In early February, 2009, Shinee won "Best Newcomer" award along with
Davichi and Mighty Mouth at the 18th
Seoul Music Awards.
[19] Later, SM Entertainment announced that Shinee would make their comeback with their second mini album
Romeo on May 21, 2009.
[20] On May 18, "Juliette", the first single was released,
[21][22] an instrumental remake of
Corbin Bleu's "
Deal with It".
[23] 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.
[21][24] Shinee eventually had their return performance on June 5, 2009, on
KBS's
Music Bank, where they received the award for first place.
[25]The group released their third mini-album,
2009, Year Of Us, on October 19, 2009, 5 months after the release of
Romeo. SM Entertainment stated that this
EP would showcase the group's vocals and demonstrate their unique qualities.
[26][27] 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.
[28] In early December, 2009, Shinee won the "Popularity" award along with fellow labelmate group,
Super Junior, at the 24th
Golden Disk Awards.
[29] In February, 2010, the group won the main "BonSang" award at the 19th
Seoul Music Awards.
[30]SM Entertainment revealed individual photo teasers of each member for the new album starting with Minho on July 8, 2010 and ending with Key on July 12. The teaser for the
music video of lead single was released on July 14, 2010 at the official channel of SM Entertainment on
YouTube.
[31] The group was originally set to have their comeback stage on KBS Music Bank, July 16, to begin their promotions for the new album, however,
[32] due to Minho injuring his ankle during a
Dream Team 2 filming on July 8, the comeback was postponed to July 23, 2010.
[33]The second full length studio album, entitled
Lucifer, was released on July 19, 2010 in South Korea. The music video promoting the lead single, also named "
Lucifer", was released on the same day.
[34]Within hours of the release, the album topped various physical and digital sales charts in South Korea.
[35] The songs on the album "were more carefully selected than ever" and the album is said to "[give] listeners a great chance to experience the diverse musical characters and more mature vocal skills of the members."
[36] The group made their comeback on July 23, 2010 at
KBS Music Bank.
[33]Choreography of the
Lucifer was released on the same YouTube channel on August 3, 2010.
[37]The studio album was re-released a repackaged version, entitled Hello, on October 1, 2010. The music video of the promotional single, also named "Hello", was released on October 4, 2010. The re-released version included three new tracks.
