1. History
    Pre-debut  2012: Debut with Face and Action  2013–2014: Hello, Sleep Talking, Re:BIRTH and Japanese debut   2015–2016: Japanese promotions, Q Is and Canvas    2017–2018: Produce 101 Season 2 and NU'EST W  

2. Sub-group
    NU'EST M  NU'EST W 

3. Discography

4. Filmography
     Reality television    Film  

5. Concerts and tours

6. Awards and nominations
    Golden Disc Awards  Seoul Music Awards  Other awards 

7. Notes

8. References

9. External links

• Pledis
• Ariola Japan}}

• Aron
• Baekho
• Minhyun
• Ren

History

Pre-debut

Prior to their debut, NU'EST made appearances in their labelmates' music releases. They were backup dancers for After School Blue's "Wonder Boy", and featured in their label's Christmas release "Love Letter". They also released their own music video for "Love Letter" as Pledis Boys.^[2] JR appeared in Orange Caramel's "Bangkok City" music video, and was also featured in Uee's solo song "Sok Sok Sok". Baekho appeared in After School's "Play Ur Love" music video, and Minhyun starred in Orange Caramel's "Shanghai Romance" music video.

2012: Debut with Face and Action

NU'EST made their debut with their first single, "Face", on 15 March 2012.^[5] Their debut stage was on M! Countdown on the same day.

The group began airing their own reality show, Making of a Star: NU'EST Landing Operation, during the promotional period.^[6]

They returned with their first EP, Action, on 11 July,^[7] and became ambassadors for Korea's Scout Association.^[8] During their promotional period and the rest of the year, NU'EST began to expand to the global market, holding events in Japan, Australia, other parts of Asia, and the United States, including performances at KCON.^[9] During December, NU'EST began endorsements with McDonald's.^[10]

2013–2014: Hello, Sleep Talking, Re:BIRTH and Japanese debut

Baekho and Ren made acting appearances in the drama Jeon Woo-chi alongside label mate Uee in January 2013.^[11] The group returned with their second EP, Hello, on 13 February.^[12] They held their first exclusive concert, Show Time NU’EST Time, on the same day to commemorate the release.^[13][14] During the promotional period, they were cast for SBS MTV Diary along with their then-label mate Hello Venus.^[15] In March, NU'EST celebrated their first anniversary through a concert in Japan, NU′EST Debut 1st Anniversary Live Show Time.^[14] On 8 April, Aron became a DJ for Arirang's Music Access.^[16]

On 22 August 2013, NU'EST released their third EP, Sleep Talking, with the title track of the same name.^[17]

To celebrate Music Core's 400th episode in March 2014, Ren performed Girl's Day's "Something" alongside BtoB's Minhyuk, A-Jax's Seungjin, and VIXX's Hongbin.^[18]

On 9 July 2014, NU'EST released their first full album, Re:BIRTH, with the lead single "Good Bye Bye".^[19] They also debuted in Japan on 5 November, with the single "Shalala Ring".^[20]

2015–2016: Japanese promotions, Q Is and Canvas

NU'EST released the digital single "I'm Bad" on 27 February 2015,^[21] with a limited edition physical release on 15 March to celebrate their third anniversary. Baekho did not participate in the title track as he was recovering from vocal cord polyps surgery, but he did contribute to the B-side track, "A Scene Without you." On 2 April, Minhyun collaborated with Korean indie artist Fromm on the single "The Aftermath". On 19 April, Aron ended his position as a DJ at Arirang's Music Access. The group held their first solo showcase in North America in Dallas, put together by My Music Taste, on 3 May.^[22]

NU'EST released their second Japanese single, "Na.Na.Na", on 20 May.^[23] On 14 August, Aron took up a position as a DJ on SBS PopAsia with his own show Aron's Hangout.^[24] NU'EST released their first Japanese studio album, Bridge the World, on 18 November, after pre-releasing the tracks "Bridge the World", "Cherry", "Access to You", and "Eternal Rain".^[25]

Their fourth EP, Q Is, was released on 17 February 2016 with the lead single "Overcome". They began promotions for the album the following day.^[26]

NU'EST released their fifth EP Canvas and the accompanying single "Love Paint (Every Afternoon)" on 29 August 2016.^[27] After four years of promotions, the group received their first music show nomination on The Show. On 6 October 2016, the music video for the duet track "Daybreak" from Canvas was released. "Daybreak" was a special unit track, sung by Minhyun and JR.^[28]

2017–2018: Produce 101 Season 2 and NU'EST W

Four members (JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren) participated in the reality television series Produce 101 Season 2 during the first half of 2017.^[29] During their appearance on the show, previously released albums, including Q Is and Canvas, rose on South Korean album charts, reflecting a sudden surge in popularity of the group.^[30][31] NU'EST's previous releases shot back up on music charts after the final episode of Produce 101 Season 2 aired, and topped the Gaon Chart.^[32] The group returned to music shows to promote their single "Hello" (first released in 2013), and ranked number 11 on Inkigayo.^[33] Produce 101 Season 2 concluded with one of the four competing members, Minhyun, ranking ninth and becoming a member of the temporary boy group Wanna One. On the final episode, Baekho ranked 13th, JR ranked 14th, and Ren ranked 20th. Due to the nature of the contract between Wanna One members and CJ E&M, Minhyun will promote as a member of Wanna One until January 2019, after which he will return to NU'EST.^[34][35]

Following the conclusion of Produce 101 Season 2, JR and Ren became models for the cosmetics company Labiotte.^[36] Subsequently, Baekho and Aron also joined their groupmates in promoting the brand. Ren joined the JTBC variety show Learning the Hard Way, of which he is a fixed member.^[37] Aron featured on Raina's single "Loop".^[38]

NU'EST continued to promote as a four-member special unit, NU'EST W, until Minhyun would return.^[39]

Following Wanna One's official disbandment on December 31, 2018, Minhyun returned to NU'EST shortly after participating in a farewell concert with Wanna One towards the end of January.

Sub-group

NU'EST M

On 8 October 2013, Pledis Entertainment announced to launch a sub-group formed to target the Chinese market, NU'EST M, consisting of six members: JR, Aron, Baekho, Minhyun, Ren, and one Chinese member from Yuehua Entertainment, Jason. NU'EST M is specially targeted to the Chinese market, and thus will only carry out promotions in China.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} The group recorded Chinese versions of the lead singles "Face" and "Sleep Talking".{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} In 2014, Pledis Entertainment's contract with Yuehua Entertainment dissolved, so Jason left the group and they changed their promotional name to NU’EST China.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

NU'EST W

On July 17, 2017, NU'EST W was formed by Pledis Entertainment. The group consisted of 4 NU'EST members, promoting in the absence of Minhyun (who at the time, was promoting with Wanna One.)^[40] NU'EST W released a total of 3 EPS (W, Here, Who You, and Wake;N,) before disbanding on December 31, 2018, with the return of Minhyun.

Discography

• Re:Birth (2014)
• Bridge the World (2015)

Filmography

Reality television

• Making of A Star : Landing Operation (MBC Every 1, 2012)
• MTV Diary (SBS MTV, 2013)
• Nu'est in Love (Mnet, 2013)
• Nu'est's Latin Dream Show (MBC Every1, 2014)
• Nu'est Private life (imbc, 2016)

Film

• Their Distance (or Two Strangers, Japanese: 知らない、ふたり, Romaji : Shiranai, Futari )^[41]

Concerts and tours

Awards and nominations

Golden Disc Awards

Seoul Music Awards

Other awards

Notes

References

External links

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