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Posted by Susan-Han Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Current contract renewal statuses of K-Pop groups that debuted in 2015

AKP STAFF

Based on regulations set by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, the longest possible length of an entertainment agency's contract with its artist is 7-years. 

Thus, most K-Pop group members today sign contracts which last exactly 7-years, starting from their official debut date. 

This means that 2022 signals the year in which all K-Pop groups who debuted in the year 2015 will face their contract renewals. 

So what's the current contract renewal situation of each K-Pop group who debuted in 2015?

1. GFriend 


Debut: January 16, 2015

Status: Disbanded

2. CLC

Debut: March 19, 2015

Status: Elkie, Sorn, Seungyeon, & Yeeun have left the group / Yujin re-debuted as a member of Kep1er

3. Oh My Girl 


Debut: April 21, 2015

Status: Jiho has left the group / The remaining 6-members have renewed

4. MONSTA X


Debut: May 14, 2015

Status: Shownu, Kihyun, & Hyungwon have renewed (as of May 9, 2022) / Jooheon, Minhyuk, & I.M are undecided

5. N.Flying

Debut: May 20, 2015

Status: All 3 original members renewed their contracts prematurely in 2021

6. Seventeen

Debut: May 26, 2015

Status: All 13 members renewed their contracts prematurely in 2021

7. April

Debut: August 24, 2015

Status: Disbanded

8. DAY6

Debut: September 7, 2015

Status: Undecided (All 4 members are currently enlisted for mandatory service)

9. UP10TION

Debut: September 10, 2015

Status: Undecided (Jinhoo is currently enlisted for mandatory service)

10. DIA

Debut: September 14, 2015

Status: Undecided (*Rumored to be disbanding as of May 11, 2022)

11. iKON

Debut: September 15, 2015

Status: Undecided

12. TWICE

Debut: October 20, 2015

Status: Undecided

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  1. April
  2. CLC
  3. DAY6
  4. DIA
  5. GFriend (Girlfriend)
  6. iKON
  7. MONSTA X
  8. N.Flying
  9. Oh My Girl
  10. Seventeen
  11. TWICE
  12. UP10TION
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A-eel
A-eel92 pts Wednesday, May 11, 2022 2
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

I'm so proud of SEVENTEEN, they are one of the largest grps in the industry who always promote all together eventhough they have 4 units. They also came from a broke company like PLEDIS & increased the company's value to 50B. Can we include the fact that they also have 2 chinese members? Thank you, cheol, our leader for always attending all the meetings of PLEDIS & making sure y'all don't get treated like other grps

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Pisces9710,494 pts Wednesday, May 11, 2022 0
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Seeing CLC and Gfriend disband hurt tbh.

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