1 I only include girl groups in Asia, not western world, so don't ask me why spice girls not in this blog.
2 I will set the time frame for the past 20 years since 1997 to today, 2017.
3 I rank the groups based on their popularity in Asia, their total sales and their influence overall.
4 If your fav girl groups rank in top 20, it is really really good already. If not, they might be still very popular, but not popular enough in rank top 20 of all Asian girl groups in the past 20 years.
Let's start from No 20.....
20 Twice
Active: 2015 until now Genre: Kpop Company: JYP Entertainment
TWICE is a 9 member kpop girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show Sixteen.
Twice rose to fame in 2016 with their song "Cheer Up" charted number 1 on Gaon Digital Chart and became the best-performing single that year. It also won Song of the Year in two major music awards shows, Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. Another song of the group, "TT" from their third EP Twice coaster: Lane 1, claimed the top spot for four consecutive weeks. The EP was the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 copies at year-end.Within 19 months after debut, Twice has sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album
Lead Dancer Momo from Twice
The most well known song from Twice, TT.
19 BlackPink
Black Pink is a 4 member kpop girl groups formed by YG Entertainment, and the first girl group that debuted under the entertainment agency in seven years after 2NE1 at 2016.
"Whistle ", Boombayah", The two title tracks charted at number one and two on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, and Black Pink are by far the fastest act to do so and the third Korean artist or group to hold the top two positions after Psy and Big Bang."Whistle" topped the digital, download, streaming, and mobile charts on Gaon in August 2016. They also reached number one on the weekly, popularity, music video, and K-pop music video charts of China's biggest music-streaming website QQ Music.Within 17 hours after release, the music video for "As If It's Your Last" gained more than 11 million views on YouTube, becoming the fastest music video to exceed 10 million views by a K-pop group, which broke the record previously held by BTS's "Not Today" of 10 million views within 21 hours
Jennie Kim from BlackPink
BlackPink hit song Boombayah.
18 Nogizaka46
Active: 2011 until now Genre: Jpop Company:Sony Music Entertainment
Nogizaka46 is a JPop Idol Group produced by Akimoto Yasushi and the 1st rival group of AKB48 at 2011. Until today, they already have 3 generations running. As AKB48's biggest rival, right now they have exactly 46 members in total. All the Jpop Girl Groups which end in 46 ( girl groups from SONY Music Entertainment) was considered the rival of 48 family.(such as AKB48, SKE48,MNB48). In the past few years, they aim AKB48(the most popular girl group in Jpop), they tried to get first place on various music program in Japan against AKB48, and had few wins.
, Nogizaka46 strongly promote the j-pop school girl concept, Until today they already have over 10 million sales total in Asia, and it's the second best selling girl group after AKB48 nowadays, and 4th in J-pop girl group history as well.
, Nogizaka46 strongly promote the j-pop school girl concept, Until today they already have over 10 million sales total in Asia, and it's the second best selling girl group after AKB48 nowadays, and 4th in J-pop girl group history as well.
Leader of Nogizaka 46 Reika Sakurai.
17 Twins
Active: 2001 until now Genre: C-pop(Cantonese) Company:Emperor Entertainment Group
Twins are a Hong Kong Cantopop duo that was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Until today, Twins are the most well known duo group in Asia.
They are the most popular girl group in Hong Kong and a top band in China. Their fanbase have included Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, United States, Vietnam and Philippines. Their music was generally targeted at young teens. From 2001 until today, we won over 300 Chinese music awards, and they had 7 international tours series, which is the most among all Asian girl groups. They were so famous in some places in North America that San Francisco government set Sep 14th as Twin's day each year.
16 Baby Vox
Active: 1997 to 2006 Genre: Kpop Company:DR Music
Baby V.O.X was a 5 member kpop girl group active from 1997 to 2006. The group were contracted to the record company DR Music and EMI Music Publishing Korea. In the period 1998 to 2006, they released seven albums and performed internationally, including in China. They were considered as one of the prominent K-Pop girl groups in the 1990s and early 2000s along with S.E.S and Fin.K.L,and part of the so-called Hallyu Wave. They were so popular back in early 2000s that they present Korea to perform and promote during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and even tour in North Korea.
most well known member Kan Mi Youn from Baby Vox
Baby V.O.X was a 5 member kpop girl group active from 1997 to 2006. The group were contracted to the record company DR Music and EMI Music Publishing Korea. In the period 1998 to 2006, they released seven albums and performed internationally, including in China. They were considered as one of the prominent K-Pop girl groups in the 1990s and early 2000s along with S.E.S and Fin.K.L,and part of the so-called Hallyu Wave. They were so popular back in early 2000s that they present Korea to perform and promote during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and even tour in North Korea.
most well known member Kan Mi Youn from Baby Vox
After Disband: Because of their popularity back in early 2000s, after they disbanded at 2006, DR Music debut their continue group called Baby Vox Re.v active from 2007 to 2009. However, they didn't win competition against famous girl groups such as Wonder Girls and KARA during that time. They didn't really make the impact what their original girl groups made.
Baby Vox Re.v didn't continue original Baby Vox's legacy.
15 APink
Active: 2011 until now Genre: Kpop Company:PlanA
Apink is a 6 member(former 7 member) kpop girl group formed by Plan A Entertainment (formerly A Cube Entertainment ) in 2011.
In October 2014, Apink released their first Japanese-language single, "NoNoNo".The group has won awards at shows such as the 26th Golden Disc Awards, 21st Seoul Music Awards and 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their first music program win was on M Countdown on January 5, 2012, for "My My" from their second EP Snow Pink. Apink has won more than 30 music awards and 32 music program awards and . To date Apink has released six Korean mini-albums, three Korean studio albums and two Japanese studio albums.
APink lead singer Jung Eunji
14 Sistar
Active: 2010 to 2017 Genre: Kpop Company:Starship Entertainment
SISTAR was a 4 member kpop girl group formed in 2010 by Starship Entertainment. The group consisted of Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou, and Dasom. Their debut studio album So Cool was released on 9 August 2011. Their second album, Give It to Me, was released on 11 June 2013. Their biggest hits include "So Cool", "Alone", "Touch My Body", "Loving U" and "Give It to Me". Their fourth single, "So Cool," debuted at number one at Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 singles chart.
Sistar has continuous and consistent wins over the years in kpop, they have won 45 awards and 43 music program awards in total, become one of the most well known kpop girl group in kpop at early 2010s.
Sistar lead vocal Hyolyn
13 Perfume
Active: 2000 until now Genre: Jpop Company:Universal Music Group
Perfume is a 3 member Jpop girl group formed in early 2000 inside young talent academy Actors School Hiroshima. Later on, The group has been signed with Amuse, Inc. since 2003 and with Universal Music Group since 2012. However, it was not until 2008 where the group's seventh single "Polyrhythm", which was chosen to be the theme song of a recycle campaign by NHK, that they started to receive major attention in Japan. The single peaked at number seven on the Oricon charts, becoming their first Top 10 single in Japan, and since then, all of their subsequent works starting with their eighth single "Baby Cruising Love" have debuted within the Top 3 of the charts."Love the World" was released on July 9, 2008. It became the first technopop song ever to reach number 1 on the Oricon charts. The group has sold over 4 million records, with 1.5 million albums sold in Japan alone as of March 2012. Until today, Perfume is considered one of the most well known girl group and one of the most successful girl group in Jpop history.
The most famous member Ayano Omoto(Nocchi) from Perfume.
The most famous member Ayano Omoto(Nocchi) from Perfume.
12 Wonder Girls
Active: 2007 until 2017 Genre: Kpop Company: JYP Entertainment
Wonder Girls is a 5 member(initial 4 member, then turn to 5, then 4) member kpop girl groups debut under JYP Entertainment at 2007. At the 2008 Mnet KM Music Festival Awards, the Wonder Girls received three awards: the "Song of the Year" award, "Best Music Video" for "Nobody" and "Best Female Group".The group also won an award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards for high digital sales.[ At the 18th Seoul Music Awards, the Wonder Girls won the Daesang ("Artist of the Year" award), the highest award offered, for "Nobody", in addition to two other awards
The group began their entry into the American market in 2009 as an opening act for the Jonas Brothers' World Tour, performing the English version of their hit single "Nobody". In late 2009, "Nobody" charted at number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making the Wonder Girls the first South Korean group to enter the chart. In 2010, Wonder Girls entered the Chinese market with the compilation album Wonder Girls that included Chinese language versions of their hit singles "Tell Me", "So Hot" and "Nobody". In 2012, Wonder Girls signed with DefStar Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan, for their Japanese debut. Wonder Girls are known as "South Korea's Retro Queens
Wonder Girls member Sunmi, successful after solo debut.
One of the most popular kpop song back in late 2000s "Nobody"
Wonder Girls member Sunmi, successful after solo debut.
One of the most popular kpop song back in late 2000s "Nobody"
11 KARA
Active: 2007 until 2016 Genre: Kpop Company: DSP Media
KARA is a 5 member kpop girl group debut under DSP Media at 2007. The group originally started off as a quartet and made their debut with "Break It" (2007) while displaying a strong female image and a mature R&B sound. Expectations for the group were big because they were considered as successors to their senior labelmate, Fin.K.L.
They achieved their first number one song with "Honey" (2009). In July 2009, the group released their second studio album, Revolution and spawned the hit single "Mister", whose choreography featured the "butt-dance", that helped increase the group's popularity within East Asia.Their follow-up singles including "Lupin" (2010), "Jumping" (2010), "Step" (2011), and "Pandora" (2012) were also successful and helped further establish the group within the Korean music industry. The group were ranked at No. 6 and No. 5 in Gallup Korea in 2009 and 2010 respectively, thus making them the second best girl group in Korea for 2010.
After finding national success, the group began to expand their music to Japan by signing to Universal Music Japan's subsidiary label, Universal Sigma in 2010. The group's debut was a success as they were dubbed as "Japan's No. 1 Rookie Artist of 2010" by Oricon. and also receiving the "New Artist of the Year Award (International)" from the Japan Gold Disc Awards. In April 2011, the group achieved their first number one single in Japan with "Jet Coaster Love", making them the first foreign female group since the creation of the Oricon to rank number one in the first week of release and also the first foreign female group in thirty years to do so. Overall, the group managed to sell over one million physical singles within two years, making them one of the fastest-selling South Korean acts in Japan. Until today, KARA is still the most popular kpop girl group in Japan and one of the most well known kpop girl group in Asia as well.
Leader of KARA, lead singer and lead dancer, Park Gyu Ri
One of the most well known song from KARA, Step, released at 2011
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