About

2NE1 (Korean: 투 애니원; pronounced "to anyone"[1] or "twenty-one"[2]) is a South Korean group created by YG Entertainment. First appearing in a Cyon commercial campaign with Big Bang for LG Telecom, their debut single "Fire" was released on May 6, 2009

-CL-
* Birth name: 이채린 (Lee Chae Rin)
* Position: Leader, Vocal, Main Rapper
* Date of Birth: February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26) (age 1icon_cool.gif
CL was born in Seoul, South Korea. In her childhood, she travelled frequently with her family, because of her father's occupation. She spent much of her youth in Japan, France and USA. When she came back to Korea, she barely knew any Korean, but said in an interview shown on 2NE1 TV that she is now most comfortable speaking Korean. CL was raised as a Roman Catholic. CL became a YG Trainee in late 2006, contributing to various Big Bang albums and officially part of the YG family in late 2007.
She has featured in "The Leaders" by G-Dragon as well as "Kiss" for fellow member Sandara; she also has a joint single with Minzy titled "Please Don't Go".

-Bom-
* Birth Name: Park Bom (Jenny Park)(박봄)
* Position: Main Vocal
* Date of Birth: March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24) (age 25)
Bom first enrolled in Lesley University majoring in Psychology, but switched to Berklee College of Music in order to major in music studies. She lived in America for six years before moving to YG Entertainment for training. She has trained with the company since 2005 and was to initially debut as a solo singer and release a single on 2007, which never came to fruition. The singer also revealed that YG Entertainment originally planned to have her debut in a 3-member group with herself, Koo Hye-sun, and Sandara[30].
In addition to her work with 2NE1, Bom has contributed to albums for Big Bang, Lexy, and Red Roc. She has also released a solo single, "You and I", that was eventually promoted in November 2009.

-Dara-
* Birth name: Sandara Park (박산다라)
* Position: Vocal
* Date of Birth: November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12) (age 25)
Dara was first known as a celebrity in the Philippines, where she first had success with the entertainment industry. She starred in multiple movies, and had released her own singles as a singer as well. She then moved back to Korea to YG Entertainment to debut as a singer later. She has released her solo song "Kiss" featuring CL and Lee Min Ho which was also a commercial for Cass, a beer company in South Korea.
She is fluent in Korean, Tagalog, and English. YG has issued earlier on her official profile that she is currently studying Chinese.
She also has a younger brother, Park Sang Hyun (stage name: Thunder) who debuted under J. Tune Entertainment in the boy band MBLAQ.

-Minzy-
* Birth name: Gong Min-ji (공민지)
* Position: Vocal, Rapper, Main Dancer
* Date of Birth: January 18, 1994 (1994-01-1icon_cool.gif (age 15)
The granddaughter of famous traditional dancer Gong Ok-jin, Minzy was discovered after a dance audition clip of her was uploaded on the internet and caught the attention of YG staff and then YG President Yang Hyun Seok. She is the youngest member of 2NE1.
Minzy and CL released a digital single, entitled "Please Don't Go".
She is able to speak Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.