Cool (band) explained

Cool was a South Korean co-ed group that debuted in 1994.^[1]

History

They debuted in 1994 as "The Reason I Wanted You". In the 1st album, Kim Sung-soo, Lee Jae-hoon, Yoo Chae-young and Choi Jun-myung were four, but from the second album, Yoo Chae-young and Choi Jun-myeong withdrew and while female member Yuri joined them, Kim Sung-soo and Lee Jae-hoon together acted as a three-member group.

Vocal Lee Jae-hoon's steady singing skills, fun songs and images continued to be popular. Cool's songs were simple and easy to sing, so it was easy for the general public to love it. Their songs were often in the top sung songs in Korean karaoke. They mainly performed in dance and ballad music. In 2002, they received the Golden Disk Award, recording their seventh album as the year's best-selling album.

On August 2, 2005, they announced their disbandment, but on July 25, 2008, they started activities again after releasing the 10.5 "I Want to Love" album. In summer 2009, they released the 11th regular album. In 2014, they celebrated 20th anniversary with the release of "Goodbye" and began touring with broadcasting activities such as "Hidden Singer" and "Infinite Challenge."

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [2]
The Reason I Wanted You (너이길 원했던 이유)	Released: July 1, 1994 Label: Warner Music Korea Format: CD, cassette	rowspan="4"
The [Ku:l] : Love Is..., Waiting	Released: October 1, 1995 Label: Warner Music Korea Format: CD, cassette
Destined For The Best	Released: November 1, 1996 Label: Warner Music Korea Format: CD, cassette
Summer Story	Released: July 1, 1997 Label: Samsung Music Format: CD, cassette
Cool 4	Released: April 1, 1998 Label: Samsung Music, Orange Popular Format: CD, cassette		KOR: 789,016[3]
Cool 4.5	Released: January 1, 1999 Label: Ono Entertainment, Synnara Music Format: CD, cassette	1	KOR: 339,570[4]
Cool 5	Released: April 1, 2000 Label: Ono Entertainment, Synnara Music Format: CD, cassette	1	KOR: 680,294[5]
6ix	Released: July 4, 2001 Label: Ono Entertainment, Fandango!, LKPOP, smtrax Format: CD, cassette	6	KOR: 582,584[6]
First Whisper	Released: December 6, 2001 Label: Ono Entertainment, Fandango!, LKPOP, smtrax Format: CD, cassette	2	KOR: 368,164[7]
7even	Released: July 4, 2002 Label: Ono Entertainment, Woongjin Music Format: CD, cassette	1	KOR: 647,052[8]
Second Whisper	Released: December 1, 2002 Label: Ono Entertainment, Woongjin Music Format: CD, cassette	4	KOR: 317,815[9]
8ight	Released: July 4, 2003 Label: Ono Entertainment, Woongjin Music Format: CD, cassette	—
Third Whisper	Released: December 18, 2003 Label: Ono Entertainment, Woongjin Music, Plyzen Format: CD, cassette	—
9th Performance: Let's See What's Happening Now	Released: July 4, 2004 Label: YBM Seoul Records, Sky Entertainment Format: CD, cassette	2	KOR: 93,304[10]
Forever	Released: July 15, 2005 Label: YBM Seoul Records, Sky Entertainment Format: CD, cassette	1	KOR: 52,745[11]
Cool Returns	Released: July 25, 2008 Label: Cool Music, Mnet Media Format: CD	6	KOR: 20,193[12]
Cool 11	Released: July 20, 2009 Label: Cool Music, Mnet Media Format: CD	8
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Awards and nominations

Ref.

Golden Disc Awards	1998	SKC Popularity Award	Sorrow		[13]
	2001	Album Bonsang (Main Prize)	6ix		[14]
		Album Daesang (Grand Prize)
	2002	Album Bonsang (Main Prize)	7even (Truth)		[15]
		Album Daesang (Grand Prize)
	2003	Album Bonsang (Main Prize)	8ight		[16]
		Album Daesang (Grand Prize)
KBS Music Awards	1997	Singer of the Year (Bonsang)	Cool
	1998
	2002
Korea Entertainment Arts Awards	1999	Youth Mixed Singer Award
Mnet Asian Music Awards	2002	Best Mixed Group	"Truth"		[17]
	2009		"Reporting Reporting"		[18]
SBS Gayo Daejeon	1997	Main Prize (Bonsang)	Cool
	1998
	2001
	2002				[19]

Notes

• Many of the albums are referred to by number and not by name on the Music Industry Association of Korea album chart.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 쿨(COOL) 소개. Mnet. ko. Cool Profile. April 27, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093444/http://www.mnet.com/artist/49360/profile. dead.
2. Web site: K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20081219224935/http://www.miak.or.kr/navigator.php?contents=html&usemode=list&DB=117. December 19, 2008. dead. August 22, 2018.
   • Web site: Misery charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20070718173144/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_199901.htm. dead. July 18, 2007. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Cool 5 charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20090219071008/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200004.htm. dead. February 19, 2009. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: 6ix charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607111945/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200108.htm. dead. June 7, 2008. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: First Whisper charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20081011103441/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200112.htm. dead. October 11, 2008. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: 7even charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012175450/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200207.htm. dead. October 12, 2008. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Second Whisper charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20060228091613/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200212.htm. dead. February 28, 2006. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Let's See What's Happening Now charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20080605194557/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200407.htm. dead. June 5, 2008. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Forever charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20060115174124/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200507.htm. dead. January 15, 2006. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Cool Returns charting. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012180423/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200807.htm. dead. October 12, 2008. November 15, 2019.
   • Web site: Cool 11 charting.
3. Web site: March to August 1998 Total Record Sales. Music Industry Association of Korea. https://web.archive.org/web/20010923143142/http://www.riak.or.kr/riak/sale/8total.html. September 23, 2001. August 22, 2018.
4. Web site: April 1999 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20070616204925/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_199904.htm. June 16, 2007. dead. August 22, 2018.
5. Web site: 2000 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228163742/http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2000_2h.htm. February 28, 2009. August 22, 2018.
6. Web site: September 2001 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20050214221604/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200109.htm. February 14, 2005. dead. August 22, 2018.
7. Web site: March 2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20050426005103/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200203.htm. April 26, 2005. dead. August 22, 2018.
8. Web site: 2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20040902010320/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2002_2h.htm. September 2, 2004. dead. August 22, 2018.
9. Web site: April 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20050412120115/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200304.htm. April 12, 2005. dead. August 22, 2018.
10. Web site: August 2004 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20090205224612/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200408.htm. February 5, 2009. dead. August 24, 2018.
11. Web site: August 2005 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20060221020335/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200508.htm. February 21, 2006. dead. August 24, 2018.
12. Web site: August 2008 K-pop Album Sales Volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20081211011829/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200808.htm. December 11, 2008. dead. August 24, 2018.
13. Web site: 1998-12-05 . 「아무도 ...」 영상음반대상 골든비디오대상 수상 . 「Nobody...」 Awarded the Golden Video Award at the Video and Music Awards . 2022-05-08 . . . ko.
14. Web site: 14 December 2001 . god 골든디스크 '대상' . god wins Golden Disk 'daesang' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210421065844/http://dc.koreatimes.com/article/20011214/59954 . 21 April 2021 . 8 May 2022 . The Korea Times.
15. News: Hong . Je-seong . December 14, 2002 . 제17회 골든디스크상 대상에 그룹 쿨 . ko-KR . Group Cool wins at the 17th Golden Disk Awards . SBS News . August 24, 2018.
16. Web site: 2003-12-05 . 조성모 골든디스크 대상 . Jo Sung-mo wins at Golden Disc Awards . 2022-12-11 . . . ko.
17. http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=6490 "2002 MMF part 1"
18. http://mwave.interest.me/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=100689 "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part1"
19. Web site: 2002-12-30 . '2002 SBS 가요대전" 대상은 보아 . BoA wins '2002 SBS Gayo Daejeon' Grand prize . 2022-12-11 . . . ko.