Seven member K-Pop boy band INFINITE took the world by storm this year in all aspects of the entertainment industry and proved that they will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in the coming year and beyond.

Starting in January with the debut of sub-unit INFINITE H, comprised of members Dongwoo and Hoya, the group set the stage for a host of other projects both together and separate.

INFINITE H released their Fly High EP on January 11 led by the title song "Special Girl" released via Woollim Entertainment's official YouTube channel the day before. At the same time Dongwoo and Hoya performed the song on stage as well as the follow-up track "Without You" on M! Countdown, wowing the audience with their highly anticipated sound.

They duo was announced the previous summer and had showcased their first unofficial single, "Crying," together, initially saying they were unsure if the sub-unit would promote separately after their official debut. All that changed in late December when Woollim announced INFINITE H would start 2013 off with their mini-album and music show promotions.

As soon as Fly High was released, it rose to the number one spot on Naver, Daum, Nate, and other real-time music charts across South Korea. Additionally, the EP's other four tracks were all ranked in the top ten on various music charts.

Following the final INFINITE H promotions, the whole group headed back in the studio to put the final touches on their fourth mini-album New Challenge.

New Challenge featured a new band logo that was revealed through INFINITE's official website on March 12.

The EP and music video for the promotional track "Man in Love" were simultaneously released online on March 21 with the physical album dropping a few days later on March 25.

Throughout the promotions of the new album, "Man in Love" achieved an all-kill on the music charts and scored seven wins on various music programs making it one of the biggest songs of the year. INFINITE were the first winners of Music Core's revived ranking award and also earned the distinction of being the artist in twelve years to nabs first place wins on all the public music shows in Korean with the same song.

New Challenge ranked number one on album charts across South Korean and stayed for two weeks atop the Japanese Oricon chart as well.

The group members made various television and radio appearances throughout the spring before kicking off the summer with the release of their debut Japanese album Koi ni Ochiru Toki on June 6. In its first week, the album ranked number one on the Oricon album chart with nearly 70,000 copies sold.

Just over a month later, INFINITE dropped their second single album Destiny as a follow up to the wildly successful New Challenge EP.

The music video for "Destiny" was filmed on a scale never-before attempted by other K-Pop stars and took the INFINITE members across the Pacific to Los Angeles where, with a budget of nearly $900,000 USD, they created a video of epic proportions.

"Destiny" also earned the group another all-kill after sweeping the music charts and INFINITE also took home another round of first-place wins on the various music programs. The entire single album reportedly sold over 47,000 copies its first week.

The following month, in August 2013, INFINITE's record label Woollim Entertainment merged with SM Entertainment's subsidiary SM C&C to form the new Woollim Label under the SM conglomerate. Although many fans were upset by the news at first, SM Entertainment had said that INFINITE and the Woollim Label continue to have the freedom to create their unique style of music separate from much of the parent company's influence. SM Entertainment would merely help the group and newly-formed label to promote on a much larger scale.

By August, INFINITE was doing just that. On August 9, they kicked off their first world tour One Great Step in Seoul and continued onto 30 more cities around the world across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America.

As part of their endorsement deal with Samsung, INFINITE released a non-album single "Request" to promote the company's Galaxy phones series on September 28.

While the members of INFINITE were busy recording, promoting, and performing all of their new music releases throughout 2013, as individuals the guys also dabbled in multimedia.

Various variety shows and television dramas featured the INFINITE members from Running Man and High Society 2 to The Master's Sun and Reply 1994. Different members also appeared in a variety of music videos and songs for other artists including L's appearance in K.Will's "Love Blossom" and Sunggyu's featuring on Kanto's debut single "What U Want."

L also released two photo essay books, L's Bravo Viewtiful, in Korea and Japan proving that INFINITE and its members are eager to explore all aspects of media in their already very successful careers.

At the end of November, all seven members attended the Mnet Asia Music Awards show in Hong Kong and proudly took home the trophy for Best Male Group, a well-deserved honor considering the multitude of success INFINITE achieved throughout the course of the year. 

From looking through the ever-expanding resumes of INFINITE and its individual members, 2013 was undeniably a great year for them and 2014 is expected to be even bigger and better.