4minute (Korean: 포미닛) is a South Korean girl group created by Cube Entertainment, subsidiary of JYP Entertainment. The leader of the group is Ji Hyun. 4minute was announced in May 2009, along with two of the groups members, Kim Hyuna and Nam JiHyun. Although JiHyun is known as the leader, many singing parts and centered dancing roles belong to Hyuna. On June 11, 2009, the silhouette teaser video was released online, along with their official website. The remaining three members identities were kept secret until June 12. On June 15, 2009, their debut single “Hot Issue” was released along with another teaser video and the profiles for each group member. Within hours of the song release, it quickly climbed onto top five within various digital music charts such as Cyworld, Bugs, Soribada, and Mnet.
4minute debuted on June 18 on M! Countdown. They won the digital music award “Rookie of the Month”.
The members include:
Jihyun
* Birth name: Nam Ji Hyun (Korean: 남지현)
* Position: Leader, Vocalist
* Date of birth: January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09) (age 19)
Gayoon
* Birth name: Heo Ga Yoon (Korean: 허가윤)
* Position: Vocalist
* Date of birth: May 18, 1990 (1990-05-1 cool (age 19)
* Additional Notes:
o Featured in Mario’s music video “I’m Yours”.
Jiyoon
* Birth name: Jeon Ji Yoon (Korean: 전지윤)
* Position: Vocalist
* Date of birth: October 15, 1990 (1990-10-15) (age 1 cool
Hyuna
* Birth name: Kim Hyuna (Korean: 김현아)
* Date of birth: June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) (age 17)
* Position: Rapper, Vocalist
* Additional Notes :
o Former member of Wonder Girls, resigned due to health issues
o Featured in AJ’s song “2009” and music video for “Dancing Shoes”.
o Released her solo single Change on January 4th, 2010.
Sohyun
* Birth name: Kwon So Hyun (Korean: 권소현)
* Position: Vocalist
* Date of birth: August 30, 1994 (1994-08-30) (age 15)
CR: lastfm
http://www.last.fm/music/4minute/+wiki
