About TXT
TXT Member Ages
Ranked from oldest to youngest.
Member | Birthday | Age |
---|---|---|
1. Yeonjun | Sep 13, 1999 | 23 years old |
2. Soobin | Dec 05, 2000 | 22 years old |
3. Beomgyu | Mar 13, 2001 | 22 years old |
4. Taehyun | Feb 05, 2002 | 21 years old |
5. Huening Kai | Aug 14, 2002 | 20 years old |
TXT Member Heights
Ranked from tallest to shortest.
Member | Height |
---|---|
1. Soobin | 1.85 m (6’1″) |
2. Huening Kai | 1.83 m (6’0″) |
3. Yeonjun | 1.82 m (6’0″) |
4. Beomgyu | 1.80 m (5’11”) |
5. Taehyun | 1.77 m (5’10”) |
Members
TXT is composed of 5 members born between 2000 and 2002. Their names are Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai.
The oldest member is Yeonjun (born Sep 13, 1999). Huening Kai is the youngest member or maknae (born Aug 14, 2002). Soobin is the leader.
In terms of ethnicity and nationality, four out of the five TXT members are Korean. Huening Kai is the only foreigner in the group. He was born in Hawaii, USA. All the other members were born in South Korea.
Positions
The members of TXT have no set positions within the group. All of them are considered vocalists, rappers, and dancers (all rounders).
Here are the positions of each of TXT’s members:
Member | Position |
---|---|
Soobin | leader, vocalist, dancer, rapper |
Yeonjun | vocalist, dancer, rapper |
Beomgyu | vocalist, dancer, rapper |
Taehyun | vocalist, dancer, rapper |
Huening Kai | vocalist, dancer, rapper, maknae |
Fun Facts and Trivia
- The leader of TXT is Soobin.
- The tallest member of TXT is Soobin with a height of 185 cm (6’1”).
- The shortest member of TXT is Kang Taehyun with a height of 177 cm (5’10”).
- The oldest member of TXT is Yeonjun (born Sep 13, 1999).
- The youngest member (maknae) of TXT is Kamal Hueningkai (born Aug 14, 2002).
- Siblings: Most TXT members have siblings except for Yeonjun. Soobin has two older brothers and an older sister. Kai has an older sister and a younger sister. Taehyun has an older sister and an older brother. Beomgyu has two older brothers.
Members’ Profiles
1. Soobin
- Stage Name: Soobin
- Full Name: Choi Soo Bin
- Korean Name: 최수빈
- Birth Place: Korea
- Birthday: Dec 5, 2000
- Height: 185 cm (6’1″)
- Weight: 67 kg (148 lbs)
- Blood Type: A
- Zodiac: Sagittarius
Soobin is the leader of TXT. Nicknamed cucumber because of his tall height, Soobin is the tallest member in TXT standing at 6’1” or 185cm. His hobbies include listening to music and reading (specially life-helping books). Soobin’s favorite animal is the raccoon. His favorite colors are sky blue and yellow.
2. Yeonjun
- Stage Name: Yeonjun
- Full Name: Choi Yeon Jun
- Korean Name: 최연준
- Birth Place: Korea
- Birthday: Sep 13, 1999
- Height: 181.5 cm (5’11”)
- Weight: 62 kg (137 lbs)
- Blood Type: A
- Zodiac: Virgo
Yeonjun is the oldest member of TXT. He is the only member born in the 90s. He lived in San Jose, California (United States) for 2 years when he was 9 years old. Yeonjun was a trainee for 4 years before his debut. Yeonjun ranked 1st on dance, vocals, and rap as a trainee. His favorite animals are Corgi dogs and pandas.
3. Beomgyu
- Stage Name: Beomgyu
- Full Name: Choi Beom Gyu
- Korean Name: 최범규
- Birth Place: Korea
- Birthday: Mar 13, 2001
- Height: 180 cm (5’11”)
- Weight: 53 kg (117 lbs)
- Blood Type: AB
- Zodiac: Pisces
Beomgyu used to be part of a rock band and he loves playing the guitar. He went to the same English academy as BTS’ Suga. His favorite animals are bears and parrots.
4. Taehyun
- Stage Name: Taehyun
- Full Name: Kang Tae Hyun
- Korean Name: 강태현
- Birth Place: Korea
- Birthday: Feb 5, 2002
- Height: 177 cm (5’10”)
- Weight: 55 kg (121 lbs)
- Blood Type: A
- Zodiac: Aquarius
Taehyun was a trainee for 3 years before his debut. Before pursuing the idol career, he was a child model. Taehyun is bilingual. He can speak English and Korean. He appeared in several educational videos teaching kids how to speak English from a tutoring center called Tun Tun English.
5. Huening Kai
- Stage Name: Huening Kai
- Full Name: Kai Kamal Huening
- Korean Name: 휴닝카이
- Birth Place: United States
- Birthday: Aug 14, 2002
- Height: 183 cm (6’0″)
- Weight: 67 kg (148 lbs)
- Blood Type: A
- Zodiac: Leo
Huening Kai is the youngest member in TXT. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Brazilian-German father and a Korean mother. Huening Kai was a trainee for 2.5 years before his debut. Huening Kai can speak Mandarin, Korean, English, and Portuguese. He has the “golden touch” – he can play the drums, guitar, and the piano. He is the first foreigner to debut under BigHit Entertainment.
Links
- TXT becomes the first group to reach #1 on iTunes in 38 countries within 8 hours of its release with their debut album “The Dream Chapter: STAR”.
- The mini album “The Dream Chapter: STAR” is the first debut album by a boy group to reach #1 on iTunes in the USA.
- “CROWN” ranks #19 on Worldwide iTunes Song Chart on its first day of release.
- Before TXT debuted, their mini album “The Dream Chapter: STAR” already had over 100,000 copies sold in pre-order.
- They sold over 34,649 copies of their mini album ranking #1 on Hanteo in real time on its first day of release.
- TXT has reached 50 #1s with their debut album “The Dream Chapter: STAR”, this ranks them #9 of Korean artists with the most #1s, they are the youngest group on the chart.
- “CROWN” becomes the most viewed MV by a rookie male group in the first 24 hours with a total of 15.1M views on YouTube.
- TXT has reached #140 on the Billboard 200 chart with their mini album “The Dream Chapter: STAR”, they are the fastest K-Pop group to enter the chart.
- “The Dream Chapter: STAR” debuts #7 on United World Chart with 98,000 copies.
- TXT becomes the first rookie K-Pop group to be nominated for the VMAs in the “Best K-Pop” category.
- In 2019, TXT achieves the title of “Rookie Grand Slam” after winning ‘Rookie of the Year’ at all five major year-end awards shows.
- The famous platform MelOn, through its MelOn Magazine, recognized the song “CROWN” at the #2 spot of the best K-Pop songs of 2019.
- The album “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC” is ranked #1 in 29 countries on iTunes.
- “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC” sold 61,433 copies on its first day on Hanteo in real time.
- “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC” with 7 weeks becomes the Korean act with the most weeks on Billboard Heatseekers Album.
- “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC” debuts #4 on United World Chart with 133,000 copies.
- TXT is the only 2019 rookie group to earn the official RIAJ Gold certification in Japan with “MAGIC HOUR” for selling over 100,000 units.
- The MV “Can’t You See Me?” is #1 on the MelOn chart within five minutes of release.
- “The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY” sold 125,228 copies on its first day on Hanteo surpassing the one-week sales of “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC”.
- “The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY” achieves #1 in 56 countries on iTunes being his most #1 album on that platform, it is also the fourth with the most #1s in 2020.
- TXT has achieved three consecutive #1 albums on iTunes in the USA.
- “Can’t You See Me?” is her highest charting single on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart reaching the Top5 at #1 breaking her previous record with “Run Away” at #7.
- “Can’t You See Me?” debuts #1 on LINE Music, Japan’s largest music platform.
- The MV “Can’t You See Me?” has accumulated a total of 7,001,804 views on YouTube in the first 24 hours of its release, surpassing the record of “Run Away.”
- “The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY” debuts #2 on United World Chart with 215,000 copies.
- “The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY” has been certified Platinum in Gaon for selling over 250,000 units.
- TXT with “Drama (Japanese Ver.)” hit #1 on all LINE Music charts, earning its first Certified All Kill on August 08, 2020.
- The single “DRAMA” has been certified Gold in RIAJ for selling more than 100,000 units.
- “The Dream Chapter: MAGIC” has been certified Platinum in Gaon for selling over 250,000 units.
- The MV “Blue Hour” is #2 on the MelOn chart within five minutes of its release.
- “Blue Hour” is positioned at #1 on the LINE Music chart in real time, being his fourth #1 on that platform.
- The mini-album “minisode1: Blue Hour” reaches #1 in 34 countries on iTunes.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” sold 105,269 copies on its first day on Hanteo.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” ranks #1 on Gaon Weekly Retail Albums.
- TXT has surpassed 100,000 followers on MelOn. They are the first male group of their generation to reach this mark on the platform.
- TXT with “minisode1: Blue Hour” reaches #1 on Billboard JAPAN Top Album Sales with 24,462 sales, its second #1 on the chart.
- “The Dream Chapter: STAR” has been certified Platinum in Gaon for selling over 250,000 units.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” debuts at #25 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” debuts #1 on United World Chart with 340,000 copies.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” has been certified Platinum in Gaon for selling more than 250,000 units.
- “Force” debuts at #10 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot Animation chart, making it the first TXT opening to enter the chart.
- “STILL DREAMING” debuts at #1 on Oricon Daily Album Chart with 61,074 copies.
- On February 05, 2021, it was announced that TXT members were named ambassadors for TikTok’s global #BeMyValentine campaign.
- “STILL DREAMING” has been certified Gold in RIAJ for selling over 100,000 units.
- “STILL DREAMING” debuts at #173 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- TXT is the second Korean act to chart on Recochoku Daily Single Chart’s Top200, with “Force” being the second highest ranking song on the platform.
- “STILL DREAMING” debuts #4 on United World Chart with 89,000 copies.
- “minisode1: Blue Hour” has been certified 2x Platinum on Gaon for selling over 500,000 units.
- “CROWN” reaches 100M plays on Spotify, becoming the first debut song of a boy group of its generation to achieve this figure. In addition, TXT joins the list of male groups to have a song with more than 100M plays on the platform.
- “0X1=LOVESONG” debuts #3 on MelOn within five minutes of its release and #2 on the LINE Music chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” reaches #1 in 50 countries on iTunes.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts #1 on iTunes UK being the third Korean act to achieve this milestone.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts #1 on Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and “0X1=LOVESONG” in #2 place on Worldwide iTunes Song.
- TXT registers three songs on the FLO Realtime Chart, with “0X1=LOVESONG” placing at #66 ahead of “Can’t You See Me?” and “Blue Hour”.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” sold 94,276 copies on its first day on Hanteo.
- On June 01, 2021, TXT enters the #1 spot on MelOn’s Boygroup & Overall Artist Chart for the third consecutive time.
- TXT is the second K-Pop male group to make it into the Spotify Global 200 Top100 with “0X1=LOVESONG” at #89 and “Anti-Romantic” at #127th place.
- TXT enters the MelOn 24Hits Chart for the second time with “0X1=LOVESONG” at #97.
- “Anti-Romantic” debuts #158 place on Spotify US Daily Chart beating “CROWN”.
- “0X1=LOVESONG” debuts at #80 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts at #19 on the UK Album Downloads Chart, making it their highest peak album ever.
- TXT is the second K-Pop group to have a Korean song with more than 100 hours at #1 on LINE Music Realtime Chart.
- TXT sold 20,000 digital copies in China with “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”. It is their first album to achieve this milestone.
- TXT debuts for the first time on the Rolling Stone Artist 500 at #366.
- “0X1=LOVESONG” ranks #113 and #167 on Billboard’s Global 200 Excl. US & Global 200 charts.
- “0X1=LOVESONG” debuts #3 on World Digital Song Sales and “Anti-Romantic” in #8 place.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts #3 on Spotify’s Top10 US Album & Global Album charts, likewise, “0X1=LOVESONG” at #8 place on Spotify’s Top10 Global Song.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” ranks #1 on Oricon Daily Album Chart with 61,344 copies.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts at #7 on Billboard JAPAN Download Albums.
- TXT ranks #37 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 with “0x1=LOVESONG”.
- TXT reaches #1 on Billboard Top Album Sales for the second consecutive time with “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” ranks #1 on Billboard JAPAN Top Album Sales with 75,699 copies.
- TXT extends its record with “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” reaching #1 on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart, its fourth consecutive #1 on the chart.
- TXT records several #1s on the LINE Music Realtime Chart:
- CROWN
- Run Away (Japanese Ver.)
- Can’t You See Me?
- Drama (Japanese Ver.)
- Blue Hour
- Force
- 0X1=LOVESONG
- Magic
- LO$ER=LO♡ER
- 0X1=LOVESONG (Japanese Ver.)
- Good Boy Gone Bad
- Ring
- On June 16, “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” reaches #1 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot Albums Chart.
- “Can’t You See Me?” sold over 100,000 units in the USA, her fifth song to reach this mark in the country.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts #1 on the United World Chart with 698,000 copies.
- TXT obtains the official Hanteo Chart Gold certification for selling more than 500,000 units with “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”.
- “0X1=LOVESONG” debuts at #10 on the LINE Music Monthly Chart (June).
- “Magic” debuts at #40 on the Billboard Pop Songs Airplay Chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” has surpassed 90,000 copies on Oricon, their first Korean album to achieve this milestone.
- On July 7, “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts with the highest score (89) on Metacritic. It is the album of a K-Pop group with the highest Metascore in history.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” has been certified Gold at RIAJ for selling over 100,000 units.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” has been certified 3x Platinum on Gaon for selling over 750,000 units.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” debuts #6 on US iTunes Album Chart and “LO$ER=LO♡ER” at #10 on US iTunes Song Chart.
- “LO$ER=LO♡ER” and “MOA Diary” debut #3 and #9 on Worldwide iTunes Song Chart, likewise, “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” in #4 place on Worldwide iTunes Album Chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” sold 294,991 copies on its first day on Hanteo.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” enters the US Chart Top10 at #8 with 44,573 copies.
- On August 20, “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” re-enters the Billboard 200 at #8.
- “LO$ER=LO♡ER” debuts #56 place on Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 Chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” re-enters Billboard JAPAN Hot Albums & Top Album Sales at #2 place with 67,136 copies.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” ranked #47 on Spotify Global Weekly Top Albums (August 20-26).
- “LO$ER=LO♡ER” debuts at #132 and #184 place on Billboard’s Global 200 Excl. US & Global 200 charts.
- TXT joins the list of Korean groups that have an album with several weeks in the Top10 of the Billboard 200 (#9 The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE – 12 weeks).
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” debuts again at #1 on the United World Chart with 583,000 copies.
- On August 31, TXT reaches a new peak on the Billboard Artist 100 Chart at #4.
- TXT ranks #4 on Hanteo’s Top10 Summer Physical Album Chart this year, its first entry on the chart.
- TXT has surpassed 85,000 followers on LINE Music.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” has been certified 2x Platinum on Gaon for selling over 500,000 units.
- “0X1=LOVESONG (Japanese Ver.)” and “Ito” debut at #42 and #53 on Billboard JAPAN Hot 100.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” debuts at #1 on Oricon Daily Album Chart with 133,939 copies.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE” has spent 45 consecutive weeks on Billboard World Albums & Top Current Albums Sales. It is the longest running album of 2021 on both charts by a Korean act this year.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” debuts at #1 on the Tower Records Weekly Chart. It is his second album to reach that position.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” debuts #1 on Billboard JAPAN Hot Albums Chart & Top Album Sales.
- On November 17, 2021, TXT reaches No. 1 on the Billboard JAPAN Artist 100 Chart.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” debuts #4 on United World Chart with 175,000 copies.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” has been certified Platinum on RIAJ for selling over 250,000 units.
- “Chaotic Wonderland” debuts at #177 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- “The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE” has been certified 3x Platinum on Gaon for selling over 750,000 units.
- On May 21, 2022, “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” debuted at #3 on Billboard World Albums.
- “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” debuts at #4 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- On May 24, Oricon officially announced that TXT had topped its weekly album chart with “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child”, which accumulated over 151,000 sales in Japan from May 16 to 22. TXT has now become the first foreign artist in history to top its weekly chart with six consecutive albums.
- TXT has become only the second male K-pop artist in history to place an album in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 for two consecutive weeks with “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child.”
- “Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” receives certification in Gaon for selling 1,000,000 units.
- “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION” debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.