Sweet Sorrow | |
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Origin | South Korea |
Genres | |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels | Sweetsorrow Company |
Members | In Ho-jin Song Woo-jin Kim Young-woo (singer) |
Past members | Sung Jin-hwan |
Sweet Sorrow (Korean: 스윗 소로우) is a South Korean male vocal group formed in 2002. Originally a quartet, its current members consist of In Ho-jin, Song Woo-jin and Kim Young-woo.[1] In 2019, they joined with female vocal group The Barberettes and performed together under the name "SBSB" (Hangul: 스바스바).
In Ho-jin, Song Woo-jin, Sung Jin-hwan and pianist Kim Young-woo first met around 1996 as students at Yonsei University and were all members of the university glee club.[2] Together with four other friends, they formed their own eight-member a cappella group and received a positive response. The name "Sweet Sorrow" was taken from the quote "Parting is such sweet sorrow" in Romeo and Juliet and was conceived by Kim, an English literature major, as a reminder of the hardship they had gone through together. Only the four of them chose to pursue music professionally and debuted in 2002.[3]
After a stint performing cover songs at college festivals and events, the quartet came to national prominence by winning the Daesang (Grand Prize) at the 16th Yoo Jae-ha Music Competition for their original song "Sweet Sorrow".[4] They were signed by the company Mezoo Cultures and released their first album in 2005. They also came to prominence with a much larger audience for performing the soundtracks of popular television dramas and their appearances on the MBC singing competition Show Survival (쇼바이벌) and the KBS music program Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend.
In December 2017, Sung announced that he would be a hiatus for health reasons and later left permanently. Sweet Sorrow returned as a trio in 2019 with a new album. They also combined with The Barberettes to form a mixed group called "SBSB" and performed together on Immortal Songs.[5]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [6][7] | |||
Sweet Sorrow |
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Sweetics |
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5 |
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Songs |
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— | — |
Viva |
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8 |
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"—" denotes release did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [6][7] | |||
For Lovers Only |
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5 |
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For Losers Only |
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18 |
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5th Part 1: New Day |
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38 | — |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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KOR [12] | ||||
"Small Room (ft. IU)" | 2020 | — | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2012 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award in Radio | Won |