. Island released "The One", their first Japanese single, which hit #9 on the Oricon daily charts. F&C Music stated that although other Korean bands utilized the assistance of large Japanese record labels to gain popularity, F.T. Island was able to make it onto the charts without any true marketing efforts.[9]

2009: Regrouping After rumours were going around that member Oh Won Bin would be leaving the group, it was announced on January 28, 2009 that he would be leaving the group and would be replaced.[10] It was announced a day later that F&C trainee Song Seung Hyun would be joining F.T. Island as a guitarist and backup vocalist, and that an album would be released in February.[11]

Other works Member Lee Jae Jin was a castmember of KBS's sitcom Unstoppable Marriage. The other members made a cameo appearance. In this sitcom Lee Jae Jin plays the role of Wang Sa Baek (Sim Mal Yeon's fourth son), and appears regularly on the show. Member Lee Hong Ki debuted 6 years ago on a kid's sitcom KBS2's Magic Kid Masuri as the main character, Masuri. This sitcom gained explosive popularity among elementary school students. Hong Ki has also been on many other shows, such as Becoming a Good Daddy (SBS), Monwonaehangbok (Happy Shares Company) (MBC), Family Outing (SBS), Lee Hong Ki is currently hosting SBS Inkigayo this year and He was also casted in a show that is coming this 2009. FT Island are also hosting MBC Every 1 Idol Army Season 2. Total of 13 episode. It was announced, that Choi Minhwan is cast member of the drama "The Road Home" which will be aired on KBS1. According to the latest informations, he will appear in a

small role. He attended the press conference on the 7th January, 2008. The drama starts airing on the

Band Members Current

Lee Hong Gi Name

Lee Hong Gi (Korean: 이홍기) (Often romanized as Hong Ki)

Birthday Lunar Birthday

March 2, 1990 (age 18) February 6, 1990 (age 19) Seongji High School (Korean: 성지고등학교)

Education Attending Kyung Hee University in 2009 Position in band

Main Vocal

Other works

Acting debut in 2002 in KBS2 Magic Kid Masuri (매직키드 마수리) as main role, role in The Road Home

Lee Jae Jin Name Birthday Education

Lee Jae Jin (Korean: 이재진) December 17, 1991 (age 17) Seonyoo High School (Korean: 선유고등학교)

Position in band

Bass, Sub Vocal

Other Work

Acting debut in 2007 KBS2 daily sitcom Unstoppable Marriage as Wang Sa Baek (왕사백)

Choi Jong Hun Name

Choi Jonghun (Korean: 최종훈) (Often romanized as Jonghoon)

Birthday

March 7, 1990 (age 18) Shindongshin Middle Information Industry High School (Korean: 신동신 정보산업고등학교)

Education

Likely to attend Kyung Hee University in 2009 Position in band

Leader, Piano, Guitar, Sub Vocal

Choi Min Hwan Choi Min Hwan (Korean: 최민환)

Name Birthday

November 11, 1992 (age 16) Eunil Information Industry High School (Korean: 은일정보산업고등학 교)

Education

Position in band Drums, Sub Vocal Other Work Acting debut in 2009, KBS1 The Road Home

Song Seung Hyun Song Seung Hyun (Korean: 송승현)

Name

Birthday August 21, 1991 (age 17) Education Position in band Soft Vocal, Rap, Guitar Other works FORMER MEMBERS

Oh Won Bin Oh Won Bin (Korean: 오원빈)

Name Birthday

March 26, 1990 (age 18) Seongji High School (Korean: 성지고등학교)

Education Likely to attend Kyung Hee University in 2009 Position in band Soft Vocal, Rap, Guitar, Harmonica

Awards Years 2007

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2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: Best New Male Group (Lovesick)[15] 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: MNet.com Award (Lovesick)[15] 2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Popularity Award 2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Best New Artist Award 2007 Asia Song Festival: Best New Group 2007 Blixter World's Most Beautiful Lips Award 2007 Mutizen Inkigayo Award (Lovesick) 2007 Mnet MCountdown Award #1 (Lovesick)

2008

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2007 Music Bank #1 (Lovesick)

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2007 Music Bank #1 (Thunder)

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2008 Mutizen Inkigayo Award (Until You Return) 17th Seoul Music Awards: Rookie of the Year (Love Sick) SEED Awards [in Thailand]: Asia’s Most Popular Artist Award 2008 Mnet MCountdown Award #1 (After Love) Korean Entertainment Awards: Best Male Group

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2008 Golden Disk Awards:YEPP Popularity Award[16]

Album Vol. 1: Cheerful Sensibility Special Album: The Refreshment Prologue of FT Island – Soyogi Vol. 2: Colorful Sensibility Vol. 2.5: Colorful Sensibility Part 2 Mini-Album: Jump Up