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CL

* Birth name: 이채린 (Lee Chae Rin) [26]
* Position: Leader, Vocalist, Main Rapper
* Date of Birth: February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26) (age 1 cool

CL was born in Seoul, South Korea. In her childhood, she travelled frequently with her family, because of her father(a physicist)'s occupation. She spent much of her youth in Japan, France and USA. When she came back to Korea, she barely knew any Korean, but said in an interview shown on 2NE1 TV that she is now most comfortable speaking Korean. CL was raised as a Roman Catholic. CL became a YG Trainee in late 2006, contributing to various Big Bang albums and officially part of the YG family in late 2007.

After her debut with 2NE1, she was featured in the track "The Leaders" by Big Bang member G-Dragon and Teddy of 1TYM as well as being the DJ in "Kiss" for fellow member Dara, and she as well as fellow 2NE1 member Minzy released a single together entitled "Please Don't Go".
[edit] Bom

* Birth Name: 박봄 (Park Bom)[26]
* Position: Main Vocalist
* Date of Birth: March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24) (age 25)

Bom attended Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine for high school. Bom first enrolled in Lesley University majoring in Psychology, but switched to Berklee College of Music in order to major in music studies. She lived in America for six years before moving to YG Entertainment for training. She has trained with the company since 2005 and was to initially debut as a solo singer and release a single on 2007, which never came to fruition. The singer also revealed that YG Entertainment originally planned to have her debut in a 3-member group with herself, Koo Hye-sun, and Sandara[27].

In addition to her work with 2NE1, Bom has contributed to albums for Big Bang, Lexy, and Red Roc. She has also released a solo single, "You and I", that was eventually promoted in November 2009. The song won a Cyworld Award for Song of the Month for November.
[edit] Sandara

* Birth name: 박산다라 (Park Sandara)[26]
* Position: Vocalist
* Date of Birth: November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12) (age 25)

Further information: Sandara Park
[edit] Minzy

* Birth name: 공민지 (Gong Minji) [26]
* Position: Lead Vocalist, Rapper, Main Dancer
* Date of Birth: January 18, 1994 (1994-01-1 cool (age 15)

The granddaughter of famous traditional dancer Gong Ok-jin, Minzy was discovered after a dance audition clip of her was uploaded on the internet and caught the attention of YG staff and then YG President Yang Hyun Seok

CL lent her vocals for Big Bang's Hot Issue Intro and was on stage with YG Family at SBS Music Awards [2007-12-29]