HistoryEdit

2018-2019: Starting year and rise to stardomEdit

Before their debut, most of them trained for at least 2 years in ShowBT Philippines.
The company's goal was to produce talented individuals who have the passion and
drive to make it in the industry. The group debuted on October 26, 2018, with their
first single, Tilaluha. They made their comeback on July 26, 2019, as they released a
music video on YouTube for their second single, Go Up.

Their main goal is to break into the music scene of the Philippines with their 'new and
fresh sound'. The group has five members: Ken, Sejun, Stell, Josh, and Justin. They
started to achieve mainstream popularity when a dance practice video of their second
single "Go Up" went viral on Twitter last September 2, 2019.[2]

The official SB19 logo

On November 14, 2019 the group won their first ever local award as Favorite Group
of the Year by the RAWR Awards 5th edition.[3]

The group unveiled its official fan base name, A'TIN (eighteen), on November 2,
2019. In a Facebook Live video, SB19 elaborated on the significance of the fandom
name.[4]

SB19 made history on November 20, 2019 as the first Filipino group to land a spot on
the Billboard's Next Big Sound Chart.[5] According to the Billboard report, the Next
Big Sound chart measures "the fastest growing artists over the past week across all
major social music sites that are statistically expected to achieve future success." The
chart is calculated by Next Big Sound, an American company that provides online
music analysis.[6]

On December 25, SB19 signed contract under the label of Sony Music Philippines.[7]

2019-2020: Mainstream breakthroughEdit

On December 22, 2019, the group embarked on the first leg of their 10-city “Get in
the Zone” free concert tour, starting with Negros Occidental and through 2020, on
other major cities in the Philippines. Furthermore, it was announced on January 12,
2020 at ASAP Natin 'To that SB19 will be a regular guest for the month of January.

On February 25, 2020, the group once again made a history by being the first Filipino
artist to simultaneously chart at three Billboardcharts namely Billboard Next Big
Sound at #12 (peaked at #6), Billboard Social 50 at #11 (peaked at #11) and they
debuted at Billboard Emerging Artists chart at #44 (peaked at #44)