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2NE1
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The genre-bending girl-crush blueprint a whole generation of K-pop was built on.
- Trailblazing
- Girl-crush
- Genre-bending
- Iconic
- Hip-hop-leaning
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
I Am the Best — a defining K-pop anthem
2011, still iconic over a decade later
Crush charted on the Billboard 200
2014 — among the highest US placements for a K-pop girl group at the time
Pioneered the 'girl crush' template
Blueprint copied across later generations of girl groups
Sold-out 15th-anniversary reunion tour
Welcome Back Tour, 27 shows across Asia, 2024–2025
All four original members reunited
2024, eight years after disbandment
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
- 01
2NE1 was built as YG's bold counter to the cutesy girl-group norm, leaning on hip-hop, electronic and R&B with an androgynous fashion edge.
- 02
I Am the Best became one of the most influential K-pop songs ever, with its girl-crush attitude copied by later generations.
- 03
The group disbanded in November 2016 after Minzy's 2015 departure and Park Bom's controversy, releasing the farewell single Goodbye.
- 04
All four members — CL, Park Bom, Sandara Park and Minzy — reunited in 2024 for the group's 15th anniversary.
- 05
The 2024–2025 Welcome Back Tour was their first headlining tour in roughly a decade and sold out rapidly worldwide.
DISCOGRAPHY
Signature tracks
TIMELINE
The journey
ORIGIN
YG's anti-girl-group
2009 — 2009
YG built 2NE1 as a deliberate counter to the cutesy girl-group norm — four members fronting hip-hop, electronic and R&B with a bold, unisex-fashion edge. They arrived already attached to BIGBANG via the joint Lollipop ad single, primed as YG's female flagship.
DEBUT
Fire & I Am the Best
2009 — 2012
Fire launched the group and I Am the Best became a generation-defining anthem — a swaggering, hard-edged hit that still anchors their legacy. This run made 2NE1 one of the biggest and most influential girl groups in K-pop history.
Anchor track: I Am the Best
GLOBAL
Crush peak
2013 — 2014
The album Crush pushed 2NE1 to international highs, charting on the Billboard 200 and drawing Western critical praise rare for K-pop at the time. Come Back Home and Crush showed a group operating at the front edge of the genre's global ambitions.
Anchor track: Come Back Home
HIATUS
Disbandment
2015 — 2016
Internal turmoil — Park Bom's controversy and Minzy's departure — unraveled the group, and YG announced 2NE1's disbandment in November 2016. A final single, Goodbye, served as an emotional farewell to one of K-pop's most influential acts.
Anchor track: Goodbye
RETURN
Welcome Back reunion
2024
All four members reunited in 2024 for the group's 15th anniversary, launching the Welcome Back Tour — their first headlining run in a decade — which sold out across Asia and ran into 2025. The reunion confirmed 2NE1's enduring pull years after disbandment.
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