Infinite (band)

2010: Pre-debut and debut with First Invasion

In 2010, Infinite first appeared in a Mnet pre-debut reality show "You Are My Oppa" along with Lovelyz's Jiae.

In the same year on June 9, they debuted with their first mini album First Invasion with the singles Come Back Again and She's Back. They made their first debut stage on M! Countdown on June 10.

2011: Evolution, Over The Top and Japanese debut

On January 7, the band returned with the single Before the Dawn (BTD) from their second mini album Evolution.

Their first studio album Over The Top was released on July 21 along with the music video of their title track Be Mine (내꺼하자). They received their first music show first place award at M! Countdown on September 1 and received a "Double Crown" for winning two consecutive #1 places at M! Countdown. Following the success of Be Mine, Infinite re-released Over The Top as a repackaged album titled Paradise, along with its title track of the same name, on September 26. On October 9, Infinite came first on Inkigayo for Paradise. Infinite then won their second trophy with Paradise on October 13 on M! Countdown.

Infinite unofficially debuted in Japan with their first Japanese single To-Ra-Wa on January 26, which was a Japanese version of their Korean debut song, Come Back Again. Immediately after its release, their Evolution mini album hit #3 on real-time charts for sales in Korea. The song was the top downloaded ringtone on the daily charts of the K-POP section of Japan’s top mobile website. Infinite released various rental singles including She's Back, BTD (Before The Dawn), and Nothing's Over before they officially debuted in Japan.

Infinite made their official Japanese debut with the release of the Japanese version of BTD on November 19. The B-side for the single is Can U Smile, a remake of a track from their 2nd mini album Evolution. It is the 3rd track of their first single album Inspirit.

In December 2011, they release their first Christmas song White Confession.

2012: First concert and Infinitize

Infinite performed their very first Korean concert in front of approximately 8,000 fans on February 11–12 at the Seoul Olympic Park in Songpa District, eastern Seoul. The concert was titled Second Invasion, following up the band's debut EP, First Invasion. Tickets to the concert sold out within 10 minutes after being released online on December 14, 2011.

Throughout the year, the group focused on individual activities. Dongwoo was featured in Baby Soul and Yoo Jiae's new single She's a Flirt which was released on January 18. L was casted in the tvN TV drama Shut Up Flower Boy Band which started airing on January 30. Hoya was casted in Reply 1997 that begins airing on July 24. Woohyun was casted in The Thousandth Man which started airing on August 17. L was also casted in the sitcom What is Mom that begins airing on October 8. Infinite also sang for the sitcom's OST, Fantasy.

The group's second Japanese single was released on April 18. It included the Japanese version of their song Be Mine as its title track, as well as a Japanese version of Julia. It peaked at #2 both in Oricon Daily and Weekly Charts. Total reported sales amount to at least 54,218 copies.

The group's third mini album was INFINITIZE, which was awarded a "Triple Crown" for winning #1 in a week at all Music Programs. On June 14, Infinite won their first triple crown on M! Countdown for the The Chaser which achieved top spot on the charts for three consecutive weeks. At the end of the year, Billboard named The Chaser the number one KPOP song of the year.

2013: New Challenge, Destiny and First World Tour

On March 21, the group released their fourth mini album, titled New Challenge. Man in Love, the title track of the mini album, won 7 music show awards during its promotion period.

The group released their first Japanese debut album, Koi ni Ochiru Toki, on June 6. It took the #1 place on the Oricon’s albums chart for the week of June 3 to 9 with 69,647 copies sold.

The group then released their second single, Destiny, on July 16. The group first performed Destiny at the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards on July 18 and began promotional performances on MBC's July 20 episode of Show! Music Core and various music programs.

Infinite began their 1st World Tour named One Great Step on August 9 in Seoul. The tour included 22 shows in Asia, North America, Europe and Dubai. The group concluded their world tour with an encore concert, One Great Step Returns in Seoul in February 2014. On November 22, Infinite won the best male group on MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) 2013 and additionally received the Sony MDR Worldwide Performer award.

2014: Season 2 and Be Back

On January 16, Mnet released a preview for the group's new reality show, This is INFINITE, and on February 6, the show aired its first broadcast. This was their first variety show as a group since Ranking King in 2012.

After performing in 15 countries for their world tour, One Great Step, Infinite held an encore concert titled One Great Step Returns to wrap up their world tour. The encore concert was held for 2 days on February 28 and March 1 at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul. A new sub unit consisting of Woohyun and SHINee's Key, Toheart, made their debut on March 10.

On April 10, Infinite released The Origin, an instrumental album of the band's most representative songs, and the first album of its kind by a Korean artist. Prior to the release of The Origin, Infinite released the instrumental music video for their song BTD (Before the Dawn), which featured never-before-seen footage from the original BTD music video.

On May 12, Woollim Entertainment confirmed in an interview with Newsen that Infinite's second studio album, Season 2 will be released on May 21. Prior to the release of the album, Infinite held a showcase in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, titled 1.2.3. The group held the first showcase in Japan on May 19 and Taiwan on May 20 before performing in South Korea on May 21. On May 21, the music video for Last Romeo was released. Infinite then made their comeback with the repackaged album Be Back, on July 22. Infinite performed their first live performance of the title song, Back, on KBS's Music Bank on July 18.

On September 11, the band had their first Billboard No. 1, with their single Last Romeo topping the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart, becoming the first Korean act to do so, and also hitting No. 33 on Billboard Twitter Top Tracks.

On December 18, Infinite released the music video their new Japanese single, Dilemma, composed by renowned Japanese musician and guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei. The single was subsequently released on December 24 and used as the centerpiece of their upcoming Dilemma Tour in Japan in early 2015.

2015: Reality and Second World Tour

Infinite embarked on their Dilemma Tour on February 1 in Fukuoka, with planned concerts in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi. On May 20, Infinite released their teaser for their Japanese single, 24 Hours.

On April 29, they a revealed promotional video (PV) for 24 Hours. 24 Hours came in third on the Oricon Weekly Chart with 56,266 copies sold.

On June 30, Infinite released comeback teaser photos for the release of new mini album Reality. On July 2, they announced that the track "Bad" would be the title song from Reality, The song itself together with its video was released on July 12, with the release of Reality following on July 13.

On July 21, Infinite released their teaser for their second World Tour titled Infinite Effect. Holding a flag with an infinity logo, leader Sung-kyu leads his fellow members through the doors, signaling their invasion into other countries through the teaser video. Through the use of fire in the background, tarot cards, coffins, and zombie face makeup, a dark concept for the tour was implied.

Infinite Effect will be the group’s second world tour since One Great Step was held in 2013. The tour kickstarted in Seoul with performances on August 8 and 9. On August 24, the band announced several other stops for the concert. More stops for their second world tour has since been announced.

On November 25, MBC Every1 released some teasers for the group's new reality show, Infinite Showtime, and on December 10, the show aired its first broadcast on 6 P.M. KST at MBC Every 1. This was their first variety show as a group since This Is INFINITE in 2014.

2016: Infinite Only

Infinite will be holding a summer series concert, That Summer 3 in August 2016 in Seoul and Busan. Infinite released digital single That Summer (The Second Story) on July 8.

On August 30, 2016, Infinite released a comeback teaser video for their fall comeback. On September 1, 2016, Infinite released a teaser video of their new logo expansion for the upcoming comeback. It was later revealed that their new mini album would be titled Infinite Only. From September 4 to September 11, Infinite released the individual member's teaser photos and videos. On September 12, Infinite released a group teaser image. On September 13, Infinite released a music video teaser and album track list, revealing the name of the title track The Eye. On September 18, an album preview was uploaded to Woolim's official Youtube channel. The official music video for The Eye was released on September 19, along with the group's sixth mini album Infinite Only.

Sub-Units

Tour, Concert and Fanmeet

Rally Fanmeet

Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)

The Mnet Asian Music Awards (abbreviated as MAMA) is a K-pop music award show that is held by Mnet annually in South Korea.
Daesang Award (Grand Prize) is equivalent to Artist of the Year.

Melon Music Awards

Melon Music Awards use only digital sales and online votes to judge winners.
Daesang Award (Grand Prize) is equivalent Artist of the Year.

Music Program Awards

These are the collection of Infinite's wins on Korea's televised music program shows.
M! Countdown is aired on Korean cable channel M.net, Music Bank on KBS, Inkigayo on SBS, Show Champion on MBC Music, Music Core on MBC and The Show on SBS MTV.