Panda From The Star: A Brief History of APink

Yeah, it's 2016 now....since it's Christmas and new years, there's not many girl groups comeback last month. Also the APink concert will come very soon. So I will write something related to APink this time....

APink is a kpop girl group debut under ACube Entertainment at 2011. Acube announce their very first trainee Son Na Eun at Feb 2011. And all the members are trainees under ACube Entertainment. The Original 7 members are: Park Chorong,
Yoon Bo-mi, Jung Eun-ji ,Son Na-eun, Kim Nam-joo, .Oh Ha-young,, Hong Yoo Kyung.

APink Debut

APink officially debut at April 19th 2011. The group released their debut EP, Seven Springs of Apink and the music video for its lead single, "I Don't Know" (몰라요), on the same day. Apink made their debut stage performance with "몰라요" and Wishlist on Mnet's M! Countdown on April 21 to promote their EP.

APink debut stage at April 21, 2011 (Bomi had very short hair at that time)

The song April 19th from APink first album indicates their debut date as well....(Lyrics written by group leader Park Chorong)

Two month after that, at June 2011, APink start to promote "It Girl" ,which is from the same EP with "I Don't Know" and "Wishlist".

First Win : My, My

APink's first success: The group released their second EP, Snow Pink, on November 22, 2011, featuring the lead single "My My", a song composed by Shinsadong Tiger. Promotions for "My My" began on November 25 on KBS' Music Bank.
Still in November, Apink received their first award, the "Female Rookie Award", at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards held in Singapore。In January 2012, they received three more "Rookie Awards", at the Korean Culture & Entertainment Awards and the Golden Disk Awards held in Osaka and the High 1 Seoul Music Awards in Seoul.
In January 2012, Apink won their first music show award on Mnet's M! Countdown for "My My". In February, they received the "Rookie of the Year" award at the 1st Gaon Chart Awards

Une Année and Bubibu

Une Année is the first full-length studio album by Apink, It was released on May 9, 2012, which includes singles such as "April 19th", "Hush" , "Cat" and "Bubibu". All the songs in this albums are so cute....

Chorong Baby fat during Bubibu performance

APink Hush MV

During the recording, APink also introduce Cat project. and the project MV is so cute..

Hong Yoo Kyung departure

On April 23rd 2013, APink member Hong Yoo Kyung decided to leave APink to focus on her study. There's a lot of rumor's online, some says it's her dad's decision cuz her dad is the president of DSP Corp. And she's the richest member in APink as well. But those rumors got cleared very soon as well. It is her own decision.

After that, it affects APink's promotion. So at the beginning, ACube decided to recruit a new member to replace empty position, but they didn't do it finally. So APink became a 6 member girl group.

Rise to Success :No No No

APink released their third EP ,Secret Garden, and music for its title track, "NoNoNo", were released on July 5, 2013."NoNoNo" was the group's highest charting single, peaking at number 2 on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100. In November 2013, at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Apink received the Next Generation Global Star award

APink No No No white outfit

APink No No No Pink Outfit, one of my fav....

No No No is the turning point for APink career, they rise from 2ed/3rd tier girl group to 1st tier girl group after the release of "No No No".

1000th day of debut and Mr Chu

On January 13, 2014, Apink released "Good Morning Baby", to celebrate the 1,000th day since the group's debut. The song peaked at number 6 on Gaon's weekly chart. Their fourth EP, Pink Blossom, and the music video for its title track, "Mr. Chu", were released on March 31. The song peaked at number 2 on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100. Apink won six music show trophies for "Mr. Chu", and the song was the eighth best selling digital song in 2014, according to Gaon's year-end chart

APink BnN

In June 2014, Yoon Bomi and Kim Namjoo formed a sub-unit called Apink BnN,which released the single "My Darling"

Pink LUV

In November 2014, the group released their fifth EP, Pink Luv, as well as the music video for its title song, "Luv", which was composed by Shinsadong Tiger. The song was Apink's first number 1 ranking on Gaon's weekly and monthly digital charts, and Pink Luv topped Gaon's weekly album chart in its first week of release The group won first place on all three major Korean music shows two weeks in a row, the only girl group to do so in 2014. Besides The Show and Music Core, they also won a triple crown on Inkigayo, which only allows three wins before removing a song from competition. They finished the year by winning all the music shows in December with "Luv".On Gaon's year-end ranking, Apink was the third best selling girl group in 2014

2015 Pink Paradise Tour and Promise U

On January 10, 2015, Apink became the first group to win five consecutive awards on Music Core.The same month, the group received the "Digital Bonsang" and "Best Female Performance Group" awards at the 29th Golden Disk Awards in Beijing, "Bonsang" and "Popularity" awards at the Seoul Music Awards, "Best Female Group" at the Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards and "Best Single of December" at the Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards

Apink released a single entitled "Promise U" on April 19, written by Jung Eun-ji to commemorate the group's fourth anniversary.

Pink Memory And Remember
On July 16 2015, the group released their second full-length album, Pink Memory, along with the title track "Remember.

In November 2015, Apink announced a January 2016 tour of North America and are scheduled to play Vancouver, Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.......

As I am writing this blog, APink will arrive at Vancouver in less than 2 hours......hope to see them at the airport soon !!!

Side Question: what does Bomi eat on airplane?............