jtL
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2001–2004
LabelsYejeon Media
Past membersJang Woo-hyuk
Tony Ahn
Lee Jae-won

JTL (제이티엘) were a South Korean dance music group, consisting of the former H.O.T. members who left SM Entertainment – Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony Ahn and Lee Jae-won. The group was named after the initials of the members' stage name. After the release of their second album Run Away, the group have dissolved and the band members started pursuing solo careers.

When the group debuted in 2001 with single "A Better Day", which covered a 2001 song "A Better Day" by Norwegian band Multicyde, again based on the 1977 Norwegian song "Vårsøg", member Tony An claimed that promoting their song had been difficult due to strained relationship with Lee Soo-man, the producer of SM Entertainment. Lee blocked the music video from various Korean entertainment broadcasts which drew angry reactions from the group's fans, some of whom egged the company's main building in Seoul.[1] The members of the group also had strained relationships between Kangta and Moon Hee-jun after the two chose to stay with SM Entertainment as solo artists.[2] However, after appearances on 'X-Man', it appears that Tony and Kangta are on good terms the same goes for Moon Hee Jun and Jang Woo Hyuk who both appeared on variety show Heroine.

In 2003 the group won the "favorite artist of Korea" award at the MTV Asia Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[3]
Enter The Dragon
  • Released: December 20, 2001
  • Label: Yejeon Media
  • Format: CD, cassette
 1
  • KOR: 538,754[4]
Love Story
  • Released: December 18, 2002
  • Label: Yejeon Media
  • Format: CD, cassette
 5
  • KOR: 124,428[5]
Run Away
  • Released: August 14, 2003
  • Label: Yejeon Media
  • Format: CD, cassette
 2
  • KOR: 111,140[6]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work/nominee Result
KMTV Korea Music Awards 2003 Singer of the Year JtL[7] Won
Mandarin Music Honors[a] 2002 Best New Group JtL[8] Won
Mnet Music Video Festival 2002 Best Male Group "A Better Day"[9] Nominated
2003 "Without Your Love"[10] Nominated
Best Dance Performance Nominated
MTV Asia Awards 2003 Favorite Artist - Korea JtL[11] Won

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Mandarin Music Honors were co-hosted by MTV and CCTV.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Flying Too High?". Time. Archived from the original on 2002-12-17. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. ^ 문희준-HOT 재결합?[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Recording Industry Association of Korea monthly chart positions:
  4. ^ "March 2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. ^ "January 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  6. ^ "September 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  7. ^ "'코리아뮤직어워드' 올해 최고의 앨범 이수영" [Lee Soo-young wins best album at Korea Music Awards]. Newsis (in Korean). 2003-12-10. Retrieved 2023-03-28 – via Naver News.
  8. ^ a b "jtl, 중국서 '올해의 최고 신인 그룹' 수상" [JtL wins best new group award in China]. Yonhap News (in Korean). 2002-07-23. Retrieved 2023-03-28 – via Naver News.
  9. ^ "2002 MMF part 1" Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  10. ^ "2003 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  11. ^ "jtl 한국최고 인기아티스트상…'2003 MTV 아시아 어워드' 서" [JtL wins Korea's Favorite Artist award at 2003 MTV Asia Awards]. Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). 2003-01-19. Retrieved 2023-03-28 – via Naver News.


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