Red Velvet

Red Velvet is a five member South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment and debuted on August 01, 2014 with the digital single "Happiness".

The girls originally debuted as a four member group, the youngest member Yeri joined the group in 2015 with her first appearance on their first mini album "Ice Cream Cake".

Since their debut Red Velvet has gained notable success and recognition. Their first mini album "Ice Cream Cake" as well as their first full length album "The Red" topped the Gaon music chart in South Korea upon their respective release.

Pre-debut
Seulgi was recruited back in 2007 by S.M. Entertainment as a trainee trough one of the SM Saturday Open Auditions, Irene joined the agency in 2009 and Wendy 2012 after attending the SM Global Audition in Canada. With that the three girls were present to the public as SM Rookies. Joy joined S.M. Entertainment through an audition aswell but was not revealed to the public until her debut in Red Velvet.

Members

 * Irene (아이린) - Leader, Main Rap, Dance, Visual, Vocals
 * Wendy (웬디) - Main Vocals
 * Seulgi (슬기) - Lead Vocals, Main Dance
 * Joy (조이) - Lead Rap, Vocals
 * Yeri (예리) - Rap, Vocals, Maknae

Studio Albums

 * The Red (September 2015)

Mini Albums

 * Ice Cream Cake (March 2015)
 * The Velvet (March 2016)
 * Russian Roulette (September 2016)
 * Rookie (February 2017)

Digital Singles

 * "Happiness" (August 2014) Debut
 * "Be Natural" (October 2014)
 * "Wish Tree" - Winter Garden 2 (December 2015)
 * "Would U" - SM Station Season 2 (March 2017)

Original Soundtracks

 * "여시주의" -Telemonster OST (May 2016)

Featured On

 * "What I Wanted from You" (Noise cover) - Two Yoo Project: Sugar Man Part.13 (January 2017)

Public Appearances

 * Main article: Red Velvet public appearances

Concerts

 * SM Town Live World Tour IV (August 2014 - July 2015)
 * SM Town Live World Tour V (July 2016)

Awards and nominations

 * Main article: Red Velvet awards and nominations

Since their debut Red Velvet won over twenty music program awards, their first being one for "Ice Cream Cake" on KBS Music Bank (TV series seven month after their debut on March 27, 2015. In addition Red Velvet won numerous bigger awards such as three new artist awards and two dance performance awards for "Ice Cream Cake".