2009: Just BLAQ On September 21, 2009,
J. Tune Camp announced that its new five-member boy group, MBLAQ, would make their first appearance in a photo spread for
Nylon magazine in October. The group, composed of members
Seungho,
G.O,
Mir,
Lee Joon and
Thunder, had reportedly trained for two years under the mentorship of singer and music producer
Rain. On October 12, MBLAQ released a teaser video for their debut song, "Oh Yeah", which was released two days later as part of their debut extended play
Just BLAQ. Upon its release, the extended play topped various music charts in South Korea. In November, a reality series about the group, called
MBLAQ - The Art of Seduction ()
, aired on
Mnet, garnering high viewership ratings. On December 6, MBLAQ performed at Rain's fan meeting in Tokyo to promote their upcoming Japanese debut. The group began promotions for their second Korean single, "G.O.O.D Luv", on December 11. The group appeared as hosts of season five of the television series
Idol Show starting on December 16.
2010: Y On May 17, 2010, the group released their second extended play,
Y, featuring a lead single of the same name that was written and produced by
Rain. "Y" reached number 5 on the
Gaon Digital Chart, and the song claimed first place on
M Countdown on June 3. MBLAQ was featured on several reality television shows in 2010. The GomTV web series
Making the Artist - MBLAQ followed the creation of the group's extended play
Y.''
On the Mnet series Celebrities Go to School
(), the members audited college classes and experienced student life. And the Japanese documentary, Yo! Tokyo
, showed the group discovering Japanese culture. The album, BLAQ Style'', was released on January 10, 2011, with the title track "Stay". A repackaged version of the album, titled
BLAQ Style - 3D Edition, was released on February 22, 2011, with the title track "Again". In addition to "Again", the repackage includes the new tracks "Can't Come Back", which was written by Mir and
G.O, and "You", which was written by
Thunder.
BLAQ Style - 3D Edition was released in Taiwan on March 18, 2011, and reached number one on
G-Music's K-pop and J-pop album chart. On May 4, 2011, the group released their first Japanese single, "
Your Luv", which reached number 2 on Japan's weekly
Oricon Singles Chart and sold more than 40,000 copies. They promoted the single with live performances in Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Tokyo. MBLAQ released their third Korean extended play,
Mona Lisa, on July 12, 2011. After the album reached 30,000 pre-order sales, J.Tune Camp announced that it would produce 50,000 more copies of the album to meet demand, particularly among Japanese fans. In South Korea, the album was the group's first number-one entry on the
Gaon Album Chart, and its lead single, "Mona Lisa", topped online music video charts in Germany and Bulgaria. The group released their second Japanese single, "
Baby U!", on October 26, 2011. The song reached number 2 on the weekly
Oricon Singles Chart, selling 45,624 copies in the first week of its release. MBLAQ promoted the single in Japan, with 23,000 fans attending a release event in Tokyo.
2012: 100% Ver., BLAQ Memories, and first Asia tour '' press conference On January 3, 2012, MBLAQ released the single "Scribble", which topped real-time music charts in South Korea. On January 10, the group released their fourth extended play,
100% Ver., which, in addition to "Scribble", includes the single "This Is War". The album sold more than 40,000 pre-ordered copies, and charted at number one on the
Gaon Album Chart. On March 21, the group released
BLAQ% Ver., a repackaged version of the album. The group promoted the repackage with the singles "Run" and "100%". Combined, the album and repackage sold more than 80,000 copies in 2012. On January 19, the group joined the cast of season 5 of the reality show
Hello Baby, on which they cared for children from multicultural families. On March 7, MBLAQ released the compilation album
BLAQ Memories in Japan. The album peaked at number 18 on the weekly
Oricon Albums Chart. Later that month, the group made a cameo appearance on the television drama
K-Pop Extreme Survival (), which stars Mir's sister,
Go Eun-ah. In June, the group embarked on their first Asian tour, making stops in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and Taiwan, in addition to South Korea.
2013: Sexy Beat & Love Beat On May 28, a teaser video for
스모키걸 (Smoky Girl), the title track of their comeback album
Sexy Beat, was uploaded onto J. Tune Camp's official YouTube channel. MBLAQ previously mentioned in behind the scenes video during a photo shot for
Cosmopolitan Korea that they will be returning with the song Smoky Girl, described by member Mir as an addictive song with sexy choreography. Leader Seungho confirms in the video that MBLAQ will be making their comeback in the first week of June. On June 4, the music video for Smoky Girl was released online and MBLAQ held a comeback showcase on the same day as the release of the music video which was streamed live on various websites such as Mnet's Mwave.
Sexy Beat, MBLAQ's fifth extended play was also released on June 4, which consists of six tracks with
스모키걸 (Smoky Girl) as their title track. A repackaged special album titled
Love Beat was released two months later on August 12, 2013. It consists of three new tracks: ''I Don't Know
, Prayer (기도)
and No Love
as their title track, together with all six tracks from Sexy Beat
. The music video for No Love'' was uploaded on J. Tune Camp's official YouTube channel on August 12, showing the photoshoot, composing and preparation for
Love Beat.
2014: Broken, Winter, Lee Joon and Thunder's departure On March 20, 2014, at 12AM (KST), a teaser video for
Be a Man, the title track of their comeback album
Broken, was uploaded onto J. Tune Camp's official YouTube channel. On March 24, 2014, the music video of
Be a Man was uploaded and the album which consists of seven tracks which the members actively participated in the writing and composing part, was subsequently released online at 12PM (KST). On the same day, MBLAQ also began their comeback promotions for
Be a Man by performing at a comeback showcase in WAPOP Hall at 8PM (KST). On October 13, 2014, it was rumored that
Lee Joon and
Thunder would be leaving the group after the expiration of their contract with J. Tune Camp. However, J. Tune Camp released an official announcement stating that this was a rumor and that both Joon and Thunder are in talks with the company regarding their future activities. On November 18, 2014, J. Tune Camp revealed a mysterious image on their official Twitter which showed the date November 25, 2014. It turned out to be the release date of their upcoming album which is made up of self-composed songs. A few days later on November 20, 2014, J. Tune Camp revealed the track list on their official Twitter and the album which appears to be titled
"Winter". On December 16, 2014, it was announced
Joon and
Thunder had departed from the group and they will focus on individual activities for the time being;
Joon focusing on filming his current drama,
MBC's
Mr. Back and
Thunder studying music for a while.
2015: Mirror The group released their eighth mini album
Mirror on June 9, 2015, as a trio. ==Discography==