Beast (비스트, stylized as BEAST or B2ST) is a boy band from South Korea that consists of six members, under Cube Entertainment. The members are Yoon Doo-joon, Jang Hyun-seung, Yong Jun-hyung, Yang Yo-seob, Lee Gi-kwang and Son Dong-woon.The group was originally known as B2ST, an acronym for Boys 2 Search for Top.However, their name was changed to BEAST (Boys of East Standing Tall).They released their first mini-album Beast Is The B2ST on October 14, 2009.
2011: Japanese Debut, 1st Studio Album and 1st Asia Fan-meet Tour
The group was awarded with the Bonsang Award at the 20th Seoul Music Awards on January 20, 2011 where they performed their hit songs “Shock” and “Soom”. Beast was also listed as the No. 40 Power Celebrity according to the list released by Forbes Korea on February 24, 2011.
Beast started off their Japanese venture with the release of the music video for their first Japanese single “Shock (Japanese Version)" on February 27, 2011 and made their official debut with its release on March 16, 2011.
The single debuted at number 2 on Oricon’s weekly chart, which became as the highest ranking debut single by a non-Japanese artist in Japan since Big Bang's “My Heaven” at no. 3 in 2009. However, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, all scheduled Japanese promotions for their single were cancelled.
On May 6, Beast announced that they will be holding a fan-meet tour across Asia in July.
Thanks to the explosive support they’ve been receiving from the Asian market since their debut, Cube Entertainment decided to go ahead with a large-scale promotion plan all across Asia. Representatives stated, “Fans all over Asia have been making unending requests for an international fan-meeting, which is why we’ve decided to set up one now. Fans can consider this fan-meet as an Asian tour concert.”
Beast released their first full length Korean album on May 17, 2011 titled Fiction and Fact, which contains 10 songs: 8 new songs, an Unplugged Version of their song "Lightless" and an Orchestra Version of their lead song "Fiction".
There have been generally positive reviews about Beast’s new album, saying the group has utilized their full color that has been built up over their past mini-albums.
Their track “Biga Oneun Naren" (비가 오는 날엔, lit. On Rainy Days), which was released as a digital single prior to the release of their album, rose up the charts at the moment of its release. It won first place on KBS Music Bank’s May 27, 2011 episode instead of their heavily promoted lead song “Fiction"
On May 19, 2011, while in the midst of their Fiction and Fact album promotions in Korea, Beast announced the release of their 2nd Japanese single, “Bad Girl” The music video was released on May 26, 2011 but the single was released in stores on June 15, 2011.
As opposed to their debut single, “Bad Girl” is described as a cute pop love song.The group held a two-day mini-concert titled Beast Night on June 22, 2011 at Studio Coast in Tokyo, Japan as a celebration for the release of their single.
They also announced during this event that they'll be releasing their first regular Japanese album in August.
Beast will perform as Korea’s representative artists at MTV’s “MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2011" on July 24, 2011 at Malaysia’s Shah Alam.
Beast is the only Korean artist to be invited this year, and is the second Korean artist, following the Wonder Girls, to ever perform on MTV’s “World Stage”.
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