The Grace | |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2005–2010 |
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Spinoffs | The Grace - Dana & Sunday |
Spinoff of | SM Town |
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Website | Official Website |
The Grace | |
Hangul | 천상지희더그레이스 |
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Hanja | 天上智喜The Grace |
Revised Romanization | Cheonsang Jihui Deo Geuleiseu |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏnsang Chihŭi DŏG'ŭleisŭ |
The Grace [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] is a South Korean a cappella girl group consisting of Lina,Dana,Sunday and Stephanie. [1]
Formed by SM Entertainment in 2005,they were introduced as the female counterpart of TVXQ. Throughout the group's career,they released and performed music in Korean and Japanese with a total of three studio albums and many more singles.
In December 2008,Stephanie announced to be absence from group activities due her treatment of back pain and the group remained as three-piece. The group continued to release music until their second Japanese album Dear...,in January 2009. The group performed as a three-piece (without Stephanie) lastly in May 2010 at SM Town Live '10 World Tour in Seoul concert prior the group halted group promotions. In July 2011,the group returned with the unit Dana &Sunday and continued to release some digital singles before also going into hiatus. Currently all of The Grace's members maintain solo careers in fields including music,theater,and television,while member Stephanie signed with another music label for her solo music and maintaining her contract with SM Entertainment until it expired in 2016. Dana left SM Entertainment after contract expired on June 23,2020. On January 19,2021,Sunday left SM Entertainment.
The Grace made their first live performance in China on April 29,2005. They performed their debut songs "Too Good" and "Boomerang",and the performance was broadcast weeks later by the Chinese channel CCTV. The verses in "Boomerang" were also sung in Chinese. The quartet made their first live performance in South Korea with "Too Good" on SBS's music program Inkigayo on May 1,2005. They promoted the song for a few months before switching to "Boomerang".
After 7 months of promoting their first singles in Korea,the group headed off to promote in China. The Chinese version of the single was officially released in March 2006. The single included three new tracks:the Chinese versions of "Too Good" and "Boomerang" and the pre-group track "Fight To The End". After promotional activities concluded,The Grace headed to Japan.
They debut Japanese single "Boomerang" was released January 25,2006. Later,the song was re-recorded and released with Japanese lyrics and an altered instrumental track,and a B-side called Do You Know?,a solo song by member Sunday. "Boomerang" ranked #110 in the Japanese Singles Top 200 chart.
On March 8,they released second Japanese single "The Club",along with a solo song by Stephanie called "What U Want" was released. It reached #131 on the Japanese Oricon Charts. The single was also promoted briefly in South Korea. After quick promotional activities in Korea,the group went back to Japan for their third Japanese single,"Sweet Flower" which was used as the theme for the month of April on the TBS Radio &Communications music show Count Down TV . "Sweet Flower" entered the charts at #151. The single was also released in Korea by SM,but it was left unchanged from its Japanese version.
The Chinese version of their Japanese single "Boomerang" was released on June 19 by Avex Trax's official Chinese distributor CRSC in China. In Taiwan and Hong Kong,also included the Korean version of The Club was released and contained a Chinese version of "The Club" plus a DVD with the Korean music video.
Even with the first few singles having low sales,another single was scheduled to be released. "Juicy Love" was in stark contrast with The Grace's previous singles,as it had a reggae beat. Corn Head,a Japanese reggae singer,was featured in this song. The B-side was "Sayonara no Mukōni",The Grace's first Japanese ballad written and sung by Dana. Like the previous single,"Juicy Love" was released in Korea unchanged.
After returning to Korea on November 3,2006,the band released the single "My Everything" and started promotion as CSJH The Grace. The song is a ballad track unlike their previous singles. [2] The B-side track included an A cappella version of George Michael's "Faith","The Final Sentence" and "Iris (할말이있어요)". However,the change did not result in an increase in sales;the single entered at #30 on the Music Industry Association of Korea's month-end sales chart. [3]
The group's first album,한번더,OK? (Hanbeon Deo,OK?;One More Time,OK?) was released on May 4,2007. [4] The title song "One More Time,OK?" was The Grace's most successful song to date,topping Mnet M Countdown and SBS Inkigayo charts. The album reached sixth place for the month. [5] On June 15,the album was released in Taiwan,The Grace's first major release overseas. [6] "One More Time,OK?" won the Best Dance Music award at the 2007 Mnet Asian Music Awards (M.Net KM Music Festival).
A fifth Japanese single by the group,"Piranha" was released in August,consisting of "Piranha" and Japanese versions of "My Everything" and "Just For One Day",featuring TVXQ's Jaejoong. The single debuted at #26 on the Oricon daily charts and peaked at #50 on weekly charts.
In November,their first Japanese album Graceful 4 was released, [7] consisting of nine previously released songs and new material,including the Japanese version of "One More Time,OK?" from their first Korean album's title track.
During the first months of 2008,The Grace performed at various events in support of their first Japanese album. They held three concerts in April and May named Graceful Party Vol. 1. [8] The last one,at Daikanyama UNIT in Tokyo,featured their upcoming release "Here",a collaboration with hip-hop group,Cliff Edge.
Their sixth Japanese single called "Stand Up People",was released on July 23. It consisted of "Dear Friend",remixes of "Stand Up People" and "One More Time,OK?". Their seventh single,"Here" was released on October 22,but after the song leaked,a limited-time free download was offered. "Here" was the theme song of both the drama and movie of Homeless School Student,based on a Japanese best-seller book. A second song and music video were released,titled "Near". "Here" reached #16 on the Oricon Charts with sales of over 16,000. [9]
In December 2008,it was announced through the group's Japanese website that Stephanie would absent from the group activities due to her back pain and remained of the member would continue the group activities. [10]
The group's second Japanese album Dear... was released on January 7,2009. The album peaked #14 on Oricon daily album charts and #37 on the Oricon weekly album charts,charted for 3 weeks and sold 4,734 copies,making it their most successful Japanese album.[ citation needed ]
The Grace appeared on the soundtrack of the Japanese movie Subaru with the songs "Sukoshi De Ii Kara / A Bit of Good" (少しでいいから) and "Coming To You". [11] "Sukoshi De Ii Kara / A Bit of Good" was part of The Grace's second Japanese Album 'Dear...'. Stephanie also appeared in the movie as a ballet trainer. [12]
On May 21,2010,The Grace was seen performance lastly as a trio through the SM Town Live' 10 World Tour in Seoul prior the group had no activities as a whole group.
In July 2011,Dana and Sunday resumed their activities with formed the sub-unit The Grace - Dana &Sunday and then only active in that year.
On May 15,2016,SM Entertainment announced Stephanie would be departing from the group after a prolonged hiatus,due to the expiration of her contract. She subsequently chose to sign as a soloist with Mafia Records. [13] On June 23,2020,Dana departure from SM following her contract expired after 19 years. [14] [15] On January 19,2021,Sunday left SM Entertainment upon the expiration of her contract after 16 years. [16] The group has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2010.[ citation needed ] However,all of the members except Lina left SM entertainment and no indication of the members promoting as a group again has led to the unofficial disbandment of the group.
On July 4,2011,SM announced the return of The Grace after a four year hiatus with the unit were composed of Dana and Sunday. [17] [18] Their debut single,"One More Chance (나좀봐줘)" music video was released on July 8, [19] following their debut stage on KBS Music Bank in the same day. [20] [21] Their debut single officially released on July 11.
On September 23,Dana &Sunday featured on part four of the soundtrack for the drama Hooray for Love (애정만만세) with the track "Now You" (지금그대). Dana and Sunday's "With Coffee Project Part 1" was released on December 20 together with the music video of the song. [22]
The duo also participated in the eighth SM Town winter compilation album, 2011 Winter SMTown –The Warmest Gift . The two performed the song "Amazing",which was released as a physical album only on December 13,2011. [23]
Though performing as solo artists,Dana and Sunday performed at SM Town Live 2019 concert in Tokyo on August 3–5,2019. [24]
The Grace discography | |
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Studio albums | 3 |
Singles | 15 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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KOR [25] | JPN [26] | |||
One More Time,OK? |
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Graceful 4 |
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Dear... |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
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KOR [28] | KOR Hot [29] | JPN [30] | ||||
Korean | ||||||
"Too Good" | 2005 | * | * | — |
| One More Time,OK? |
"The Club" (featuring Rain) | 2006 | — |
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"My Everything" (열정) | — |
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"One More Time,OK?" (한번더,OK?) | 2007 | — | — | |||
"Dancer In The Rain" | — | |||||
"One More Chance" (as Dana&Sunday) | 2011 | 26 | 20 | — |
| Non album-single |
Japanese | ||||||
"Boomerang" | 2006 | * | * | 110 | — | Graceful 4 |
"The Club" (featuring SEAMO) | 131 | |||||
"Sweet Flower" | 151 | |||||
"Juicy Love" (featuring CORN HEAD) | 162 | |||||
"Piranha" | 2007 | 50 | ||||
"One More Time,OK?" | — | |||||
"Stand Up People" | 2008 | 49 | Dear... | |||
"Here" (with CLIFF EDGE) | 18 | |||||
Chinese | ||||||
"Too Good" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. "*" denotes chart did not exist at that time. |
Song | Year | Film and/or television drama series |
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Korean | ||
"Just for One Day (하루만)" (featuring Super Junior's Kyuhyun) | 2007 | Air City OST |
"Now,You (지금그대)" (as Dana &Sunday) | 2011 | Hooray for Love OST |
"First Americano" (as Dana &Sunday) | With Coffee Project | |
Japanese | ||
"Get on the Floor" (With Dogma) | 2006 | Backdancers! Original Soundtrack |
"Coming to You" | 2009 | Tribute to Subaru Street Dance Hen |
"少しでいいから" | ||
Title | Year | Album |
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Korean | ||
"바램(Fight to the End)" | 2004 | 2004 Summer Vacation in SMTown.com |
"Catch the Shooting Star" | 2006 | 2006 Summer SMTown |
"Dreams Come True" | 2006 Winter SMTown - Snow Dream | |
"Festival" | 2007 | 2007 Summer SMTown - Fragile |
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas &Feliz Navidad" | 2007 Winter SMTown - Only Love | |
"Amazing" (as Dana &Sunday) | 2011 | 2011 Winter SMTown –The Warmest Gift |
Title | Year | ||||
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Korean | |||||
"Too Good" | 2005 | ||||
"Boomerang" | |||||
"The Club" | 2006 | ||||
"My Everything" | |||||
"One More Time,OK?" | 2007 | ||||
"Dancer in the Rain" | |||||
"One More Chance" (as Dana&Sunday) | 2011 | ||||
"First Americano" (as Dana&Sunday) | |||||
Japanese | |||||
"Boomerang" | 2006 | ||||
"The Club" | |||||
"Sweet Flower" | |||||
"Juicy Love" | |||||
"Piranha" | 2007 | ||||
"One More Time,Ok?" | |||||
"Stand Up People" | 2008 | ||||
"Here" | |||||
"Near ~thoughtful・1220~" | |||||
"Coming to You" | 2009 | ||||
Chinese | |||||
"Too Good" | 2006 | ||||
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