The Evolution of CNBLUE

In 2009, CNBLUE's first live performance took place in Tokyo, Japan, at the entrance of Shinjuku Station.
It was one of at least 20 other bands performing in the area.

They formally debuted with Now or Never. The EP was recorded completely in English, and failed to chart on the Oricon Album Chart.

Their original bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left the band and was replaced by Lee Jung-shin later that year.
Their second extended play Voice was released in November. Recorded with both English and Japanese tracks, Voice peaked at number 227 and charted for two weeks.

In 2010, unveiled a series of video teasers for CNBLUE's debut in South Korea.
Bluetory was released and stayed at the top of the Gaon Album Chart for two weeks. "I'm a Loner" was promoted as the lead single, and peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart.

The song was an immediate commercial success and the band had their first music show chart win on Music Bank.
CNBLUE held the record for achieving number one on South Korea's music programs in the shortest time since debut, grabbing their first win only 15 days after debuting.

the band started preparations for their first full-length independent album Thank U in Japan. It was released with several tracks co-written and co-composed by Jung Yong-hwa. The album peaked at number 90 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts.

CNBLUE headed back to Korea and released their next single, "Love Light", in precedence of their next album. Their second extended play Bluelove was released and peaked at number three on the Gaon Album Chart.

CNBLUE held their comeback performance on Mnet's M! Countdown the following day.
It was promoted with the track "Love", which peaked at number two on Gaon, matching the success the band found earlier with "I'm a Loner".
The band eventually won on first place on M! Countdown.

After their success in Korea, the band headed back to Japan. They released their first single "The Way". For the first time, they charted in Oricon's Top 40 at number 26.

The release was followed by their second single "I Don't Know Why".
The song reached number eight on the Oricon Daily Chart, marking the first time the band made it inside the top 10. The band then embarked on a small tour across Japan in order to promote the single.

In 2011, CNBLUE released their third Japanese single, "Re-maintenance". They then kick start their 2011 Japanese promotions with a Zepp Tour in four cities – Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo –.

CNBLUE released their first full-length album First Step with the lead single "Intuition".
The song earned the band a total of 7 music show wins, with three wins each on Mnet's M!Countdown and KBS Music Bank, thus marking the first time the band won "triple crown" on the shows.

After wrapping up promotions of "Intuition", they followed up with promotions of the song "Love Girl" from their special EP First Step +1 Thank You, "Thank You" did well in the Taiwanese market as well, topping five charts locally and selling 70,000 copies.

it was announced that Jung Yong-hwa and Kang Min-hyuk were cast in the MBC drama Heartstrings. Yong-hwa sang three of the OSTs in Heartstrings, titled "You've Fallen for Me", "Because I Miss You" (composed by himself), and "Comfort Song", while Min-hyuk sang one OST titled "Star"

CNBLUE made a comeback in Japan with the release of their second and last independent album 392.
The album includes all songs released in the singles and 3 new songs: "Man in Front of the Mirror", "Coward" and "Illusion".

They also announced that they would make their major debut in Japan under Warner Music Japan.
The band released their debut single "In My Head", composed by Jung Yong-hwa.

The single peaked at number four on the Oricon Weekly Chart with 70,000+ units sold in its first week.
"In My Head" claimed a gold record accreditation according to the RIAJ, meaning that the album sold over 100,000 copies within a month of going on sale.

In 2012, The band released a new single in Japan, titled "Where You Are", composed and co-written by Jung Yong-hwa. The physical single debuted at number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 60,398 copies sold in the first week.

Made CNBLUE the fourth South Korean male artist/group to rank number 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart, following TVXQ, JYJ and Jang Geun-suk.
CNBLUE and fellow label-mates F.T. Island performed in America for the first time at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater.

the band released their third Korean EP, Ear Fun. The single "Still in Love" was released, ahead of the EP's release, and peaked at #3 on the Gaon Singles Chart; while the title song "Hey You" peaked at #1. The band wrapped up promotion with 4 music show award wins

Their 3rd Japanese single "Come On" was released and debuted at number five on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 38,000 copies sold. The song was composed by Lee Jong-hyun and written by Jung Yong-hwa in Korean, and later translated into Japanese.

This was followed by the release of their Japanese debut album Code Name Blue which placed number one on both the daily and weekly Oricon Albums Chart, selling a total of 57,744 copies at the end of its nine-week run.

CNBLUE released their 4th Japanese single "Robot", which placed number two on both the daily and weekly Oricon Singles Chart, selling 45,640 copies.

In 2013, which is CNBLUE's third anniversary, the band's fourth EP Re:Blue and music video of the lead single "I'm Sorry" were released."I'm Sorry" was co-composed and co-written by the band's leader, Jung Yonghwa.

Re:Blue ranked #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart,Japan's Tower Records Chart. According to Taiwan's music site 'Omusic', the album and title track "I'm Sorry" ranked #1 on the single and album charts, respectively even before the official release in the country.

It was later revealed that the ZEPP Tour is titled Lady Zepp Tour after announcing the name of their upcoming 6th Japanese single titled Lady.

CNBLUE released their fifth Japanese single, "Blind Love", written and co-composed by Lee Jong-hyun.
The physical single debuted at number two on Oricon Daily Single Chart with 35,773 copies sold, the highest first day sale for CNBLUE's Japanese releases.

CNBLUE had also participated in the annual two-day Japanese rock festival Summer Sonic 2013 as one of the line-ups along with their labelmate F.T. Island and rock bands like Linkin Park, Metallica, and ONE OK ROCK.

they released the music video of "One More Time" for their upcoming second Japanese studio album What Turns You On?. The studio album was released. It includes the previous three singles.
It debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and sold 43,492 copies.

CNBLUE released their first ever "best-of" album in Korea, titled Present with the Korean version of the band's Japanese songs. All of the members reportedly took part in the translation of the lyrics.

In 2014,CNBLUE released their fifth EP, Can't Stop. The album debuted at #2 on the Gaon Album Chart and went on to top the chart the following week.
The lead single "Can't Stop" peaked at #3 on the Gaon Digital Chart.

After finishing their promoting activities in Korea, CNBLUE released a new Japanese single "Truth".

they released their 8th Japanese single, "Go Your Way".

CNBLUE released "Radio", as a digital download in precedence of their third Japanese studio album Wave, debuted at number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart.

YongHwa released "You, My Star", a self-composed single dedicated to his fans. All profits of the single were donated to charity.

In 2015,Yonghwa debuted as a solo artist with the album one fine day that contains 2 totally different titles, "Mileage" and "One Fine day".

The single ultimately "One Fine Day" led him to win a total of four music show trophies, including two consecutive wins on Korean Broadcasting System's (KBS) Music Bank.

CNBLUE released its ninth single "White" under Warner Music Japan. The single peaked at number four on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, selling over 28,000 copies since its release.

After an absence of domestic band promotions in one year and seven months in, CNBLUE released their second studio album 2gether and lead single "Cinderella".

The album debuted at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and went on to top the chart the following week.
The single peaked at number 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart, ultimately earning the band five music show wins.

CNBLUE released "Supernova" as a digital download in precedence of CNBLUE's fourth Japanese studio album Colors, the album debuted at number one on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, selling 31,000 copies in its first week.

In 2016, Yonghwa collaborated with Sunwoo Jung-a on a collaborative album project. The duo released two singles “Hello” and “Empathy”; Yonghwa composed "Hello" and co-wrote the lyrics to "Empathy".

CNBLUE released their sixth mini-album Blueming and its lead single "You're So Fine".
Blueming topped the Gaon Album Chart upon its release.
"You're So Fine" earned the band six music show wins.

The band also released their 10th Japanese single "Puzzle".
It debuted at number four on the weekly Oricon Singles Charts;
the single charted for four weeks and went on to sell over 30,000 copies by the end of its chart run.

CNBLUE released their fifth Japanese album Euphoria, debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart.
By the end of its chart run, the album sold 36,074 copies in the country.

In 2017, Almost a year after the release of Blueming, CNBLUE released their seventh EP, 7°CN.
The mini-album peaked at number two on South Korea's national Gaon Album Chart, selling over 47,000 copies since its release.

CNBLUE released their 14th single, Shake.
It debuted on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart at number five.

Yonghwa reportedly collaborated with foreign artists through a songwriting camp for his first EP, titled Do Disturb. The EP along with the music video for its lead single "That Girl" were released.

Yonghwa released his first japamese album, titled Summer Calling went on to debut at number three on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart.

CNBLUE released their sixth-major label Japanese studio album, Stay Gold.
It debuted at number three on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart.

In 2018, The band went on hiatus because the members were doing military service; before they did, they released Best of CNBLUE/OUR BOOK [2011-2018].

In 2019, Jung Shin debuted as soloist and released his Japanese single, Blue Orion.

Minhyuk debuted as soloist and released two Japanese singles, Moontalk and On the Cheek.
He dropped the album containing these two singles along with three more Japanese tracks.

Jonghyun announced he was leaving CNBLUE due to his connections with the Burning Sun scandal and backlash over inappropriate messages towards a YouTuber.