TWICE:
Still the biggest
girl group alive.
Ten years in, nine members strong, and still filling stadiums on every continent. Here's the full story — past, present, and what comes next.
Why TWICE — and why now?
Every few months, a new K-pop group arrives with promises of "global domination." Most burn bright for a year, then fade. TWICE launched in October 2015 through JYP Entertainment's survival show SIXTEEN, and they simply never faded. If anything, 2025 was their loudest year yet.
They headlined Lollapalooza — the first K-pop girl group ever to do so. Four members walked the Victoria's Secret runway. They sold out the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. And they dropped their fourth full studio album, THIS IS FOR, which entered the Billboard 200 and made them the first girl group in K-pop history to crack that chart ten times.
▶ Why TWICE stands apart from every other girl group active today
▶ Side-by-side stats vs. other major K-pop acts
▶ Full member profiles — all 9, properly introduced
▶ Their biggest hits, ranked and explained
▶ 2026 World Tour dates and what's coming next
TWICE vs. the rest of K-pop's biggest girl groups
Longevity is one thing. But "still relevant after ten years" only tells part of the story. The numbers below show why TWICE operates in a different league entirely.
| Category | TWICE | Other major girl groups |
|---|---|---|
| Debut year | 2015 (10+ years active) | 2016–2022 |
| U.S. stadium headline shows | ✔ First ever (SoFi, MetLife) | Arena-level for most |
| Billboard 200 entries (Top 10) | 7+ Top 10 placements | 1–3 entries each |
| World festival headliner | ✔ Lollapalooza 2025 (K-pop girl group first) | Not achieved |
| World tour total audience | 1.51 million — READY TO BE tour | 300K–700K each |
| Music show #1 wins | 121 wins — all-time girl group record | 10–60 wins each |
It comes down to three things at once: longevity, global pull, and commercial impact. Most groups can claim one of those. Very few maintain all three simultaneously, deep into a decade-long career.
Meet every TWICE member — properly
TWICE is nine members: five Korean, three Japanese, one Taiwanese. That multinational makeup wasn't a marketing gimmick — it shaped the group's identity and gave them a fanbase rooted across all of East Asia from day one. Each brings something the others don't.
Lead Vocalist
Solo Billboard 200 Top 10
Lead Vocalist
Raw, powerful range
Main Dancer
Victoria's Secret runway 2025
Sub-Vocalist
MISAMO unit member
Main Vocalist · Leader
Victoria's Secret runway 2025
Sub-Vocalist
Ballet-trained dancer
Rapper
Active as an actress too
Main Rapper
Solo album: LIL FANTASY
Sub-Vocalist
Victoria's Secret runway 2025
8 TWICE songs that defined K-pop — one era at a time
TWICE didn't have one big hit. They had a decade of them. Each comeback shifted the sound slightly, grew the audience a bit more, and still somehow landed on the charts. Here's the essential playlist, in chronological order.
- 1Like OOH-AHH — debut single that topped the Gaon Chart2015
- 2CHEER UP — holds the all-time Melon streaming record among girl groups2016
- 3TT — viral globally, the song that put TWICE on the world map2016
- 4FANCY — the pivot to a more mature sound, first Billboard charting2019
- 5MORE & MORE — bohemian mood, widely praised internationally2020
- 6The Feels — first all-English single, direct play for the U.S. market2021
- 7STRATEGY (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) — broke the Amazon Music Live viewership record2024
- 8THIS IS FOR — lead single from 4th studio album, Billboard 200 entry2025
THIS IS FOR (2025) — what the album actually means
THIS IS FOR is TWICE's fourth full studio album. It entered the Billboard 200 on release and made them the first K-pop girl group ever to place on that chart ten times. The lead single, STRATEGY, came with a high-profile Megan Thee Stallion feature and broke the Amazon Music Live viewership record at the time of its premiere.
Running parallel to the album cycle, TWICE also released TEN: The Story Goes On in October 2025 — a 10th anniversary special album featuring solo tracks from all nine members, an emotional gift to the fanbase (known as ONCE) that's traveled with them for a decade.
THIS IS FOR World Tour — what to know in 2026
TWICE's sixth world tour kicked off in July 2025 at Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. It wraps in June 2026 at The O2 in London — 78 shows across more than 13 countries, the largest tour they've ever mounted.
| Region | Key Cities | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | Incheon (2 nights, sold out) | Tour opener |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Tokyo + dome venues | 400K attendance, Gold certification |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | National Stadium, Kaohsiung | 110K attendance, ~$13M revenue |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Kai Tak Stadium | First girl group to headline there |
| 🇺🇸 North America | Vancouver, LA, New York + more | Jan–Mar 2026 — multiple added shows sold out |
| 🇪🇺 Europe & UK | Paris, Amsterdam, London O2 | May–Jun 2026 — tour finale |
North American demand forced additional dates in Vancouver, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, and Austin. In Los Angeles, four nights at the Kia Forum all sold out. London's O2 show will close the tour in June 2026.
🏆 Records TWICE actually holds right now
What TWICE has planned for the rest of 2026
- MISAMO's first full Japanese album 'PLAY' — released February 4, 2026, lead single 'Confetti' taking aim at the Japanese market
- European and UK tour legs — Paris, Amsterdam, and the London O2 Arena finale in May–June 2026
- Japan National Stadium — 3 nights — 80,000 capacity per night, 240,000 total: among the largest K-pop girl group concerts ever staged
- Chaeyoung returns to full activity — stepped back due to health in 2025, back on tour for the 2026 dates
- Dahyun's acting career expands — her drama Jihye-on has attracted attention outside the K-pop fandom
- Nayeon solo comeback expected — already holds two Billboard 200 Top 10 solo entries, more anticipated in 2026
Common questions about TWICE, answered
Why TWICE in 2026 is a different conversation than TWICE in 2015
The easy story about TWICE would be: great girl group, peaked around 2017, held on longer than most. But that story misses what's actually happened. In 2025 alone — their tenth year as a group — they headlined one of the world's largest music festivals, four members walked a Victoria's Secret runway, and they set a record for K-pop girl groups on the Billboard 200.
That's not a legacy act coasting on old hits. That's a group that figured out how to grow into something bigger than what they started as. Whether you're a longtime ONCE or someone who's only just discovered them through a Lollapalooza clip or a social media algorithm, 2026 is actually a good time to pay attention.
K-pop history tends to get written in decades, not months. TWICE has already earned one chapter. The second one is still being written.
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