![]() On February 11, 2015, Park Jin-young announced that the lineup of JYP's upcoming seven member girl group would be decided through Sixteen, a competition survival show that would air on Mnet later that year. Park explained in a press conference prior to the show's airing that he hoped the group would "have the Wonder Girls' and miss A's natural, healthy feel, with an edgier and wilder side and to upgrade this next group by adding elements like hip-hop and rap." On December 19, 2013, JYP Entertainment announced that they would debut a new girl group in the first half of 2014, the first female group to come out of the company since the debut of miss A in 2010. On February 27, 2014, JYP trainees Lena and Cecilia were confirmed as members of the group tentatively called as 6mix, while other rumoured members included JYP trainees Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Jisoo (later Jihyo) and Minyoung. After Cecilia's departure, JYP trainee Sana replaced her and 6mix was about to debut when Lena left the company, effectively canceling their debut. Pre-debut: New JYP girl group and Sixteen The EP was the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 copies at year-end. Within 19 months after debut, Twice has sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album. It also won Song of the Year in two major music awards shows, Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. Another song of the group, "TT" from their third extended play Twicecoaster: Lane 1, claimed the top spot for four consecutive weeks. Twice rose to fame in 2016 with their song "Cheer Up" charted number 1 on Gaon Digital Chart and became the best-performing single that year. ![]() Twice at G-Festival Asia Dream Concert in October 2016 The group debuted on Octowith the extended play The Story Begins. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. Twice (Hangul: 트와이스 Japanese: トゥワイス stylized as TWICE) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show Sixteen.
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