The Grace (group)

The Grace (stylized as 天上智喜 The Grace; Korean: 천상지희 더 그레이스; RR: Cheonsangjihui deo geuleiseu), known as Tenjochiki in Japan, was a South Korean a cappella girl group consisting of Lina, Dana, Sunday and Stephanie. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2005, they were introduced as the female counterpart of TVXQ. In their early career, they initially had the words Cheonmu, Sangmi, Jiseong and Heeyeol in front of each member's name (in order: Stephanie, Lina, Sunday and Dana), but these were removed when the team name was changed to CSJH The Grace in 2006. Throughout the group's career, they released and performed music in Korean and Japanese with a total of three studio albums and many more singles. In December 2008, Stephanie announced to be absence from group activities due her treatment of back pain and the group remained as three-piece. The group continued to release music until their second Japanese album Dear..., in January 2009. The group performed as a three-piece (without Stephanie) lastly in May 2010 at SM Town Live '10 World Tour in Seoul concert prior the group halted group promotions. In July 2011, the group returned with the unit Dana & Sunday and continued to release some digital singles before also going into hiatus. Currently all of The Grace's members maintain solo careers in fields including music, theater, and television, while member Stephanie signed with another music label for her solo music and maintaining her contract with SM Entertainment until it expired in 2016. Dana left SM Entertainment after contract expired on June 23, 2020. On January 19, 2021, Sunday left SM Entertainment.