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Twice (Hangul: 트와이스; Japanese: トゥワイス) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show Sixteen. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. The group debuted on October 20, 2015, with the extended play (EP) The Story Begins.

Twice rose to fame in 2016 with their single "Cheer Up": the song charted at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart and became the best-performing single of the year. It also won "Song of the Year" at two major music awards shows - Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their subsequent single "TT", from their third EP Twicecoaster: Lane 1, claimed the top spot for four consecutive weeks. The EP was the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 copies by year-end. Within 19 months after debut, Twice has sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album.

With wide recognition and popularity in the general public and big fan base that resulted to consecutive hit singles, Twice has been dubbed as the [new or next] "Nation's Girl Group" and "Top-trend Girl Group".[98] The group was also praised for its teamwork with unique charms and individuality among the members. Their "addictive with the repeated and cute killing part", the highlight or point choreography, including "shy shy shy" line in "Cheer Up", "TT pose" in "TT" and "jjirit jjirit" ("tingling tingling") in "Signal" became dance craze and viral meme and was imitated by many celebrities.[99][100][101][102] Male acts typically dominate physical sales due to large fan bases, but Twice has been able to surpass gender and age boundaries as their second EP became the 5th highest selling K-pop album of 2016.[7][103] Twice also topped the list of Korea's most popular music video on YouTube for two consecutive years with "Cheer Up" (2016) and "Knock Knock" (2017).

Twice ranked second in the top 10 artist of Gallup Korea survey for two consecutive years. In 2016, the group was included in Variety's Youth Impact Report 2016, an annual list of young actors, digital content creators, musicians, and other artists who have made an impact on showbiz over the past year. They ranked at number 54, the only K-pop group in the list. In 2017, Twice was included in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity, ranked third over-all and first among recording artists. They also appeared in 18th place and the only Asian act on Billboard's 21 Under 21 2017: Music's Next Generation, an annual ranking that highlights some of the world's most powerful young voices across various musical genres, taking into consideration their popularity, creativity, and social media impact.

In Japan, Twice debuted in June 2017 with events such as KCON, debut showcase and Hi-Touch. According to local shows and interviews, the group became popular even before its official debut, especially among female teenagers, because of the presence of the Japanese members - Momo, Sana and Mina - as stated that "fans can relate and feel close [to them]".NHK News ran a feature about the group, centered on how it is mending relations between the two countries, Japan and South Korea. Japanese daily newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun called Twice as the "new protagonist in the dominance of Japan's Korean wave content market", while Korean press remarked that the group is "reigniting the heat of K-pop in Japan". In November, Twice ranked second on Oricon's Breakout Artists of 2017. They also became the first overseas female artist to achieved triple crown for rookies on the 50th Oricon Annual Ranking. Twice achieved first place for rookie artist total sales in 2017, which reached 1.54 billion yen, as well as No. 1 among albums and singles for #Twice and "One More Time" respectively.