ALL ABOUT JYJ....

The group formed following the hiatus of TVXQ.^[1] The three members who were to become JYJ filed a lawsuit against their South Korean record label, SM Entertainment, claiming that the 13-year length of their contracts and their earning percentages were unfair. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in their favor on this matter.^[2]

The three-membered group was announced in April 2010 by Rhythm Zone.^[3] The band performed two rounds of lives, their four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome concerts in June,^[3] and performances at A-Nation in August.^[4] The group's debut release, the EP The..., was released in September 2010, and debuted at No. 1 on Oricon albums charts.^[1] The DVD for their Thanksgiving Live in Dome concert sold 116,000 copies and their album The... sold 140,000 albums in the first week after being released, with both debuting at No. 1 on the Oricon DVD and album charts in the same week.^[5]

The band members also worked on solo pursuits during this time. Xiah released his solo debut single Xiah under the name Xiah Junsu, which reached number two on the Oricon single charts.^[6] Hero starred in the drama Sunao ni Narenakute,^[7] as well as appearing in a music videofor Ayumi Hamasaki's song "Blossom".^[8]