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1. 100%

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by Leahbae77

by Leahbae77

100% (Hangul: 백퍼센트) is a six-member South Korean boy group that debuted in September 2012 under Andy Lee's company TOP Media with their first single album We, 100%.

In 2009, 100% member Rock-hyun - under his stage name Rocky was one of the two members of Andy Lee's boy group Jumper that released two singles; "Yes!" featuring Eric of Shinhwa and "Dazzling" featuring Kang Ji-young of Kara. The same year, Min-woo was featured during Andy's promotion for his song "Single Man", along with Jumper's second member Park Dong-min. Min-woo has also been active as an actor. He starred in KBS2's 2006 drama Sharp 3, SBS's 2007 drama The King and I and in two movies, Crazy Waiting (2007)and Where Are You Going? (2009).

2012: Debut and Guy Like Me
Between June and September 2012, 100% were featured in SBS MTV's variety show Teen Top Rising 100% , in which they starred alongside fellow TOP Media artist Teen Top and their founder Andy Lee of (Shinhwa). Their debut single album We, 100% was released on September 18. It consists of three tracks and one instrumental version, which were all written and produced by Super Changddai. The same day, the music video for its lead track "Bad Boy" went online on the band's official YouTube channel.

100% made their live debut of "Bad Boy" on September 21, 2012 on KBS Music Bank, followed by MBC Music Core and SBS Inkigayo that same weekend. On October 23, MBC held a press conference for 100% and Teen Top's second own variety program in Jangan-dong, Seoul. Teen Top & 100% Rising Brothers premiered on MBC Music three days later, showing the two music groups accomplishing missions. On December 7, the music video for the digital single Guy Like Me was released. "Guy Like Me" was written by Minigun and Super Changddai, the latter of which had already written all the tracks on 100%'s first release We, 100%.

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2013: Want U Back and 100% V
On May 23, the group's mini-album Real 100%, along with its title track "Want U Back", was released. On July 17, 2013, TOP Media announced 100%'s official fanclub as Perfection. On November 14, TOP Media released information regarding the line-up; Rockhyun, Jonghwan, and Hyukjin along with rapper Chanyong, will be making a debut under the sub-unit named, 100% V. The group released a single album consisting of 3 tracks on November 20. The leading single was titled, 퇴근길 (Missing You). The group made their first live appearance on KBS Music Bank.

2014: Minwoo's Military service , Sanghun's Hiatus and BANG the BUSH
On February 28, 2014, TOP Media announced on both 100%'s official website and fancafe that leader, Min-woo, had to enlist in the Korean military on March 4. On March 3, TOP Media announced that the youngest member, Lee Sanghun, will take some personal time off until he finalizes on what to do in the future. With five members remaining, 100% released both their second mini album Bang the Bush and the music video for "심장이 뛴다 (Beat)" on March 17, 2014.

Members
Seo Min-woo (서민우)
Kim Rok-hyun (김록현)
Jo Jong-hwan (조종환)
Kim Chan-yong (김찬용)
Woo Chang-bum (우창범)
Jang Hyuk-jin (장혁진)
Lee Sang-hun (이상훈) *on hiatus

Music Videos

Want U Back