MXM was a South Korean duo under Brand New Music that consisted of members Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun.
History Pre-debut Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun met as trainees under Brand New Music. They represented the agency alongside Lee Dae-hwi and Park Woo-jin in Produce 101 Season 2. When the show ended, neither of the two earned a spot in the project unit Wanna One: Young-min finished 15th overall, while Dong-hyun was eliminated prior to finale, placing 28th.
On July 12, it was announced that Young-min and Dong-hyun would debut as a project unit, with both having signed exclusive contracts with Brand New Music before Produce 101 and becoming members of Brand New Boys. The name MXM reportedly stands for both "Mix and Match" and "More x More". The former refers to the duo's compatibility as a group despite contrasting qualities, while the latter refers to their determination to develop as a duo. On July 27, they released a two-track promotional single titled "Good Day". Dong-hyun wrote the lyrics of the single's second track "I Just Do" with Young-min, as well as arranging and producing it with Brand New Music producer, Kiggen.
2017: Debut MXM officially debuted on September 6 with the release of their EP entitled Unmix. The EP contains seven tracks, including "Good Day" and "I Just Do". The lead single, "I'm the One," was written and produced by Brand New Music producers 9999 and Esbee.
On September 22, the duo participated in Brand New Music's annual concert titled "Brand New World Seoul", held at the Seoul Jangchung Arena.
2018–present: Match Up, Rematch, More Than Ever, One More MXM released their second EP titled Match Up on January 10, 2018, with total of six tracks including the lead single "Diamond Girl".
In 2018, MXM announced their release of a double single titled Rematch on March 6, 2018, accompanied with a music video for the track "Gone Cold", produced by Primeboi. They worked on their second Rematch single titled "Love Me Now" with 9999 and Esbee. Also in March 2018, they announced a Makestar photobook project, which opened for participation on March 9.
MXM released their first full-length album titled More Than Ever on August 14, 2018, with the lead single "Ya Ya Ya". Following the release of the album, MXM announced would hold their first concert titled More Than Ever on September 29 and 30 at Olympic Hall.
On November 7, the duo released special single One More with double lead single, "Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" and "You Look So Different".
Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun joined Brand New Music's new boy group AB6IX in 2019.
Members Lim Young-min () - Rapper Kim Dong-hyun () - Vocalist
Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chartpositions Sales KORGaon Weekly Album Chart:
More Than Ever Released: August 14, 2018 Label: Brand New Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming 5 KOR: 36,994
Extended plays Title Details Peak chartpositions Sales KOR JPN Unmix Released: September 6, 2017 Label: Brand New Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming 3 129 KOR: 59,526 JPN: 781 Match Up Released: January 10, 2018 Label: Brand New Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — KOR: 46,982
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORPeak chart positions of MXM singles in Korea: "Good Day": "I'm the One": KOR Hot "Good Day" 2017 60 — KOR: 30,981 Unmix "I'm the One" 55 — KOR: 25,501 "Diamond Girl" 2018 — — rowspan="7" Match Up "Gone Cold" — — Rematch "Love Me Now" — — "Ya Ya Ya" — — More Than Ever "Checkmate" — — "Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" — — One More "You Look So Different" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
As featured artist Title Year Album "LOVE IT LIVE IT" 2018 YDPP PROJECT`LOVE IT LIVE IT`
Collaborations {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Album |- ! scope="row" | "Baby Can I" | 2017 | Brandnew Year 2017 'Brandnew Season''' |- ! scope="row" | "Sweater" | 2018 | Brandnew Year 2018 'Brandnew 7'|- ! scope="row" | "So Special" | 2019
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KORPeak chart positions of MXM singles in Korea: "I Just Do": KOR Hot "I Just Do" 2017 99 — KOR: 20,088 Unmix "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Music videos Year Title Album Director 2017 "I'm the One" Unmix Digipedi 2018 "Diamond Girl" Match Up "LOVE IT LIVE IT" YDPP PROJECT 'LOVE IT LIVE IT Han Sa Min (Dextor-Lab) "Gone Cold" Rematch Vikings League "YA YA YA" MORE THAN EVER Wooje Kim (ETUI Collective) "CHECKMATE" Vikings League
Concert and tours Headlining tours More Than Ever (2018)
Awards and nominations Gaon Chart Music Awards
| 2018 | UNMIX'' | New Artist of the Year (Album)
Golden Disc Awards
| rowspan="2"|2018 | rowspan="2"|MXM |New Artist of the Year
| Global Popularity Award |
Melon Music Awards
| 2017 |MXM |Best New Artist
Seoul Music Awards
|rowspan="3"|2018 |rowspan="3"|MXM |New Artist Award
|Popularity Award
|Hallyu Special Award
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