H.O.T.

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist H.O.T. (Template:Korean; pronounced "H. O. T.", acronym for Highfive of Teenagers) was a South Korean boy band that was created by SM Entertainment in 1996. They are considered to be the first K-pop idol group and their successful formula became the model for many K-pop groups that followed them.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite book</ref> The group consisted of five members: Moon Hee-joon, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony Ahn, Kangta, and Lee Jae-won.<ref name=":3" />

H.O.T. sold over 6.4 million records in South Korea during their career.<ref name=":3" /> They were also commercially successful in China and Taiwan, and were among the first stars of the Korean Wave in Asia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":5" />

The group broke up in 2001 following a contract disagreement with SM Entertainment, prompting hundreds of fans to stage protests against the company.<ref name=":9">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":10">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently, only Kangta, an executive of SM Entertainment, remains at the company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Formation

Record producer Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment, formed the group in 1996 by using information that he had obtained from polling high school students to find out what their idol pop group would be like. The first member to join the group was Kangta, whom Lee discovered at an amusement park. Next to join were friends and singing partners Moon Hee-joon and Lee Jae-won. Jang Woo-hyuk joined the group after attracting Lee's attention by winning first place in a dance contest. Finally, Tony Ahn joined the group after auditioning for Lee in Los Angeles.<ref name=":3" />

History

1996–1997: Debut and breakthrough

H.O.T.'s first public appearance was in August 1996, at the opening stage of the 1996 012 Concert.<ref name=":13">Template:Cite news</ref> Their TV debut came on September 7, 1996, performing "Descendants of Warriors' on the variety show Saturday! Saturday Is Fun.<ref name=":13" /> We Hate All Kinds of Violence, the group's debut album, was a success, selling 1.5 million copies.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite book</ref> Their first single, "Descendants of Warriors", was a critique of schoolyard bullying, while their second single, "Candy", was a cheerful bubblegum pop song that established H.O.T.'s popularity, especially among teenage girls.<ref name=":5" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That year, H.O.T. won Best New Artist at the Golden Disc Awards.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In July 1997, H.O.T. released their second album, Wolf and Sheep, which sold 1 million copies in ten days.<ref name=":8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album included the singles "Wolf and Sheep", "Happiness", and "We Are the Future", the first of which was banned from airplay due to its use of strong language.<ref name=":3" /> Nonetheless, the album was both commercially and critically successful, winning the Grand Prize at both the 1997 Golden Disc Awards and the 1997 Seoul Music Awards.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Additionally, "We Are the Future" was nominated for an International Viewer's Choice Award at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.<ref name=":3" /> By this time, H.O.T. had become a "social sensation" in South Korea.<ref name=":4" /> In 1997, H.O.T. also released their first Chinese album, the sales of which helped the group survive the slump in South Korean record sales that followed the Asian financial crisis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1998–1999: Resurrection, controversy and I Yah

H.O.T. released their third album, Resurrection, in September 1998. The album, which featured a variety of styles including hardcore hip hop, sold more than 1.1 million copies by the following year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":8" /> At the 1998 Seoul Music Awards, Resurrection was awarded the Grand Prize, which it shared with Special Album by Sechs Kies.<ref name=":6" /> Netizens accused the album of plagiarism on account of alleged similarities between the album's lead single "Line Up!" and "Killing In The Name", a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine.<ref name=":8" /> However, the song won the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Korea at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards.Template:Citation needed

H.O.T. released a live greatest hits album in April 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On June 25, H.O.T. performed alongside Michael Jackson and popular South Korean girl group S.E.S. at a benefit concert in Seoul arranged by Jackson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On September 15, 1999, H.O.T. released their fourth album, I Yah!.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album's title track was about a 1999 fire that killed kindergarten students at the Sealand Youth Training Center in South Korea.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album sold more than 1.3 million copies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shortly after the album's release on September 18, H.O.T. became the first K-pop group to perform at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, where over 40,000 fans saw them perform.<ref name=":3" />

2000–2001: Outside Castle, Age of Peace and disbandment

On February 1, 2000, H.O.T. performed for 13,000 fans in Beijing at their first concert in China.<ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The group became immensely popular among Chinese teenagers, and reportedly sold around 400,000 copies of their albums in the country by January 2000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their success inspired SM Entertainment and other South Korean entertainment companies to promote their artists in China.<ref name=":5" /> H.O.T. released their fifth album, Outside Castle, in September 2000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That year, the group also starred in the sci-fi movie Age of Peace, in which they portrayed soccer players living in a futuristic society.<ref name=":3" /> Despite H.O.T.'s popularity at the time, the movie was not a hit.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

H.O.T. announced its disbandment at a press conference in Seoul in May 2001. Members An, Lee and Jang told the press that they were leaving S.M. Entertainment because they could not come to an agreement with the company over a new contract. In the following days, hundreds of the group's fans protested outside of S.M. Entertainment headquarters. Some fans blocked roads and threw rocks at the company headquarters' windows to protest what they believed were unjust actions against H.O.T. on the part of S.M. Entertainment.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /> It was later reported that the contractual disagreements between H.O.T. and S.M. Entertainment concerned the group members' pay, which was only about $10,000 USD for every 1 million albums they sold.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the split, Kangta and Moon were offered lucrative contracts by S.M. Entertainment as solo artists.Template:Citation needed An, Lee and Jang signed to Yejeon Media and formed a three-member group called jtL, which experienced moderate success before they disbanded in 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All five former H.O.T. members have since pursued solo careers and are still active in the entertainment industry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2018–2019: Reunion and later career

In February 2018, H.O.T. was featured on the South Korean variety show Infinite Challenge in the "Saturday, Saturday is for Singers" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) special, a recurring segment on the show which showcases famous singers from the 1990s and was notably responsible for the reunion of their first-generation counterparts Sechs Kies. All five members appeared on the show, marking their first appearance as a complete group since 2003.<ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During the years in between disbandment and the reunion, the possibility of a reunion had been repeatedly brought up.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following the successful reunions of their fellow first-generation groups g.o.d and Fly to the Sky in 2014, a Naver online poll revealed that H.O.T ranked first as the first-generation idol group K-pop fans most wanted to see again.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2016 it was reported that the members had been in contact with one another and met with Lee Soo-man to discuss the possibility of reuniting for the 20th anniversary of their debut but it ultimately did not come to fruition.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On August 31, 2018, it was announced that H.O.T. would be independently holding their reunion concert, 'Forever [Highfive Of Teenagers]', on October 13 and 14 in Seoul Olympic Main Stadium with 100,000 attendees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR <ref name="SalesVolume">Peaks on the RIAK charts: Resurrection: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }} Other albums: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
We Hate All Kinds of Violence	Released: September 7, 1996 Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, cassette, digital download	—	KOR: 1,500,000<ref name=":5"/>
Wolf and Sheep	Released: July 5, 1997 Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, cassette, digital download	—	KOR: 1,500,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Resurrection	Released: September 24, 1998 Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, cassette, digital download	1	KOR: 1,103,439<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
I Yah!	Released: September 15, 1999 Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, cassette, digital download	2	KOR: 1,383,985<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Outside Castle	Released: September 29, 2000 Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, cassette, digital download	1	KOR: 879,613<ref name="miak2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> CHN: 50,000Template:Citation needed

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		KOR <ref name="SalesVolume" />	TWN Int. <ref name=":1">IFPI Taiwan album chart peaks: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>
H.O.T. 史上最惡少年	Released: January 26, 1999 (TWN) Label: Rock Records Format: CD, digital download	—	7
Age of Peace: The Original Soundtrack	Released: July 16, 2000 (KOR) Label: SM Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	39	—	KOR: 231,223<ref name="miak2000" />

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		KOR <ref name="SalesVolume" />	TWN Int. <ref name=":1" />
Hi-Five of Teenagers Live Concert	Released: April 12, 1999 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette, digital download	3	5	KOR: 175,314<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
99 Live in Seoul	Released: January 6, 2000 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette, digital download	4	—	KOR: 110,542<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
H.O.T. Forever	Released: April 27, 2001 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette, digital download	6	—	KOR: 138,616<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Warrior's Descendant" (전사의 후예 (Template:Korean))	1996	We Hate All Kinds of Violence
"Candy"
"Wolf and Sheep" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1997	Wolf and Sheep
"Full of Happiness" (Template:Korean)
"We Are the Future"
"Line Up!" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1998	Resurrection
"Hope" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
"I Yah!" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	1999	I Yah!
"Git It Up" (Template:Korean)
"It's Been Raining Since You Left Me" (Template:Korean)
"Outside Castle"	2000	Outside Castle
"We Can Do It" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
"A Song For Lady" (For Template:Korean)
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Guest album appearances

• Christmas In SMTOWN (1999)
• Christmas Winter Vacation in SMTown.com (2000)
• Christmas Winter Vacation in SMTown.com - Angel Eyes (2001)

Filmography

• Age of Peace (2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Concerts and tours

Concert tours

• H.O.T. The 1st Concert (1998)
• H.O.T. USA Live Tour (1998)
• H.O.T. The 2nd Concert (1999)

Other concerts

'99 Live In Seoul

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
September 18, 1999	Seoul	South Korea	Seoul Olympic Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2000 H.O.T. Live Concert In Beijing

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
February 1, 2000	Beijing	China	Workers Indoor Arena	13,000<ref name=":12" />

2001 H.O.T. Live Concert – H.O.T. Forever

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
February 27, 2001	Seoul	South Korea	Seoul Olympic Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2018 Forever [High-five of Teenagers] Concert

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
October 13, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Seoul Olympic Stadium	100,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
October 14, 2018

2019 [High-five of Teenagers] Next Message Concert

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
September 20, 2019	Seoul	South Korea	Gocheok Sky Dome	60,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
September 21, 2019
September 22, 2019

Awards

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee of the award and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result	Template:Abbr
Golden Disc Awards	1996	Best New Artist	"Candy"	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1997	Album of the Year (Daesang)	Wolf and Sheep	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Main Prize (Bonsang)		Template:Won
	1998		Resurrection	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1999		I Yah!	Template:Won
KBS Music Awards	1998	Grand Prize (Daesang)	"Hope"	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Singer of the Year (Bonsang)	H.O.T.	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
KMTV Music Awards	1997	Grand Prize (Daesang)	H.O.T.	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		ARS Most Popular Artist		Template:Won
		Popular Singer Award (Bonsang)		Template:Won
	1998	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		ARS Most Popular Artist		Template:Won
		Popular Singer Award (Bonsang)		Template:Won
	1999	ARS Most Popular Artist		Template:Won
		Popular Singer Award (Bonsang)		Template:Won
		Best Male Dancer		Template:Won
	2000	Main Prize (Bonsang)		Template:Won
		Netizen Popularity Award		Template:Won
Korea Entertainment Arts Awards	1999	Best Youth Singer	H.O.T.	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
MBC Gayo Daejejeon	1997	Best Popular Song	"Happiness"	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1998		"Hope"	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Popular Singer Award	H.O.T.	Template:Won
	1999			Template:Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards	1999	Best Popular Music Video (Daesang)	"I Yah!"	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Group		Template:Won
		Best Dance Performance		Template:Nom
	2000	Best Popular Music Video (Daesang)	"Outside Castle"	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Male Group		Template:Nom
		Best Dance Performance		Template:Nom
	2008	10th Anniversary Remember Award	H.O.T.	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
MTV Video Music Awards	1998	International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Asia	"We Are the Future"	Template:Nom	<ref name=":3">Template:Cite book</ref>
	1999	International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Korea	"Line Up!"	Template:Won
SBS Gayo Daejeon	1996	Rookie Award	H.O.T.	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1997	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Main Prize (Bonsang)		Template:Won
	1998	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Template:Won
		Main Prize (Bonsang)		Template:Won
Seoul Music Awards	1997	Grand Prize (Daesang)	H.O.T.	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Main Prize (Bonsang)		Template:Won
	1998	Grand Prize (Daesang)	H.O.T. Template:Small	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Main Prize (Bonsang)	H.O.T.	Template:Won
	1999			Template:Won

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Template:Abbr
The Dong-a Ilbo	2016	Best male artists according to experts	2nd	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mnet	2013	Legend 100 Artists	43rd	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• jtL

External links

• Official website (archived 16 July 2011) Template:In lang
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