# Soridata Artist Profile - THORNAPPLE

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> **THORNAPPLE** (쏜애플) is a South Korean Boy Group that debuted in 2009. They consist of 4 members: Bang Joseph, Hong Dongkyun, Sim Jaehyun and Yoon Sunghyun. 

# General Information

- Soridata ID: 4914
- Group Gender: Male
- Stage Name: THORNAPPLE (쏜애플)
- Active Since: 2009
- Debut Day: 2009-12-24
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 0.0
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: Not reached or 'nugu'
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2026-06-23
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 0
- End of year Awards: 0
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010): Artist never ranked in top 100
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts): Artist never ranked in top 200
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 5,996+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 7,141,631+

# Members of the group

- [Bang Joseph (방요셉)](https://soridata.com/artists/Bang-Joseph.md): Bang Joseph (Date of Birth: 1990-11-10 - 35 years) from South Korea as Instrumental, Maknae
- [Hong Dongkyun (홍동균)](https://soridata.com/artists/Hong-Dongkyun.md): Hong Dongkyun (Date of Birth: 1988-04-10 - 38 years) from South Korea as Instrumental
- [Sim Jaehyun (심재현)](https://soridata.com/artists/Sim-Jaehyun.md): Sim Jaehyun (Date of Birth: 1987-01-12 - 39 years) from South Korea as Instrumental
- [Yoon Sunghyun (윤성현)](https://soridata.com/artists/Yoon-Sunghyun.md): Yoon Sunghyun (Date of Birth: 1986-01-08 - 40 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Instrumental

# Previous Members of the group

- [Han Seungchan (한승찬)](https://soridata.com/artists/Han-Seungchan.md): Han Seungchan (Date of Birth: 1990-02-07) from South Korea as Instrumental

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/thornapple_official/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Thornapple1224/)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCATvEjsg1zfDs7yN_MFUS7A)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=490940)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/쏜애플)