2009: Romeo, rising popularity and 2009, Year of Us
SHINee in February, 2009 performing at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
In early February, 2009, Shinee won "Best Newcomer" award along with Davichi and Mighty Mouth at the 18th Seoul Music Awards. Later, SM Entertainment announced that Shinee would make their comeback with their second mini album Romeo on May 21, 2009. On May 18, "Juliette", the first single was released,an instrumental remake of Corbin Bleu's "Deal with It". It was later announced that their comeback was going to be delayed due to Onew damaging his teeth and the release of the mini-album was pushed back to May 25, 2009.Shinee eventually had their return performance on June 5, 2009, on KBS's Music Bank, where they received the award for first place.
On July 16, 2009 S.M. Entertainment released Shinee's first part of their first photobook called Day. On September 25 the 2nd part Night was released.
The group released their third mini-album, 2009, Year Of Us, on October 19, 2009, five months after the release of Romeo. SM Entertainment stated that this EP would showcase the group's vocal talents and demonstrate their unique qualities.[31][32] The lead single, "Ring Ding Dong", was released digitally on October 14; the group had their comeback stage on October 16, on KBS's Music Bank. In early December, 2009, Shinee won the "Popularity" award along with fellow labelmate group, Super Junior, at the 24th Golden Disk Awards.In February, 2010, the group won the main "BonSang" award at the 19th Seoul Music Awards.In December, Shinee also started promoting their song "Jo Jo" with live performances on local music programs.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinee
