Jewelry

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Jewelry, "Everybody Shh!"
Jewelry, "Everybody Shh!"
Jewelry Maxim magazine
Jewelry Maxim magazine
R to L: In-young, Jung-ah.
R to L: In-young, Jung-ah.

Jewelry (쥬얼리) is a Korean pop group that started out with 4 female members. In Japan, they are signed to GIZA studio and in Korea, they're managed by Star Empire. After releasing their first album with low sales, the group eventually rose to prominence via their sophomore album and reached their commercial peak with their fourth album Superstar, which spawned a number-one hit for them.

On February 24 2006, their management agency announced that Lee Ji Hyun left the band to persue an acting career. Large scale auditions were held to find a replacement for Ji-hyun.

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History

Jewelry debuted in 2001 with their first album Discovery. After less-than-stellar sales of the first album, two of the singers were replaced. A year later, their second album Again was released, with better results. Full of strong ballads (as opposed to the sexy dance songs that were popular at the time), the album quickly yielded two high-charting singles — "Tonight" and "Again" — which started the group's rise to popularity. This was quickly followed by their third album Beloved, which saw a continuation of their cute image. Their first single "니가 참 좋아" ("I Really Like You") was very poppy and had Jewelry adopt a cutesy concept to match the song, with colorful outfits and perky dances.

After the success of their sophomore album, Jewelery left for Japan to start on their career there in 2004 with their first single Kokoro no Tomaranai under the independent label Giza Studio. After releasing a few materials there with mediocre sales, the group eventually left to return to their native country to release their fourth album.

By the time their fourth album Superstar came out in the beginning of 2005, Jewelry has since shed their "cute image" concept. Following the trend in Korean pop, they became sexier and more womanly, which helped bring about their current level of success. The first single "Superstar" (written by Shinhwa member Lee Min Woo) was a driven rock song and surprisingly became a huge hit. They followed this up with the sexy R&B number "Passion", which also charted strongly. Both of these singles prominently featured "sexy" member Seo In-Young dance scantily-clad in short solos, which brought the group much press attention (both positive and negative). In 2006, Jewelry took a break from the Korean music industry in order to focus on Japan. During that time, member Ji-Hyun left to pursue an acting career. In early November, news also leaked out that another member, Cho Min-Ah, has also left, which forced their record company to look for a second replacement member. As Park Jung-Ah and Seo In-young had solo projects, a new album was not expected until mid-2007.

In early 2008, Jewelry returned to the music scene with their new members Ha Joo Hyun and Kim Eun Jung with the release of their fifth album, Kitchi Island. Released on February 20, 2008, the album featured the single "One More Time", a cover of In-Grid's song. "One More Time" has mirrored the success of Jewelry's 2005 hit single, "Superstar" in South Korea, reaching the No. 1 spot on MBC's Music Core and KBS's Music Bank, two weeks after the song's debut. The single has also achieve success online, topping the charts of various music websites, including Melon, Dosirak, Bugs Music, MNet.com, Muz and Juke On.

Members

Former Members 

Discography

Korean Albums

Japanese Albums

Korean Singles

Japanese Singles

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