YB

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YB
Background information
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Rock
Years active	1994–present
Members	Dee (Yoon Do-Hyun) Taehee (Park Tae-hee) Jin (Kim Jin-won) Baby J (Heo Jun) Scott Hellowell
Past member(s)	Yoo Byung-yeol

YB, formed in 1994, is a South Korean rock band. They have made seven studio albums, three live albums, various digital single albums, and DVDs. They sold more than 2 million albums and held more than one hundred live concerts in a year.

YB also use traditional Korean musical instruments including the gayageum, a stringed instrument, and the daegeum, an instrument like the clarinet in their recordings.

Members

Current members

• Dee (Yoon Do-Hyun) – singer
• Taehee (Park Tae-hee) – bass
• Jin (Kim Jin-won) – drums
• Baby J (Heo Jun) – guitar
• Scott Hellowell – guitar

Past members

• Yoo Byung-yeol – guitar

World Cup 2002

At the 2002 World Cup, YB played songs such as ‘Oh, Pil Seung Korea (Oh, Victory to Korea)’ to millions of fans. South Korea's entry into the semi finals meant that YB's music was heard all over Korea. They won the best music award from Korea’s three main broadcast stations KBS, MBC and SBS. They were given the first WPMA (World Peace Music Award) in 2003 for helping with human rights issues in Korea.

European tour

YB went on tour in Europe in 2005, the first Korean rock music group to do so. They have released a single in the UK.