jtL

JTL (제이티엘) were a South Korean dance music group, consisting of the former H.O.T. members who did not stay with SM Entertainment- Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony An and Lee Jae-won. The group was named after the initials of the members' stage name. After the release of their second album Run Away, the group have dissolved and the band members started pursuing solo careers.

jtL
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	R&B pop Korean hip hop dance
Years active	2001–2003
Labels	Yejeon Media
Associated acts	LUV H.O.T.
Past members	Jang Woo-hyuk Tony An Lee Jae-won

When the group debuted in 2001 with single "A Better Day", which covered a 2001 song "A Better Day" by Norwegian band Multicyde, again based on the 1977 Norwegian song "Vårsøg", member Tony An claimed that promoting their song had been difficult due to strained relationship with Lee Soo-man, the producer of SM Entertainment. Lee blocked the music video from various Korean entertainment broadcasts which drew angry reactions from the group's fans, some of whom egged the company's main building in Seoul.[1] The members of the group also had strained relationships between Kangta and Moon Hee-jun after the two chose to stay with SM Entertainment as solo artists.[2] However, after appearances on 'X-Man', it appears that Tony and Kangta are on good terms the same goes for Moon Hee Jun and Jang Woo Hyuk who both appeared on variety show Heroine.

In 2003 the group won the "favorite artist of Korea" award at the MTV Asia Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [3]
Enter The Dragon	Released: December 21, 2001 Label: Yejeon Media Format: CD, cassette	1	KOR: 538,754+[4]
Love Story	Released: December 18, 2002 Label: Yejeon Media Format: CD, cassette	5	KOR: 124,428+[5]
Run Away	Released: August 14, 2003 Label: Yejeon Media Format: CD, cassette	17*	KOR: 111,140+[6]
*August 2003 data is not available. The peak chart position is from September 2003.

Trivia

• During a variety show during H.O.T.'s 5th album era, Jang Woo Hyuk stated that he would want to work with Tony An, but also added he decided to work with Lee Jae Won. After H.O.T.'s fall, he would work with both of them in jtL.
• The song "One Night Lover" uses the rhythm and melody of the Stevie Wonder song Part Time Lover
• The band's song "A Better Day" is based on the Norwegian band Multicyde's song with the same title. That song traces back to an old Norwegian song by Henning Sommero, which is based on an old Norwegian poem, "Vårsøg" by Hans Hyldbakk in, written in 1945.

Awards

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2002	Best Male Group	"A Better Day"[7]	Nominated
2003		"Without Your Love"[8]	Nominated
	Best Dance Performance		Nominated

See also

• H.O.T.

References

1. "Flying Too High?". Time. Archived from the original on 2002-12-17. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
2. 문희준-HOT 재결합?
3. "K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
   • "Enter The Dragon charting". Archived from the original on 2008-05-05.
   • "Love Story charting". Archived from the original on 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
   • "Run Away charting". Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
4. "March 2002 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
5. "January 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
6. "September 2003 K-pop Album Sales Volume" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
7. "2002 MMF part 1" Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
8. "2003 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-20.