U-KISS

In 2009, U-KISS released their second mini album, Bring It Back 2 Old School, promoting "I Like You" as the album's title song. The third mini album, Conti UKiss, was released that introduced Kiseop as their 7th member. The title track, "Man Man Hani", rose their popularity in Korea.

To promote the album, they appeared on their own reality show named U-KISS Vampire. The group then released their 1st full length album, Only One, with "Bingeul Bingeul," as its title track. The album rose their popularity in the Philippines, so the group went to promote the album through a series of mall shows.

They were said to have sold more than 1,000 copies in 1 day alone. due to the success, U-KISS had their first concert in the Philippine dubbed as 'First Kiss In Manila', it was released as a DVD, making U-KISS the first international artist to release a DVD from a concert in the Philippines. Kibum was revealed to have been "kicked" out of the group because the company felt he was lacking, while NH Media stated that Alexander would leave to focus on his studies.

Alexander denied this was the reason but did not give the real reason as to why he was leaving U-KISS. Siyoon (ex-Paran member) and Hoon (ex-soloist) were revealed to be the 2 replacements to the group. They made their comeback on March 30, 2011 with Bran New Kiss, their fifth mini album.

The title track, "0330", was a hip-hop ballad that showed a change in the group's regular tough image. The group later signed with Avex Trax to prepare for a Japanese debut. They released a Japanese version of "0330" and promoted it in Japan for a month.

U-KISS returned to Korea and released their second full-length album, Neverland, with the title track "Neverland" and promotional track "Someday". "Neverland" was an electro-pop dance track while "Someday" was a ballad track that showcased the group's vocal talent. U-KISS went back to Japan to officially debut with their first Japanese single, "Tick Tack".

The response for the song was extremely positive and the single debuted at #5 on the Oricon's Singles Chart. They released A Shared Dream, their first full-length Japanese album, and "Forbidden Love", the group's second Japanese single, simultaneously. The single peaked at #6 on Oricon, while the album peaked at #2.

To further promote the release, they went to hold their sold out tour dubbed as U-KISS 1st Japan Live Tour on March 2012, held at Zepp Hall. The tour finished with U-KISS performing for a total of 25,000+ people. After 8 months in Japan, U-KISS announced they would return to Korea with their sixth mini album, DoraDora.

On May 2012, DoraDora gained first spot on German's Asian Music Chart. The group released a special album titled The Special To KissMe', and album entirely dedicated to their fans, KissMes. The title track, "Believe", was composed by Siyoon.

U-KISS returned to Japan to release their third Japanese single, "Dear My Friend". The song was used for a Japanese anime titled, Stormy Night Friends. Their follow-up track, "Beautiful", was used for a commercial.

The group released ther fourth Japanese single titled "One Of You" soon after. U-KISS held another Japanese tour and ended the tour with a concert in Budokan. They performed for 14,000+ fans, their largest to date, while the whole tour sold out 80,000+ tickets.

Budokan is the second most prestigious concert arena, second to Tokyo D...