ZE:A [제국의 아이들]

ZE:A (제국의 아이들), also known as Empire Children, is a South Korean boy band with 9 members. They formed under the Star Empire Entertainment. They debited with the Single Nativity and lead single, "Mazeltov" on January 7 2010.
 Under the name of Empire Children, they gained attention as they appeared on Mnet's Office Reality while they doing various guerrilla shows and creating UCC videos. They appeared in documentary-styled show Star Empire, and latter getting their own documentary show titled Empire Kids Returns, showing them performing in wingcar around Seoul and training.

They faced controversy in December following the similarities with the name of Brown Eyed Girls's one member, Jea. The group latter change the pronunciation of the name to avoid implications.

Releasing teasers beforehand, the group debuted with their EP, Nativity under the name ZE:A, on 7 January 2010.Immediately they garnered attention, reaching #1 on both the Album Chart and Artist Chart on Daum on their debut day.

The group made a comeback in march with the release of their second mini album, Leap for Detonation. Produced by Brave Brothers, title song 'All Day Long' is melodramatic and featured a major change in style. The group's third single, "Level Up", was released on July 9, 2010.

The group have started off their asia promotion tour starting with Thailand at the end of July 2010. Other showcases and promotional events occurred in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and more in this tour.

On December 21, 2010, ZE:A released their Japanese single album, “Love Letter / My Only Wish,” and placed second on Oricon daily chart

And finally in March 2011 they will released their First Full Album, "LOVABILITY", both in Regular and Special edition.







source : wikipedia.org