Teen Top

Teen Top

Hangul: 틴탑

Alternative name:

Fandom Name: Angel

Fandom Color: Light Lavender Pearl

Origin: South Korea

Debut Date: Korea: July 10, 2010 - Japan: May 23, 2012

Teen Top Members

About Teen Top

Teen Top Member Ages

Ranked from oldest to youngest.

MemberBirthdayAge
1. C.A.PNov 04, 199230 years old
2. ChunjiOct 05, 199329 years old
3. NielAug 16, 199428 years old
4. RickyFeb 27, 199528 years old
5. ChangjoNov 16, 199527 years old

Teen Top Member Heights

Ranked from tallest to shortest.

MemberHeight
1. Changjo1.79 m (5’10”)
2. C.A.P1.78 m (5’10”)
3. Niel1.78 m (5’10”)
4. Chunji1.73 m (5’8″)
5. Ricky1.72 m (5’8″)

Members and Positions

MemberPosition(s)
C.A.Pleader, main rapper
Chunjilead vocalist, visual
Nielmain vocalist
Rickylead dancer, vocalist
Changjomain dancer, vocalist, maknae

Facts

  • During the first days of their debut, their fans constantly gathered around the rehearsal rooms creating a lot of commotion in support of “Teen Top”; even though they were a rookie group, this angered the locals so much that they sent a report to the police. In the end the company had to apologize. Their agent has reported that they have received many calls about the song “Crazy” as parents of teenagers call to complain that their children get up too early to see them at the shows and accompany them.
  • Their agency does not allow them to have partners
  • Teen Top’s Supa Luv A – Rex Remix was chosen to promote the movie Beastly in Korea.
  • In mid-2011, it was said that Teen Top would be part of a group project with 7 other trainees (100%) and would promote at the end of the same year, the group of 7 would then debut on their own. In the end, this project did not happen, but was postponed to 2012.
  • They debuted with an average age of just 16.3, making them one of the youngest groups to debut. They are also the group with the youngest leader, as he was 17 when they debuted.
  • They had their first Fan-meeting in Thailand on October 21, 2012 in front of 3,000 fans, with great success, and getting very good reviews for their great staging.
  • His first award in a music program was on February 03, 2012 on “KBS Music Bank”.
  • They performed a Special Stage with INFINITE, they sang To You and Teen Top The Chaser.
  • The whole group performed a mini-parody of the drama Secret Garden, which is called “Secret Dance”.
  • They held their first fan meeting on a cruise ship on March 17. The cruise departed from Osaka, Japan, passed by Korea’s Jeju Island, finally arriving at the port of Incheon. It was the first concert that took place on the “Harmony Cruise”, the ship they were traveling on.
  • They appeared in “Immortal Song” for the first time singing JYP’s song Honey.
  • On the January 29 episode of ‘1000 Songs Challenge’, they surprised the audience with perfection by singing BIGBANG’s Sunset Glow.
  • They are the youngest group to have won at Music Bank.
  • At MBC Gayo Daejun 2012, they danced to Super Junior’s Sorry Sorry together with 100%.
  • In Beatles Code, they were declared “the shortest boy band”. Their average height is 1.75.
  • Performing for the second time in ‘Immortal Song 2’, C.A.P, Niel and Chang Jo sang Flower Shop Girls and in their third time in ‘Immortal Song 2’, Chun Ji, Niel and C.A.P sang Uhm Jung Hwa’s I don’t know (Molla).
  • On April 6, C.A.P, Niel and Chang Jo re-introduced themselves in ‘Immortal Song 2’ and sang Sunflower’s My Heart’s Jewelry Box leaving a great impression on the audience for their performance, on the other hand, Hwa Yo Bi declared to be a big fan of all the members of Teen Top.
  • Teen Top sold out their encore concert in Japan in five minutes. The concert took place on July 14 and 15.
  • The song Miss Right has a dance part called ‘Shake’ and during the time they promoted the song on their official account TeenzOnTop; they uploaded videos titled ‘Teen Top Shake’ accompanied by artists such as VIXX, Rainbow, 100%, etc, in addition to the Angels themselves.
  • They had their first concert in May 2013. (“2013 Teen Top No.1 Asia Tour”). They covered Gone Not Around Any Longer (Sista19) for their concert.
  • At Music Bank, they performed PSY’s new song ‘Gentleman’ together with [Girl’s Day]], Park Se Young and 2AM’s Jin Woon.
  • On Shim Shim Tapa radio, Shindong who had recently invited them to Super Show 5, therefore, Chun Ji replied that they were unable to attend due to their schedules, and that they were sorry.
  • On June 22, Niel and the 100% members sang As I Draw You for Immortal Song 2 and won first place in that episode.
  • Several female groups have declared themselves Teen Top fans and have shown great interest in them, such as: Wonder Girls, Miss A, 4minute, T-ara, Dalshabet, KARA and Lee HyoRi.
  • Teen Top donated their personal items to ‘Star Donation Event’ for low-income families. ChunJi and Ricky donated bracelets that they wore on stage, Niel donated his necklace, CAP and L.Joe donated scarves and ChangJo donated his sneakers.there were a total of 867 bids and the highest bid price for a donated item was for Ricky’s bracelet, followed by SNSD’s autographed items and then Niel’s necklace.
  • When they were filming Rocking’s MV, in the fight scene Chang Jo actually did hit L.Joe causing his nose to bleed, but later apologized to him.
  • His first album ‘No. 1’ sold 105,419 copies in the first half of 2013, ranking 8th in sales of male artists.
  • They sang Jung Soo Ra’s song Joy for Immortal Song 2, beating Lee Soo Young.
  • They ranked 7th in the ranking “The best idol groups of 2013”,based on the scores (based on digital charts), music album sales, awards, fan cafe, etc. Being able to surpass BAP ,MBLAQ, etc.
  • During Teen Top’s most recent appearance on ‘Weekly Idol’, they were asked what they thought was the secret to the success of their song No Joke to which they replied that 90% of it was due to Ricky and how hard he worked on the choreography, and that the other 10% was divided among the remaining members.
  • According to ‘Gaon Chart’ during October and November 2013, Teen Top ranked top in Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking with ‘Teen Top Class’ and ‘Teen Top Class Addition’. It beat K.Will, Shin Seung Hoon, T-ara, etc.
  • Despite not being main rappers in the group, ChangJo and Ricky rapped on the song Don’t I from their mini album ‘Teen Top Class’.
  • Yoon Jongshin, in the program will be a producer of TEEN TOP, he is going to write songs for them in the show, but there is a possibility that he is going to write for Teen Top in real life.
  • Teen Top Forest: It is an ecological urban forestation project to celebrate the 4th anniversary by creating a forest called TEEN TOP.
  • Teen Top is the first K-Pop group to make a concert in Panama, where they were more than welcomed.
  • L.Joe paid for all the food they served to their fans at the first fan-meeting of “Missing” in Korea, this was a result of the group’s discussion, as they felt they should give something back to the Angels, so L.Joe just shouted “I will, I will pay for the food”, while taking out his credit card, getting the admiration of all the members.
  • All songs on the album “Snow Candy” are said to be indistinctly winter-themed. Also included with the album is a Christmas card designed by the group members, as well as their handwritten messages to fans.
  • While visiting Niel on the set of his music video filming, he posted exclusive photos and videos from Niel’s filming set, which also had other TEEN TOP members supporting him backstage. However, the photos immediately became a hot topic online as fans spotted a strange figure by the window. With fans linking the strange apparition to the superstitious belief that an album succeeds with a visit from a ghost.
  • On July 1, leader C.A.P wrote a message to the Fans through Teen Top’s official fan cafe and on behalf of all the members, which said that from now on, Teen Top members will delete personal accounts on Instagram and Twitter and only the group’s recent news will be posted through Teen Top’s official account. It also apologized as things related to social media had been troubling fans too much. The accounts were deleted between July 1, 2 and 3.
  • Teen Top was chosen to make a collaboration with Park Myung Soo.
  • In episode 274 of Running Man it was revealed that they don’t have any food in their refrigerator, as they don’t usually eat there.
  • Tickets for their concert “TEEN TOP PARTY TO. N9NE in Taipei” sold out in three days.
  • MCND performed a cover of ‘No More Perfume On You’ at its first online concert titled ‘GEM AGE’.
  • When the boys were on their way to the Music Bank rehearsal on March 4, they were involved in a car accident in Yeoido, Seoul. A car hit them from behind. Although, some of the boys had neck and knee pains, and should have rested in the hospital, it seems that they wanted to be at the live performance, so after the performance they had the necessary thorough examinations.
  • The group was involved in a traffic accident in Taiwan on March 11. The accident occurred when the vehicle in which the boys were traveling collided with a cab, which was occupied by fans who had been following them. The collision was not very serious, but it could have been worse due to the rain at the time. None of the boys were injured and neither were the fans in the cab, so Teen Top was able to continue its schedule as normal and was able to successfully complete its first fan meeting in Taiwan, which was attended by more than 2,000 fans.
  • T.O.P Media stated, “At the time of the collision, the roads were at a standstill because not only were the Teen Top car and cab involved in the accident, but also the 20 fan cabs that had been following them.”

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