Get to know [WINNER]

2015-2016

2015-2016: Solo activities, EXIT:E, and Taehyun's departure

In 2015, the group went on hiatus while the members pursued solo endeavors.

Taehyun appeared in several acting roles, including in MBC's web drama Midnight's Girl, SBS's Late Night Restaurant, and the joint Chinese-Korean production Under the Black Moonlight.

Seungyoon also returned to acting with the successful CJ E&M web drama We Broke Up, which garnered over 16 million views.

Jinwoo appeared in the Chinese-Korean drama Magic Cellphone, while Mino competed on the fourth season of Mnet's rap contest Show Me The Money and finished as runner-up.

A number of his digital releases from the program were commercially successful, including "Fear" featuring Taeyang, which became the show's most downloaded single with over one million digital sales.

In December, it was announced that the group would be returning from hiatus in 2016, with a comeback spread over five 'project releases'.

The group's first release in 2016 was a "warm-up" duet featuring Mino and Taehyun, titled "Pricked". Although the single was not promoted, it charted at #2 on Melon and #1 on iTunes in nine countries including Singapore, Thailand, and Brunei.

In the lead-up to the group's official comeback, a number of musical covers of their title tracks were released as promotional teasers, featuring artists including Lee Hi, Zion.T, Epik High, Taeyang and G-Dragon.

The mini-album EXIT:E was released on February 1, and served as WINNER's return after an 18-month break since their debut.

The group promoted the title tracks "Baby Baby" and "Sentimental" from the EP, the first of the proposed "Exit Movement" series.

In April, WINNER appeared on the JTBC variety show Half-Moon Friends, and in September, Mino debuted as part of the hip-hop duo MOBB alongside iKON's Bobby.

On October 12, YG Entertainment announced that Taehyun would be taking a hiatus from the group, and that the rest of the Exit Movement series would be delayed indefinitely.

On November 25, Taehyun's departure from the group was announced. It was decided that WINNER would continue as a four-member group, without any addition of new members.

In November, Jinwoo was announced as the lead in the production of The Little Prince by the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company. He is the first K-pop idol to be part of contemporary dance production.

Also, it was announced that Seungyoon and Jinwoo will be starring in the web drama Love For A Thousand More. The web drama is a joint production of CJ E&M, YG Entertainment and YGKPlus.